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A ruling party in turmoil affects all South Africans

An ANC supporter hold's the party's flag. File photo.
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An ANC supporter hold's the party's flag. File photo. Image: STRINGER Reuters

With the poor suffering the most.

The political and democratic legitimacy of South Africa has never been in more serious troubles than now. The economic recession, which continues today, has exacerbated the crisis. The internal scramble for power within the ANC’s oligarchy simply revealed what was already there or as Roger Southall described it:

“National liberation movements as governments have proved to be a disappointment not only to many international symphathisers but above all to the majority of people over whom they rule.”

History throughout Africa sees a cloud over liberation movements’ failures where, once in government, leaders succumb to the aphrodisiac of money and power. One can say it was depressingly inevitable for South Africa to repeat history. The ANC, like SWAPO and Zanu-PF before it, seems incapable or selfishly unwilling to learn from history.

Let me remind ANC supporters or members who might feel aggrieved upon reading this column, I write and critique your party because it is the governing party and therefore whatever happens to or within it affects me and millions of South Africans. I must say, were it not for the punch-drunk arrogance, that makes them feel entitled to leadership, losing sight of economic realities and failing to do the sensible thing, this column would be reduced to writing about my love for film music, jazz and single malt scotch.

On every level, the ANC as the ruling party – especially this cabal of Paleolithic men and women led by President Jacob Zuma – has rendered the South African economy so sickly that it has failed to grow at the same rate as some of the other powerfully-endowed African nations that are currently experiencing +3% growth.

The undoing of this once great liberation movement is not the failing economy or the lack of capacity in their governing role. Nor is it ideologies or policies that are often eclectic and somewhat confused, as one would expect in view of its diverse membership and adherence to the broad church principles.

Rather, the undoing of this ANC has been manifesting through things such as #Guptaleaks, state capture, the fresh-off-the-press allegations in Jacques Pauw’s book and the Sars crisis.

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At the heart of the biggest threat to political and democratic legitimacy of South Africa is a human soul. In all the structures of the ruling party, from branches to provinces to NEC and top six, power – corrupting and intoxicating – has eroded the sobriety that was once a liberation movement determined to do good.

Much like Caesar, the ruling party has let power muddy their response to the cries of the poor, occluded their vision to their shortcomings in governing and blurred the boundaries on what is acceptable and what is not. Conditions changed in the course of the ANC’s reign and it’s yet to show signs of a government that knows what to do in the face of the stagnant economy.

The difficulty I have with how the ruling party crosses over into the economic sphere and attempts to solve problems can be found in two examples:

  • The use of revenue accrued from a very small tax base to dispense social grants – a well-meaning but unsustainable way of ensuring the wellbeing of the citizens;
  • The effect of a high and rising basic services and public servants overhead on the course of the economy.

It takes economic literacy to know the welfare state and rising public sector wage bill is unsustainable. Sadly, in our case, the vision of ruling party politicians has been blurred by power, greed, corrupting and selling the country to a certain family that they’ve become impervious to the economic reality of the country they’re presiding over.

Like a protagonist in literary fiction, the ruling party contains within itself the source of its downfall. Within its ranks it has those who are the architects of rise to power of individuals who hoodwinked the “collective leaderships” and laid the foundation for state capture. No more political correctness or crocodile tears. As the ruling party, the ANC has become the sick man of South Africa; torturing us all and refusing to see or admit that the gruesome wounds are self-inflicted.

Of course, this is not the first nor the last time that a liberation movement in government fails to do what is good for them and its people. For some ANC leaders, the endgame has been reached.

For this reason, unless the ANC begins to take its role seriously as the governing party, it will fade like other African liberation movements.

It’s time the ruling party considers how messy internal politics affects government creditability. Preserving this creditability will help South Africa’s worthiness of being perceived as an investment destination.
If the ANC cannot do this, it condemns South Africans to an economy that will not attract much-needed investment in order to grow.
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In these political times of the right, left and center, a constant source of interesting information is Google Trends. There, any aspiring journalist or curious party can be led to neatly condensed information thanks to Google newslab which provides insight about candidate queries and searches. The most often asked questions include words such as: program, difference, Israel, “pain au chocolat”, age, Libya, marriage for all, and abortion. Let’s begin, shall we?

Evolution of the candidates sites keywords for the 2nd round of the primary

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Today, the site of François Fillon ranks 1st when typing the search term “Fillon”, followed by the news. Meanwhile, the site of ‘Alain Juppé ranks 2nd when typing “Juppé”. He falls behind Wikipedia.

Let’s look further into how the sites of these 2 candidates, to see if they answer the most frequently asked questions:

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  • “Fillon program” (programme Fillon) –  reverts back to the Fillon site.  However, the request “Fillon and Israel” does not revert back to the site at all. Letting a news site (lemondejuif ) rank on that expression
  • “Juppé program” (programme Juppé) – reverts back to the Juppé site.  Interestingly though,  the snippet “Juppé” ranks 0 for “Juppé age” (âge Juppé), followed by Wikipédia, then Gala.
  • “Difference Fillon Juppé” – in this combination, the big winner here is the media. Marianne comes in 1st, followed by Figaro (X2) and RTL.  However,  if we invert the candidate name order and type “difference Juppé Fillon”, Marianne is still first but Le Figaro disappears from the top 3, and is replaced by RTL and Usine Nouvelle, respectively.

A deeper look: keyword analysis of the 2nd round candidates via SEMrush

It is Interesting to note “Fillon” only gets 22,200 monthly searches, while “Juppé” gets 40,500.  These numbers are a probable reflection of their long term notoriety but these results may be skewed by  the first round whereas it wasn’t until afterwards François Fillon was more heavily searched.

François Fillon Keywords and organic traffic

When reviewing Fillon’s site, we do feel  there is a real effort here for content.  Unfortunately though, this content has not been optimized.  For instance, It could have been optimized for “education”. The URL uses “Back to school, to drive schools”, the first title (coded in  H3!) also employs the phrase: “making school again the first step of Republican unity”.  Without SEO optimization, there is no hope to go back and use these common expressions to help recruit new voters.

As a result, Fillon’s site ranks mainly on expressions related to its name. Worth noticing it’s10th place on terms like “team” and “safety”, and 11th on the word “ women” (Fillon’s women?).

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Totaling organic traffic of 43K in November 2016.

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Alain Juppé’s Keywords and organic traffic

Alain Juppé seems to have a stronger awareness than Fillon, but the organic traffic received in November is slightly behind Fillon’s (40 K vs 43 K). The Juppé site though has the same issues as its competitor: adequate content, but, again, it is not optimized, which in turn does not help recruit new voters through organic searches.

It is noted that the site of Alain Juppé ranks well on its name, in addition to his book titled “of you to me”  or even his other penned work “open letter”.

