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PHP/Recode fail

I use PHP on FreeBSD servers, compiled from the ports system. It works very well, except that sometimes… well… sometimes… segfaults happen. Yes random, bizarre, “how did this working system suddenly become non-working wtf” errors happen.

Here’s an example of what happened to me today. This is a snip from my lighttpd error log

(mod_fastcgi.c.2722) child signaled: 11
(mod_fastcgi.c.1051) the fastcgi-backend /usr/local/bin/php-cgi failed to start:
(mod_fastcgi.c.1065) terminated by signal: 11
(mod_fastcgi.c.1070) to be exact: it segfaulted, crashed, died, … you get the idea.
(mod_fastcgi.c.1072) If this is PHP, try removing the bytecode caches for now and try again.
(mod_fastcgi.c.2759) ERROR: spawning fcgi failed.

Well in a nutshell, php-cgi is failing to start. When I attempt to run /usr/local/bin/php-cgi from the command line, it causes a segmentation fault. If you’ve seen this before, you might have thought “oh no… sig11! signal 11 could mean my hardware is fried!” At least I thought so. The truth of the matter, in this case, is that the php-cgi executable is not happy. Why isn’t it happy? I’m glad you asked. We all want our executeables to be happy, right?

This wasn’t easy for me to figure out the first time it happened to me last year. I was going nuts trying to figure out what went wrong, I even put in a request for new hardware (yes a new development server, which I actually got). This didn’t solve my problem either. I began to panic. I’m not sure what made me think of it, but after a while I decided to try minimalizing my PHP installation, by commenting out extensions from my extensions.ini file (on my sys it’s /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini)

With everything commented out, php-cgi was happy again, but of course I need at least a few of the extensions (specifically mysqli), and so I started adding extensions back in one at a time to find the problem. It turns out that the problem is with the recode extension.

With the recode extension out of the picture, things went along fine for quite a while and I was able to develop my small web application with Zend Framework (1.5 at the time, I think). PHP was happy, Lighttpd was happy, I was happy. There was a lot of happiness to be found! And then it happened. I updated my PHP port with portmaster. A dark cloud (a cloud named sig11) loomed over the server and the happiness turned to confusion once again. Then I remembered… “didn’t this happen last year?” Yes. Yes it did. Same problem. This time I didn’t panic though, I went straight for the extensions file.

Now I’m not sure what about the recode extension my system doesn’t like, but it doesn’t like it. It didn’t like it last year, and it doesn’t like it now. The PHP port installed a new copy of extensions.ini which includes the recode extension and so that’s why the error reoccured after updating the port. If you are experiencing weird segmentation faults with PHP, I highly recommend you start commenting out your extensions. Also, you may want to check the order of the extensions. If they are in alphabetical order, something is wrong. Some extensions rely on others to be loaded first, so be careful.

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X11 Forwarding via SSH from OpenBSD 4.4 to OS X 10.5.5

Does it work? The answer is yes! 🙂
All you have to do is edit the sshd_config file on the OpenBSD machine and set X11Forwarding to yes, then fire up X (I’m using XQuartz 2.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple18)) and in an xterm (or!) enter

ssh -Y user@openbsd_machine program

P.S.: Actually, you don’t even have to start X on either end of this connection, it will still work. I just tried 🙂

The Latest Reason I Hate Windows Server

Why can’t I just reboot? Why do I have to choose some option from a dropdown? I only wanted to reboot! Now I was tricked into shutting down a server that isn’t even in the same zipcode! What the hell Microsoft? Why couldn’t you make reboot the first choice? Now I’m stuck making calls and e-mailing people to say “sorry I was confused by the crazy windows shutdown options”. Shutting down should be easier. Instead, the first thing you have to do is click START, which makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER, then you have to choose from some silly dropdown to explain why. I’ll tell you why I was rebooting Microsoft! I’ll tell you why! It’s because you force me to reboot in order to get anything done! that’s why! That’s why I have to reboot the damned server! WTF?! You make my life miserable at every opportunity. Is it because you know I hate you? Is it because you know I’m using a mac and have a FreeBSD machine and OpenBSD machine at home? is that it? Is it because you know about my Ubuntu desktop machine? What is it? Why must you torture me this way?

So about that Golden Apple Project of mine…

I was just looking through my archives and remembered the Golden Apple Project. Ahhh yes. Well it turns out that the machine was so old it just stopped working altogether. OpenBSD was running just fine on it, but after a year the network card died and when I tried to add a netgear PCI NIC it caused kernel panics. I do have a new apple PPC machine that I have been prepping to handle light duties, her name is aphrodite and she’s a little red iMac. It’s my hope that I can keep at least one PPC box running unix in my little computer family…

ISC DHCPD duplicate uid lease

Ever see this?

dhcpd: uid lease for client xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is duplicate on 192.168.1/24

or something like it, in your dhcp logs? Well I checked /var/log/messages today and saw that I had thousands of this message repeated over and over (so much so it was spamming my log  and making it harder to find what might be important stuff). I searched around the ‘net and found some hints but nothing conclusive. The hints pointed toward a duplicate lease (duh) but more specifically lead me to check my leases file. Mine was located in /var/db/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases.

