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Reading through the responses in this thread and through the other threads mentioned here I wondered if it wouldn't be appropriate to add a new indicator for XP. Perhaps somthing in the spririt of Perl Adept or Brainbench where we could post some perl based challenges. Passing those challenges could give you XP, but what level of challenge you've been able to meet could also be recorded on a users homenode.
the tests could be in the spirit of Challenges and JCWren Programming Challenge - Win a Perlmonks T-Shirt! - but obviously with a different end in mind.
most of the posts here have had the common thread that some monks basically feel that they may misrepresent their perl skill through their high level. I think this is something which could sit beside the XP system but be a true indicator of actual perl skill.
A second thought which I had was that we could have a 'skills matrix' on our home node indicating what we are good at (CGI, DBI, XML, etc.). That too could act as a guide to others as to when we're making good guesses or speaking from hard-earned eXPerience. ( I may put this on my home node quite soon )
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Arcsrule - I love it! What a story!Arcsrule wrote:Billie, I had a friend long time ago with one leg. he had a prosthetic made for daily use and one to fit inside his whitewater canoe. It was only a simple pole/socket setup but held him in and secure very good. Too bad, he rarely could roll the boat, only in flat water, he quite often swam the rapids--only because of his lack of roll. He actually could paddle class 3/4 quite well! My point, he swam a rapid on the Pegeon River in North Carolina and lost his 'leg'. It was all over the internet that a open boater lost his leg in that rapid. Imagine the uproar! Two years later, a kayaker found his leg, eventually found out what it was and it was returned. a case of beer was FEDEXED....THE END.
Billie - I made some video with my jumping and will post it soon. Please give me couple days as I'm busy next 2 days. I hope you will see that landing might be soft. It's possible and to be honest if you manage to jump on TT than should be no probs on the foil! Keep trying mate!
This is from today's session on 9m Velocity - I should have 13m to reach a meter or two higher flights. I was not powered enough in 13-15kts and a bit less in the breaking zone.
PT - above pictures show only 4 maybe 5m but it was not more than 12kts on 9m kite. As I said I should chose 13m.Peter_Frank wrote:Great to hear you are jumping BraCuru, and I am sure your heights are not exaggerated.
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ROCKFORD — Rockford School District leaders want to reduce the number of early-childhood centers and elementary schools by at least seven, from 35 to 28, and they are about to present three options for doing so for a public vetting.
Several parents expressed extreme curiosity in the district's plans as they waited to pick up their kids Friday at Nelson Elementary School, whose fate varies in the plans. In one, it stays open and gets additions and renovations. In the others, it's demolished and a new school will replace it in the area.
A new school sounds great to Jason Williams, but he's got a lot questions. His twin daughters are kindergartners at Nelson.
"If they built a school, I don't think I'd have a real problem with that," he said. "This building is pretty old. ... It would depend on where they were going to build it and whether the class sizes would be getting bigger. I don't have a problem with bigger schools, but I do have a problem with how big some of the classes are already."
Plan A targets West View, Walker, Dennis, King, Kishwaukee, Thompson and Cherry Valley schools for closure.
Plan B adds Nelson to the mix.
Plan C adds White Swan.
The closed schools would be demolished and turned into green space.
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Plans B and C call for construction of schools. In Plan B, a school would be built in the area of Kishwaukee and Nelson schools. In Plan C, a new school would replace Kishwaukee and Nelson, and another school would be built to serve students in Cherry Valley.
Why now
The effort is not motivated by finances or to restructure staff, school officials said, but rather to adjust schools to improve education and avoid costly school repairs. The district also hopes to gain considerable savings by getting rid of buildings that are costly to run.
The three plans represent sweeping changes to the district's facilities master plan and are the product of extensive analysis of district properties, Superintendent Ehren Jarrett said.
"We really came to some conclusions about what we think we needed to do, not just to fix up the schools we have, but what do we need as a community moving forward to have schools where all children will thrive in those learning environments," he said.
"That led to, do we continue down the pathway of just fixing up the schools we have or do we chart a new course, particularly with our elementary schools, to see if there are ways we can create a better footprint and improve the quality of education for all students."
The proposed closings would not result in staff cuts or teacher layoffs because the number of students in the district is expected to stay the same. Teachers and staff at closed schools would move to one of the remaining 28.
"The superintendent has made a very strong commitment to avoid reductions in staff," said Paul Goddard, vice president of Rockford's teachers union. "He's demonstrated that the past three years with no (teacher layoffs). ... From everything we've seen, this helps address excess capacity in buildings."
District leaders hope to get a feel for which of three plans garner the most support through a series of community meetings.
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The Rockford School Board plans to adopt one of the plans at its June 24 meeting.
District leaders adopted a new set of guiding principles last week— such as placing 475 to 633 students at each elementary school and having students attend schools near where they live. They are now ready to adopt a 10-year facilities master plan for 2015-25 based on those principles.
No changes would take place in the 2014-15 school year. Once the board adopts a plan, leaders will start working on a way to implement it. Changes would be phased in.
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A Facilities Task Force of School Board members, district staff members, teachers and community members was formed in September and met regularly to develop the guiding principles.
Paying for it
Each plan would cost about $250 million, money the district already has set aside for its Better Schools initiative. The district has spent about $50 million of it in the past year on additions and improvements at about 20 schools.
None of the three plans would require a tax increase, district leaders said. More than half of the money is coming from the sale of $139 million in general obligation bonds that voters approved in November 2012.
At that time, officials promised to "touch every school" with $211 million that they planned to spend on improvements in the next 10 years. Decisions about closing or building schools had not been made then.
Montessori, gifted
In each of the plans, Summerdale and Fairview would remain early-childhood centers, and Lathrop and Nashold elementaries would become early-childhood centers.
Also in the three plans, the Renaissance Gifted program would move from Washington School to the home of the Maria Montessori program, 4704 N. Rockton Ave., creating a gifted campus on the far northwest side.
Montessori would move to Marsh Elementary, 2021 Hawthorne Drive.
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Pakistan Monday sided with India on the row over the treatment meted out to senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade in the US and said such treatment should not be meted to any official of another country.
"In the entire world, there is only one way...there is a long history to this...the respect for Vienna Convention...the Vienna Convention ought to be respected in letter and spirit by everbody," Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir said on the sidelines of an event when asked about his reaction to the issue.
Khobragade, 39-year-old 1999 batch IFS officer, was arrested in New York on December 12 on charges of making false declarations in a visa application for her maid Sangeeta Richard and subjected to strip and cavity search.
This had sparked an outrage in India and resulted in government hitting back with a set of reprisal measures enforcing strict "reciprocity" and withdrawal of extra privileges to US diplomats in India.
Former Pakistan Foreign Secretary Shaharyar M Khan said this kind of treatment should not be meted out to diplomats.
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It is written clearly in Vienna convention -- both for diplomatic and consular conduct..under it one cannot arrest any diplomat especially if that diplomat has said that he or she has immunity..Every country has signed it..." Khan said.
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You won't be able to escape the scariest town in all of video games in a few short weeks. Konami's outed the release dates for the upcoming portable, remake and console iterations of their horror franchise and they're all within a few weeks of each other.