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Plants typically only convert 2 to 4% of available energy into actual growth and this natural inefficiency provides a reason for scientists to attempt to increase the efficiency of the process by increasing photosynthesis. One of the most common methods, other than genetic modification, to increase photosynthesis is to increase ambient CO2. Elevated CO2 can lead to growth increases ranging from 10 to 50%, depending on the plant’s carbon sink capacity and nutrient availability. Previous studies show that elevated CO2inevitably leads to increased growth, but the magnitude of the growth varies with the photosynthetic capacity of the plant. Photosynthesis is an inefficient process with a maximum of 8 to 10% of the energy in sunlight being converted into chemical energy. Realistically, only 2 to 4% of energy in sunlight is converted. In this paper, Kirschbaum examines previous studies and conducts experiments of his own in order to summarize the current knowledge on CO2enrichment studies, focusing on the ability of increased photosynthesis to ultimately increase plant growth. Kirschbaum studies the factors that affect plant growth under elevated CO2 in an attempt to determine if photosynthesis is the main factor increasing growth or if other factors are relatively more important.—Taylor Jones
Kirschbaum, M.U.F., 2011. Does Enhanced Photosynthesis Enhance Growth? Lessons Learned from CO2 Enrichment Studies.  Plant Physiology 155, 117-124.

          Kirschbaum first examines the photosynthetic response to increasing CO2concentrations and distinguishes between Rubisco-limited photosynthetic rates and ribose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration-limited rates. For both photosynthetic rates, the relative responsiveness of increases in CO2concentration decreases as atmospheric CO2 continues to increase. Photosynthesis is limited by Rubisco-limited rates at low CO2concentrations and RuBP regeneration-limited rates at high concentrations, and scientists argue that the amounts of Rubisco plants have today is in excess of what is needed, so most plants experience RuBP regeneration-limited photosynthesis. Changes in plant photosynthesis are supported by previous studies, as 30 to 40% enhancements in photosynthesis were recently found in free-air CO2 enrichment experiments and a 58% increase was found in a controlled plot experiment. Kirschbaum notes that there are important limitations to any photosynthesis study as plants that experience less light and increased self-shading may have less enhancement of photosynthesis, while plants grown in high temperature conditions may have more. On average, increases in ambient CO2 lead to a 30% enhancement of photosynthesis, but does this translate to a 30% enhancement of growth?
          Studies show that the relative growth rate for plants is often similar among species and enhanced photosynthesis often leads to only a 10% increase in the relative growth rate. Kirschbaum suggests that previous studies show an increases in photosynthesis leads to 20% enhanced leaf area, but also a 6.5% increase in leaf weight due to increase amounts of carbohydrates and this leads to an ineffective transformation of increased photosynthetic rates to new growth. Extra amounts of carbon produced from photosynthesis can only be of use if the plant can utilize it through root growth, new foliage, or other carbon sinks. Also, carbon cannot be used efficiently if other vital resources, such as nitrogen, are lacking. Studies have shown that many plants show strong photosynthetic enhancement during the growth stages, reduced enhancement during the flowering stages and then increased enhancement during the fruiting stages. During the flowering stages, plants lost much of their potential carbon sink that exists in the growth phase and is regained through seed production in the flowering stage. Most plants show some increased growth response to elevated CO2, but the degree of this growth is determined by other limiting factors, such as carbon sink and nitrogen availability.
          Kirschbaum also notes that a large number of papers use biomass enhancement ratios to determine the effects of elevated CO2 on plant growth. Biomass enhancement ratios are often much greater than relative growth rates and also greater for single-plant studies and fast-growing plants. Under elevated CO2, plants often experience exponential growth in early stages, followed by average growth rates in intermediate stages. Plants that experience an overall relative growth rate of 10% can experience a biomass enhancement ratio of 50% in intermediate stages which eventually decreases to about 10% in later stages. This concept explains why fast-growing plants can have higher biomass enhancement ratios compared to slower-growing plants, but the same relative growth rate. Therefore, the length of an experiment is very important and should be considered when examining the biomass enhancement ratio of a plant to determine if real growth increases exist. The biomass enhancement ratio can often be a misleading value as it can be manipulated by varying the length of an experiment.
          Kirschbaum identifies other issues that may affect photosynthetic enhancement rates that need to be considered, such as natural competition and growth response in mixed-species communities. Also, some studies have shown a decrease in protein concentrations under elevated CO2. Plant herbivore interactions might also change as elevated CO2 usually leads to lower nutrient concentrations which reduces the rate of herbivores feeding on the plant and as a result, herbivores may attempt to consume more of the plant. All of these factors are important complicating issues and should be addressed further.
          In conclusion, photosynthetic enhancement due to elevated CO2 increases the carbon available to plants and whether or not this translates to growth depends on other colimiting factors, such as nutrient availability and carbon sink. Increases in carbon will exacerbate any other limitations. Plants are also subjected to genetic constraints and will only respond to increases in photosynthesis to levels within their genetic capability. By examining several CO2 enrichment experiments, Kirschbaum found that growth enhancements are modest and a 10% increase in relative growth rate can translate to a much higher relative growth rate in the early exponential phases of plant growth. Kirschbaum suggests that genetic manipulation of photosynthesis should include appropriate crop management and close examination of plant attributes to maximize photosynthetic enhancement.

The Effects of Increased CO2 on Biomass and Exogenous-Toxin Quantity in Transgenic Bt Cotton and Rice Crops

Transgenic crops have become an increasingly important component of modern agroecosystems, ideally providing environmentally friendly, disease resistant crops with combinations of multiple genes that improve productivity and agricultural yield. One of the most common types of transgenic crop is Bacillus thuringiensis (“Bt”), which is produced worldwide and exhibits a strong resistance to lepidopteran pests in multiple cropping environments. With CO2 levels expected to increase in the future, scientists question the ability of Bt crops to adapt to changing atmospheric conditions and some hypothesize that increasing CO2 will pose new ecological risks for Bt crops and possibly reduce their effectiveness against target pests. In this study, a series of open-top chamber (OTC) experiments were conducted to asses whether measured exogenous-toxin quantity is reduced in transgenic Bt cotton and rice due to increased plant biomass under elevated atmospheric CO2. This study also examines the effectiveness of Bt cotton and rice transgenes against H. armigera and C. suppressalislarvae respectively. The study showed that there are significant differences between the exogenous-toxin levels of Bt cotton and rice under increased CO2and both showed differences in toxin quantity among developmental stages. Also, the new properties of Bt crops under elevated CO2 significantly affected the performance of H. armigeraand C. suppressalis larvae, despite the adverse effects of Bt gene expression in elevated CO2conditions.—Taylor Jones
Chen, F., Wu, G., Ge, F., Parajulee, M. N., 2011. Relationships between exogenous-toxin quantity and increased biomass of transgenic Bt crops under elevated carbon dioxide. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74, 1074–1080.

