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The collaboration has worked. We have created a working solution. And we have established a solid business foundation to support further growth. Our customer service and sales department is no longer on the phone for 80 percent of their time, but merely 60 percent – the remaining hours are now used for follow-up sales, better customer care and more targeted follow-up after delivery.

Brian Smidemann, Regional Sales Service, ECCO

ECCO, a world leading brand of shoes combining style and comfort, has built its success on quality and innovative technology. The design philosophy is rooted in the founder’s approach to being a shoemaker – the shoe must follow the foot. The shoes of ECCO are anchored in functionality, quality and craftsmanship on the platform of Scandinavian design. Founded in 1963, ECCO is one of the few major shoe manufacturers in the world to own and manage every step of the shoemaking process.

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  • Give as many shop partners as possible the chance (through IT) to order stock outside the opening hours of the sales department

  • Internet orders automatically generate sales orders in SAP
  • Customer service portal
  • The solution contains support for issuing invoices, order confirmations, order summaries, ATP check, track & trace and more

  • Complete, integrated web shop solution

ECCO Sko A/S, Bredebro, Denmark

It’s shoe time for ECCO

About the Project

“We started looking for a solution, which would offer our customers another and a more flexible way of trading with us. With the popularity of the internet, a web based tool which was simple and easy to use seemed like a shoe-in. It had to be capable of giving us a quick overview of the supply and an accurate snapshot of our stock. In addition, it had to be accessible at any time”, Brian Smidemann, Regional Manager for Sales and Service at ECCO Sko A/S points out.

“We chose itelligence, because they have subsequently proved to be both a professional and serious partner. They have been very good at listening to what we wanted. They have informed us of both the possibilities and limitations in a competent manner. They have brought their own ideas to the table and at the same time been open and receptive to ours. They have been available and ready to help. And they have been capable of spotting advantages as well as disadvantages and at simply looking ahead. We trust them 100 percent“, reports the regional manager of sales and service.

“We started out in week 9 of 2006, and we were fully operational on eight markets by week 14/15. Our sales people normally spend about 10-20 minutes explaining to each shop partner how the system works and taking them through the basics. That’s it! Then they’re up and running!” says Smidemann.

“Overall, we have transferred 15-20 percent of our phone sales to web sales. In Denmark we managed to transfer 14 percent to the web shop in 2006 alone. This is equivalent to 30,000 pairs of shoes, and my personal estimate is that we will reach around 25-30 percent in 2007 – in other words, a twofold increase. That is more than satisfactory. Because it means that we are not just hooked up via the sellers and our sales department. We are offering an extra service, and we are making business 24/7 365 days a year”, Brian Smidemann notes with a smile.

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The it mds solution automates the process whenever Nilfisk-Advance creates and modifies material in SAP. The company thus saves time and cuts back on human errors made each year.

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Although editions of Verve's Compact Jazz series can be misguided, they at least offer curious listeners a fairly good budget introduction to some of jazz's biggest figures. This time out, Stan Getz is on tap with many of his biggest sides from the '60s. Erring heavily on the bossa nova end of things, the 12-track set includes his most popular cut, "Girl From Ipanema" (featuring Astrud Gilberto), as well as other samba gems like "Desafinado," "O Pato (The Duck)," and "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)." The rest is taken up by ballads — never a bad thing, especially since Getz cut some of the best. A more balanced program would have helped (some bop and later material, maybe), but for the price, this still makes for some high-end listening.

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This is probably my one of my favorite albums from Stan Getz. My favorite song in the album would have to be The Girl From Ipanema, although I really enjoyed Here's That Rainy Day. This album is worth more than $9.99 !

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One of the all-time great tenor saxophonists, Stan Getz was known as "The Sound" because he had one of the most beautiful tones ever heard. Getz, whose main early influence was Lester Young, grew to be a major influence himself, and to his credit he never stopped evolving. Getz had the opportunity to play in a variety of major swing big bands while a teenager due to the World War II draft. He was with Jack Teagarden (1943) when he was just 16, followed by stints with Stan Kenton (1944-1945), Jimmy...
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  • Eric A.
    Absolutely loved the Chilaquiles! Fresh tortilla chips with a really tasty blend of spices and sauce. Make sure to add the egg!
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  • Leah H.
    The concha is delicious. Slightly sweet pastry bread
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  • Brandon P.
    Brandon Perlman1週間前
    Get the guacamole, Milanese fish, ceviche verde
  • Kayleigh H.
    Can't go wrong with the chilaquiles, a delightful excuse to eat nachos for breakfast
  • chin1ta
    "healthy Mexican and Central American fare" - Time Out
  • monydfny
    Los pambazos y el chicharron en salsa verde estan deliciosos.
  • Chad H.
    Chad Horner2週間前
    large amount of bar seating makes this a great spot to dine at the bar. prices for most dishes are considerably lower than those at Cosme, mostly in the $10-$20 range. pictured is the steak tartare
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    The split pea tyacote is delicious but very small. In general you'll need about 2 to 3 plates per person to make a full meal here
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    Noah Weiss2週間前
    Arctic char was delicious. Great vibes and drinks like the ESL. Rest of the dishes were solid but 20% overpriced, like Cosme.
  • Leah H.
    Maybe I'm anomaly but I wasn't in love with the chilaquiles.
  • Kayleigh H.
    Amazing mezcal menu, sit at the bar for brunch. Don't miss the split pea talcoyos.
  • Caroline S.
    Casual, trendy spot with great Mezcal cocktails. If you love corn bread, ask the waiter for this savory dessert - it was amazing!
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    Emily Wilson3週間前
    Love the design and feel of this place. Hang for a while and you'll feel like you're in Mexico City. The arctic char tostada is awesome, as is the coconut milk hot chocolate. Skip the ranchero eggs.
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So I only just now realized that I put up the line work for this and never put up the finished product. Whoops. This was a project for my psychology class where I was supposed to make a piece that … Continue reading

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Line-work For Psychology Project

This is the line-work for a piece that is supposed to represent what “psychology” means to me. What does it look like it’s saying to you? Done in Adobe Illustrator.

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154mc – Under-Represented Groups within the Media.

When considering under represented groups within the media, I wanted to think out side of the box. To do this I had to find out what are the most common known under represented groups within society. After browsing the internet I came across a website which acknowledged the various under represented groups within the media such as:

  • Youths
  • Seniors
  • People with disabilities
  • Low income and working poor
  • Impoverished and/or homeless
  • Immigrants
  • People for whom English is a second language
  • Single Parents
  • Veterans
  • Racial or ethnic minority groups
  • Religious minority groups
  • Members of the gay/lesbians/bisexual/transgender community
  • People with limited education or literacy

As these were the groups in which people considered being under represented, I chose to focus on a completely different topic. This being Graffiti Artists. I feel they are seen as people who vandalise property rather than actual artists. I believe that this is their way of communicating to the world and this is their main form of expression. Whilst some spray words other create master pieces making the plain bricks walls of the town come to life with colour and skill, some of these graffiti artists get caught, in which they can serve prison sentences of months or even over a year. I feel a way to prevent graffiti artists to spray on private property is to create more places in which graffiti is legal. This will allow the artist to express themselves without the feeling of cation when either writing down words they need to share or even creating master pieces.

This is when I decided to go around Coventry looking for the words and arts of these graffiti artists. I was rather surprised when it became difficult to find a variety of graffiti. This is when I started to think like a graffiti artist. Where would there be less people? No cameras? This led me to alley ways and the backs of the buildings as this allowed them to have more time to create.

Here is some of the graffiti in which I found around Coventry:

There was a certain way in which I wanted to edit these images. I chose to add clarity to the photographs bringing out the raw entity that graffiti holds. I also brought down the vibrance of the images to represent the negativity that graffiti receives from the media.

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Home > Kids > Jcpl Kids Blog > Superb Sloths!

Superb Sloths!

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The sloth is a very unusual, nocturnal mammal that lives in Central and South America.  It is most well-known for being extremely slow-moving.  It spends most of its life upside down in trees.  In fact, the sloth can do most everything upside down from eating and sleeping to mating and giving birth to young.  Sloths also have huge claws which are used for hanging on to branches.  Most sleep fifteen hours per day!  No wonder sloths have earned such a lazy reputation!  Check out these other interesting sloth facts.

-There are five species of sloths.

-A sloth’s teeth are in its cheeks.  It has nine on each side.

-Sloths are excellent swimmers, however they can hardly walk.  Instead they drag themselves along when they need to get around on the ground.

-Sloths can live 10-15 years in the wild and up to 30 in captivity!

-Sloths have a greenish appearance because algae grow in their fur!

-If a sloth’s body temperature becomes too low, bacteria in the stomach prevent it from digesting food and it will starve.

And while you’re at it, don’t delay in taking a look at these fantastic books about sloths available at the library!  Hurry and check one out today.  (P.S. You’ll have to move faster than a sloth).

Baby Sloth by Aubrey Lang

A Little Book of Sloth by Lucy Cooke

Score One For the Sloths by Helen Lester

“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth by Eric Carle

The Very Sleepy Sloth by Andrew Murray


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A perfectly finished book?

WH Auden said: “A poem is never finished; it is only abandoned,” and the same applies to a book. Writers often get so closely involved with their manuscripts that they fail to notice imperfections which are only too obvious to other readers.