On March 6th, the games you may've already played before come out as Silent Hill HD Collection, the remastered anthology that re-presents Silent Hill 2 and 3 with upscaled graphics and new voicework. HD Collection gets followed by Silent Hill: Downpour on March 13th, the atmospheric survival adventure being made for Vatra Games for PS3 and Xbox 360. And bringing up the rear is the multiplayer-enabled Silent Hill: Book of Memories, which will be available for the PlayStation Vita on March 27th.
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You know, that ridiculous 85-inch Sharp Super Hi-Vision TV with 33,177,600 pixels needs some sort of ridiculous content to fill itself out. Thankfully, Sharp made this ridiculous 33-megapixel Super Hi-Vision camera to be the perfect companion to the TV.
The camera isn't too big (relatively speaking) and is unique because it uses a single image sensor with four chip color imaging which lets it bang up a ton o' megapixels (each chip being capable of 8 million pixels). It's just a prototype but they're hoping to bring this kind of technology to consumer products but I'm just left wondering which Super Hi-Vision needs the other more, the TV or the camera? [DigInfoNews via CrunchGear]


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A friend of mine told me once that she had worn the same cologne for years and years. She said that she wanted her kids to associate that scent with herself, wherever they went. I thought that was a lovely sentiment. I have yet to do such a beautiful thing… intentionally.
I thought of this last night as I was putting away my Wispy Cardi (which I wear all the time! it is so soft). As I shook it out, the lovely scent of wool and woolwash wafted up into my face.
I wonder if my kids will forever think of me when they smell wool.
And, so I think that I will continue to buy Soak flora and wash my woolie's in that. A lovely scent to be connected to.
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Egg Allergy
Having an egg allergy doesn't have to be a big thing — all you need to do is skip breakfast, right? Wrong. Eggs are found in more than just omelets (and we all know skipping breakfast is never a good idea anyway). Living with an egg allergy means you have to be aware of what you're eating and read food labels carefully. It's work, but it's worth it.
What Happens With an Egg Allergy?
Eggs aren't bad. But when you're allergic to them, your body thinks they are. The body's immune system normally fights infection. But when someone is allergic to a food, like eggs, the immune system overreacts to proteins in that food.
Most people who are allergic to eggs react to the proteins in egg whites, but some can't tolerate proteins in the yolk. Every time the person eats an egg, the body thinks these proteins are harmful invaders. The immune system responds by kicking into high gear to fend off the "invader." This causes an allergic reaction, and chemicals like histamine are released in the body.
The release of these chemicals can cause someone to have the following problems:
- wheezing
- trouble breathing
- coughing
- hoarseness
- throat tightness
- stomachache
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- itchy, watery, or swollen eyes
- hives
- red spots
- swelling
- a drop in blood pressure
Egg allergies can cause a severe reaction called anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis may begin with some of the same symptoms as a less severe reaction, but then quickly worsen. A person might have trouble breathing, feel lightheaded, or pass out. If it's not treated, anaphylaxis can be life threatening.
Egg allergy usually first shows up when kids are very young. Most kids outgrow an egg allergy by the time they're 5 years old, but some people stay allergic.
The viruses for the flu vaccine are grown in chicken eggs. If you have an egg allergy, ask your doctor about whether it's a good idea to get the vaccine. In most cases, it's OK for people to get the shot — but not the nasal mist — if their egg allergy is mild. (A mild reaction is when someone gets hives only, with no other reactions.) Also, if you have an egg allergy, get your flu shot in a doctor's office, not at a supermarket, drugstore, or other venue.
How Can Doctors Tell It's an Egg Allergy?
If your doctor thinks you might have an egg allergy, he or she will probably refer you to an allergist or allergy specialist for testing. The allergy specialist will ask you questions — these may cover things like how often you have the reaction, the time it takes between eating a particular food and the start of the symptoms, and whether any family members have allergies or conditions like eczema and asthma.
The allergy specialist may do a skin test on you. This test involves placing liquid extracts of egg protein on a person's forearm or back, pricking the skin a tiny bit, and waiting to see if a reddish, raised spot forms. If it does, it's a sign the person is having an allergic reaction.
You will need to stop taking certain medicines 5 to 7 days before a skin test. Medicines like antihistamines and cold medicines can mess up allergy test results. Ask the staff at the allergist's office which medicines you should stop taking and for how long.
Some doctors also may take a blood sample and send it to a lab, where it will be mixed with some of the suspected allergen and checked for an allergy-causing antibody (a type of immune protein in the body) called immunoglobulin E (IgE).
In some cases, positive results of skin and blood tests aren't enough to prove that a person's symptoms are definitely caused by eggs. So doctors may use what's called a food challenge to help diagnose the allergy.
With a food challenge, the person will eat foods that contain eggs only under close supervision from a doctor. If symptoms appear after eating egg products, it's a pretty sure bet the person has an egg allergy.
How Is It Treated?
Treating egg allergy means you have to avoid eating eggs. But so many foods are made with eggs and egg products that it can be really hard to know what's OK to eat. It's a good idea to work with a registered dietitian to develop an eating plan that provides all the nutrients you need while avoiding things you can't eat.
If you have an egg allergy your doctor may want you to carry a shot of epinephrine (pronounced: eh-puh-NEH-frin) with you in case of an emergency. Epinephrine comes in a portable injector about the size of a large marker. It's easy to use — your doctor will show you how.
If you accidentally eat something with egg in it and start having serious allergic symptoms, like swelling inside your mouth, chest pain, or difficulty breathing, you can give yourself a shot of epinephrine right away. Always call for emergency help (911) after taking epinephrine. You should make sure your school and even good friends' houses have injectable epinephrine on hand, too.
Keeping epinephrine on hand at all times should be just part of your action plan for living with a severe egg allergy. It's also a good idea to carry an over-the-counter antihistamine as this can help ease allergy symptoms in some people. Antihistamines should be used in addition to the epinephrine and not as a replacement for the shot.
If you've had to take an epinephrine shot because of an allergic reaction, then you should go immediately to a medical facility or hospital emergency room so they can give you additional treatment if you need it. Up to a third of anaphylactic reactions can have a second wave of symptoms several hours following the initial attack. Therefore, you might need to be observed in a clinic or hospital for 4 to 8 hours following the reaction.
Living With an Egg Allergy
The best way to be sure a food is egg free is to read the label. Manufacturers of foods sold in the United States must list on their labels whether a food contains any of the most common allergens. This means that you should be able to find statements like these somewhere on the label: "contains egg ingredients," "made using egg ingredients," or "made in a facility that also processes eggs."
Still, to make sure the foods you eat are egg free, it helps to look at the label for any ingredients that might come from eggs. That also means asking questions when eating out at restaurants or at a friend's home.
The word "egg" is easy to spot on an ingredients list — anytime you see words like "egg solids" or "dried egg," you'll know to avoid that food. But sometimes food labels aren't so clear. Here's how eggs might show up on an ingredients list:
- albumin
- globulin
- livetin
- lysozyme
- ovalbumin
- ovoglobulin
- ovomucin
- ovomucoid
- ovotransferrin
- ovovitella
- ovovitellin
- silici albuminate
- Simplesse
- vitellin
When you eat in a restaurant or at a friend's house, try to find out how foods are cooked and what's in them. In some cases, you may want to bring your own food with you. When you're shopping, look for egg-free alternatives to foods like pasta that usually contain eggs.