It turns out that what caused this error for me was that I had started the machine in question (the MAC address has been altered to protect the innocent haha) before I had the time to create a reservation for it. Then after it already had an address leased to it, I created a reservation for it (for internal DNS purposes, nothing more). Apparently because duplicates are allowed by default in isc dhcpd, when the machine’s networking was restarted and it got it’s new reserved IP, the server kept the original lease (which was that .150 address) and also got a lease from it’s reservation (.80 on my network). Since the .150 lease was still present in the leases file it caused the warning message (over and over and over for a month).

So if you are using isc dhcpd, and you use reservations, and you’re getting these error messages, you might want to check your leases file and make sure that you don’t have a lease for something that also has a reservation under a different IP.

The other pages I found on my search also suggested that you might have a reservation that hands out an address that is within your dynamic scope. You definitely don’t want to do that, so you may need to check that out as well in your dhcpd.conf.

For the curious, I run FreeBSD 7 on a Pentium 4 Dell desktop (I think it’s a dimension series, I haven’t looked at it in a while haha) that sits in my kitchen as a headless DNS/DHCP/Web/Random Unix Fun server. It’s actually making lots of bad noise lately and I think one of it’s fans might be going 🙁 I’ll check that out and report back 🙂


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Sticks 'n Stones GIVEAWAY!

Good morning everyone! Just wanted to post up a quick announcement about a little giveaway I'm doing..

I am going to tie it in to two things, but technically it will just be one.. I'll explain!

I recently hit 400 followers and wanted to have a giveaway to celebrate that - aka celebrate all of you being completely awesome and following my nail polish endeavours! But the things I wanted to include in my giveaway keep being unavailable to me.. Except for Cover Band's Sticks 'n Stones and that is only because when I had ordered my bottle, I ordered a second to giveaway.. ALSO.. I decided to .com my blog. I had talked about it with my dad (he actually talks about how when he googles my name now my blog shows up and how he sees the images some times and that he thinks I'm awesome) and I declared: when I hit 400 followers, I'm going to .com it up! So I did.

SO! While I say this is to celebrate both of these marvelous things, I still want to have a more.. substantial giveaway at some point.. I'm already collecting.. But this gem is sitting in my drawer and it needs a good home!

Who: You!
What: A chance to win a bottle of an awesome nail polish!
Where: Uh, on my blog?
When: Starts today (July 17) and goes until July 24th at 12:00am EST
Why: Because I want to!
How: Enter using this rad rafflecopter widget below

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Also, this giveaway is open to everyone.. I always hated when it was closed off to certain people - so, enjoy!!

Unknown said…
I'd probably use it over china glaze shocking pink neon !
I want to try a navy blue underneath. Congrats on the +400 and the .com :)
Leanne said…
Heyy congrats girl! I've been a follower of yours since the very beginning, thrilled to see your blog growing so well :-)

I am DYING to try this over an electric blue!
Jessica said…
Congrats on hitting 400!! If i'd pair it with anything, it would be a bright orange or blue.. or maybe a blue & orange gradient!
Rainbowify Me said…
I'd pair it with Icing "Power to the pink". I'm sure that would be awesome!
Michelle said…
Congratulations on hitting the 400 mark, and on the .com! :)
Vedra said…
I think it'll look good with OPI You don't know Jacques :)
FrugallyMe said…
Congrats! I'd pair it with Revlon "Royal"!
Kvacka said…
I'd pair this polish with Color Club Gossip Column! <3
Thank you and congrats! =))
Kalee said…
I would pair this with a bright hot pink like Essie Pink Parka or a blue like Sally Hansens Pacific Blue. <333
Anonymous said…
I'd do all my nails black except for my ring would be white & then top it off with sticks & stones (=
Unknown said…
I would top it over my light pastel pink nailpolish
I'd use a bright pink like borghese raspberry sorbetto!
Unknown said…
what about pairing it with OPI Dating a Royal? Congratulations also on the massive milestone
Loki Made It said…
anything that is hot pink!!!!!!
Unknown said…
I'd want to add a twist to it and I'd pair it with Model's Own, Hedonist :).

Thank you for the giveaway! xx
Congrats on 400 followers and your .com! :D
I think I'd pair it with Ciate Jelly Bean or Nails Inc Warwick Way... So many combinations to try!
Awesome giveaway, thank you!

kellyskolors said…
I'd pair this with OPI Fly or a light Lilac colour
Vix said…
Congratulations on your followers!!