Novels are sometimes submitted with fatal flaws in the plot, or characters who have different names or different eye colours in various parts of the text. Nonfiction books may contain inaccurate or ambiguous factual statements, and those dealing with knowledge in a rapidly-advancing field will be out of date by the time they are published; this problem is largely unavoidable and may necessitate frequent revisions.

On the technical side, typos and formatting errors can creep in at any stage of the book production process, so it is important to check the text carefully several times. I should know all this by now, but being impatient to publish my latest book Persons not diseases on Amazon I missed a couple of tiny but important errors – a date printed as 19919 instead of 1919, one wrong digit in the ISBN – and had to resubmit the files.

It is a good idea to ask at least one other person to read through the penultimate draft of your manuscript, and leave it aside yourself while this is happening, so that you can check through later with fresh eyes before submitting it for publication. Even if you choose to ignore some of their criticisms or suggestions, they may well pick up important shortcomings which you have missed because of your own over-familiarity with the text.

As with most things, balance is important and is possible to make too many changes in the attempt to make your manuscript perfect, or to get it accepted by a publisher. The faded typescript of my own first completed novel has languished in a box file for 30 years – after getting a series of rejections, coupled with just enough encouragement to make me persevere, I carried out multiple revisions but eventually got so tired of the whole thing that I gave it up. Although there was certainly plenty of scope for improving the first version, I think that by being swayed too much by others’ opinions and trying to make it conform with a standard formula, I lost the freshness and originality of the first draft.

After all, many wise men and women have pointed out that nothing in this world is completely perfect, and that sometimes this does not matter or may even be for the best. From Leonard Cohen:

“There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.”

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Impa Cosplay Postmortem

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I didn’t post every step of my Impa cosplay creation process, but the costume is 100 percent done! I wore it at GenCon, which took place last weekend, and received a pretty good response – lots of people took pictures and gave shouts outs.

This was my first cosplay, and now that it’s done, I want to review the work I did to hopefully learn. With that in mind, here’s my postmortem:

The Armor

I made many of the armor pieces too large, so they either prevented me from bending my limbs or felt clunky. However, I liked how the armor looked overall.

I quickly realized why the developers of Hyrule Warriors animated Impa the way they did. As soon as I put on the costume, I started moving differently to compensate for my extra mass. The transformation definitely helped me get into character.

The armor also made me feel powerful. I felt great in that cosplay, even if it wasn’t perfect. Wearing the entire ensemble reminded me why I love Impa as a character and wanted to cosplay as her in the first place.

If I were to make the armor over again, I’m not sure whether I’d still use foam or try thermoplastics. It turned out that I needed the armor to bend, so If I chose the latter, I would definitely had to make the pieces smaller. And the waist piece: There’s no way I could have used a stiff material!

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The Jumpsuit

I’ve probably mentioned this before, but I realized too late that the jumpsuit should have been two pieces: a top and pants. Not because that’s how the character has it, but because going to the bathroom was a pain. Fortunately, taking off all the armor and slipping out of the jumpsuit wasn’t as bad as I feared, but it certainly was inconvenient.

Lesson learned: Sacrifice accuracy for convenience!

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Extras: Hair, Makeup, Ears

I loved all the material I ended up using for hair, makeup and ears. I got latex elf ears that stuck great with just some spirit gum. I barely noticed them throughout the day!

I didn’t want to wear a wig because in other cosplays I’ve seen of Impa, I always thought the wig didn’t look right. Something about a pony tail – wigs just show off a fake hairline. So I used hair chalk instead. Obviously, it didn’t turn my hair snow white, but it did a good enough job and I was happy with the look.

As for makeup, I used both red eye shadow and my Ben Nye kit.

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(Fun note about the photoshoot with CMWeissMedia: Chris chose the area because he thought it looked like the Hyule palace courtyard!)

The Cosplay Experience

Perhaps the most startling part of cosplaying is the con experience. I wore my Marceline outfit Thursday when there were fewer people, but passersby shouted “Hey Marceline” or asked for photos. I’m glad I started with that because I was more prepared Saturday when I wore my big costume: Impa.

Additionally, I realized that cosplay critique is totally different from analyzing other artistic mediums. You can critique a painting without ever seeing the creator. But with cosplay, the artist is part of the overall image. Their hair, makeup and postures help create the picture. So you’re analyzing this work of art that includes the artist themselves.

I think that fact leads a lot of people to feel bad about making artistic judgement. My friend and I were chatting about certain cosplay choices we didn’t like, but that’s not a reflection on the individual in the costume, it’s a critique of the ensemble. It’s important to analyze others’ cosplays, as it helps you identify the angles you’ll take and choices you’ll make in designing a costume. So my advice: Don’t feel bad about picking out things you dislike, as long it’s to help you grow artistically.

Finally, there are just so many details I put into this costume that only I really notice. But those details are what made the outfit feel real to me. Without them, it would have just been another costume. The details made me feel like Impa.

I hope to add some of these pictures to my portfolio soon, so be on the lookout!

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Typically with eCommerce payment is collected, well, electronically. Sometimes though, you need to collect cash in hand, which is why WooCommerce comes with the Cash on Delivery gateway.

Typically if this gateway is used with WooCommerce Bookings, the bookings created will sit in an Unpaid status until they are manually updated by the store admin. Where this works for some, it does not work for all. So here comes the star of this post, the snippet:

This snippet takes code straight from Bookings itself and processes orders a second time only if they have COD as their payment method. It will put the associated bookings into a Confirmed status automatically. It also includes a filter to check to make sure the booking hasn’t already been set to Paid or Completed to make sure those statuses stay intact.

Hey kiddos! It’s been awhile, sorry about that!

Today we have a snippet that can be useful to so many people for different reasons. This one will add a BCC to emails you specify in WooCommerce, and here it is:

The emails you’d like to have the BCC added to are set in the $add_bcc_to array. There are a couple other examples that are already there. 99.9% of the time it’s really easy to get this name from the email settings in WooCommerce. Just go to the email settings for the email you want, then grab everything after _email_ in the address bar. In the below example we want customer_renewal_invoice:

You, of course, need to update your email address, as well.

There are many instances where you may have virtual products in your store, or even every product may be virtual. There are snippets and plugins out there that cater to all orders, or certain orders… and this is just going to be another one of those.

This one will go through each line item in a new order, check that line item to see if it is a variation or a product, then check to see if that variation or product is virtual or not. If one line item in the order is not virtual, it exits. However, if every line item in the order is virtual, it sets the order to completed status.

Have fun, kiddos!

I had an interesting question come up earlier, I was asked why WooCommerce didn’t charge sales tax even though everything was set up correctly.

Let’s say the zip code entered for tax was 34480, and the tax rate is 6%. So, when you test, you enter in 34480 and the tax is calculated. What happens if you have a clever customer that enters in their full zip code with the additional four digit code, like so 34480-7107? WooCommerce will charge no tax.

Why? Well, to put it simple, it didn’t match. The way around this is when you’re entering in your zip codes, enter them in with a * on the end, like so 34480*. Tada!

Update: Version 1.6.3 of Memberships now includes a filter so that if you’d like to modify the query, you can. The first gist shows the filter as it is in the code, and the second gist has been updated to use the filter to reorder the posts by title.

Wow, that’s a long title.

So, I came across this issue today and I only saw a somewhat simple, but complex way to fix it. The problem is that when using WooCommerce Memberships, the content in the My Membership Content page is ordered in the default WordPress order of newest to oldest. After looking through the code, I understood why, but I’m not getting into that.

What I will get into is how to somewhat order this according to what you may need. The gist below contains a function that will edit the query for the posts and order the posts by title (a-z).

More information on how to modify WP_Query would need to be read up on in the WP_query section of the WordPress Codex.

As of right now, and version 1.6.1, it works. It may be updated in the future to be a little more user friendly, though. It has officially been updated to be more user friendly.


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Two Roads

TwoRoadsWhether you are the Jewish or non-Jewish spouse in an interfaith marriage, we are available talk to you and offer counseling and information for your particular circumstance. Intermarriage does not mean a Jew is no longer Jewish. We understand the unique challenges presented to those involved in interfaith relationships. We can also help you find answers related to Judaism: Jewish weddings, Jewish customs, Jewish culture, Jewish traditions and Jewish beliefs. We offer local programs and seminars.

Issues addressed include:

  • “Finding Spiritual Balance in Relationships,” where interfaith couples who desire clarity to core issues in their life explore how “Spiritual Balance” offers answers in a world of moral relativism.
  • A second seminar, “Why Jews can’t believe in Jesus,” addresses one of the most perplexing questions for interfaith couples.

What are the two roads?

The First Road is Kindness as it states “The Beginning and the end of the entire Torah is loving-kindness.”

The Second Road is Respect as it states “Love your neighbor as yourself: I am the L-RD”

Your Journey Begins Here…

My spouse is Jewish – I am not.

How can I learn more about my souse’s Tradition? What does Judaism teach about non-Jews? Where do I fit in?

I am Jewish – My spouse is not.
Where do we relate to the Jewish Community? How do I find ways to keep a connection to my tradition and my people?