People with an egg allergy may find that the health food section of the grocery store offers the most options. That's where you'll find vegan foods that are made without eggs or egg products.
When preparing your own food, you can substitute one of these egg alternatives in your recipes. Each of these replaces one egg (these substitutes may not work as well in recipes that call for more than three eggs):
- 1 teaspoon baking powder + 1 tablespoon liquid + 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon yeast dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
- 1½ tablespoons water + 1½ tablespoons oil + 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 packet gelatin + 2 tablespoons warm water (don't mix until ready to use)
- 1 tablespoon pureed fruit such as apricots or bananas
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water
When cooking at home, always scrub the utensils you're using in case they have been used on egg products.
Although the number of people in the United States with food allergies is low (just over 1% of the total population), there's a growing awareness about food allergies. This means that everyone — from the waitstaff at a restaurant to food manufacturers — is more understanding and willing to accommodate a person's food needs.
So living with an egg allergy doesn't have to be a big pain, just a bit of an adjustment./p>


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Oh, dear God. Dear God. Dear God.
I cast one last desperate look at my parents before boarding the scarlet train, the panic transparent on my face. My mother waved halfheartedly, and Dad looked just as helpless. They stood out in the crowd in their Muggle clothes, but Gran burst between them, grinning cheerfully. Magic had skipped a generation, completely missing my Squib father and surprising me with a letter several weeks ago.
A letter from Hogwarts. Gran was so elated, she bought me a cat. Unfortunately, Cecil had no intentions of allowing himself to be stuffed into a cage, and was currently sprawled out on my bed at home, soaking up sunshine streaming through the windows and leaving me completely by myself on this frightening new journey. Traitor.
"Write to us, Gardenia!" another woman was calling, waving her hat at a dark-haired girl who was hanging halfway out one window. The girl clapped her hands over her face and shrank down below the glass, invisible.
"Write to us, Hollis!" my mother shouted as well, since she was in such a flutter in this strange magical environment that she couldn't think of anything original to say. Mum was wary of owls; she hated it when Gran used them for communication. I wondered what she would think of an owl zooming through the chimney and landing on the breakfast table, helping itself to a bit of her cereal and sticking out a leg for her to detach my future letters.
I dragged my trunk up the steps, clanking it over each one and gritting my teeth from the effort of heaving its weight. There was a passel of students gathered at the very front, bent over each other to examine something one of them was holding. I hopped up and down, trying to peer over their heads. "Excuse me," I said. No one listened to me. "Excuse me? I need to get through…"
An arm plunged through the crowd and gripped my collar, pulling me and my trunk through a group of students already dressed in their black Hogwarts robes. I emerged on the other side, gasping and pawing at my messed-up hair, and looked up to see the pinched face of a willowy red-haired boy.
"A first year, I presume?" he asked pompously, surveying my attire. I glared incredulously. "Well, come on then. I'm a fourth year, I can locate a spot for you."
"Oi, Percy!" another red-haired boy shouted, sticking his head around the corner of a train compartment. The Hogwarts Express was moving, and I pressed my hand against one of the many doors to prevent myself from falling down after the initial takeoff. "You're not a prefect yet, you can't go round giving orders to ickle firsties."
The boy named Percy started arguing with him, and I stared around me in nervous disbelief. The dark-haired girl I identified as Gardenia sauntered past me. "Where's the food trolley?" she asked to no one in particular. "My sister said there's supposed to be a food trolley full of sweets."
"Hi," I offered hopefully, shuffling forward. She turned to acknowledge me, smiling slightly. "Gardenia, right? I'm Hollis."
"Agh." She ducked her head, eyes darting furtively around us as if afraid that people would notice her interacting with me. "It's Alice," she hissed.
"Alice? But those people…wasn't that your mum? On the platform? She called you 'Gardenia'."
She leaned closer. "I hate that name, so I'm calling myself 'Alice'."
"Oh. Are you a first year, too?"
"Yeah." She was still glancing around eagerly, trying to locate the famed trolley of sweets. I unconsciously clung to her arm, relieved to have found someone to talk to.
"Want to find a compartment together?"
"Oh." She bit on her lip, hazel eyes reflecting how furiously she was thinking. "Sorry, but I've got to find my friend. Her name is Orchid, maybe you've seen her. She's got blonde – oh!" She tore away from me, heading down the opposite end of the train toward a girl with hair as yellow as straw, who was beckoning to her with a gap-toothed smile.
It was the freckled, red-haired boy who'd taunted Percy, and he was standing outside a door with his fingers clasped firmly around the handle. I could hear someone inside beating on it, trying to open it up and get out. The boy's hair was sticking up wildly, half of it coated with a strange green-colored slime, and he looked utterly nonplussed about relaxing against the door, clenching the handle shut to prevent whoever was inside from escaping.
"No," I replied feebly. "I just…don't know where to sit. I don't know anyone."
"Tons of people don't know anyone. That's the general way for first years, you know. I'm sure there's lots of other kids sitting by themselves in compartments, just as scared as you are."
"I'm not scared." This was definitely a lie. The person on the other side of the door was beating violently against it with their fists, shrieking curse words. The boy pretended not to hear it, bending one leg behind him to rest the bottom of his shoe against the door.
"You ought to be. This is what we do to first years." He inclined his head at the door, and was about to speak again, but was drowned out by a string of vulgar language that sounded like it was coming from an exceedingly outraged little girl.
He shrugged. "Because. That's traditionally what second years do to first years. You'll see what I mean next year."
I clutched the handle of my trunk and edged away, not desiring to be locked up with a screaming person, all for the crime of being a year younger than him. "I'm going to go find a free compartment."
"Here, try this one." He released his grip on the door handle and it swung abruptly open, knocking whoever had been fighting to get out onto the ground. I stood on tiptoe to see over his shoulder and found a small girl splayed on the floor, glasses askew. One of her brown pigtails was lopsided, the ribbon falling out, and she was wheezing from too much heavy breathing.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, Hollis," he chuckled.
I was about to ask him how he knew my name, and then remembered introducing myself to Gardenia/Alice, and immediately clammed up with embarrassment. He didn't expect a response, it seemed, because he caught the eye of a boy with dreadlocks who had smashed his face up against the glass of a compartment door opposite the one he had been guarding; Dreadlock Boy was puffing out his cheeks, crossing his eyes, and his tongue was smearing across the glass.
"Lee!" the boy called warmly, heading over to join him.
"He locked me in here!" the girl with brown pigtails yelled. Her voice was gratingly high-pitched. I winced and angled my face away from her. Certainly, there had to have been other compartments available. "I was looking for my brother," she went on. "I was just shouting and shouting for him and I couldn't find him. And so I shouted again and that boy –" she shook her finger at the compartment Obnoxious Second Year had vanished into – "stuffed me in here! Just wait until Archibald hears about this, he'll be so angry."
I coughed. "Archibald?"
"Yes," she glowered. "Archibald!" She reared her head back, mouth gaping open as she squeezed all of the power of her tiny lungs into making her voice as loud as hell. "ARCHIBALD!"
"Shut up, Delphine!" A boy with a face as round as the girl's next to me appeared in the open doorway. He sighed disparagingly, offering the girl a hand so that she could scramble to her feet. "I told you before, Delphine. While we're at school, you're only allowed to call me 'Archie'."