          Chen and colleagues performed a series of OTC experiments with ambient (375μl/L) and elevated (750μl/L) CO2  conditions that were maintained via a continuous automatic control system. Thirty-six pots of transgenic Bt cotton and twenty-six pots of transgenic Bt rice were planted and their positions were randomized each day to limit positional effects in the OTC chambers. In select plots, cotton bollworm (H. armigera) and rice stem borer C. suppressaliswere added to examine the effects of pest larvae on Bt cotton and rice. Biomass index was used to determine the increased amount of biomass under elevated CO2conditions and plant tissues were tested for exogenous-toxin quantity. Chen et al. recognize the potential “dilution effect” in which percent biomass increase exceeds the percent increase in exogenous-toxin increase, resulting in decreased levels of exogenous-toxin.
          The results show that increasing CO2levels significantly increased leaf, petiole, shoot and total plant biomass production of 45-DAS (“days after seedling”) Bt cotton as well as increases in shoot and total plant biomass production in 90-DAS cotton. Similar trends resulted for Bt rice as root, above-ground, and total stem biomass increased in 50-DAS rice and root tissues increased in 100-DAS rice. Overall, elevated levels of CO2 led to increased biomass in Bt cotton and rice, as predicted by previous studies showing increased photosynthesis and growth rates.
          Elevated CO2 conditions significantly reduced exogenous-toxin content in both Bt cotton and rice tissues. However, the effect of CO2 level on exogenous-toxin amount varied among crops and their respective plant tissues. For example, increased CO2 significantly reduced exogenous-toxin content per plant in 45-DAS and 90-DAS Bt cotton, while simultaneously increasing exogenous-toxin content in the stems of 50-DAS Bt rice. This shows that the responses of transgenic Bt cotton and rice (relating to exogenous-toxin content) to increased ambient CO2 are different. Also, each plant exhibited different responses in different phases of development. Chen and colleagues compared percent changes in biomass and exogenous-toxin levels and concluded that a dilution effect exists in shoot and petiole tissues of 45-DAS Bt cotton and in root, above-ground, and total stem tissues of 50-DAS Bt rice as well as leaf sheaths of 100-DAS rice. This is probably related to increased plant nitrogen-use efficiency and the authors predict that increased plant carbohydrate concentration diluted Bt proteins. For other increases in exogenous-toxin levels, the authors conclude that the dilution effect is only partly responsible and the reduction is due to reduced expression of the Bt gene under increased CO2 conditions.
          The results also suggest that most H. armigera larvae preferred to feed on transgenic Bt cotton squares and bolls, and most C. suppressalis larvae preferred to feed upon leaf sheaths of transgenic Bt rice. These areas of the Bt crops correlate with decreases in exogenous-toxin production, as expected. Although feeding increased in certain areas, the study found overall decreases in larval survival rate and pupal weight of H. armigera and C. suppressalis, suggesting that the Bt cotton and rice in this study to not face serious risks of reduced efficiency against pests in increased CO2 conditions.


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Prague & Amsterdam: Part Three (last one!)

I’m going on a one-day trip to Venice Wednesday and wanna write a post about my mom’s lovely visit here this past weekend so I’m aiming to write about Amsterdam today, my mom tomorrow, and Venice after I get back after Thursday. Marathon blogging starts NOW!

So, Amsterdam. You are a cool city, for sure. Your government and social structure is very enviable, your insanely coordinated multitasking bikers impressive, and your canals a pretty sight. But compared to Prague, I’m sorry to inform you that according to a recent trio of travellers, you didn’t measure up. Why? Well, for one, your weather was dastardly and it felt like you wanted us out. Yes, you provided us with a one-of-a-kind tour guide replete with history and free cheese, but a surprising number of your residents made us feel unwelcome thanks to various rude and obnoxious interactions. It’s funny you say that you love us, because we didn’t really feel is too much. Maybe the winter wasn’t the right time to visit. I’d love to return to see your tulips blooming all over your country another time. Maybe then I’ll change my decision on you, but until then, Prague was much better.

Eh don't be so aloof then, Amsterdam!

Then don’t be so aloof, Amsterdam!

The night we arrived, we diligently (and arguably maddeningly) made a two day itinerary that covered tons of attractions: Museumplein (Van Gogh and Stedelijk (modern art) museums), the Albert Cuypmarket, Anne Frank House, flower market, sexmuseum (this is Amsterdam, home of the–>), Red Light District, Jordaan neighborhood, canal ride, walking tour… so much!!

The food: Pretty good. From what I saw, Amsterdam didn’t push as much of a uniquely regional cuisine than did Prague. I tried stroopwafel, a chocolate/caramel/cookie sort of concoction that was yummy and almost overdosed on gouda cheese. Expecting three euro to fetch me a sliver similar to that from London’s Neal’s Yard Dairy stilton I’d enjoyed previously, I was shocked when I was handed enough cheese to last a baguette-and-cheese tourist half a week!

If you’ve ever even heard of my existence, you probably know of my intense appreciation for food (consisting of both flavor and the biological side), so here is a market slideshow!

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As I said above, the weather wasn’t very nice. Worse than London, even. But the architecture aided our eyes, especially the curious sights of leaning buildings and tiny houses!

MINISCULE house! Back in the day, owners were taxed according to how many windows they possessed, so this house is a cheeky response to the taxman.

EVERYBODY BIKES! If I return, I’d like to take a cycling tour of the city.

Such a hopeless houseboat romantic. Wouldn’t that be a good prompt for a movie?

DSC01450Our hostel was positively adequate. We were given beds, heat, safety, and a one-minute walk to Dam Square, the historic and current center of Amsterdam. There was one bathroom for eight people and no common room. I, the hotel booker, didn’t actually realize this until a week before we left but it was also situated in the Red Light District! Ha ha! Turns out this area is one of the safest places in the city because it’s so heavily policed. We strolled around one night, taking in the sight of women selling themselves in the windows. In the canal swum waterfowl that, as my friends said, must’ve wondered why our species was so obsessed with sex while they handled it without much fuss.

Can’t finish this post without a shoutout to THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (a major part of this movie relates to Amsterdam)

(only click this link if you know the end because it’s is a SPOILER joke)

and now I can’t end without showing you all more from a great well of laughter: Remix and autotune videos!!! AAA SO GOOD k done. (jk never done with these)

The Anne Frank House was phenomenal.  This was the actual house where the family hid for two years, outfitted as a living museum. Absolutely incredible.

Here are some last photos:

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5 thoughts on “Prague & Amsterdam: Part Three (last one!)