At Jews for Judaism we recognize the uniqueness of the interfaith relationship and family. The response to the question “Where do we stand in the Jewish community?” is one we are intimately aware of, and hope to provide you with the tools to help you discover your path among the Jewish people.

A plethora of books have been written on the subject of interfaith marriage with a wide variety of approaches:

We are introducing a new path. One that we believe will put you in touch with yourself and your origins. In the links that follow you will discover that, although you might have experienced alienation and rejection from the Jewish Community in the past – open-minded and idealistic members of your faith will provide you with a wealth of enriching programs and experiences that will enhance your life.

So, if you seek:

  • Increased Awareness of Judaism
  • Unity and Harmony in Marriage
  • Inclusion in the Jewish Community

This website is made possible by The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Los Angeles and partial funding by Mount Sinai Memorial Park.


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Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Vulnerable side...

To be easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally

We have all felt "vulnerable" at one time or another, but despite the negative context most associate with this word…it really can be an important positive trait to reinforce and rejoice in.  After all, to  feel, is to be vulnerable, and it's those feelings that help us connect with others, and in that process...we are more open to love, happiness, creativity and compassion.  It takes a LOT of courage to be vulnerable - and in my book it's a good thing.

Yes - vulnerability is a challenge.  You may find yourself unsure - or asking a variety of questions (does he/she like me, will they like what I created, did I do something wrong, why did they say that?)  Fact is, there will be times of uncertainty - times when those negative thoughts start creeping up on us - causing confusion, doubt, and making you feel sad and depressed - that's why you need a "plan of action" - along with some simple ideas to help you feel better. For those sensitive souls out there like me - there are definitely things that hurt.  Our choice is to ignore, run and hide or put things into perspective, and see the big picture in order to rise above it all.  Social media has pros/cons - the good is bringing people together and sharing - the bad…well there is lots of bullying and negative things circulating too.  In this regard…no matter who the target may be (a group, another person or myself), when I see someone that unfairly judges, criticizes, bullies, manipulates, or intentionally hurts others by utilizing Facebook tools in negative ways, it disappoints me. That's why it's important to do what's necessary to create that upward, positive spiral for your own well being.

As with everything in life - we need to find the balance between work, play, creativity, family, helping others, and yes - even computer time.  In our technical world, it really is a challenge to allow yourself to be vulnerable but in all the good ways that bring positive things into your life.  So here's some things to stay focused on the positives…

1.  Make it a point to "work on" your self worth…acknowledge your special talents - give yourself credit for all you do - feel good about who you are because you are special as many of your loved ones have told you (and yes, your fur-babies agree).  Vulnerability doesn't mean you need to deny your expressions or feelings - it simply means embracing it, to better express and recognize the good things in ourselves.

2.  Know what you value, have a sense of purpose, and try to see all the colors in between black and white.  All of these things are key in helping you cultivate a more open mind that is accepting of all kinds of people and experiences, so you can be confident in the art of being vulnerable.  If you like to write, keep a journal and jot things down as you think of them…it's a very soothing and relaxing thing to do.

3.  Keep the balance between work, play, relaxation, exercising, hobbies, creativity, reading and more.  When we maintain outside interests between family and being social (this includes your online social activity) it makes it so much easier to keep our feelings in check and stay on the positive side.

What has helped me, is remembering to stay in touch with my own feelings…and to think.  I'm a believer that things happen for a reason and it usually has to do with a life lesson, a moment in passing time - one that I will get through.  So if circumstances leave you feeling like you're being picked on, unloved, or unwanted or any other type of self doubt - think of these three little tips as coming to your own rescue.   Support yourself, reassure yourself, and most importantly, LOVE yourself!  Remember, self-hugging is an important tool to possess :)


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Job Opportunity – Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery

on March 18, 2014

Museum Development North West

Head of Fundraising
Up to £37,500 per annum

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Are you a creative and ambitious fundraiser?  Do you believe in Culture as a powerful force for enriching lives?  We are seeking a confident, professional individual with the expertise to help build a focus on fundraising as a core income stream at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust.  The Head of Fundraising’s main objectives will be to raise funds for the Tullie House Trust from a variety of sources, including trusts and foundations, face-to-face fundraising and a legacy programme.  As part of a small and successful team, you will focus on fundraising for an established Museum and Art Gallery and also on fundraising for all aspects of the Trust’s work such as project funding and infrastructure.

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Principal Town Planner - London

Penguin Recruitment
London, South East
£35000 - £42000 per annum + Bonus Scheme
27 Apr 2017
27 May 2017

Principal Planner - London - Leading Planning Consultancy

£35,000-£42,000 + Bonuses

Our client is actively looking to hire a Principal Planner to add their expertise to their highly successful Planning department. As such, the Principal Planner will hold full RTPI membership or be very close to doing so.

Our client is one of the major players in London offering commercial planning and design advice to a range of private and public sector clients. The Principal Planner will be responsible for preparing and submitting planning applications for a range of sectors. You will be expected to work on the appeals process and provide evidence at public inquiries and hearings. The Principal Planner will be required to attend client meetings and build new relationships with a view to extending your own client portfolio.

The Principal Planner will hold full MRTPI status, or be in the process of ascertaining the accreditation shortly. You will ideally have past experience of mentoring junior members of staff and will be an all-round team player - flexible, proactive and willing to learn new skills. The Principal Planner will have a minimum of 4 years' planning experience. You will have preferably worked in the private sector although public sector candidates with a strong commercial mind-set will be encouraged to apply.

In return, the Principal Planner will receive an excellent base salary alongside a generous benefits package. You will also be rewarded with 25 days holiday, private healthcare, contributory pension and join one of the best bonus schemes in the market. The Principal Planner will receive ongoing training with the company taking pride in progressing a number of their Principals to Associate Planner level and beyond.

To apply for this role, please send your updated CV to Sarah Tempest at or alternatively, please feel free to give Sarah a call on 01792 365 109 for an informal and confidential conversation about all our current positions.

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D.I.Y: Ferrero Rocher Flowers

I was walking around the shopping centre for 2 hours trying to find a present for Bee’s graduation. Being on a tight budget, it really narrows down my choices. But as I walked passed a florist, I got the idea of making these very practical flowers made from Ferrero Rochers!! To buy something like this at the florists costs about $40-$60. DIY = $15!! But most importantly, its super memorable for the giver & receiver. Time taken: Under 3 hrs.

Materials: Clear cellophane, 2 or 3 different coloured tissue paper, sticky tape, rubber band, sciccors, wooden skewers, ribbon and of course, Ferrero Rochers.

First, I would suggest cutting up all the cellophane and tissue paper first so wrapping process will be quicker. It needs to be about 10cmx10cm (or enough to wrap it around but without too much extra cello on the bottom).

Then, insert the skewer into the Ferrero Rocher about half way in. Wrap the Ferrero Rochers with the clear cellophane and secure it with sticky tape at the bottom.

Layer the two coloured tissue paper and poke the bottom of the skewer through the middle of the square. Shape the tissue paper “the petals” and use tape to wrap around & stick it to the stem.

By itself, it doesn’t look like much of a flower.

Tie all of it together with a rubberband towards the bottom of the stem and adjust the lengths. Get a large piece of the cello and coloured tissue paper and wrap it around the whole bunch. Make sure you cover up the skewer stems! Be creative with the colours and wrapping.
Now, it looks more like a bunch of flowers.

Tie a ribbon at the bottom to finish off.

If I had more time, I would have bought green tissue paper for the stems and used a box & foam balls to hold all the flowers together and decorated it with more colours. Also, you can do it in singles as well to give to family/friends for Christmas or Valentine’s Day.

I gave them to Bee in the morning and he loves them!!
But he said he’s not going to eat them! lol~
3 hrs to make, and merely 10 mins to eat. Its the thought that counts!

I just kinda worked out how to do it along the way – perhaps I should have searched on google or something, but I had limited time because exams are in a few days.

Would love to know if anyone has tried doing this or any suggestions to make this better!


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Professional Value, Fun with Math

Our lives intersect with professionals. They plan for us, design for us, operate on us, and give us their advice. Our communities are strongly influenced by their ideas:

of legality, of health, of our future.

The fundamental role of the professional is quite simple, although not easy.

To profess.

To affirm openly; declare or claim;

To teach, to claim knowledge of;

To enunciate through recommendations in a consistent and unbiased way certain principles and beliefs upon which we should act. It is a role of leadership within our community, and that is why accountants, architects, engineers, doctors, and lawyers, among other professions, must submit to extensive training and adhere to public standards in return for permission to offer services in these fields.

The meaning of “professional” moves about somewhat. Its contrast with “amateur” (as seen through the 5 lenses of the Olympic looking glass) has turned the professional into “someone paid for it” rather than one who works from purer motives. It is also viewed synonymously with “expert”. “Trust the professional!”

Without in any way denigrating the professional athlete, or any skilled tradesman, the professional has a distinct calling: one who advises action upon principles that she “professes”; and who takes a view of the issues from the public and client point of view, rather than a self-serving one.

Modern professionals occupy a wide variety of positions both publicly and privately, but many are organised into firms of private consultancies offering service for fee. It is here that livelihood and principles find a most uncomfortable intersection: “the billable hour”. Lawyers know full-well its tyranny, and clients its exasperation. The billable hour is rough justice indeed, and in some instances no justice at all.