I slid into a corner, eyes widening. Changing your name seemed to be priority number one at Hogwarts. I was positive that this sort of barbaric stuffing-children-into-compartments and screaming would never be allowed at Durmstrang. My cousin went to Durmstrang, and she said it was top-notch. Gran, being the bossy old hen that she is, put her foot down when I requested to go there, too. "Hogwarts was good enough for me, and Hogwarts will be good enough for you."
Archie left and Delphine slammed the door shut behind him, and then proceeded to sulk across the small room. She sank into a chair. "This is the worst day of my life."
The door flew open again and this time Gardenia/Alice stormed inside. "Have you lot seen a boy around this high –" she raised her wand to indicate the height of a person about a head taller than herself – "Red hair and freckles. Really pushy?"
"Yes," Delphine piped up indignantly.
"There are loads of pushy boys with red hair," I interrupted, crossing my arms and fixing my focus on the blur of trees whooshing past my window. "Check the train yourself."
Her eyes narrowed to slits. "All right," she replied coolly. "Fine. I will."
When she was gone, Delphine turned to me, lips pushed out in puzzlement. "Who was that?"
"Gardenia," I said. "We don't like her. She has gnats in her hair."
"Really?" Delphine gaped at the place where the girl had stood a few seconds ago, stupefied. "I didn't see any."
"They're invisible. And they carry lots of diseases – all kinds of them. Rabies, scabies, melanoma… Plus, she's had her nose Charmed. I can tell. It's much too dainty and doesn't match the rest of her face."
"Wow." Delphine was utterly convinced. I decided that I liked her.
We chatted for the rest of the train ride, swapping predictions about which House we would be Sorted into (I was certain I would be in Ravenclaw, and she was adamant about Gryffindor), and whether or not we would get to see any elves. My Gran swore up and down that she had seen one once when she woke up in the middle of the night, after having fallen asleep at the common room table. Ever since hearing that story, I was consumed with the idea of catching one. Delphine was soon in agreement that it was definitely the most important task to conquer.
"Can we make them do things for us?" she asked, eyes bright and glittering.
"Like what?"
"I want one to do my Potions homework for me. Archibald said Potions is the hardest subject."
I pondered this. "I reckon you could."
"And the food," she said after we'd both changed into our Hogwarts robes. "I wonder how many meals we'll get." I was trying to listen to her, but the reality of my situation was swiftly looming over us, and I couldn't help but quiver with anxious anticipation. Hogwarts. I was really going to Hogwarts. Another witch in the Wright family! I began to do a little dance on the spot, and Delphine started to clap her hands even though she didn't know what we were excited about. She was a very shrill person.
"We're almost there," said a voice, and we both glanced over our shoulders. It was the pretentious-looking boy who'd yanked me across the train earlier, Percy. "Try to wait until the rest of the train empties, so that you won't be elbowed about. And you must be on your best behavior. It's your duty to the school to represent yourselves as well as you can manage."
"Who does he think he is?" Delphine mumbled through her teeth.
Across the corridor, I saw the door opposite ours yawn wide open. The obnoxious freckled boy who had teased Percy and then locked Delphine in our compartment. He waltzed into the narrow corridor like he owned it, smiling hugely. Before my nerves could smother the opportunity, I greeted him.
"Thank you, by the way."
He looked down at me, raising his eyebrows. "Who...?" He scratched his head. "What for?"
"I'm saying thanks for helping me out earlier – sort of. With helping me find a compartment...in a way."
"Err." He lifted his gaze to the group of boys plastering themselves against the glass window on his compartment door. I distinctly heard someone inside snigger. "You're welcome?" He clapped a hand on my back. "Any time, mate. I'll let you know when you can return the favor." He then melted into the throng of students beginning to bustle around, trying to get a good look at Hogwarts. Keen to get a glimpse of it myself, I followed after Delphine.
"Let's find Archibald," she advised. "He'll be able to get us safely into Hogwarts. Who knows how hazardous the trip might be? I heard that the whole school is sitting at the bottom of a black lake." She shuddered, tugging on my wrist. "Come on, Hollis. We're probably going to have to do some risky swimming."
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The Kemper Profiling Amplifier is a new concept for guitar amplification in the digital domain. The Kemper Profiling Amplifier "learns" the sonic behavior of any guitar amplifier and offers exactly the tone and feel the player knows from his "real" amp. The times of struggling to "re-find" that magic mic position in front of the speaker are over. Now there will be a profile available of basically any sonic condition the tube amp setup can provide.
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Computer worm
A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.[1] Often, it uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on the target computer to access it. Unlike a computer virus, it does not need to attach itself to an existing program.[2] Worms almost always cause at least some harm to the network, even if only by consuming bandwidth, whereas viruses almost always corrupt or modify files on a targeted computer.
Many worms that have been created are designed only to spread, and do not attempt to change the systems they pass through. However, as the Morris worm and Mydoom showed, even these "payload free" worms can cause major disruption by increasing network traffic and other unintended effects. A "payload" is code in the worm designed to do more than spread the worm—it might delete files on a host system (e.g., the ExploreZip worm), encrypt files in a cryptoviral extortion attack, or send documents via e-mail. A very common payload for worms is to install a backdoor in the infected computer to allow the creation of a "zombie" computer under control of the worm author. Networks of such machines are often referred to as botnets and are very commonly used by spam senders for sending junk email or to cloak their website's address.[3] Spammers are therefore thought to be a source of funding for the creation of such worms,[4][5] and the worm writers have been caught selling lists of IP addresses of infected machines.[6] Others try to blackmail companies with threatened DoS attacks.[7]
Users can minimize the threat posed by worms by keeping their computers' operating system and other software up-to-date, avoiding opening unrecognized or unexpected emails, and running firewall and antivirus software.[8]
Backdoors can be exploited by other malware, including worms. Examples include Doomjuice, which can spread using the backdoor opened by Mydoom, and at least one instance of malware taking advantage of the rootkit and backdoor installed by the Sony/BMG DRM software utilized by millions of music CDs prior to late 2005.[9][dubious ]
Worms with good intent
Beginning with the very first research into worms at Xerox PARC, there have been attempts to create useful worms. Those worms allowed testing by John Shoch and Jon Hupp of the Ethernet principles on their network of Xerox Alto computers. The Nachi family of worms tried to download and install patches from Microsoft's website to fix vulnerabilities in the host system—by exploiting those same vulnerabilities.[10] In practice, although this may have made these systems more secure, it generated considerable network traffic, rebooted the machine in the course of patching it, and did its work without the consent of the computer's owner or user. Regardless of their payload or their writers' intentions, most security experts regard all worms as malware.
Several worms, like XSS worms, have been written to research how worms spread. For example, the effects of changes in social activity or user behavior. One study proposed what seems to be the first computer worm that operates on the second layer of the OSI model (Data link Layer), it utilizes topology information such as Content-addressable memory (CAM) tables and Spanning Tree information stored in switches to propagate and probe for vulnerable nodes until the enterprise network is covered.[11]
Protecting against dangerous computer worms
Worms spread by exploiting vulnerabilities in operating systems. Vendors with security problems supply regular security updates[12] (see "Patch Tuesday"), and if these are installed to a machine then the majority of worms are unable to spread to it. If a vulnerability is disclosed before the security patch released by the vendor, a zero-day attack is possible.