  1. Soph, you have a career as a travel reporter! You give such a great feel of a place with your pics and descriptions. And your humor, Ms. Harriet Potter. Prague looks very inviting through your eyes. The massage story cracked me up although we were swindled in Italy by giant gelato cones that turned out to cost 10 euros. Remember Venice through Uncle Bob’s eyes=Disney waterpark.

    • YES! Omg C, I wish you could’ve been there… we passed SO MANY CHEESE SHOPS and all I wanted to do was look and sample and bask in the TOWERING PILES of cheese. My travel mates were convinced by the end that I was loco, but you would’ve understood :’)

  2. bahaha your call home! omg you capture the most sparkling little gems in your pics and i love the humorous lens through which you see it all! thanks for keepin’ it real also and not over-glorifying every aspect of your journey. ❤

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CloudQA is used to automate functional end-to-end UI testing on web sites/apps, i.e. to check that the features which are visible to end users work as expected. CloudQA includes regression testing and performance monitoring.

Test cases are created by interacting with your site as your users would. A test case includes steps like clicks on buttons, typing in fields and checks (elements which are visible on the page, e.g. text). CloudQA records these interactions into modules that can be reused, thus building a highly maintainable automation test suite for your application’s user interface.

CloudQA is built on top of Selenium. CloudQA test cases are modular similar to programming parameterized modules, and test cases can be updated separately. CloudQA combines the benefits of programmable tests with the ease of record & playback.

Most teams don’t have the required skills for scripted test automation. The teams that do have these skills struggle to have the time for testing: when software is released daily, scripted tests constantly lag behind development. A simplified testing tool which allows easy test creation and maintenance without programming is needed. However, traditional record & playback tools are inadequate for agile teams due to their maintenance burden. CloudQA brings concepts from scripted testing and make it available to non-programmers.

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AD7190-A not recognizing any media for burning

[qanda]This thread is about the Optiarc AD-7190A. Click here to see full specs[/qanda]Hiya,

[ Newbie note: I found this forum while searching for answers to my error codes. Lots of great info here! ]

Kay, my Optiarc is refusing to burn audio or data discs, although I have been able to watch DVDs and read data discs in that drive. I was using DeepBurner and CDBurnerXP-- neither program would complete a burn. I had tried TDK CD-Rs and FujiFilm DVD+Rs (that’s what was in the drive when i did the scan below). These are the error messages I’m getting:

  • “layout contains more data than the media can store” (even with only one mp3 file ‘to be burned’)
  • Error sense data: SENSE KEY: 5 ASC: 30 ASCQ: 6
  • “no sufficient space on current media”
    Additionally, if I open any blank or burnt disc in Windows Explorer, and right-click for Properties, every disc shows up as totally used, no free space at all. What? Is it possible that this is not even an optical drive issue?

If anybody can point me to a post I missed, or some advice, I’ll make you some yummy cookies! Seriously! I really want to solve this. : )

Here’s my sys info and DVD Identifier specs:
Windows XP sp2
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+
2.51 GHz, 1 GB RAM

Product Revision : [001]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x , 6x-16x]

** INFO : Drive = Optiarc DVD RW AD-7190A - [FW 1.01] - [ATAPI]
** INFO : Write Capabilities = DVD+R DVD+R-DL DVD+RW
** INFO : Write Capabilities = DVD-R DVD-R-DL DVD-RW DVD-RAM
** INFO : Disc = [DVD+R:RITEK-F16-001]
** INFO : Reference Speed : 1x DVD = 1385 kBps
** INFO : An Writeable Disc Is Recommended For Accurate Results
** INFO : Write Speeds (Supported By This Drive On This Disc) Listed

** INFO : GET PERFORMANCE Write Speed Descriptor(s)
Descriptor #1 = 22160 kBps (16.00x) - [Pure CAV]
Descriptor #2 = 16620 kBps (12.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #3 = 11080 kBps ( 8.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #4 = 8310 kBps ( 6.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #5 = 5540 kBps ( 4.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]

** INFO : MODE SENSE Write Speed Descriptor(s) [Legacy Command]
** WARNING : MODE SENSE Is Obsolete And Not Always Properly Supported
Descriptor #1 = 22160 kBps (16.00x) - [Pure CAV]
Descriptor #2 = 16620 kBps (12.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #3 = 11080 kBps ( 8.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #4 = 8310 kBps ( 6.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #5 = 5540 kBps ( 4.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]

[ DVD Identifier V5.0.1 - ]

Er… I just tried a LightScribe CD that I found laying around. That disc worked… :eek:

What’s with these compatibility issues? I’ve noticed this in a lot of posts.

Welcome to the forum - love the nickname BTW :slight_smile:

Although I don’t use those two programs, so can’t help with the errors, the Fujifilm discs (RITEK F16) can be quite variable in quality.

Are you attempting to burn at high speeds (16x+)? Does a burn even start, or does it fail straight off?

Out of curiosity, what brand is the LightScribe disc that worked, and what speed did you burn it at?

This may take a little digging, but we’ll get to the bottom of it :wink:

Thanks for responding! The lightscribe disc was in a jewelcase with a Hewlett-Packard liner. I threw away that paper though, and I don’t remember much else about it (about six weeks ago i found this disc on someone’s trash bin, i took it home because i’m not cheap, I’m veryveryfrugal…and that was when I tossed the liner.)

It was trying to write at 16x until I lowered it to 8, 4, and then 2x to try to get it to work. Every attempt failed after the… buffer overrun test? Like, each program would test the buffer and the write-speed and then grind gears for a few seconds and then quit with a tantrum about “incompatible media”. With the LS CD that finally worked, however, the disc wrote in 55 seconds at its highest speed. I was dumbfounded, actually.

Hi again (I ws getting ready for bed when you posted) :slight_smile:

The HP LightScribe disc was likely to be made by CMC Magnetics (the HP DVD+Rs and CDRs I have here were), and it’s possible that the drive likes those better than the RiTEK ones.

Just to rule something out before we go with a media compatibility problem, can you take a look at one of the links in my signature - “How to check/enable DMA” - and make sure the Current Transfer Mode in Device Manager for all your IDE channels is UDMA Mode x (where x is a number), and not PIO Mode?

ooooh, the primary IDE channel was in PIO mode. I changed it to ‘DMA if available’ and on restart the setting stayed in place. is good?

Yep, that’s great that the setting stuck (although there is a small file you can run, if in future the settings don’t stick after a reboot - details here: :slight_smile:

Try another burn now that everything’s in UDMA mode :slight_smile:

Okay, I have successfully burned two data discs using the Fujifilm/RITEK DVD+Rs. —w00t! thanks — The TDKs still don’t work, though. meh.