Here’s the dilemma. Can a consultant truly be paid on the basis of the effect of recommendations, “the success of the project”, when the advice must be implemented by others in an unpredictable world? Whether acted upon or not, advice and ideas have value. This is in part the famous “$1 for showing you the spot to hit, $9,999 for knowing where it is” invoice.

But on the flipside, can a professional make a living by valuing only his or her time, each tenth or quarter of an hour generating a billing, regardless of the relation of that time to the service provided? The slower the service, the higher the bill?

How is a client’s best interest served if fees paid relate inversely to productivity?

To the latter 20th Century, many professions worked from agreed schedules of rates established for different kinds of service ($X as a reasonable fee for this task or that). This rubric of fee crumbled, however, in the face of concerns over monopoly and anti-trust legislation. Professionals turned increasingly to other yardsticks, and especially to formulae relating their remuneration to their time.

But as we often sense, there are problems with the time approach. While apprenticing many years ago at a large architectural firm, I discovered that team leaders knew very well that the firm’s senior partners must never be allowed to work on the project. Why not? Their billable rates would quickly ruin the time-based internal budget. Strange that the experience of the partners would lead to inefficiency, you say? Well, let’s take a look at the mechanics of the “billable hour”, the “hourly rate”, and how they are calculated.

Bear with me mathematically! How is an hourly rate usually calculated in the consulting world?

Working 37.5 hours a week gives 1950 potential hours of earning per year (regardless that professionals may work many more hours than that). A base salary of $75,000 plus a $50,000 overhead amount (for benefits, insurance, leadership, marketing, administration, office rent, technology, furnishings, supplies, training, and a further 20% on the subtotal for firm profit and insurance against unpaid bills) means that each hour must earn $64 to recoup the $125,000. Yes?

A mid-level professional earning that wage, working pretty much full time on billable projects for his firm, still spends some time away from that productivitiy. Perhaps 4% vacation, 3% sickness, 8% non-billable office duties and training, totaling 15% of her time. That means further that each “billable” hour (that is, an hour spent on work that will result in a productive bill to the client or project) must generate more revenue, to account for the non-billable (the 15%).

That brings us to $75.40 (64 divided by .85, ok?). From the client’s point of view so far, so good, because the bill a client receives is still linked to services that benefit his project (that is, it receives the attention of a trained, healthy and productive employee).

Now, here’s where things get interesting. In theory a rise in salary, a car allowance, other perks and items reward the more productive professional. Right? That is, the Jack earning $120,000 a year and costing $67,500 in overhead to the firm, should be accomplishing the same tasks as the aforementioned staff in less time. In fact, work that cost $125,000 from the junior should cost the same from the senior. Since the senior costs $187,500 a year, it follows that the $125,000 of work would get done in 2/3 of a year!

The client receives the same fee request for the same service. Well done. Where the greater project experience or project-smarts of senior staff identify solutions sooner, or craft better solutions, the system still works to the benefit of the client, even though the same hourly rate calculation for the senior fellow yields a billing rate of $113 per hour.

For some items that senior staff do, however, the higher productivity is so obviously not true that clients should be careful in their consulting contracts to specify that tasks best done by more junior employees should be charged at their junior rates. The senior partner likely uses the photocopier more slowly than her assistant, not more quickly.

Well we’ve done ok so far, and the money to value equation seems to be holding. Where might things start to stray?

Well, it’s that management thing. Where senior staff’s wages and overhead (the calculation of their worth to the firm) are more related to their management abilities and responsibilities, or their marketing connections, than their project-smarts, the billing rate calculation leaves reality behind.

So far, we’ve assumed that the senior professional is working on projects 85% of the time. But once in a management role, that same wage, overhead, and profit cost of the previous example ($187,500 per year) must be covered by perhaps only 50-60% of this professional’s working hours, since he is involved in many non-billable internal tasks (hiring the others, for instance). Additionally, his wage level is not related to productivity when he is working on the billable file, since his skills in the trenches may not outshine others earning less, through less use and less familiarity with the file. The client, however, is now paying $190 an hour for somewhere between $75 and $113 of productivity on the project (187,500 divided by 1950 divided by .5 for 50% billable hours).

That is why in the context of mega-consulting firms carrying large hierarchies, project managers often work to keep senior staff away from their projects and clients. They’re trying to get the job done efficiently, either on fixed budgets that can be side-swiped by the partners’ rates, or in an effort to avoid severely higher billings for the same services.

In a world of professional services where the work is often 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, there is no doubt of the value of senior professionals at key points. Their judgement creates effective solutions for clients, saving hours and money. For these insights they are worth the high billable rate. When they involve themselves in the other 90% of the job, however, their rates do clients a grave disservice unless their productivity is 100% higher for tasks regularly performed by other staff, or unless the billing rates acknowledge the relationship between productivity and consultant billings.

Worse still, some firms have business models with billing for overhead and profit (including the cost of carrying a high-priced management hierarchy and rents in a toney part of town) at TWICE the cost of project wages, or even more. My examples above assume only once the cost (75k wage, 50k overhead, 25k to cover non-billable hours). At these higher levels of overhead, the junior professional bills about $115 an hour instead of $75. That’s a 50% higher bill for the same trained professional producing the same work!

And that more senior professional?

  • with larger responsibilities to the firm that aren’t related to your project, and
  • fewer billable hours to cover the firm’s $360,000 annual expectations?
  • producing an item of work that could efficiently be done by someone more junior?
  • $370 per hour.

At these rates one begins to wonder what priorities are being “professed”.

So next time you are presented with a proposal for time-based billing from a professional, ask him or her to break it down for you. Where does the money go? For productivity on your project? Or overhead? For trained staff to spend time efficiently creating solutions for you, or carpet in the boardroom?

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Friday, 7 April 2017

Worst Sketchbook Ever

A quick flip through of a recent doodle book I've struggled with. The paper, although indicated as for use with ink is super absorbent and smells of wet cardboard. Certain pens worked better than others, Unipin fine liners and Pental Brush Pens for instance but the abrasive tooth of the paper soon wore away the pen tip fibres. Pilot Parallel Pens also worked okay but again, the paper literally sucked the ink out of the pen making this an expensive exercise in pen refilling. Dip pens were okay with acrylic drawing inks, anything else just bled in to the paper fibres. Because I draw so much I persevered with the sketchbook but really am looking forward to getting back to something (Seawhite) I can rely on and like using.

Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Film Night

Unrelated to my dancing witches, I watched the 2013 horror comedy Witching and Bitching (Las Brujas De Zugarramurdi) the other night and really, really liked it. It starts out as a 'wacky crime' caper but at the arrival of a village (Zugarramurdi) and the introduction of some great characters (among them Javier Botet, Terele Pávez  and Carolina Bang) the movie turns up the horror/comedy. The entertaining weirdness culminates in a great 'Wicker Man' type parade, featuring 'Krampus' Devil Parade characters that are you know, popular on the Continent.

Monday, 27 March 2017

Wakefield Witches

I adapted that wakefield tree drawing I did the other day for a friends birthday card.

Sunday, 26 March 2017

Trees at Thornes Park

I do the Thornes Park trim trail three times a week and this is a view from the parallel bars, looking West over to Gillsike House.

Wakefield Trees 3 WIP

Another tree quick draw work in progress. Thornes Park again looking towards Gillsike House. The trees are at their barest and will look different in a weeks time as spring rises. The maroon getting in the way is me, blowing small puddles of ink into sticks and tree branch shapes.

Saturday, 25 March 2017

Wakefield Tree 2

Another tall thin drawing of a Wakefield tree. This time at Heath Common.

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

The Great Marquess Characters

Some character designs for David Chappell’s ‘The Great Marquess’ novels.


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monocycle project

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I need a machine shop…

Handcrafted Wonder: 1873 Monocycle Replica Is a Mechanical and Engineering Marvel
This monocycle replica from 1873 is an stunning engineering and mechanical feat. Created by a spaniard using 19th Century documentation and old-style handcrafting techniques, it uses a 6.16-foot wheel, with a 238-teeth inner segment. As you can see in the gallery, the quality of his work is simply amazing.

If you think a kid should be able to ride a bicycle without getting killed, you can help “…to increase the safety of bicyclists on the road.”

Killacyclist is on a mission to improve the “…education of automobile and truck drivers about the rights of cyclists on public” thoroughfares.


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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Thank you, Randy: (video)

".E." Lizard Breath Speaks, It's Beth said...

what fun!! they are so happy. we all need happiness. i love all the different outfits. stripes and fanciness. ( :

i wonder if i could pull off stripes like that. ha. ha!!

Tom said...

I always enjoyed Spike Jones when I was a kid. I always enjoyed strange things! Tom The Backroads Traveller


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What A Web I’ve Got Caught In – Day 2

Well, I must say I’m thankful for the emergency winter shelter getting me off the street and out of the cold last night. I was nervous, shy and very uncomfortable. However, some friendly people who got me set up with a cot, blankets, pillow and some more information I can put to use on Monday. My back is so sore but I spent a safe night indoors, that’s what counts. Continue reading

Truth is right now I’m emotional and I’ve sat here most of the night in tears. I’ve been fighting with myself. The fighter in me says I can get through this and I’ll come out on top. It’s a challenge I can over come. But the weak, dependant part of me says to throw up my hands and give up. It’s easy to say, easy to do but it gets me absolutely no where Continue reading


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BYOD in Schools

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Technology in learning is something teachers are trying to embrace and integrate into classrooms today. It is thus becoming important to consider how and when we bring in new technology. With schools having tight funding and quickly changing technology, it may be time to start seriously considering the concept of BYOD or bring your own device. Initially this was propagated in corporate work environments, but today BYOD is becoming relevant and may be the solution to the huge gap between need and access.