Ooooh there are so many choices of what to do with this polish!

I think I'd first try it over an AEngland Avalon and hmmmm er... a millon choices gradient :-D

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Have England forgotten how to win?

England fans, no matter how strong of a position England find themselves in, can never be assured that their team will finish on top. Yesterday’s result was particularly painful to the England team. This was a match that England needed to win, not only to put them 1-0 up in the ODI series, but to help them put the abysmal Australian tour behind them. It was always going to be difficult, but there was never going to be an easier chance than the one they were presented with. A weakened West Indies side with injuries to Gayle and Samuels, a number of new players in the side who didn’t play major roles in the defeat to the Aussies and also the only two players whose reputation had been enhanced during the Ashes – Broad and Stokes. On paper, England looked to be in a strong position.
England started exceptionally well. Broad, who had taken on the captaincy for the first time in ODI cricket, employed the right tactics, bowling the spin of Joe Root, James Tredwell and debutant Moeen Ali early in the innings to the Windies top order. England dominated the first 30 overs with tight lines, sharp fielding and a high intensity. It all made for an impressive picture. However, it wasn’t to last. The all important death overs, where the game is won or lost, were England’s undoing. As Bravo and Sammy started swinging the pendulum, England couldn’t find an answer. Plans were telegraphed by field placings and there was little variation allowing Bravo and Sammy to settle, able to choose their hitting areas.


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Back during the stock market crash of 1987, when a larger percentage of operating hedge funds employed equity-focused strategies, an 18.7% drop in equities corresponded with an 11.3% drop in hedge fund returns. This correlation has gradually changed over the years, partly owing to the significant rise in the number of hedge funds as well as in the variety of investment styles employed. In August 1998, when the spillover effects from the Asian financial crisis plunged global equities by over 13%, hedge funds lost about 4% on average. During the NASDAQ bear market of 2000-2002, hedge funds gained 42% while equities lost 47%.

Most of these crises did not affect markets on a global scale the way the events of September 2008 did. As of October 20081, hedge funds lost 13% off their previous peaks (the bulk of the decline occurred in September and October 2008) while equities were down 43%. Numerous factors, such as steady deleveraging, forced liquidations, redemption pressures and repricing of credit, over the past few months, diluted fund performance. Directional trading in equities were especially hurt by short-squeezes and unduly technically-driven markets.

To gauge the impact of this market downturn on fund performance in the near term, we then compared changes to the hedge fund index’s information ratio2 against equity index over different periods. It is interesting to note that, from a low of 0.2 in October 1987, the information ratio has only improved marginally over the years, recording 0.69 in August 1998, an average of 0.76 between 2000 and 2002, and 0.8 in October 2008. Also worth noting, during the up-trending markets from mid-2003 to mid-2007, the ratio stood at an average of 0.77. This supports the claim that hedge funds tend to diverge from, or be less correlated to the underlying markets, especially during periods of market instability.

This review informs and supports our overall outlook for the hedge fund industry, which remains positive. While the past two months have seen decade- and generation- wide lows in most asset classes that are still seeking a bottom, a case can be made for very attractive valuations in a medium- to long-term investment horizon. The hedge fund industry is witnessing some of the biggest asset outflows in over three years, but we also continue to see less risk-averse investors seeking entry into previously closed funds, or retaining their current allocations in view of substantial future gains.

1 Based on 60% of the funds reporting their October 2008 returns to the Eurekahedge databases.

2 A variant of Sharpe ratio, information ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of a portfolio (in this case, hedge funds) relative to a benchmark (in this case, equities). The ratio depicts the excess return generated against the benchmark, per unit of active risk (ie tracking error) taken against the benchmark.


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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Farewell! O Elvenking!

Welcome back friends!

Today we bring you reminders and the October winners!

A big thanks to our sponsors, SarahAnneLily Pendants and author Martin Schiller for sponsoring our October prizes.

You could win the TABABOM participation Grand Prize from Amber's Original! Want to win this memento of our journey? It's simple: just finish your There and Back Again quilt (or quilt top) using all 13 BOM designs. You can use the layout we provided or one of your own creation. Take a photo and add it to our flickr group no later than November 12, 2012. The winner will be announced Tuesday, November 13!