I know this changes the topic, but if buying a specific manufacturer’s discs is the ultimate thing, and brands don’t list their manufacturer data, then how does one go about buying discs??

Glad you’re up and burning :wink:

Edit: I’m not sure of any websites in the US that display the manufacturer info (although most of our US members use for their price and selection).

I personally recommend CD-R made by Taiyo Yuden…I think I’ve only had like one failed disc in all the ones I’ve used. They sell them at Rima :slight_smile:

Other than that, in regular stores, look for deals on any CDR made in Japan, as it’ll be Taiyo Yuden-made ;)…and look for deals on Verbatim DVD media, which are excellent discs that you’ll be pretty safe with.

For good deals on media, keep an eye out in our Bargain Basement forum - plenty of US deals to be had!

Ta-Da!! I was just reading up on that in other parts of the Forum. Thanks for the recommendations, also! LOL, i’ll honor the offer of baking cookies here!:slight_smile:

BTW, I ran DVDIdentifier on that LightScribe/HP disc that had originally worked, and it couldn’t ID it. Mysterious! Whatever, I’m gonna try those TY and Verbatim discs, and give away the TDKs. I only had three left anyway.

Mmmmm…if I was in the US I’d definitely take you up on that cookie offer :bigsmile:

Since I’m in the UK, they might be a bit stale by the time they get here :bigsmile:

Edit: chances are, the HP discs was definitely made by CMC - I like them, good discs :wink:


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It is important to maintain proper moisture levels in your home. That is why Clint Miller Exterminating is here to help lead you in the right direction. When moisture levels in your crawlspace or basement are high it can cause issues with mold, mildew, and it may destroy your prized possessions that you store in these areas. Inside the home it can also stain the ceilings, walls, and cause paint or wallpaper to peel. It may also destroy your health.

Not only will high moisture effect the appearance of your home; it may also turn YOUR home into THEIR home! Termites, roaches, and other insects are attracted to soft, moist wood. The organic matter that can grow becomes the perfect breeding ground for these nuisance pests to cause even more damage to your home. Moisture levels can also vary based on the time of year. There is also another factor that comes into play; humidity. Humidity levels and Moisture levels are not the same, but a lot of people get them confused. Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air. An acceptable humidity level is between 40-70%, ideal is between 50-60%. Moisture level is the wetness or amount of moisture in the wood. An acceptable moisture level is 10 to 15%. 20% and greater cna allow Termites to live above ground!

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We have commercial grade dehumidifiers that we can install in your home. When we install the dehumidifier we install a pipe that drains away to the outside of the home to allow continuous water flow. At this time we also close the vents of the crawlspace to reduce the amount of outside air that’s bringing in more moisture in the air; which is called humidity. The reason for this is so the dehumidifier will not run continuously because of the moisture coming in through the vents. A humidistat is an instrument that we install to monitor the humidity in the crawlspace and it is something you can place inside your home, so you don’t have to go in the crawlspace to check the levels. There are other services that we typically do in addition to the dehumidifier installation, but it will depend on the levels of moisture in your home. If you would like to know more about each individual dehumidifier you can click on the link below.

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KLM CEO says more restructuring needed at Air France

SYDNEY, June 4 (Reuters) - More restructuring is needed at French flag carrier Air France, the head of Dutch sister airline KLM said on Monday.

The two national airlines merged to form Air France-KLM in 2004 but Air France's economic performance has broadly lagged that of KLM, with the French carrier suffering frequent strikes.

"Yes, Air France needs to be restructured, yes some interventions need to take place. Progress has been made. Has it been enough, no? Should it be done more? Yes," KLM Chief Executive Pieter Elbers said.

Asked during a panel at the annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association whether a Dutchman could ever become CEO of Air France-KLM, whose boss recently stepped down after losing a staff vote on pay, Elbers said "Why not?"

When asked whether he would want the job, he said "that's a decision for the board".

Elbers declined comment separately on an announcement by AccorHotels that it was looking at possibly buying a stake in Air France-KLM, in which the French government has a 14.3 percent holding. (Reporting by Tim Hepher Editing by Victoria Bryan)

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Coast Guard rescues two after boat sinks near Rockport, Mass

BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two men after their pleasure boat sank about nine miles north of Rockport, Mass., Sat., May 29, 2010.

Coast Guard Station Gloucester received a cell phone call at 1:35 p.m., from the men reporting their boat, the 30-foot Happy Days, was taking on water. The station advised the men to put on their life jackets.

The boat sank shortly after and the men found themselves in 57-degree water.

Station Gloucester launched a 47-foot and 25-foot boat crew, Coast Guard Station Merrimack River dispatched a 47-foot boat crew and Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod sent an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and an HU-25 Falcon jet crew to search for the men.

The Coast Guard worked with the cell phone company to determine an approximate location of the men’s last known position.

The Falcon jet crew spotted the two men around 7 p.m. The 25-foot boat crew from Gloucester rescued the 62-year old and 34-year old men from the water and transferred them to the helicopter around 7:30 p.m. The helicopter transported the men to a local hospital.

“Luckily the two men were wearing life jackets,” said Ensign Marie Haywood. “The life jackets played a key role in helping the men stay afloat for the nearly six hours they spent in the 57-degree water.”

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With more and more people trying to enjoy outdoor living instead of staying cooped up, it’s no surprise window awnings have become increasingly popular at Coastwide Shade Sails. From enjoying an early morning breakfast outside to watching the kids play, window awnings can help you create a more welcoming outdoor space for you, your family and guests.

So, what are the considerations when it comes to choosing window awnings? Here are some tips from the experts from Coastwide Shade Sails:

Match Your Home’s Architectural Style

You will want your windows to match and complement your existing design aesthetics, which means you need to take into account the architectural style of your home. Whether you have a Tudor or contemporary design, it’s best to adhere to your home’s architectural style for guidance.

Decide on the Purpose

While the most basic function of windows is to allow light to come through, windows can also serve as a doorway. With this in mind, take into consideration the purpose of your windows and its awnings. If providing a great view is essential or simply for ornamental purposes, make sure to mention this to your Coastwide Shade Sails sales agent.

If energy efficiency is a key factor, retractable, drop arm and stationary awnings can help reduce temperatures. If you require more protection from the sun, consider investing in awnings with side flaps.

Awning Materials

Another important factor to consider is the awning material to use. For one, cotton awnings that are coated with a layer of acrylic paint is popular as it makes it waterproof. Vinyl is also a popular option especially in areas with cooler climates with high incidence of rain. If you want to invest in longevity and durability, consider choosing a polyester material.