BYOD basically suggests that we welcome students to bring their own tech devices like laptops, iPads or smartphones to the classroom. Then we help students share these or work on them, as needed, for classroom projects and activities. The advantages of BYOD are that we get to use the latest technology in learning and help students learn to use their devices for educational purposes. A further advantage is that we’re employing practices that occur successfully outside of a K-12 classroom environment and school.

This said, there are aspects of BYOD that educators need to consider. Schools will need to develop and implement usage policies or rules that regulate what students use their devices for, both at school and within the classroom. There will need to be systems to ensure that students don’t access inappropriate content at school. And, practices that eliminate the possibility of using these devices for cheating are something to think about. By encouraging students to bring their own devices into the classroom, we can cultivate a positive approach toward the integration of technology.

Students bringing their own devices is not an excuse for schools to stop spending money on equipping classrooms. Rather, BYOD can help decrease the burden and make technology integrated classrooms a realistic possibility for many schools.

What are your thoughts on BYOD in schools?

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  1. Dan McGuire says:

    I’ve been promoting BYOD for a few years now, see I don’t think the issue is at all about money or ‘equity,’ a common excuse for not implementing BYOD. A bigger issue is the fact that BYOD significantly changes how learning happens. Teachers need to learn how to teach in a classroom equipped with today’s literacy tools. In a BYOD classroom students have literacy devices that enable them to create stories and report on all kinds of things in many different ways. A BYOD policy means that there are 30 video cameras in the room, 30 graphing calculators, 30 audio recording devices, 30 sets of encyclopedias and language translators, 30 text to voice devices, 30 voice to text devices, and 30 3D simulators. Paper copies and worksheets are so last century. Most of our notions about the processes and tools of a classroom are no longer applicable. It’s the ability of the adults in the system to adapt to a BYOD classroom that is the biggest factor in how fast schools become current. There should be lots of demand for PLB courses in the years ahead.

  2. Cean Frost says:

    BYOD sounds like an invitation for more chaos in the classroom. Because of budget restraints in our schools, the class sizes have grown. Now we allow kids to bring their own devices into the classroom and expect them to use them constructively to learn? I don’t think so. Then there’s the issue of kids who don’t have the financial luxury of smart phones, ipads, laptops. What do we do about them? BYOD doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.

  3. Jennifer Brisbine says:

    I think inequity is a real concern when considering BYOD. I highly doubt that typical schools could realize all of its students having devices of any academic value. If we relied upon BYOD, we would want some consistency in what devices teachers and students used also. Is our school supply list really going to require devices that cost hundreds of dollars? This would burden many parents. I think BYOD might work if we did something to bridge the gap for possible inequity. Some kids do yield the latest gadget, and so perhaps schools could go 50-50, so to speak.

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Beyond Florida, SEC scrambling for NCAA berths

By the Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference is bracing for potential Marginal Madness this March.

With only one team ranked in the Top 25, the No. 5 Florida Gators, the SEC could have three or fewer teams in the NCAA tournament for only the second time in 23 years even if there are others holding out hope.

There are solid cases at Missouri and Mississippi, uncertainty at Kentucky and glimmers of hope at Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee but nobody beyond the Gators is considered a lock.

“The way the league is now is fun,” Volunteers guard Jordan McRae said. “Last year with Kentucky, you knew they were going to be there at the end. Now it’s like LSU could be in the championship or win the championship. Florida could lose in the first round. Missouri could win. Anybody’s in the game right now. It’s fun like that.”

Apparently one man’s definition of fun is another man’s nerve-racking.

The SEC has as many teams with power ratings of 200 or worse (three) as in the Top 50, and even that’s shaky territory.

Jerry Palm’s rates Florida fourth, Missouri 38th, Kentucky 45th and Ole Miss 52nd.

Barring a surprise SEC tournament champion, two bracket watchers have Florida, Mississippi and Missouri making the NCAA field — and seven leagues receiving more invitations.

“I would be more surprised if they ended up with four than if they ended up with two,” said Palm, who runs a bracket for

ESPN’s Joe Lunardi agrees that it’s an uphill climb beyond those three teams.

“Their number is not likely to start going back up in terms of numbers of team unless somebody truly unexpected wins the conference tournament,” Lunardi said.

It could be a near replay of 2009 when the SEC sent only three teams to the tournament for the first time in 19 years. LSU managed the lone win of the three teams, though there wasn’t a potential No. 1 seed like Florida in the mix. It’s the only time in the past 23 years the league hasn’t had at least one team make it to the regional semifinals.

The biggest question mark involves the defending national champion Kentucky Wildcats, whose tournament stock was uncertain even before losing shot-blocking freshman Nerlens Noel to a season-ending knee injury.

Tennessee routed Kentucky 88-58 in the first game without the star freshman.

“Kentucky probably has the best profile of the (SEC) teams I don’t have in the bracket, but without Noel it’s hard to imagine they’re going to be able to sustain anything,” Palm said. “Probably they’re going to fall back. Alabama and Tennessee are probably the two teams with the best chance to give the league more than three, but I haven’t seen anything from either of those teams to make me optimistic.”

Kentucky guard Jarrod Polson knows there’s little margin for error.

“I think it’s in the back of our minds that if we want to make the tournament we have to win all the games or maybe just lose one more,” Polson said. “At this time of the year, this is when we need to get hot anyway so we can just look at these games as tournament games.”

In some ways, the apparent downturn isn’t all that surprising for the SEC, which had four teams combine for a 10-3 NCAA tournament mark last season not counting new addition Missouri, upset by Norfolk State in the first round.

The league had 12 players selected in the NBA draft — that number rises to 15 counting newcomers Missouri and Texas A&M — including the top three picks and eight first-rounders. Kentucky and Vanderbilt had to replace all five starters and Missouri only had one back in star point guard Phil Pressey.

Plus, there are seven coaches either in their first or second season with their current team.

“There was a lot of guys in this league a year ago that were really, really great college players and a lot of them are playing in the NBA,” said Gators coach Billy Donovan whose team has won eight SEC games by 22-plus points. “Now, you’ve got some new players coming in, stepping in for those guys. You have some new coaches implementing new styles of play.”

But Donovan said he thinks Florida and the rest of the SEC are playing much better in January and February than November. Both Palm and Lunardi cite weak nonconference performances or schedules as big strikes against the league.

The SEC is 4-13 against teams from the Big East and won two of six meetings with the Big Ten.

But several teams have been on recent surges. Alabama has won nine of 11, Arkansas four of five and Tennessee three straight. Missouri got its first road win at Mississippi State before losing to the Razorbacks in Fayetteville.

Ole Miss was the league’s biggest surprise early in the season but lost two straight games before an overtime win over Georgia.

“Florida’s been the one constant that from the beginning until now, they have been the best team in the league and they have played as such,” Rebels coach Andy Kennedy said. “Everybody goes through transitions. Tennessee did not start out great and are playing great basketball now. Kentucky, unfortunately with the loss of Nerlens Noel … now have to kind of reinvent themselves down the stretch.

“Ourselves with injuries and the things that happened, you just try to deal with it as best you can and understand it’s a five-month season and there’s going to be highs and there’s going to be lows. And at the end of the day, you hope the numbers make sense.”

The SEC hopes they add up to at least three.

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Beaver Soul 27

Beaver Soul

Beaver Soul

We continue the theme of the Teign and come up to date now with a poem by an American author and poet, Judy Hogan.  This poem is number 27 in a book called Beaver Soul, a collection of meditations evoked by a closely observed world of nature ranging from the Haw River in North Carolina to the Russian countryside of Kostroma, and ending on the banks of the River Teign in Devon, England.

This was written on October 13th 1992 by the river Teign near Sandy Ford.  So this is not strictly within the Teignmouth area but it is inspired by the river that makes Teignmouth what it is today.  It is the first of three poems inspired by the Teign in the Beaver Soul collection; the others will be posted in future weeks.