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In return for your signature blocks, the TABABOM Designers will donate $1 for each block received (per designer) to the Red Cross in our respective countries.
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NenaS January 7, 2013 at 2:19 AM

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Rita M January 7, 2013 at 4:08 AM

I like the Sterling Silver "Love Is Not Finding Someone You Can Live with, Its Finding Someone You Can't Live without" Catch Bangle Bracelet

Cindy Merrill,  January 7, 2013 at 6:28 AM

Best Anniversary Present: Dinner out at an Middle Eatern/Afghan Restaurant- very exciting, the food was delicious and totally unique.
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Crystal F January 7, 2013 at 8:33 AM

My youngest daughter! She was born right before our anniversary so we forgot all about it that year. lol Thankyou!
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Chrissy,  January 7, 2013 at 8:52 AM

I entered. This should be fun. Thanks so much. collins_christine992 at hotmail dot com

sandra davis,  January 7, 2013 at 12:30 PM

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Julie Wood January 7, 2013 at 12:38 PM

The Best Anniversary Present I ever received was a Diamond Heart Necklace! I still have it to this day, and it is my favorite necklace!

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Gina Reedy,  January 7, 2013 at 12:38 PM

I'm not sure since I've only really had one anniversary so far! :P

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Emi January 7, 2013 at 1:02 PM

The best anniversary present I got was a shotgun to go pheasant hunting with my husband. I have now been able to cook pheasant in a crock pot (or oven baked) and I know that there are no growth hormones or pesticides in any of the wild birds. I like pheasant better than chicken.

Katy January 7, 2013 at 2:02 PM

Happy anniversary! Very cool!

My husband just took me to Maui for our fifteenth wedding anniversary! It was amazing and I feel so lucky!

Katy January 7, 2013 at 2:03 PM

Oops! My email for the above comment is katygmorris at gmail dot com. Sorry!!!

Anonymous,  January 7, 2013 at 2:09 PM

the best anniversary present I received was a pair of black pears and earrings.

rebeka deleon,  January 7, 2013 at 2:34 PM

best anniversary gift i have ever gotten was a ring and necklace from my husband

andalene,  January 7, 2013 at 5:07 PM
My husband used to take me to a little villa type hotel house, where they had a hottub - until they removed the hottub. It was only 89bucks a night and beautiful. We live rural - it was 25miles from our home.

jopb January 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM
My husband always takes me out for our anniversary

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amber,  January 7, 2013 at 9:49 PM

the best anniversary gift i ever received was a dozen roses delivered to my work

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The best anniversary gift so far was iPhone and nice purse, :)

Unknown January 7, 2013 at 10:57 PM

The best anniversary gift I ever gave was to my Mom and Dad on their 38th wedding anniversary - I gave birth to their grandson (my first son)!

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Dinner out to a fine dinning Thai restaurant the food was awesome
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sheila ressel,  January 8, 2013 at 8:03 AM

A cement water fountain with fish and a mermaid engraved in the stone. We put it by our patio over 10 years ago and we love it.

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Unknown January 8, 2013 at 9:26 AM

My husband & I unfortunately didn't make it to any anniversaries. We were seperated not long after we were married. He did however buy me some great gifts before we got married & one that sticks out to me is a big green plastic ring. Of all the gifts for some reason that one sticks out. I still have it after 19 years.

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Linda January 8, 2013 at 9:52 AM

The best gift was dinner out with my family.

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Best gift was a ring and necklace from my husband. Congrats on the 3 year blog anniversary!

Carol January 8, 2013 at 3:31 PM

My husband always takes me out to dinner and a movie every year.
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Suburban prep January 9, 2013 at 8:17 PM

ON the anniversary of our first date I received an engagement ring.

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shandimessmer January 9, 2013 at 11:24 PM

This best anniversary present I ever received was my cherished jewelry box:)

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Megan Parsons January 10, 2013 at 2:05 PM

On our 5th Anniversary 2 years ago my husband bought me a brand new Yamaha 125 dirt bike and a 2 carat diamond ring! The best gift ever!!!!!

Miss Sarah January 10, 2013 at 3:17 PM

I'm not married, but I think my parents would say that I was the best anniversary gift they ever received. :) I was born on their anniversary. :)

Thanks for the giveaway!

Peggy Damon January 11, 2013 at 9:32 AM

The best Anniversary gift I'd say was a peaceful, quiet evening with my hubby eating out at our favorite restaurant!

Liz January 11, 2013 at 9:49 AM

We don't do gifts for each other, but this is our 10th Anniversary! So, we're trying to plan a day trip together!

Anonymous,  January 11, 2013 at 10:34 AM

Roses and a gold bracelet was the best Anniversary gift I ever gave. Thanks!
Ross Olson

Ashley N. January 11, 2013 at 2:42 PM

My husband surprised me with a diamond bracelet and a bouquet of roses with chocolates.

jeanette sheets January 11, 2013 at 10:34 PM

we were to poor to buy rings when we were 1st married so on 23rd anniversary i finally got wedding bands so romantic

Some Lucky Dog January 12, 2013 at 12:19 AM

Our best anniversary gift was to each other. Our first wedding was a civil ceremony. On our 10th anniversary we were able to be married in our church, (This year is our 20th and we're going to China for our anniversary and taking our grandson :)

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melhashmi January 14, 2013 at 7:02 PM

a 3 tiered (3 diamonds small to big) diamond necklace.