Users need to be wary of opening unexpected email,[citation needed] and should not run attached files or programs, or visit web sites that are linked to such emails. However, as with the ILOVEYOU worm, and with the increased growth and efficiency of phishing attacks, it remains possible to trick the end-user into running malicious code.
Anti-virus and anti-spyware software are helpful, but must be kept up-to-date with new pattern files at least every few days. The use of a firewall is also recommended.
In the April–June, 2008, issue of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, computer scientists describe a potential new way to combat internet worms. The researchers discovered how to contain the kind of worm that scans the Internet randomly, looking for vulnerable hosts to infect. They found that the key is for software to monitor the number of scans that machines on a network sends out. When a machine starts sending out too many scans, it is a sign that it has been infected, allowing administrators to take it off line and check it for malware.[13][14] In addition, machine learning techniques can be used to detect new worms, by analyzing the behavior of the suspected computer.[15]
Mitigation techniques
- ACLs in routers and switches
- Packet-filters
- TCP Wrapper/libwrap enabled network service daemons
- Nullrouting
The actual term "worm" was first used in John Brunner's 1975 novel, The Shockwave Rider. In that novel, Nichlas Haflinger designs and sets off a data-gathering worm in an act of revenge against the powerful men who run a national electronic information web that induces mass conformity. "You have the biggest-ever worm loose in the net, and it automatically sabotages any attempt to monitor it... There's never been a worm with that tough a head or that long a tail!"[16]
On November 2, 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, a Cornell University computer science graduate student, unleashed what became known as the Morris worm, disrupting a large number of computers then on the Internet, guessed at the time to be one tenth of all those connected[17] During the Morris appeal process, the U.S. Court of Appeals estimated the cost of removing the virus from each installation was in the range of $200–53,000, and prompting the formation of the CERT Coordination Center[18] and Phage mailing list.[19] Morris himself became the first person tried and convicted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.[20]
See also
- Computer and network surveillance
- Computer virus
- Helpful worm
- Spam
- Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms
- Trojan horse (computing)
- XSS Worm
- ^ Barwise, Mike. "What is an internet worm?". BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Difference between a computer virus and a computer worm". USCB SicienceLine.
- ^ Ray, Tiernan (February 18, 2004). "Business & Technology: E-mail viruses blamed as spam rises sharply". The Seattle Times.
- ^ McWilliams, Brian (October 9, 2003). "Cloaking Device Made for Spammers". Wired.
- ^ "Unavailable".
- ^ "Uncovered: Trojans as Spam Robots". hiese online. 2004-02-21. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ^ "Hacker threats to bookies probed". BBC News. February 23, 2004.
- ^ "Computer Worm Information and Removal Steps". Veracode. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ^ "Sony Ships Sneaky DRM Software". Pcworld.com. 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Virus alert about the Nachi worm". Microsoft.
- ^ Al-Salloum, Z. S.; Wolthusen, S. D. (2010). "A link-layer-based self-replicating vulnerability discovery agent". The IEEE symposium on Computers and Communications. p. 704. ISBN 978-1-4244-7754-8. doi:10.1109/ISCC.2010.5546723.
- ^ "USN list". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ Sellke, S. H.; Shroff, N. B.; Bagchi, S. (2008). "Modeling and Automated Containment of Worms". IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing 5 (2): 71–86. doi:10.1109/tdsc.2007.70230.[dead link]
- ^ "A New Way to Protect Computer Networks from Internet Worms". Newswise. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ Moskovitch R., Elovici Y., Rokach L. (2008), Detection of unknown computer worms based on behavioral classification of the host, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 52(9):4544–4566, DOI 10.1016/j.csda.2008.01.028
- ^ Brunner, John (1975). The Shockwave Rider. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-06-010559-3.
- ^ "The Submarine".
- ^ "Security of the Internet". CERT/CC.
- ^ "Phage mailing list". securitydigest.org.
- ^ Dressler, J. (2007). "United States v. Morris". Cases and Materials on Criminal Law. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West. ISBN 978-0-314-17719-3.
External links
- Malware Guide – Guide for understanding, removing and preventing worm infections on Vernalex.com.
- "The 'Worm' Programs – Early Experience with a Distributed Computation", John Shoch and Jon Hupp, Communications of the ACM, Volume 25 Issue 3 (March 1982), pages 172–180.
- "The Case for Using Layered Defenses to Stop Worms", Unclassified report from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), 18 June 2004.
- Worm Evolution, paper by Jago Maniscalchi on Digital Threat, 31 May 2009.
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Last week my mom went down to the Magic Kingdom with me and the girls. We had an absolute blast! Charlotte adores her Grammy and asked about going to Disney World with her for days before we left. Here are some pictures from our day.
The sky-writing we saw from the parking lot
Mom and the girls seeing Mickey & Minnie. This is becoming my favorite part of the parks. Charlotte loves seeing them!
Reason #128 why Grammy is cooler than Mommy: She crawls into tiny spaces to play
Meeting the princesses
Naomi sharing her cantaloupe with Grammy
Charlotte having a blast with her Grammy on Dumbo
Some of the construction going on at the back of the park. This will eventually have an area for some more of the princesses. I believe it will include a "Be Our Guest" restaurant from Beauty & the Beast (which comes out again next week, by the way!), a ride from The Little Mermaid, and something for Princess Aurora, but I can't remember what exactly.
Pirate Goofy
Reason #376 why Grammy is cooler than Mommy: Grammy plays in the water
Cooling off
Charlotte seeing Mickey & Minnie in the parade
At the end of the day, finishing off her cantaloupe
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Disney With Grammy
Last week my mom went down to the Magic Kingdom with me and the girls. We had an absolute blast! Charlotte adores her Grammy and asked about going to Disney World with her for days before we left. Here are some pictures from our day.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Rollins Weddings
Many moons ago we went to some fantastic weddings to celebrate new additions to the Rollins family. Because I slack and don't blog often, I'm just now getting around to uploading the pictures. Better late than never... And the quality of the pictures are horrible because I was holding a squirming baby while taking most of them.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel and Vanessa Rollins
We traveled up to Nashville to see Nathaniel and Vanessa get married. It was such a beautiful ceremony! We enjoyed seeing several aunts and uncles and lots of cousins.
Uncle Tim and Aunt Cindy
James (This is the best shot I could get of him? Seriously need to work on my photog skills!)
Alex. He's a handsome little guy and by that smile, I'm going to guess he knows it :)
Nick & Hannah
All of them are members of the Tim & Cindy Rollins clan. (Their oldest, Tim and his family, could not be there because of his service in the military.) "Be fruitful and multiply!"
Naomi showing off in the parking lot of the church
Alex dancing with Charlotte. She hardly left the dance floor all night!
Naomi and Kristina (another Rollins cousin)
At the end of August we traveled up to Chicago to see the wedding of Jamie and Nate in her parent's back yard. It was a beautiful and very special ceremony. They were actually married a week before at Nate's parent's home so that his mom could be there to see them get married. She was battling pancreatic cancer and couldn't make the trip from her home in Indiana to Chicago. Thanks to Skype, though, she was able to see the second ceremony as well. She wasn't able to be there to celebrate the wedding with the rest of the family, but she is now part of the eternal celebration in Heaven. Praise the Lord!
The only picture I got of the bride and groom. I'm going to use the squirmy baby excuse again.