Beaver Soul 27
(Judy Hogan)

And what is love?  To be human
is to allow It to pierce you with
Its tender arrows, though you
feel certain you will die.
Only we don’t die.  We live
more vividly.  Life without Love
is like a stream bed through
which no water runs; like a
house without a clock that
chimes the hours so musically
that you wait eagerly for the
next one.  Or like an afternoon
sitting on the bank of a small
river without sun to intensify
the green of grasses and mosses,
to lift the warm brown of the
sand, patient between the black
hulks of the rocks, into view.
You can have all the love you
want if you aren’t greedy; if
you can live with a certain number
of absurd hours in every day;
if you understand that sarcasm
on the beloved’s tongue is his
way of keeping himself from
aching too much; if you’re
clear about where your own
heart has rooted itself, no
matter how many miles from
home you are.  After suffering,
and then paradox, and then
more suffering; after you’ve
yielded all the fruits, and watched
the leaves turn brown and drop
off, one after another; after
your blood has had to retreat
from the terrible, frozen wastes
of winter, and Zeus never pelted
his Greeks with ice like you’ve
had your soft skin pelted, then
you learn the truth of Love:
how it lives with its own whimsy
and its own secret power, beyond
thought, beyond reason, beyond
understanding.  It doesn’t even
require to be fed or given to
drink in the long famine.
Drought It already knew about and
was prepared for.  Memory held
It safe below the water’s surface.
You might be full of despair
but your heart, its roots
tucked into Love’s power, never
lost faith.  It accepts Evil
and Good, the Hate that Love can
mask His face with.  It bides
Its time.  And Time, for Love,
is redemptive.  The river has to
keep rushing, but the stones and
their mosses stay.  The sand will
be there.  The roots are persistent.
They know what we forget:
that only such tender moments
of clear-eyed seeing into each
other’s souls matter.  Only
those times last.  The rest passes,
like water.  The sand may shift,
but it stays; it knows.  The rocks
have their memory, too.  And
every year the graceful grasses
stretch up because the sun,
of course, leans down.

Copyright© Judy Hogan

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Poly-Olbion Cover Page

Poly-Olbion Cover Page

It’s been a quiet few months on the blog site but now the book is completed and back from the printers it is time to get back to some more regular blogging here ….. and there is a backlog of poems to catch up on!

I have a selection of new pieces related to the river Teign, starting with one that has its origins back in 1598 – Poly-Olbion.  Written by Michael Drayton, it was otherwise known as “A chorographicall description of all the tracts, rivers, mountaines, forests, and other parts of this renowned isle of Great Britaine and is an extraordinary poetic journey through the landscape, history, traditions and customs of early modern England and Wales.

It is written as a series of 30 ‘Songs’ in alexandrine couplets totalling 15000 lines.  No I am not going to reproduce the whole of it, only the section of 10 lines relating to the river Teign (or ‘Ting’ as it’s described in the Song).  You’ll also see a reference to the river Lemon which flows into the Teign at Newton Abbot.

Poly-Albion – extract

‘Ting (whose banks were blest
By her beloved nymph dear Leman) which addrest,
And fully with herself determined before
To sing the Danish spoils committed on her shore,
When hither from the east they came in mighty swarms,
Nor could their native earth contain their numerous arms,
Their surcrease grew so great, as forced them at last
To seek another soil, as bees do when they cast;
And by their impious pride how hard she was bested,
When all the country swam with blood of Saxons shed.’

The above extract has been taken from:  Devon, its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote.

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Poly-Olbion …..
Michael Drayton …..

The Devil’s Footprints

The Devil's Footprints 1855

The Devil’s Footprints 1855

The second quirky piece of verse concludes the myths and legends of Teignmouth – The Devil’s Footprints.

The legend goes back to 1855 when a trail of ‘cloven hoof’ footprints appeared overnight in Teignmouth and extended from the Exe estuary to the river Dart. The trail crossed the rivers, went over roofs, across trees – in fact it just went straight over anything in its path. The story was reported locally and in the Illustrated London News with much speculation on the origin of the footprints but no definite explanation ….. and the mystery remains today.

I have found a few poems about this story. The others may well appear as later posts.

The Devil’s Footprints
(John Parslow)

On one peculiar precipitous night in February eighteen fifty five,
A dense and heavy fall of snow in the south of Devon arrived,
In the towns of Topsham, Lympstone, Exmouth, as everyone asleep,
Teignmouth and Dawlish in a cloak of white were buried very deep.

On waking villagers saw thousands of strange foot-tracks on the roof,
Bipedal steps at eight inch gaps all with a convex cloven hoof,
Over five parishes they extended covering an area of one hundred miles,
On tops of houses, high narrow walls with palings – even over styles.

They covered local gardens, enclosed courtyards bounded by walls wide,
Vertically up drainpipes tall, up fences and down the other side,
And trails would suddenly stop as if the creature vanished into thin air,
Right in the middle of open fields as though it landed or took off from there.

The locals were shocked to discover the tracks of an animal so strange,
A mysterious creature endowed with the power of ubiquity and such range,
Approaching and retreating many dwellings but no resting place was found,
Only the cloven-hoof marks on two legs were left as markers on the ground.

Rather than navigate a straighter course possible for any creature to follow,
It steered the most complicated of climbs over every acclivity and hollow,
The greatest excitement was caused among all classes athwart the land,
The superstitious believing they were the marks of Satan or his band.

So what did happen on that night in early February eighteen fifty five?
Some thought it could be Extraterrestrial beings others thought it best to hide,
The eyewitness’s of hundreds was later printed in the Times, so long ago,
As to what the creature was on a spree that night- perhaps we’ll never know …

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The Devil’s Footprints …..

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The Salty

The Salty

We’ve had a few poems about the Salty and its inhabitants – the cormorants, oysters, oystercatchers etc.

Here’s another which gives a different view of the shellfish to be found on these low-tide estuarial flats.

(Barbara Hine)

Mussel bound
They sift the Salty
To ply their trade –
The winkle pickers,
The shell seekers –
Here a bucket,
There a spade.

I hitch a ride
On a bit of the Teign
Left behind by the tide –
Free-falling down
To anonymous sand,
A cowering cockle
On a seaweed strand.

They crouch and probe
These mussel men,
Performing amniocentesis
On glorious mud,
And the pile in the bucket
Grows thud by thud.

I open a valve.
‘I’m stale’, I cry –
I know it’s naughty
But it’s worth a try!
The blue shells rattle
Like dead men’s bones
As the buckets pass by…

Blue not white.
Then I’m all right!
Moules Mariniere’s
The dish of the day.
I breathe a bubble.
Rule OK.

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Barbara Hine …..

The Shaldon War Dead Memorial Clock Tower

Shaldon War Dead memorial Clock Tower (from Frith Collection)

Shaldon War Dead memorial Clock Tower (from Frith Collection)

Walk back towards Teignmouth along the main road from the Clipper and you soon reach the village green, the site of the Shaldon War Memorial.

I found this poem on the Internet written by ‘Philip’ (I know no more than that). Together with the poem was a small tribute by Philip:

“This little Poem means little to anyone outside our little village in South Devon…A village of only 300 and yet 30 names on the local War Memorial. I composed this Poem for my own satisfaction, just to make these Heroes names to live again ….. Written at the Life Gateway to 11.11.11 in humble appreciation.”

You may notice the acrostic.

The Shaldon War Dead Memorial Clock Tower

The Shaldon War Dead Memorial Clock Tower.
Heroes who gave their lives in war time;
Everlasting Memorial to their sacrifice.

Shaldon would remember Brave Souls ;
Hail to these Heroes as we remember.
As fought and died in the 1914-19 War.
Let us never forget the ultimate debt.
Dutifully paid by the local families
Of Graeme, Lucas, Cornish , Stephens
No not forgotten Gates or Colbram.

War took the Sons of Shaldon and Ringmore
And Carter, Loram, Matthews, Taylor, Payne
Reed, Merchant, Sheppard, Windeatt, Wood

Dutifully, bravely Volunteered in 1914
East , Lambe  and Eardly-Wilmot RFC.
As did brave Tothill, Withey , Conybeare
Died all heroes in that world conflict.

Memories still fresh of the 1939 – 45
Ever remembered names of Shaldon
Men fully brave S.Brimilcombe, G Hicks
Or R Fielding , J Houston, J Long , T.Payne,
Regiments of Britain and Commonwealth
In Royal and Merchant Navy and RAF.
An endless list of sons E. Slater, R Stoyle
Last W.Theobald. In sorrow Forget Never.

Collections made by public contribution 1921
Laid foundations for the Memorial Clock
Originally built: Albert Best (Teignmouth)
Clock built  by Harold Mole, Watchmaker.
Kings and Countries mourn in unity.

To later conflicts A.J .Roberts in Malaya
Of R.S.Baker-Faulkner. D.S.O, D.S.C, R.N
We owe them all an irrevocable debt.
Ever as time goes by, may we not forget
Righteous Brave Sacrifice in time of War.
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Shaldon War Memorial ……

The Clipper

Dog friendly .....

Dog friendly …..

Verse has many purposes. I was walking past the Clipper Café in Shaldon a couple of weeks ago and spotted this sign outside. It made me smile, and isn’t that one of the roles of poetry – to provoke an emotional response? So much better than just a “Dogs Welcome” sign – well done the Clipper for your little piece of street poetry.

The Clipper

The Clipper is happy for me to come in
and have a treat from the biscuit tin.
It’s fine if I have sandy paws
but very wet dogs make slippery floors.
If I have lots of woofy things to say
it’s best if I wait outside that day.
So next time you’re on your walk with me,
remember the Clipper is dog-friendly.

Clipper Cafe

Clipper Cafe

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Shaldon Bridge

Old Shaldon Bridge

Old Shaldon Bridge

In the last post we crossed the Teign by the ferry, as would have Keats.  But in 1827 the longest wooden bridge in the country, almost a third of a mile long, was constructed across the river to join Teignmouth and Shaldon.  The bridge has had a chequered history, suffering the ravages of the environment and shipworm which have caused it to be rebuilt several times.  The bridge is still an iconic feature of the estuary – Muse and the Olympic flame crossed it in 2012.  The views from the bridge are stunning, both across the Salty down to the sea and upriver towards the heights of Dartmoor.  It was the inspiration for this poem by Kim Edwards.