MsWhoWho January 15, 2013 at 2:25 AM

I received a Diamond Ring from my ex-fiance.. now, I don't have anniversaries. :|

MsWhoWho January 15, 2013 at 2:26 AM

I received a diamond ring from my ex-fiance.. but no longer in that relationship, so no more anniversaries or diamond rings :|
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Mello January 15, 2013 at 5:19 AM

my daughter was born 2 days after my anniversary so i would say her :)

Marthalynn January 15, 2013 at 10:54 AM

For me, the best anniversary gifts are those involving travel. Whether it's a vacation or just a night away, I love it!

Cujo hmb January 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM

We moved into our 1st new home the day after our Anniversary. It was special.

Marti Tabora January 18, 2013 at 6:10 PM

I don't remember any anniversary gifts, given or received and I've been married twice. How sad is that? lol ;)

Unknown January 19, 2013 at 12:13 PM

I have never given or received an anniversary gift but if I was to give a gift it would be a spa gift certificate.

Unknown January 21, 2013 at 4:10 PM

My 9 year old son gave me a picture he painted in school a few years ago. Thanks for a chance to win.

Allyson Bossie January 22, 2013 at 11:05 AM

My husband is an avid hunter and outdoors man so for the last 3 years I have given him a new gun every year for our anniversary. A couple of years he got a new car, but we like older vintage cars, so he got a new "old" car :D

Anonymous,  January 24, 2013 at 9:15 AM

I gave my husband our first sons sonogram for our second anniversary.

Stephanie Phelps

Deanna G. January 27, 2013 at 3:43 PM

I've never received or given an anniversary gift.

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Elizabeth January 28, 2013 at 9:34 PM

My sister and brother and I were pleased to see our parents off to a bed and breakfast a few years ago for their anniversary. :) A trip makes a great gift!

Anonymous,  January 29, 2013 at 1:23 PM

Best anniversary gift to date was for our 1 year wedding anniversary. My husband got me a custom designed heart-shaped opal and diamond ring.

TrinityMachael January 30, 2013 at 12:25 PM

A black opal necklace and earring set from Australia after my husband returned from living there.

Natasha Brodsky (

Kat January 30, 2013 at 7:48 PM

I had gained some weight and my wedding ring was getting uncomfortable to wear. My hubby surprised me with a new wedding ring for our anniversary!

clynsg January 31, 2013 at 12:58 PM

No anniversary=no anniversary gifts! So none were good or bad.

cgclynsg0 @ gmail dot com

Unknown January 31, 2013 at 1:32 PM

We had our first anniversary this year and couldn't afford gifts. So we were happy to just spend the time together. I cooked a yummy meal.

Anonymous,  January 31, 2013 at 1:53 PM

thischickwins said:

a homecooked meal from someone who just wont cook.

thischickwins at gmail dot com

Cassandra M January 31, 2013 at 4:05 PM

the best gift was my grand moms anniversary and I gave her a picture of my sonogram of my oldest and it was so wonderful

Anonymous,  January 31, 2013 at 11:11 PM

Went and spent a romantic weekend on Mackinac Island, went horseback riding through the Island and into the forest area, went to the butterfly sanctuary, it was absolutely amazing
Amanda Greene-Lebeck

??? January 31, 2013 at 11:32 PM

I gave my mother a "mother" ring for her birthday one year with her kid's and grandkid's names and birthstones on the ring. Not an anniversary but she loved it.

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When the terms of a prospective license are not transparent and clear, the risks for financing parties and investors is also increased, therefore making the financing of geothermal activities more time consuming and expensive than necessary.

It is therefore of great importance to explore the possibility of creating certain industry standards for licenses and agreements in the field of geothermal exploration, utilisation and the production of electricity from geothermal resources. If such industry standards are successfully created on an international platform, they could facilitate and increase the development of geothermal energy in the world, which is of the utmost importance, from both an economical and environmental point of view.

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We have reached our final destination. Our top priority is to find somewhere to leave GR2 safe & sound for 3-4 months. We know there is a camping ground in Cancun, but all emails I send bounce back. We also have another option near Merida, further west, recommended by the German couple we met. They have a secure spot saved for us. We will investigate both.

In the meantime we follow the Yucatán coast to Cancun, stopping at some seriously lovely beaches. It would be very easy to stay for ages. We are almost shell shocked to be back in traffic, have good roads, great supermarkets (with good bread) & to see so much development on the coast. Most of the coast is heavily developed, catering to the massive influx of tourists to these lovely beaches & many sinkholes/cenotes.