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Javascript Question

JavaScript SetInterval() Queue

Is it possible to call a function with

on specific time but execute the function one the the time.

function get_feed(social) {

i am expecting the result to be called only one on the specify time:

on 5000ms: get_feed('facebook');
on 10000ms: get_feed('twitter');

but currently its calling two functions on 10000ms;

Answer Source

If I'm reading you right, you want to get feeds every five seconds and alternate between facebook and twitter. If so, use a single function:

var feed = "facebook";
setInterval(function() {
    feed = feed === "facebook" ? "twitter" : "facebook";
}, 5000);

currently its calling two functions on 10000ms;

That's because your original code schedules get_feed('facebook') to run every 5000ms, and get_feed('twitter') every 10000ms. So after 5000ms, it does the facebook one, then after anothr 5000ms (10000ms in total), it does both of them, then 5000ms later facebook again, then 5000ms (20000ms in total), both of them...

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High school students and effective altruism

By Vipul Naik

Cross-posted from Less Wrong. Tangentially related information wiki page: effective altruism learning resources.

The cluster of ideas underlying effective altruism is an important part of my worldview, and I believe it would be valuable for many people to be broadly familiar with these ideas. As I mentioned in an earlier LessWrong post, I was pleasantly surprised that many advisees for Cognito Mentoring (including some who are still in high school) were familiar with and interested in effective altruism. Further, our page on effective altruism learning resources has been one of our more viewed pages in recent times, with people spending about eight minutes on average on the page according to Google Analytics.

In this post, I consider the two questions:

  1. Are people in high school ready to understand the ideas of effective altruism?
  2. Are there benefits from exposing people to effective altruist ideas when they are still in high school?

1. Are people in high school ready to understand the ideas of effective altruism?

I think that the typical LessWrong reader would have been able to grasp key ideas of effective altruism (such as room for more funding and earning to give) back in ninth or tenth grade from the existing standard expositions. Roughly, I expect that people who are 2 or more standard deviations above the mean in IQ can understand the ideas when they begin high school, and those who are 1.5 standard deviations above the mean in IQ can understand the ideas by the time they end high school. Certainly, some aspects of the discussion, such as the one charity argument, benefit from knowledge of calculus. Both the one charity argument and the closely related concept of room for more funding are linked with the idea of marginalism in economics. But it’s not a dealbreaker: people can understand the argument better with calculus or economics, but they can understand it reasonably well even without. And it might also work in reverse: seeing these applications before studying the formal mathematics or economics may make people more interested in mastering the mathematics or economics.

Of course, just because people can understand effective altruist ideas if they really want to, doesn’t mean they will do so. It may be necessary to simplify the explanations and improve the exposition so as to make it more attractive to younger people. An alternative route would be to sneak the explanations into things young people are already engaging with. This could be an academic curriculum or a story. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is arguably an example of the latter, though it is focused more on rationality than on effective altruism.

However, I’m highly uncertain of my guesstimates, partly because I’m not very actively in touch with a representative cross-section of typical, or even of intellectually gifted, high school students. The subset of people I know is generally mediated by several levels of selection bias. I’m therefore quite eager to hear thoughts, particularly from people who are themselves high school students or have tried to discuss effective altruist ideas with high school students.

2. Are there benefits from exposing people to effective altruist ideas when they are still in high school?

Effective altruism as it was originally conceived has been highly focused on the question of where to donate money for the most impact (this is the focus of organizations such as GiveWell and Giving What We Can). This makes it of less direct relevance to people still in high school, because they don’t have much disposable income. But there are arguably other benefits. Some examples:

  • In recent times, there has been more discussion in the effective altruist community about smart career choice. This seems to have begun with discussion of earning to give80,000 Hours has played an important role in shaping the conversation on altruistic career choice. Since people start thinking about careers while in high school, effective altruism is potentially relevant. (This page compiles some links to discussions of altruistic career choice — we’ll be adding more to that as we learn more).
  • Lifestyle choices and habits can have an effect on the world both directly (for instance, being vegetarian, or recycling) and indirectly (good habits promote better earning or higher savings that can then be redirected to altruistic causes, or people can become more productive and generate more social value through their jobs). For the lifestyle choices that have a direct effect, it’s never too early to start.  For instance, if being vegetarian is the right thing, one might as well switch as a teenager. For the indirect effects, starting earlier gives one more lead time to develop skills and habits. If frugal living habits and greater stamina at work promote earning to give, then these habits may be better to set while still a teenager than when one is 25. The Effective Altruists Facebook page includes discussions of many questions of this sort in addition to discussions about where to donate.
  • A number of people in high school and college are attracted to activities that ostensibly generate social value. Learning effective altruist ideas may make students more skeptical of many such activities and approach the decision of whether to participate in them more critically. For instance, a stalwart of effective altruism may not see much point (from the social value perspective) in going on a school-sponsored trip to lay bricks for a schoolhouse in Africa. The person may still engage in it as a fun activity, but will not have illusions about it being an activity of high social value. Similarly, people may be more skeptical of the social value of activities that involve volunteering in one’s community for tasks where they are easily replaceable by others.
  • The effective altruist movement could itself benefit from a greater diversity of people contributing and participating. High school students may have insights that adults overlook.

Did I miss other points? Counterpoints? Do you have relevant experience that can shed light on the discussion? I’m eager to hear thoughts.

Some ideas in the post were based on discussion with my Cognito Mentoring collaborator Jonah Sinick.

UPDATE: The post provoked some discussion in a thread on the Effective Altruists Facebook group.

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Litecoin (LTC) is keeping support levels above $30, moving to seventh place on coinmarketcap. Its value against Bitcoin has been keeping steady, close to 800,000 satoshis. Litecoin’s price is expected to keep bouncing between $30-35, although the market is still quite bearish.

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IBPS RRB CWE V Mains Call Letter released on December 05, 2016

Last Updated - December 05, 2016

IBPS has released Call Letters for recruitment of Office Assistants (Multipurpose) at on December 05, 2016. The last date to download the IBPS CWE RRB V call letters is Dec 18, 2016. The Mains exam of IBPS RRB will be conducted on Dec 18, 2016.

The IBPS RRB CWE V Mains exam will be conducted for all the shortlisted candidates of preliminary examination. Post declaration of the combined score, IBPS considers the RRB vacancies filled by the participating organizations and the preference of the candidate mentioned in the RRB Online Application Form. IBPS initially allocates shortlisted candidates to one of the participating institutes based on merit- cum-preference basis provisionally.

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How to Download IBPS RRB Office Assistant Admit Card

Follow the mentioned steps to download your admit card.