Naomi enjoying a snuggle with Uncle Bennie
Naomi flirting with Uncle John, who I'm pretty sure she thought was her Pop.
After the ceremony and a nap back at the hotel, we headed into downtown Chicago for a couple hours.
Orange and blue sunset. God is definitely a Gator fan.
How we set up the hotel room so the TV wouldn't bother Naomi while she slept
Naomi, on her first flight, doing a little light reading. She got a little fussy on one of the legs of the trip, but overall was a great traveler. (Because we'd have to pay for a ticket for Charlotte, she stayed back home with her Grammy and Grampy and had an absolute blast! This trip was the longest I had been away from her so I was more than anxious to have my big girl in my arms again!)
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Gator Football 2010
We celebrated the first Gator game of the season with Dusty & Arin, Chad & Amber, and all the kids here at our house. The game was a little stressful, but we won and had a great time with the family.
Daddy and his girls!
Naomi, making a very important call
Charlotte, modeling the tutu I made her
Hanging out
Charlotte and Ella, dressing up and getting glam
Appropriate outdoor attire
The dads took the kids out back to catch some fish
Charlotte looked, but absolutely would not touch the fish!
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Disney - Part II
Jared and Naomi showing off and looking cute
Charlotte couldn't fight the nap off any longer.
This little moment melted my heart. Daddy fixing his little girl's hair :) I guarantee the only reason he did this is because he knew I made those little ears for the girls and was hoping they'd wear them throughout the day. Such a wonderful father and husband!
This is the sky as we were leaving. I don't know if it was a spotlight thingamajig (according to spell-check, "thingamajig" is a word! Who knew?!) or clouds, but how neat does that sky look!
We bought weekday passes so we can get into all four of their parks Monday - Friday, with the exception of some block-out dates. The block-out dates are the times that school is out, so during the summer, two weeks at Christmas, and two weeks during the spring. It's so crowded during those times that we likely wouldn't go then anyway. I'm quite excited about it! I'm trying to decide when our next trip should be. Jared says he needs more than a week to recover. He's a Disney light-weight like that :)
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Enjoy another gourmet kosher recipe from "Cooking for a Cause", the cookbook that brought hundreds of Syrian Jewish women together to cook and freeze kosher meals for the Sephardic Bikur Holim Food Pantry. These goumet kosher cookbooks are $36 and available at the Sephardic Bikur Holim office in Deal, New Jersey or just email Renna Calvo for more info- firstname.lastname@example.com. Don't forget to order them as the perfect Hanuka gift for your favorite Jewish Hostess! Chilean Sea Bass with Mushroom Marsala Sauce The Marsala sauce may also be used over pasta, just add some heavy cream to get the consistency of a cream sauce. Delicious! p.s.Perfect for a Meatless Monday night!!!!
- 3 lbs. Chilean Sea Bass (butterflied)
- ½ cup flour
- olive oil cooking spray
- 12 shallots (finely diced)
- 1 48 oz. Baby Bella mushrooms (halved)
- ½ stick light butter or Earth Balance
- 2 tbs. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup Marsala cooking wine
- salt and pepper to taste
1. Rinse and dry fish, then lightly flour. 2. In a large pan, sauté fish with olive oil cooking spray. Set aside in a baking dish. 3. In a separate pot, melt butter with olive oil (prevents butter from burning). Add shallots and sauté until lightly browned. 4. Add in mushrooms and cook for 10 minutes. 5. Add in wine, salt and pepper and cook until mushrooms concentrate and there is no alcohol smell left. 6. Pour mushroom sauce over fish in the baking dish and broil no medium until fish is cooked through. (If there are a lot of mushrooms, serve as a side dish for the fish.) Sarah Chrem
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Yes, if it has escaped your attention, as it surely shouldn't have, this Saturday is the next super, spiffing and splendid Vintage and Handmade Fair in Chipping Sodbury. Here, yours truly shall have a stall peddling her wares, along with my accomplices, Mr HenHouse and Master Munchkin, not forgetting many other very talented makers and vintage vendors (at least their wares are vintage, even if they are not).
Today I have attacked my vintage stash and embroidered cloths and have been merrily patchworking away on some cushion covers. This one has a bluey purpley theme...
While this one, still being sewn together, has a pretty sugary pastel theme, all my fave colours.
There have been more crazy hearts, filled with delicious Provencal lavender.
To prove that I really have been patchworking like mad, you can see I needed to buy a new ruler and handle as the others broke, and whilst we were in Lewes last week, I thought I should treat myself to a new pink cutting mat. Well, it would have been rude not to.
Also in Lewes, sister/partner-in-crime and I spotted this extremely cute number.
Yes, we lugged it all the way round Lewes and all the way back on the train and I've loved giving it a pretty makeover. Just right for a special little lady to find under the tree on Christmas morning?
The vintage crib has received a new influx of bunny teds who are jostling for space with the owls...
There are also a few more brooches, a new design using vintage quilt patches teamed with my fave little felty flowers and a touch of hand embroidery.
Oh, if only my "to do" list was looking a little shorter and if only when I crossed one thing off, I didn't think of something else to add? Know the feeling?
Much better to be like Vorey and take advantage of the piece of foam abandoned under the ironing board?
What? Sleep in that nice basket with a cushion in it and a crocheted blanket? When I can have this chopped-into-curled-up piece of foam?
It's all far too much for Charlie Boy who is having to block out the daylight with his furry paw to take a cat nap!
As you can see from the calendar, I'm stuck back on the twelth! If only.
I hope to be back before the end of the week to show you the other goodies I am working on and (fingers crossed) hope to have finished. Hope you are having a good week. Now where did I put that paint brush?


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It's no secret that I am not a fan of Monica Vernon. I have many reasons I will not vote for Monica Vernon. Here are my top ten:
1. Monica Vernon blocked me on Facebook. When I asked her why she told me that I was "too negative" and then added that I was the only person she has blocked. If Monica can't handle my commentary on local matters how will she treat people when it comes to state/national issues? Will she just ignore the people in her district when she doesn't agree with them? Will she block you, your parents, or other lawmakers? Her skin is not thick enough for the position.
2. Monica Vernon lied to Cedar Rapids citizens when she advocated for the Local Option Sales Tax. She told the Gazette that "It's all for housing" and the Gazette later clarified that "90% of the revenue from the sales tax–expected to generate about $18 million a year for the city for five and one-quarter years should voters approved the tax on Tuesday–will be used for the buyout, rehabilitation and relocation of flood damaged housing" (Gazette Thursday, February 26, 2009). That did not happen. Instead, historical homes were demolished and people had to wait for the city to get money from the state before they were paid. This while the city made grand plans for a new library, fire station, public works building, and much more.
3. Monica Vernon does not care about working class people. The neighborhoods full of working class people were demolished. Many of the people who lived in these neighborhoods wanted to rebuild but they were told no or denied the same funding other people got because of where they were located. Monica was on the council when all these decisions were made. She never stood up for anyone whose property rights were violated. Monica never made any effort to save anything on the west bank. Nor did she fight for the working class people when it came to buyouts. Houses were torn down before the homeowners were compensated and they weren't compensated with the LOST money. Furthermore, Monica told me that the Local Option Sales Tax Oversight Committee (a committee I was a member of for one year) in an email that it was set up without authority on purpose! "When we set up the committee it was set up to express concerns and caution the council but with no authority." "That was by design." Monica Vernon
4. Monica Vernon doesn't care about the Constitution. While in office Monica supported unconstitutional ordinances that has gotten the city sued not once but twice.