After a few days we make it to Cancun stopping first at Azure Cenote for a swim, then a look at the lovely aqua lakes, before heading down a peninsula towards Reserve de la Biosphere Sian Ka’an. We thought it would be easy to find a spot to camp, but the first 10km is wall to wall hotels followeddios Mexico for 3-4 months.er vehicles stored here, & tomorrow they will take us to the airport.a resturant.Then is was on to f by private land, even inside the reserve. We finally find a lovely spot on the beach, only for it to turn into our very own “Day of the Triffads” We drive over a wasps nest & they zero in on John ruthlessly. He ends up in the ocean trying to escape them. Needless to say we do not stay, but head down to a nice spot by the bridge. We stay safely indoors licking our wounds!

The next morning we explore more gorgeous beaches north of here & then the very popular Maya site of Tulum. Then it is on to find somewhere to camp. After a few attempts that are way too expensive we settle in near La Playa restaurant. A magic spot.  After many swims, we drag ourselves away & head to the campground at Cancun. They will store GR2 very cheaply, but they have no secure fences & are right in hurricane area (& hurricane season is coming very soon) so we decide to head to Izamul. Monday finds us at The Romantic Hotel Santa Domingo. Security looks great. There are 5 other Swiss & German vehicles stored here. Tomorrow they will take us to the airport.

Adios Mexico for 3-4 months.

We thought we would give you John & Lynda’s top 11 highlights from this trip:

1/Boating out to the Great Barrier Reef in BELIZE to snorkel with Loggerhead turtles & sharks

2/Going on the vehicle ferry to Boca del Toro in PANAMA to camp on its lovely beaches & snorkel on the mangrove reef.

3/Swimming & camping at the Llanos de Cortes waterfall in COSTA RICA.

4/Camping inside the crater at Laguna de Alegra in EL SALVADOR.

5/Climbing the cinder cone of Volcan Izalco in EL SALVADOR (actually John suggested this one! I would have been much happier seeing it from the lookout)

6/Exploring the lovely Manuel Antonio National Park with lots of Capuchin Monkeys in COSTA RICA.

7/ Exploring the lovely Abode town of Granada in NICARAGUA & having a local lunch of Virgoron.

8/Exploring the huge Mayan ruins at Tikal in GUATEMALA.

9/ Camping on a glorious beach on the Yucatán peninsula in MEXICO.

10/ Camping in a traditional thatched Garifuna village right on the beach at Punta Sal in HONDURAS.

11/ Collecting a number plate from every country we visited (in South & Central America)

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Christmas Letter 2015

Isaiah 9:6-7 "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over His kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this."

Merry Christmas from the Harder family! As Wayne and I sat down to reflect upon this last year, it was amazing to see all that has occurred in our lives during this time. After being spiritually challenged and stretched in 2014, we wanted 2015 to be a year of intentional life lessons, for both us and the kids. 2015 turned out a lot different then we had envision. It has been a year of joy, heartache, peace, challenges, and changes. For those of you who may not have heard, in February of this year, Wayne was diagnosed with brain cancer (GBM). Unfortunately, apart from a miracle, this kind of brain cancer is terminal. God has taught us some wonderful life lessons this year on this cancer journey and He has been so faithful! I wanted to share one amazing answer to prayer that we experienced right away in our journey. When Wayne went in for brain surgery in March, we were told that he would experience complete loss of movement and speech for at least two weeks until his brain could learn to use the other side of his brain. The doctors told us that Wayne would be in the hospital for at least a week and then in rehab for a month. The morning of Wayne's surgery, a friend asked me if I had any specific prayer requests. I asked her if she could pray that God would allow Wayne to move and speak after surgery, despite the doctor's warnings. I figured it couldn't hurt to pray for a crazy miracle and see God move. God is sovereign and could have answered that prayer any way He desired, but it was phenomenal to see God say yes! It wasn't something I had shared with anyone else, it was just a prayer request between friends. The answer to those prayer requests (Wayne moving and talking after surgery, leaving the hospital for rehab just three days after surgery, and bring released from rehab after only two weeks!!) were just the first of many prayer requests that God has answered in the last 10 months.

This year has taught us to number our days, to appreciate every moment as a family, be grateful for health, and so many more life lessons. We may have thought we knew what kind of lessons we were going to learn and teach during 2015, but God had something different in mind.

Thankfully, Wayne was able to return to work at the end of June. He was able to balance work and his chemo cycles, which ended in November. Since his chemo ended, Wayne's strength has slowly returned. He has been able to play basketball again at Moody during lunch, take bike rides, take walks with the family, and so much more. We are thankful for every day God gives us with Wayne.