Shaldon Bridge
(Kim Edwards)

There I was across the bay walking not an hour ago.
Now here I am.
If I had stayed where my eyes rest now
time would have moved on
the tide would still have filled the bay.
Spin drift still settled into inland emptiness
Just as now.

Would I have had to run and rush like this tide beneath this bridge
To catch myself here,
To fill the places in me emptied of your presence
My life’s landscape emptied of those I once knew, without knowing as my people
Washed out to that sea and emptied of their own lives
Taken like so much cliff face fallen
On the outgoing tide of Time, that vast majority element
That holds us all within this very moment.

Standing on the bridge my inner eye rests upon places where
The people I lived amongst lived as my organs live
Amongst one another deep within my overcoat of membrane and skin
All who once were part of me and I of them
No more mine now than my own life feels is mine
Stranger in it that I am
Filled with the flotsam and jetsam of other people’s lives
I no longer recognise nor truly fit within my own.

As here I stand now empty, alone
Filled with longing for the home of belonging I once knew
The tides turn, turn once more
Returning I turn, walk on.

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Shaun White Skateboarding-SKIDROW + Offline Fix

Shaun White Skateboarding-SKIDROW
Shaun White Skateboarding-SKIDROW + Offline Fix

Release Date – 19-08-2011
Protection… Ubisoft DRM
Game Type -> Skateboarding
Disk(s).. .1 DVD

Game info:
Shaun White Skateboarding, a game that puts an innovative twist on the action-sports genre, is the latest offering in the award-winning franchise developed in collaboration with dual-sport super-athlete, Shaun White. The most ambitious instalment yet, Shaun White Skateboarding brings all the sensations of skateboarding to a wide audience making skate dreams possible and allowing players to transform a dull, lifeless city into their own extraordinary skating utopia.

As players skate, they add colour, life and brilliance to the city by extending handrails into endless grinds, carving alleys into half pipes, morphing streets into ramps and much more. Players can skate their way, any way they want, to create their own customized skating world that can also be shared with friends. Shaun White Skateboarding empowers skaters to push the limits of what’s possible.

  • Transform – Create incredible skate lines using city structures, stretch and twist handrails to dizzying heights, empty fountains to create bowls, make alleys into epic quarter pipes and so much more. New areas are revealed, better skate lines are created and buildings are transformed. Creativity is rewarded with points, gear and new skating opportunities
  • Innovate – With 80 skate tricks hand-picked by Shaun (including a Shaun creation called the “Armadillo”), enjoy a unique and fun gameplay experience where you can shape, influence and transform the city while pulling off authentic skate moves. Experience all the sensations of an expert skater – the big air, sticking a landing, eating it and more
  • Explore – Find or create skate spots you’ve only dreamed about. The city is stretched over massive districts with tons of challenges to complete, including race, collect, narrative missions and more
  • Engage – Jump online to challenge your friends in co-operative or adversarial modes: online or local split-screen. Create your own maps, play with friends and see how you rank against players from across the world using online leaderboards

Minimum system requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Pentium D Dual Core@2.6 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800
  • Memory: 1 Gb
  • Video: ATI Radeon HD 2600 / NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 compatible
  • Free hard drive space: 8 GB

  1. Unpack the release
  2. Mount or burn image
  3. Install
  4. Copy everything from the SKIDROW folder to the game installation
  5. Play the game
  6. Support the companies, which software you actually enjoy!

Shaun White Skateboarding-SKIDROW
Shaun White Skateboarding-SKIDROW
Selamat bermain gan 😀

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Compiling libpng for Mac OS X

I thought Mac OS X comes with libpng pre-installed. It's pretty clear that I was wrong after I failed to compile a game that uses libpng. The good thing about OS X is that, you can just use fink to easily install Unix/Linux binaries. However, the weird thing is, the game configuration still complains that libpng could not be found.

So I decided to install libpng from the source code. In case anyone of you out there who may face the same problem as me, you could do as what I describe below.

  1. Download the library source code from
  2. Untar it: $ tar -xjvf libpng-1.2.8.tar.bz2
  3. Go into the libpng-1.2.8 directory, and copy the makefile.darwin out
    $ cd libpng-1.2.8
    $ cp scripts/makefile.darwin makefile
  4. Run make: $ make (It's gonna take a while)
  5. Install the compiled library into appropriate place:
    $ make install
  6. Clean up the mess object files:
    $ make clean

That's it. The requirement, of which I should have mentioned earlier, to compile libpng is the zlib. I hope you have zlib installed first.

7 thoughts on “Compiling libpng for Mac OS X

  1. chris price says:

    did the make test

    I got heaps of Filter 194** was used xxxxxxxxxxx times

    then a segment fault!

    but the libs were installed OK

  2. Anonymous says:

    Thank you for the procedure.
    I just had to modify a few things in the makefile:
    * “PNGVER = $(PNGMIN)”
    * ZLIBLIB=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/lib (ZLib is already installed in Mac OS X)
    * ZLIBINC=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include

  3. Try this fro configure so that is included in the PKG-CONFIG:

    ./configure –verbose –x-includes=/opt/X11/include –x-libraries=/opt/X11/lib CFLAGS=”-arch i386 -arch x86_64″

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asmp 2012
The student members of ASMP Dallas were invited to submit their best photographs to be exhibited at an art gallery in Dallas, Texas, at Kettle Art.

Our student member’s submissions were impressive and competition was tough. The judges and organizers admire and appreciat…e each student’s effort and talents that went into creating their work and their desire to share that with the public.

The final selected photographs will be on exhibit at Kettle Art, May 25, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is invited to the opening reception.

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Be Your Own Valentine

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz

 The month of February can make you see red. Not just because you are probably still paying off the Chia pet you bought your Uncle Richie for Christmas in your monthly credit card statement, but because you really have no choice but to see red every time you walk in the door of your local drug store chains and are faced with a barrage of heart shaped boxes of chocolates, roses and giant stuffed teddy bears …..

……along with reminders that you might not have any “special someone” to celebrate  this Valentine’s Day with.

Now is it YOUR FAULT that during the month of January while you were hidden beneath so many layers of clothing, scarves and hats that some oblivious guy was unable to recognize just how positively SCRUMPTIOUS you really are? Or that over the holidays that cute girl you always see at the coffee machine was more interested in making that guy in accounting’s jingle bells rock, than yours?

Sometimes I think Cupid is in dire need of some glasses (or if he is feeling vain, maybe some LASIK Eye surgery) so perhaps he could start shooting some arrows straight in the RIGHT direction to those who could use a little romance in their lives. But alas….unless Cupid decides to squeeze in a quick appointment with his eye doctor in between dropping roses and lace trimmed hearts all over all of the lovey dovey, gooey eyed, smoochy woochy couples in the world….IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN! (At least in time for this Valentine’s Day, anyway.)

So just WHERE does that leave you?

I suppose you can walk around with a scowl, all grumpy and stuff, as you watch the bluebirds of happiness fly in little circles over the heads of those sickenly sweet couples walking hand in hand…..but do you really think that’s going to make things better?  The truth is it will do nothing but make you feel even WORSE.  But what can you do when you don’t have someone to be your Valentine on Valentine’s Day?

It’s simple! Be your OWN Valentine!

I know, I know…..right about now you’re scratching your head while you’re reading this and saying to yourself, “What is she talking about?? Is her Elvira wig on a bit too tight?”

(actually that thing stretches out to be quite comfortable after you wear it a few times…but where was I?)

Oh yes, I remember! (Thank you, Ginkgo Biloba) I was talking about being your own Valentine. The general concept of this day is to celebrate love. Although the romantic sort of love is what usually comes to mind first, there are many kinds of love…and they all deserve to be recognized and celebrated. Tell your parents how much you love them (they will ALWAYS appreciate you telling them). Bake some cookies with your kids. Let your best friend know how you could never do without them. Buy a new cat nip mouse and some treats for your cat, Snickernoodles. And then once you’ve done all that…. do something nice for yourself.

Get a massage, or a mani/pedi. If that’s not your thing, then go see that movie you’ve been hearing about, or buy yourself flowers or even that bracelet you’ve had your eye on. Or if you really just want to spend all day cuddled up on the couch in your PJ’s watching Downton Abbey and eating Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream….GO FOR IT! Make this a day to celebrate and do what makes you happy and what will make your heart sing.  The point is…..DON’T WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY OR FEEL LOVED….especially when you can DO IT YOURSELF! You deserve to feel that way EVERY day of the year, not just on this one day….but you gotta start somewhere.

So why waste this perfectly good Valentine’s Day moping around. Tell Cupid where he can put his arrows and make this day your very own!

Valentine’s Day can be quite challenging for some people in a lot of ways…..especially for men! While women usually don’t have much trouble when it comes to shopping and buying things for the special people in their lives…. men are quite often a different story. Now who would be more perfect help to advise guys as to what women like than everybody’s favorite sweet little dish, ELVIRA! Here is my latest video tribute to the Mistress of the Dark, “An Elvira Valentine”.

Until next time…..ta ta and toodles!