5. Monica Vernon only became a Democrat when she wanted to gain the votes of the union members. Before that she was a Republican.
6. Monica Vernon's commercials make her sound like a single mom who knows the struggles. She claims she worked hard from her kitchen table to build a business. She fails to mention that her husband is a successful lawyer and that she is in the banking business. http://thegazette.com/2009/12/23/central-city-bank-sold-to-local-investors/
7. Monica Vernon does not have the courage to take on the "Tea Party gridlock" as she claims in one of her commercials. She doesn't go to "Tea Party" meetings nor does she try to communicate with anyone that I know of in our local "Tea Party" movement. She will not represent the constitutional conservatives of District 1.
8. Monica Vernon has done nothing for troubled young people in Cedar Rapids. Since the beginning of 2014 seven people have been murdered in Cedar Rapids. Two of the killers have only been caught because they turned their guns on themselves. Young people have no affordable healthy outlets that I know of in Cedar Rapids. She claims in one of her commercials that "we need to stand up for what's right, together" but she hasn't stood up for what's right on so many instances I can't believe a word she says!
9. Monica Vernon does not clearly understand the meaning of "conflict of interest". Monica voted in favor of her husbands position on the Board of Adjustments. The Board of Adjustment is where one goes to get zoning changes and variances. I question most of the decisions she has made through the years.
10. Monica Vernon supported giving millionaires tax breaks through TIFs (Tax Increment Financing) therefore competing with local business owners. She has also voted to give hundreds of properties away to these same millionaires. Go to: Get The Facts CR for more information.
Monica Vernon is bad for Cedar Rapids and she would be a disaster for Iowa. While we go through these primaries I hope that people do their homework and look into all the candidates on the ticket and chose anyone but Monica Vernon.
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Apple gave eco-friendly computer fans a brief jolt this July after it backed out of EPEAT certification, only to restore most devices just days later. While we can't say we're completely shocked at the follow-up, EPEAT has confirmed that at least one "ultra-thin" laptop from Apple has just cleared the verification process. The as yet unnamed system is more likely to be a Mac that had already earned the recycling-friendly rating in the past, such as the MacBook Air, rather than a sudden turnaround for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The look wasn't exclusively devoted to the Mac side, though -- EPEAT cleared Apple's computer as part of a wider test that also greenlit extra-thin portables from Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba. We've reached out to get a more definitive list, but the approvals should ease the minds of those worried that ever-slimmer laptops are forcing us to give up our green efforts.
Apple, other thin laptop makers pass latest round of EPEAT tests after summer mini-drama
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EPEAT Announces Latest Notebook Verification Findings
Green electronics rating system confirms that all products tested met rigorous environmental criteria
Portland, OR, October 12, 2012 -- EPEAT today released the results of a verification process that tested five different "ultra-thin" notebooks to ascertain their conformance with the green rating system's stringent requirements. These products had come under close scrutiny in public discussions this past summer. Products from Apple, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba were investigated in this verification process. All products investigated met the requirements of the criteria reviewed.
"EPEAT is committed to foster greener electronics and to give purchasers the tools to evaluate green claims," said Robert Frisbee, CEO of EPEAT. "The system's rigorous environmental assessment processes result from a powerful stake holder collaboration that includes purchasers, government, manufacturers, recyclers and academic participants. This latest series of stringent investigations demonstrates the power of that approach."
The findings released today are the culmination of a lengthy review of a number of specific criteria – and of a broad array of notebook products registered in the EPEAT system. Specific areas of concern addressed included whether products could be upgraded, if tools were commonly available to accomplish upgrades, and whether materials of concern including batteries could be easily removed from ultrathin products.
To ensure the integrity of the registry, EPEAT undertook a number of fundamental inquiries. These included:
• a request for formal clarification of the standard requirements from the independent Product Verification Committee (PVC) – a group of experts on electronics and environmental issues who provide interpretation of conformity requirements and rule on verification findings
• a comprehensive review of publicly available technical information for notebook products in the EPEAT registry.
• an independent verification investigation for those products where public information did not resolve questions of potential nonconformance.
For the verification investigation, EPEAT contracted with a technical test lab to independently purchase these devices on the open market, and disassemble them according to the instructions provided.
Following their disassembly investigation, the test lab recommended that all the products be found to satisfy EPEAT requirements. After reviewing the data and recommendations provided by the lab, the PVC found all investigated products to be in conformance with EPEAT criteria, clearing the way for all the products investigated to remain on the EPEAT registry. Additional details of the investigation may be found below.
The information garnered through these investigations will help stakeholders currently engaged in updating the PC/Display standard to ensure that the criteria address the market direction and design innovations leading toward thinner, lighter products.
Clarification of Standard Requirements
The EPEAT PVC determined that, based on the clear wording of the relevant criteria, products could be considered upgradable if they contained an externally-accessible port through which additional capacity could be supplied to the registered product (or if they could be upgraded through physical replacement of parts).
The PVC also ruled that tools required for disassembly or upgrade of registered products are deemed 'commonly available' if they can be purchased by any individual or business on the open market, are not proprietary and do not require agreements between the buyer and seller.
The PVC declined to specify precise parameters for what constitutes "easy and safe" disassembly or removal of components, because they noted such terms could encompass different details depending on the specifics of the product class in question and must be demonstrated in action.
Comprehensive Review and Surveillance
EPEAT staff performed a detailed surveillance review of all small and light products registered in the system. This review identified specific types of ultrathin construction that seemed most likely to encounter issues meeting the criteria of concern. This eliminated the majority of products under review, and left five products from four manufacturers with significant unresolved questions relating to conformance.
Investigation of the remaining five products was conducted through a formal verification investigation. In keeping with EPEAT's standard approach, manufacturers subject to investigation were not notified in advance, and investigation was based on product registrations prior to the verification notification. (For more about verification in EPEAT, see http://www.epeat.net/learn-more/verification/)
EPEAT requested standard disassembly instructions from each manufacturer for the products in question, then commissioned a technical test lab to independently purchase these devices on the open market, and disassemble them according to the instructions provided. Lab personnel were not trained recycling professionals, so they could be expected to provide more universally applicable data regarding questions of time and ease of disassembly than would a demonstration by a recycler.
The lab disassembled each of the purchased products with full documentation of each disassembly process, including its overall duration. Time for total disassembly of each of the products was under 20 minutes in all cases; for the removal of batteries the time required was between 30 seconds and 2 minutes. As noted above, these times probably exceed what a skilled recycler would require. Given their findings, the lab recommended that all products be found in conformance with EPEAT requirements.


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1. In accordance with paragraph 48 of the Foreign Exchange Management Regulation, resident shall not take foreign loans from abroad or conduct other types of borrowing abroad or documents that are likely to be loans without the prior approval of the Central Bank, and shall comply with the provisions of the Central Bank.
2. As per para1, resident, who wants to seek an offshore loan, to get the approval of the Central Bank of Myanmar may apply directly or through Myanmar Investment Commission to the Central Bank of Myanmar by the following documents:
(a) An application which is addressed to "the Central Bank of Myanmar, Office No(55), Nay Pyi Taw".