This year taught me, Rebecca, how to lean on the Lord for everything. Taking on the role of caretaker, on top of all my other roles, was very difficult. I loved all the extra time I had with Wayne this year and I have learned a lot during these months. I have a deeper appreciation for my friends who are nurses...I could not do the job that you do and we are so thankful for you! I have spent countless hours doing research on GBM cancer, supplements, diets, etc. In addition, I am thankful for the amazing friends and family who stepped up to help us during difficult times (teaching my kids, driving Wayne to rehab, people watching the girls during countless doctor appointments, meals, and more). I can't imagine walking this journey without the body of Christ!!

I am continuing my quest to run a 1/2 marathon in every state. In December, I ran a race with my sister in Massachusetts. I am thankful for a husband who encourages me in this area. Wayne had told me about cheap Southwest tickets and told me to find a race. Somehow despite all the craziness of 2015, I was able to squeeze in two races this year (MN and MA). I now have run in 18 states...only 32 more!

I am typically a planner, so this year challenged me in this aspect as well. I had to let go and just trust the Lord to lead my path. It wasn't until August that we made the decision to homeschool the girls again. We decided with all that was going on in our lives to step back in a few areas. One area we cut out was Classical Conversations, the homeschool group we've belonged to for four years. Instead, we decided to use My Father's World for the girls. We have really enjoyed this change and it has worked well for me. I needed something laid out for me since I didn't have the time to plan out everything as I normally do.

Abigail, 12, is now in 7th grade and is still part of Classical Conversations. It has been thrilling to see her take ownership of her education and apply herself in learning Latin, geography, math, literature, and rhetoric. Abigail is thriving in school. I have discovered that she does better under pressure. If she feels like she has too much time on her hands, she will get a little lazy. When there is a time crunch, she is able to get a ton done. Abigail is our reader. If I would let her, she would lay in bed all day and read. She has a constant list of books she wants to read. Abigail read every book in our library on the Holocaust! Abigail also has been growing in her love for the Lord. She is enjoying youth group, her girl's small group, and being discipled by Tabita.

Grace, 11, is in 6th grade. Grace is one of our creative children. She loves to take "garbage" or "junk" and turn it into creative things. Grace decided to work harder this year at school and has been doing a great job, even though she told me to write that she doesn't like school at all. Grace enjoys basketball, soccer, and piano. Recently, Grace and Naomi have taken a great interest in Chess.

Naomi, 9, is in 5th grade. Naomi has really blossomed into a beautiful young lady. We seem to have turned the corner with her stubborn streak. Naomi is doing excellent in school and has been applying herself. Naomi loves to play tennis, soccer, and piano. Naomi is our outdoor girl. She would play outside all day long if I'd let her. She loves anything to do with science (reading about birds, watching birds, studying animals, etc). Naomi also loves putting together experiments and working with our Snapcircuit.

Sophia, 8, is in 2nd grade. Sophia loves math and is actually in 3rd grade math. Wayne and I are often amazed at Sophia. Sophia is our other creative child and somehow manages to use both sides of her brain (left side-math, right side-art). Sophia would draw, paint, and color all day if I'd let her. Sophia has been working really hard with her reading tutor and is getting better at reading. Sophia has been in speech for the last four years. She worked really hard the last few months and is no longer in need of speech services. Sophia loves to play, help cook, and she told me to write that she LOVES art!

Micaela, 5, is in kindergarten. Although Micaela technically wasn't 5 at the beginning of the school year, she asked to start school. She has been working hard learning her letters, sounds, and numbers. She is a delight to teach and loves school. Micaela loves playing games and is quite competitive, loves playing slug-bug, she loves playing with her magna tiles and marble run, and loves to swim.

Joella, 3, is a joy. She loves to "do school" with Micaela and has been learning her letters and sounds too. One of her favorite things to do is sing. We always hear her singing songs as she walks around the house ("Jesus Loves Me", "This Is My Father's World", "ABCs"). Joella loves to play with magna tiles, play with her friend Eliana, and color.

The girls continue to take a homeschool music class on Wednesday mornings. During their class, I attend a women's Bible study. The girls also take piano lessons and play soccer in the spring. As the girls are getting older, it is getting fun to do things together as a family, especially exercise. In October, the girls ran a 5k with me to help raise money for a local organization called "Christmas Without Cancer". They did a great job, especially since we didn't train. Abigail came in 1st place in her age group!

One of our favorite things to do as a family is take field trips. This year we went to Brookfield Zoo, the Science & Industry Museum, took a trip downtown Chicago to feed the homeless, went ice skating, jumped at extreme trampoline with friends for PE, went to Graue Mill with our homeschool group, attended Bodyology (an anatomy show), attended a science show by Ken Ham, went to the Chicago Art Museum, visited the Little Red School House, went apple picking, and visited the Garfield Conservatory.