  • Go to official website
  • Click on the Hovered link: Call Letter for RRB CWE V Office Assitant
  • Click on the respective link
  • Enter Registration No./Roll Number
  • Provide your DOB as password
  • Enter Captcha
  • Download and save your Call Letter

Details mentioned in the Call Letter

The IBPS RRB CWE V Call Letter is a mandatory document to be presented at the Examination Centre during the test day. The Admit Card must be carried along with a valid photo ID issued by the govt. of india. The Admit Card contains details about the candidates and the information regarding the test including Test Date, Timings and venue. The details mentioned on the IBPS RRB CWE V Call Letter are:

  • Name
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Test Date
  • Test Slot
  • Test Venue
  • Date Of Birth
  • Category
  • Scanned image
  • Scanned Signature

Documents Required with IBPS RRB CWE V Mains Call Letter

The candidate must keep in mind to carry the following documents along with the RRB Office Assistant Admit Card 2016. The documents to be carried are mentioned below:

  • Photo identity card
  • Passport size photograph
  • Voter ID
  • Aadhar card
  • Driving license
  • Employee ID
  • Identity card issued by recognized university

Note: Ration card is not accepted as a photo identity card.

Discrepancy in the Call Letter

The Admit Card must mention the basic information about the candidates and their examination. The details present on the Admit Card of IBPS RRB must match the details mentioned during . the registration. In case of any errors and misspellings, candidates must contact the authorities as soon as possible at the following address.

Phone: 1800222366, 18001034566

Fax: 91-22-28542076

IBPS House, 90 feet, DP Road

Near Thakur Polytechnic

Off. Western Express Highway PB No. 8587

Kandivali (E), Mumbai 400101

Exam Day Instructions

The candidate should carefully go through the important guidelines mentioned below:

  1. IBPS RRB Admit Card will be issued to all the registered candidates.
  2. For a photo, ID proof, attach a photocopy of the government photo ID such as Aadhar card, Voter ID, license or passport.
  3. The candidates should write their name, roll number, registration number and put their initials on the photocopy of the ID proof.
  4. The candidates should take a photocopy of the admit card for a future reference.
  5. The photocopy of Identity proof should be submitted along with call letter to the invigilators in the examination hall, failing which will disqualify the candidate to appear for the test.
  6. IBPS will not send the hard copy of the IBPS RRB Admit Card by post.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q.  What should I do if there is delay in accessing the page?

Internet based Call letter download depends on various factors like Internet Speed, large number of Applicants trying to download the Call Letter at the same time etc. Therefore, if you are not able to download the Call Letter immediately, please retry after a gap of 5 minutes or during off-peak hours during the night.

Q. Where do I get my Registration Number & Password?

REGISTRATION NO. & PASSWORD are generated at the time of registration and displayed on the screen. These are also sent to the candidate immediately upon successful registration, by way of auto generated email acknowledgement, at the email address registered by him.

Q. My Date of Birth rejected on login screen?

Candidate should ensure that the DATE OF BIRTH is same as he had entered at the time of registration. Candidate can refer the APPLICATION PRINT for the DATE OF BIRTH entered by him. The date of Birth should be entered in DD-MM-YY format.

Q. I am unable to login/ screen displays the login failed message?

Please check your entries in login screen. You should use REGISTRATION NO. & PASSWORD as received at the time of registration by displaying on the screen and also mailed to you in auto generated email acknowledgement.Also, make sure that the DATE OF BIRTH you have entered is same as you entered at the time of registration and printed in the application print.

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Equifirst Senior Mash

Equifirst Senior Mash is a fibre-rich mash that was developed especially for old horses with dental problems.
This mash contains ingredients such as Timothy grass, dehydrated chicory pulp (naturally rich in inulin),
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soya bean flakes and carrot pieces.
This mash is typified by its high fibre content and a composition of high-quality nutrients to optimise muscle mass. This feed must be soaked (15 minutes)!

This flaked mix contains top quality ingredients:

Timothy grass
High-quality roughage

Chicory fibre is a natural source of inulin.
This is a polysaccharide that promotes good development of the intestinal flora and that has a prebiotic effect.

Soya Flakes
Soya flakes contain good-quality proteins (essential amino acids).
As they have been cooked and crushed, they are easy and safe to digest.

Beet Pulp
Beetroot pulp is naturally rich in digestive fibres and calcium.

Crude protein (%) 11.8
Crude fat (%) 7.5
Crude fibre (%) 20.5
Crude ash (%) 8.3
Sugar (%) 5
Starch (%) 6
Lysine (gr/kg) 4
Methionine (gr/kg) 1.4

Vitamins (/kg)
Vitamin A (IU/kg) 5000
Vitamin D3 (IU/kg) 1000
Vitamin E (mg/kg) 55 Vitamin B1, B2, B6, B12, K3

UFC/kg 0.77
DE horse (MJ/kg) 11.79
DCP horse 9
Ewpa 0.77

Minerals and trace elements (/kg)

Calcium (%) 1.13
Phosphorus (%) 0.61
Sodium (%) 0.07
Magnesium (%) 0.19
Manganese (mg/kg) 38
Copper (mg/kg) 16
Iron (mg/kg) 35
Zinc (mg/kg) 38
Cobalt (mg/kg) 0.3
Selenium (mg/kg) 0.1
Iodine (mg/kg) 0.3

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To be fed at a rate of 0.7 to 1.5 kg per 100 kg of body weight per day.
To be adjusted depending on the breed, the intensity of work and the quality of the roughage.
It is very important to rehydrate the product for at least 15 minutes until the feed doubles in volume before giving it to the horse.
The ration must always be supplemented with good quality, free-choice roughage.
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Going through old entries on here today has been most illuminating. My style of expression has changed dramatically: I'm a lot more inclined towards brevity than I was two years ago. Though I do think, in some ways, I've shed useful means of utilizing language that I might have otherwise kept, in a daily journal sense (the novel, thankfully, continues to do a nice job of imitating a more colorful author).
I'll blame Facebook for this lesson of terseness- and a certain person I showed the door for poisoning the well on LJ, for me.

Also good goddamn I was a cranky guy back when I was working for The Evil Empire. Someone about a year ago pointed out what I think is the critical hinge, here: back then, I was making enough money I just didn't feel like my time was well-spent putting up with stupid bullshit, but now I'm willing to go 'and... that's your stupid bullshit. Have fun with that!' and carry on with my world. Very nice having that behind me.

I think I'm going to insist on at-least-twice-weekly posts here, and on them being in excess of at least 50 words. I'm not quite comfortable with how much more brief my use of language has gotten- specifically, I've been noticing that I have been writing more like Watchmen's Rorschach (personal pronouns? What are those?).

So: more to come, I do trust. Hopefully you've all been keeping well.
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  • I am delighted to see this post: I love it when you wax rhapsodic and philosophical.
  • Glad to hear we'll be seeing more of you around here!
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    Also we must drink scotch at some point. We even live in the same city, dammit! It'd be so fun!
  • I am all in favor of more postiness.

    I don't know if it's entirely a monetary thing re: Evil Empire: I think it was also stress and time. That is, "I don't have time to spare to put up with your stupid bullshit, I have no spare patience for same, and I am too stressed for same".