~Tracie Dee

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How Can Invisalign Straighten an Adults Teeth?

Straight teeth not only make it easier to maintain healthy teeth and gums, it gives a person more confidence. Having a beautiful smile means you aren’t afraid to be yourself in front of people and cameras. But if you have crooked teeth, and you never had braces as a child or teen, is it too late to get straight teeth as an adult?

Teeth can be moved in an adult’s mouth. As long as the gums and the underlying bone structure are healthy it is possible to straighten the teeth over time with braces. The great thing is that orthodontic treatments have advanced beyond traditional braces. If you’re trying to picture yourself with ugly wires in your mouth there’s no need to worry. There are clear alternatives like Invisalign that are barely noticeable and that do not require any changes in lifestyle.

Why is Adult Orthodontic Treatment Necessary?

Crooked and misaligned teeth can actually affect your health. Gum and bone loss and erosion of the tooth enamel are just the beginning. There can also be jaw pain and headaches. If the condition of your teeth makes it difficult to properly clean them, the resulting bacteria can cause gum disease and tooth decay. These oral problems have been shown to cause other health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.

What are Clear Braces?

Invisalign makes clear, plastic braces that are called aligner trays and are worn over the teeth. Wearing them puts a slight pressure on your teeth that slowly moves them into position over time. Since they are clear, they are not very noticeable and they are easily removed for short periods of time to eat and clean your teeth, though they should be worn at least 20 hours a day in order to be effective.

They movement of your teeth takes place in stages. Every two weeks or so a new set of aligners replaces the old to continue changing the placement of your teeth until the goal results are achieved. Aligners are created to specifically fit your unique set of teeth using dental impressions that are made by your orthodontist. Invisalign works with your orthodontist to create simulations to make sure the molding is correct and will fit your teeth and mouth.

Why Are Alignment Trays a Good Choice for Adults?

  • The aligners are comfortable to wear, as the slight pressure caused is mild and easily handled.
  • There are no wires and metal to worry about scratching your mouth or making eating and cleaning your teeth difficult.
  • The aligners are easily removed for meals and for brushing and flossing your teeth. There are no restrictions on what you can eat or worries about plaque buildup as there are for traditional braces.
  • The aligners are easy to clean. Simply brush and rinse with water or use the available cleaning kit.
  • They are practically invisible and you won’t feel self-conscious about smiling and talking to people. In fact, as your teeth start to straighten, you may find yourself smiling more often.

How Long Does the Treatment Last?

The aligners are generally worn for about a year, plus or minus several months depending upon the condition of your teeth and how diligent you are about wearing them each day. During this time you would wear about 30 different aligners that move your teeth over time.

After the treatment it will be necessary to wear a retainer to make sure your teeth stay in the desired position. The retainer should be worn all day for about 6 months after your treatment, and then only at night in order to keep your teeth from drifting.

What Conditions Can Be Treated?

Aligner trays can be used to treat mildly crooked teeth as well as a variety of more serious dental problems including:

  • Overbite: the upper teeth protrude over the lower teeth.
  • Underbite: the lower teeth extend past the front teeth.
  • Gapped Teeth: open spaces occur between teeth that leave the gum exposed and unprotected.
  • Open bite: teeth are unable to come together when biting, making chewing and speech difficult.
  • Crossbite: the upper and lower jaws are misaligned.
  • Overly Crowded: there are too many teeth to fit properly within the jaw, causing crooked teeth.

Is Invisalign the Best Option For Me?

While the aligners can fix many dental issues, there are some things they will not be able to correct. It’s best to consult with an orthodontist to determine which issues are most affecting you and how treatment will fit with your lifestyle and desired outcomes. Keep in mind that using alignment trays requires commitment from you to wear them everyday for most of the day in order to see results. Skipping some days will only increase the treatment time.

That being said, these clear alignment trays are comfortable and easy to wear. They do not interfere in sports – no injuries from wires and brackets. They are easy to care for and clean. They do not interfere with eating or brushing your teeth as they are easily removed.

King Orthodontics

The type of braces needed for each patient is determined after a thorough examination from an orthodontist in Centerville. For orthodontic treatment Fairborn residents trust, visit King Orthodontics where there are two orthodontists, including:

Dr. Jack E. King
Dr. Samuel B. King

Call today to schedule an examination for orthodontic treatment that leads to improved dental health and higher self-esteem.

King Orthodontics, 400 East Dayton, Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324 Phone: (937) 878-1561 Fax: (937) 433-9530

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Not particularly worried

The repair shop needed a few more days to finish work on the faster Thinkpad, and so I have kept the Pentium online in its role as torrent slave. In that time I haven’t had much chance to solve the problems it has been having, but I do have a few observations.

First, it appears to be a memory issue that’s caving in the system. I don’t know if I can be 100 percent sure of that, but the system lockups appear to be interspersed with kernel panics nowadays, which are slightly more informative. (I never thought I would be glad to see a kernel panic. 🙄 )

When those kernel panics occur, there’s usually a cascade of killed processes — dhcpcd, agetty and so forth — which might also explain why I sometimes lose a network connection, but nothing else. If the kernel is killing out dhcpcd in hopes of scavenging some memory, then it would make sense that sometimes, bewilderingly, the network disappears while everything else is still running.

Unfortunately, whatever is happening to dhcpcd is also happening to some other part of the system, because killing and restarting dhcpcd is just giving error messages about network hardware, etc. So that route is not quite working.

But the problem is definitely happening when I add too many torrents, or torrents with exceptionally large ISO sizes (in other words, the entire Fedora 10 DVD 😳 ) or add more than five or six torrents at a time. The system also seems to burst when rtorrent checks hashes, which can be rather frustrating since the first thing it needs to do when it starts up after a crash … is re-hash everything. 😐

As a consequence, I’m learning to treat this machine with kid gloves. I seed both the Lowarch torrent and the Ubuntu GTK1.2 Remix torrent from that machine, but much more than that seems to be causing undue stress. Final diagnosis: Sixteen megabytes is probably a bit low to run a torrent slave, under normal circumstances.

It does beg the question of what’s happening with swap space — there’s a generous 256Mb partition available to it, and vm.swappiness is set to 100, and so I was under the impression that things like this would be more or less “solved” by swapping out.

Of course, my understanding of Linux’s behavior under extreme duress (I consider 16Mb to be extreme duress) is rather primitive. It might be that all that network interaction is still too fast for a machine running at 100Mhz, with I/O channels that were cutting-edge in 1993, and the result is a backlog that can’t be solved that way.

Or at least, that’s how I rationalize it. 🙄

In any case, I’m not any closer to solving the problem, but I am learning a bit more about low-end systems. Granted, 16Mb is a bit unusual, but it illustrates how the kernel protects what’s working … when things aren’t quite working.

Moral of the story is to look for a little more memory really. Either that or rely on the machine solely as a seeder of one or two torrents at a time. If I had a little more memory it probably wouldn’t be an issue, but with the machine slated to be reassigned within the next week or so, I find myself in the same place I was when I originally reported these issues … not particularly worried, and not inclined to fix them. 😐

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  1. thealphanerd

    It’s better than the Blue Screen of Death. What did you think computers ran off of anyways, angel farts? (SC3K Let’s Play reference)

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AS2114 flight schedule & details

Alaska Airlines domestic flight AS2114 serves route Seattle to Pullman. The flight departs approximately six times per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday). Provided details are valid for the flight departing on 27th August, 2017.

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Select your flight departure date in the calendar. Note that some flights may have different arrival & departure times, terminals, durations and even airports depending on departure date. Selecting proper date ensures you get correct information.

Flight AS2114: Seattle - Pullman

Departure day 27th August (Sunday)
Departure time 09:50 (9:50 am)
Airport name SeaTac
Airport IATA code SEA
City Seattle
State / Province WA
Country United States
Arrival day 27th August (Sunday)
Arrival time 10:54 (10:54 am)
Airport name Moscow Regional
Airport IATA code PUW
City Pullman
State / Province WA
Country United States
Flight number AS2114
Airline name Alaska Airlines
IATA carrier code AS
Flight type Domestic
Airplane type De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q
Arrival day Same day
Flight duration 1h 04m
Distance 403 km / 250 mi.
Flight AS2114 route from Seattle (United States) to Pullman (United States)

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AS6328 flight schedule & details

Alaska Airlines domestic flight AS6328 serves route Los Angeles to Kailua-Kona. The flight departs approximately six times per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday). Provided details are valid for the flight departing on 7th May, 2017.

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Flight AS6328: Los Angeles - Kailua-Kona

Departure day 7th May (Sunday)
Departure time 09:50 (9:50 am)
Airport name Los Angeles
Airport IATA code LAX
City Los Angeles
State / Province CA
Country United States
Arrival day 7th May (Sunday)
Arrival time 12:51 (12:51 pm)
Airport name Kona at Keahole
Airport IATA code KOA
City Kailua-Kona
State / Province HI
Country United States
Flight number AS6328
Airline name Alaska Airlines
IATA carrier code AS
Flight type Domestic
Airplane type Airbus A321-200 (Sharklets)
Arrival day Same day
Flight duration 6h 01m
Distance 4032 km / 2505 mi.
Operated by American Airlines flight AA247
Flight AS6328 route from Los Angeles (United States) to Kailua-Kona (United States)

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