We are rounding out 2015 as a family in Florida. My sister and her husband gifted us with their vacation week at a Starwood Resort. This week has been such blessing to our family! The girls have enjoyed swimming in December, playing games as a family, playing at the beach, and spending time as a family. Since we were taking our Christmas vacation a little early, I had the girls do a Jr. Ranger Badge at Castillo de San Marcos. The last 10 months were hard on everyone and we are so thankful for this time to relax and regroup as a family. We will be spending Christmas with my sister in Kentucky after visiting our good friends in Georgia.

We pray that each of you have a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year! We'd love to hear from each of you.

Monday, December 7, 2015

25 Days of Chrstimas...Continued!

Zechariah 9:9 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

Day 4: On Friday we celebrated our 25 days of Christmas by making cookies with Aunt Rachel (my sister). The girls had a blast making and decorating gingerbread cookies.

Day 5: The girls went to First United Reformed Church's Christmas puppet show. They love attending this every year. It has become part of our yearly family traditions. The girls actually attended the puppet show twice. We went Friday night with Aunt Rachel and then our neighbors took the girls Saturday night as well.

Day 6: Since I was out of town (see below), day 6 of our celebrations included watching AFV and hanging new blinds in the girl's windows. Super exciting I know, but it was what the girls told me they did for day 6.

Weekend Review - Boston: As mentioned above, I took a trip to Boston this weekend with my sister. We were supposed to leave early Saturday morning (8am flight), but due to weather, it was cancelled. Our next flight didn't leave until after 1. The girls were thrilled to have their aunt around for a few more hours. We didn't arrive in Boston until 4:30pm, which limited our ability to sight-see that day. We were bummed, but we made the best of it. Friday night we made reservations at Union Oyster House, the oldest restaurant in America. Before we ate there, we found a restaurant offering $1 oysters. My sister said I needed to try them. I'm glad I tried them, but I don't think I would go out of my way to eat them again. The Union Oyster House was a great experience. It was amazing to sit in a room where stirrings of the American Revolution began, where Louis Phillippe king of France lived while exiled from France, and where Presidents like John F. Kennedy visited. The clam chowder was phenomenal as well! We walked around the city a little after dinner and then hopped in our rental car and headed to Rockport, MA (a beautiful seaside town).

We woke up early Sunday morning for my half marathon in Gloucester, MA (about 45 miles from Boston). The views during the run were amazing...the terrain, not so amazing. The course was very difficult, especially since I haven't trained enough for this race. On top of that, I had a chest cold that made breathing difficult. I was so thankful that my sister Rachel was there to be my cheerleader and to walk/run with me the last 4.5 miles. It wasn't my best time by any means (2:23), but I completed state #18!! After the race, we stretched for a few minutes and jumped back into the car to drive back to Boston. We got our hotel in Cambridge and got ready to see Boston. It was now after 2pm and it gets dark in Boston around 4:30. We knew we were on a tight schedule to see the city!

Our hotel in Rockport

View from the hotel.

Views from the race.

We found a Hubway station near us (a place to rent bikes). We then biked into Boston, switching bikes before our 30 minutes was up so that we didn't have to pay extra money. We rode/walked past Boston Common, Park Street Church, King's Chapel, the Old South Meeting House, the Boston Massacre Site, the Old State House, Faneuil Hall, and Paul Revere's House along the Freedom Trail. By the time we got to Revere's house, it was dark and closed. Unfortunately, we were unable to see the Old North Church or Bunker Hill. For anyone visiting Boston and wanting to take this tour, I highly recommend visiting the National Park Visitor Center first and talking to a park ranger. It wasn't until we stopped at Faneuil Hall to get Junior Ranger books for my kids that we discovered a trail of bricks that you can follow for the Freedom Trail. We used our GPS to find places along the way we wanted to see...learn from our mistake.

Waiting at a light.

We headed back to our hotel after a long day of fun, and lots of exercise. We got up at 3:45 to catch our 6am flight. After we boarded, we heard that our flight would get in early (7:20 Chicago time). I was thrilled to hear that. When we were about 30 minutes away, I noticed that we slowed down a lot and kept making turns. That would be our pattern for the next 1.5 hours. "Fog" in Chicago made landing difficult and they made planes wait to land (I say "fog" because I'm from CA and the stuff today wouldn't stop a morning of flights). Instead of arriving at 7:20, we finally landed at 8:45am. It was an amazing weekend of fun, but I'm glad to be home. My quick trip to Boston (about 36 hour), made me excited about bringing the family there in the future.

This is what the departure/arrival board looked like at Midway when we arrived. Every flight is delayed and a few were cancelled.

I just want to thank my amazing husband Wayne for making my trip to Boston possible. Thank you for taking on the kids and the house while I was away. You are the best. It is astounding to see how God has worked in your life over the last 10 months. I wasn't sure a trip like this would be possible. I love you Wayne!! God is so good!!!