(b) Relevant documents with regard to the company's profile such as Company Registration Certificate, Form VI, Form XXVI, Memorandum of Association, Memorandum of Articles, etc.
(c) If the company has been already established, financial statements for the current year and previous year as approved by an external certified auditor, who should be a Certified Public Accountant.
(d) Loan Agreement (Draft) including repayment schedule for the proposed loan and other relevant data.
(e) Bank Credit advices evidence of equity transferred to the company (borrower).
(f) Other documentary evidence.
3. Based on the submitted documents, the Central Bank of Myanmar will review and scrutinize the following facts,and approve or reject the proposal:
(a) Whether the amount of equity capital of the applicant exceeds USD 500,000.
(b) Whether the applicant (borrower) has an access to a matching foreign exchange income or not.
(c) Whether the borrower is able to repay the loan from the income generated from domestic business, and has plans to mitigate the exchange risk even if he or she does not have a foreign exchange income.
(d) Whether the borrower has already transferred 80% of equity committed in MIC permit or not.
(e) Whether Debt to Equity Ratio is within a maximum of 3:1 and 4:1 or not.
(f) Whether there are completion and correctness of terms and conditions mentioned in loan agreement and documents or not.
(g) Whether the loan tenure is medium-term or long-term, and loan repayment schedule is consistent with loan agreement or not.


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The issue of Israeli settlements has captured attention far beyond the arena of international politics. Several celebrities have now thrown their weight behind what is being termed a "cultural boycott" against further building on Palestinian land. But with Israel's construction freeze due to expire at the end of the month, there are doubts that these efforts will make any impact. Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports.
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Originally published: 05.01.08 by Theo Etzel
Myth: Ostriches bury their heads in the sand.
Fact: They don't. It merely appears that way when they flop their head on the ground and their head and neck blend into the sand.
Another fact: Some business leaders really do bury their heads in the sand when faced with difficult decisions.
Tough decisions are just that, tough. Playing the "ignore it and it'll go away" game is disastrous. This is a win-lose situation where the problem wins and the organization loses. When problems arise that need decisive action, the leader disappears. The thinking behind this management strategy: If I give it enough time, the problem will go away on its own. It won't.
On top of that, the leader's image in the organization is severely compromised. It's the "feel better now" syndrome. That becomes a short-lived feeling as the weight of indecision mounts with every passing day. Avoiding tough decisions means inefficient operations and a directionless atmosphere.
When problems put people in uncomfortable situations, burying your head in the sand seems like a comfortable solution. While temporarily affording a safe zone, ignoring what needs to be done only postpones an even larger feeling of discomfort and
When I first started in business I had a mentor that was in the hotel development field. His No. 1 philosophy was that time kills all deals. In other words, opportunities will fall by the wayside and problems will grow when people just let time pass. Most of the time it is fear, avoiding emotional discomfort, or a desire to have all the information before making a decision that causes leaders to bury their heads in the sand. And I, too, have fallen into that trap. However, experience is a wonderful teacher. The key is learning from, and not repeating, those experiences.
Fear is a good thing to possess in many instances. It's what prevents us from blindly walking into the middle of a busy street. It heightens our awareness of our surroundings. It should make us take appropriate action. However, when a leader experiences the fear of making a wrong decision (or fear of failure) and then chooses to ignore the situation in hopes of it going away, that form of fear is dangerous for the life of the organization.
The fear of not being seen as perfect or being able to make the perfect decision every time is not healthy for the leader or the people around him or her.
Some decisions are simply not fun. Who wouldn't rather have days filled with fun than some rock-your-boat decisions that need to be made? Most people don't wake up and look for emotionally uncomfortable situations in which to put themselves. Again, running from this discomfort leads to ignoring the problem or opportunity presented and results in a failure to address the immediate consequences of the situation. A larger bucket of consequences awaits all involved as time goes by with no action.
It would be so nice to have all the information before having to make a decision. That would be almost as good as having a crystal ball. But few situations present themselves in full light and with all the facts. We are left to make decisions with varying degrees of completeness of facts. People who continue to wait for just a little more information suffer from paralysis by analysis. Nothing gets done until one more piece of the puzzle is known.
Trouble is, we never have enough pieces of the puzzle for the full picture. Again, time will kill the deal and limit the options when we wait too long. However, I'm not suggesting you get your exercise by jumping to conclusions with barely enough information in hand. Being decisive with too little understanding can be equally disastrous. Knowing where that fine line of time spent versus information gathered is a sign of leadership maturity.
So how does one extricate one's cranium from the silica? It takes practice. But through focus, discipline, and action proper decisions and forward-moving steps can happen. Most situations we are faced with are surrounded by fuzzy, extraneous information and opinions. Focusing on the true kernel of the problem or dilemma usually brings it down to a size that becomes manageable. Ask questions to reveal the true root of the problem. Many times it is not one giant problem but a series of smaller ones that have been allowed to fester. Decisively dealing with each smaller component makes dealing with the collective much easier.
It takes discipline to stay and face the battle rather than run and hide or ignore it. This is a gut check. By dealing with the issues, examining options and asking advice from trusted sources, you are doing positive things to address the problem. This is where deliberate thought and focus come together to help formulate a plan of action.
Action: when the talk is implemented into a plan that is put into motion and people are held accountable to get it done. A business plan on a shelf doesn't bring a business to life. But make people responsible for sections of that plan by charging them with taking action on those areas and the business becomes a thriving entity. You can't talk a parachute open; you have to pull the rip cord. People see and react to action. They feel as if they had better take action because the leader is taking action. The leader is seen as a decisive person and not afraid to wrestle with a tough problem.
I mentioned the fear factor — the fear of not being perfect or the fear of failure. Maybe I should have given up a long time ago since I'm not perfect and I've experienced failures before. People know leaders are not perfect. Most, if not all, have had some form of failure in one of their attempts at an idea.
Your staff and customers are okay with that as long as you are facing the day-to-day challenges head-on and not with your backside running away. I'll take an imperfect decision maker over a perfectionist afraid to pull the trigger any day. A Chinese proverb illustrates my point: Fall down six times, get up seven. Mistakes happen but better to be proactive in making them than avoiding the problem and being at the mercy of time and a reactive situation.
Focus, discipline, action are the three steps you must take in order to pull your head out of the sand. Focus on the heart of the matter; have discipline to stand in there and face the music; take action to correct the situation. The feeling of relief from conquering an obstacle that seemed daunting before facing up to it is enormous. And the best part is real relief with lasting benefits — not just a "feel better now" panacea.
Theo Etzel is the CEO of Naples, Fla.-based Conditioned Air. He is a seasoned business executive and passionate entrepreneur who believes in providing the highest level of customer care, services and products to his clients. For additional information, visit www.conditionedair.com.
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Ethics and their roots have practical applications for business beyond just a statement on paper. Here is my explanation of how Conditioned Air's core values benefit everyone involved in our business: Integrity Integrity is always doing the right thing for people in a truthful way.
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If you aren't addressing the very real threat of burnout, your business is at risk of underperforming. Paying attention to your own feelings is very important. But watching out for signs that an employee is beginning to suffer from burnout is critical for the success of the organization.
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Creating a continuous-improvement mindset will make your company more competitive today and tomorrow.
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