    Admittedly it is nice having that kind of money to throw at the sorts of problems which money can solve, but our technology is not yet so advanced that we can buy patience, more hours in a day, or an anti-stupid-people shield.

    Plus, you dealt with stupid people at work and got paid a lot for it - asking you to do the same for free after a long stressful day is clearly Too Much.
  • Yeah, I was going over my entries from those times and I bitched a whole hell of a lot, back in the day. That's not to say that I don't still, but it's not enough to reach through the apathy and post about it. I guess I've learned that you're pretty much always going to bitch and it's unproductive. I can't remember most of why I was bitching, even when I skirted around and tried to give some context.

    Also, I've gotten over the need to share, but that's a personal thing. For good or ill, I've retreated into 'no one needs to know my business'. I'm not certain, still if this is a good thing to be so reticient.

    Good to hear from you, though.
  • I haven't seen you in far too long.

    I can even point out that my present position at the Evil Empire is not mightily suckful, which comes as some surprise to me as I'm sure it does to you.

    We should catch up sometime after the holidays.
  • The image of you posting as Rorschach pleases me greatly -- but, yea, I can certainly get behind trying to post a bit more often with a bit more words.

    Good for you on having that all behind you!
  • I do like your posts and think it's wonderful we've met up on here. :)

    And I like to blame Facebook for all that is eveil in the world. :)
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We'd like to use Alfresco as a Document Management System and integrate it within our applications. Is this possible? In the way that we have, for instance, buttons in our UI for uploading/downloading of documents….we'd also like to have all the documents "attached" to a particular database record listed in a panel, etc…

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I suppose I’m really aiming this at current mummies. I’ve just signed up to Emma’s diary and browsing through the offers, there’s one for a kinderkraft travel system with a few extra bits. I’m not planning on buying anything until much nearer the time but I am pinning things to my Pinterest board as an M.D. when I see them. Anyone have a kinderkraft mood travel system? Or the cosleeper, etc that it comes with?

As a first-time mum-to-be, I’m suddenly realising how expensive everything is so if I can get things on offer, I certainly will but struggling to find reviews for this one.

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Hi everyone,

When logging on to my 2nd Brocade switch i notice all ports have Link failures somewhere around 10/20.

Now this could be normal i guess... but one of them has about 600.000 link failures!

What does this mean and what do you all advice?

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The port that reports this issue is port 2 on the Brocade, which is an internal port connected to Blade 2.

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Is there a way to blink the disk led using the DataOntap PowerShell commands? Being near the same as blink_on 2b.18 using an SSH connection.

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You can use invoke-nassh "blink"

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Set-NAShelfLight has a -disk option to turn on an individual disk.

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I have two DHCP servers setup in load balancing mode.  Everything seems to be working fine except the clients keep only getting their leases renewed for an hour which is the MCLT but they should get renewed for 8 days which is the scope lease time.  From what I understand the first time it should lease for the MCLT but after then the next time it tries to renew it should get the full lease.  It also doesn't seem to be affecting all clients.  I had a client that got a 1 hr lease a few times but then it finally got a full lease but another client has been getting 1 hr leases for the last 24 hrs.  The lease times all sync across the server correctly and both have the status as normal for the replication partner.  The other thing that might be relevant is the clients are on a different subnet than the dhcp servers so I am using 2 ip helpers one pointing to each dhcp server.

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I suspect If you are using DHCP helper / pointers then it is possible the DHCP servers see ONLY the helper IP and that is why you keep getting the 1 hour lease on those clients.

Can you elaborate a bit on the DHCP helpers and how your network and the problem clients are oriented so we can hash this out?

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The DHCP servers are serving 5 different subnets and they are on a 6th subnet that doesn't use DHCP.  The ip helpers are all on Cisco devices and I have 2 different IP helpers listed, 1 for each DHCP server.  This is the interface config
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
ip address
ip helper-address
ip helper-address

The more I am watching though and having clients renew their IPs it looks like it might actually be isolated to 1 client, but I haven't had very many leases expire yet but the 5 or 6 that have seem to have gotten full leases over the weekend with the exception of the 1 client which got through the weekend 1 hour at a time. I think I am going to lower the lease time on one of my subnets so that I can really watch it and see what happens.

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Has anyone had luck with using this resource to get a job as a nanny? I live in CA, I am not certified in anything, but I want to be a nanny. My husband may be offered a job to make him much happier than the current job he is in. If I could be a nanny (which I wouldn't mind doing if I found a good family) I would be happy because I could take my LO to work, work during the day and be off during the weekends. I currently work at a restaurant and hate it. It's hard on my marriage being gone nights/weekends and I don't make as much money as I had hoped. Let me know any advice! I'm creating my profile and going to add photos tomorrow!

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I haven't gotten a nanny job, though I'd love to when I quit my current job, but I have found both my nannies through  from the perspective of someone who has looked to hire a nanny, make sure to use proper spelling and grammar in your messages and when you respond to a job posting try to make it personal.  I've had potential nannies respond to posts with terrible grammar/spelling which for me is an instant no.  I've also noticed that most applicants copy and paste their profile summary and send that.  my first nanny made her message more personal and directed towards my needs.  It stood out because it made me feel like she genuinely cared about the position and it wasn't just a job.

Thank you for the response! I definitely use proper grammar, and will personalize my messages. I'm hoping that bringing my daughter with me to work will not affect many choices. I would love to get out of my current job because of the schedule!

I also used care for my first nanny. I asked applicants for a resume as well so that could be something useful to have prepared. I also agree with having good grammar and being able to spell. I know there are nannies on care who want to bring their own child to work, they are typically charging a lot less per hour than others with similar experience who don't. I personally used it as a cut criteria, however I am sure there are plenty of people who would like to pay less and/ or have a playmate for their child during the day.

Also you mentioned you are not certified but I recommend a CPR certification.

Before my children were born, I used and was hired twice as a nanny. Both experiences were fantastic and I continue to babysit periodically for my families. The fact that you want to include your own child will affect your popularity and your pay. You will need to get state clearances and will want to be certified in child/infant CPR.

You may want to advertise as a babysitter instead of specifically a nanny. I currently advertise as a babysitter in order to allow for the care of my own children as well. This approach works well for me.

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Safety & Reliability: We created Compassionate Bay Delivery (CBD831) for medical marijuana patients. The medical industry has been slow in catching onto the healing properties of medical marijuana (MMJ), and we saw a need for MMJ patients to have a safe and reliable way to get their medicine. We have been endorsed by the California Secretary of State as a Non-Profit Mutual Benefit Corporation, and we operate in full compliance with Prop. 215, S.B. 420 and CA. A.G. Guidelines.

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