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Copic colors I used to finish my new digi stamp from PPinkydolls . This one is Called Halloween Girl and I think she is sooo cute!

I have so much to learn but I think it will be fun to keep track and see how I progress with practice.

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I used distress inks to color my little Tilda bunny then designed my card around the colors of my bunny.

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Morning/Afternoon Dump: Bruins Dominate Desert Dogs

Last season the Bruins did not take advantage of the schedule when the opportunity presented itself, often letting teams that played the night before dictate play and stay close, sometimes even winning. Last night, the Bruins did what they were supposed to do, dominating an up-and-coming Coyotes team that played Monday night, 6-0. A rejuvenated David Krecji lead the way with 2 goals and Tuukka Rask stopped any talk of a goalie controversy (for now) with his first SO of the season.

Time for the Good, Bad and Ugly from last night:

1. David Krecji: 2 goals giving him 7 on the season and 14 points. Boy did they miss him last year

2. Defense: Only 24 shots given up last night, and not a lot of testers save for a few minutes in the 2nd when the B’s took their usual nap.

3. Offense: 6 more goals last night, and the Bruins are 2nd in the league in offense. Last year the Bruins scored more than 5 goals only 7 times. They’ve done it 4 times already this year.

1. Injuries: Kevan Miller, David Mastrnak and Joonas Kemppainen all left early, more as a precaution than anything but still concerning as this team, like many others, cannot afford many injuries.

2. The Coyotes: They Coyotes were bad. All of them.

3. Zach Trotman’s Demise: Seriously, what did he do that was so bad? Sure he struggled in the first game, but Kevan Miller has struggled all season and he’s been out there all season. Time to give Zach another shot, and maybe Miller’s injury give him that 2nd chance.

1. John Scott: Tits on a bull. In other words, useless. Get this guy out of the league. It’s ugly because teams continue to employ this cement-head.

After the 0-3 debacle to start the year, the Bruins are 4-0-1 since and have calmed the nerves of Bruins fans who thought we might be in for a loooong season (that was me). The schedule in the next week is no joke (Florida, Tampa, Dallas, Washington, Montreal and the Islanders back-to-back) so they’re not out of the woods just yet but at least not all is lost.

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Enslaved Dick Pointer Saves Fort Donnelly - 1778

Perhaps Uncle Monk had heard of Slave Dick's exploits before expressing his own heroic nature in 1782.

"On May 29, 1778, Dick Pointer, a black slave, helped to save about 60 settlers in the Greenbrier Valley. Warned that a band of Shawnee Indians had left the Ohio Valley with the intent of attacking the Greenbrier settlements, the settlers with Pointer among them decided to shelter at Fort Donnally near Lewisburg. The Indians attacked the fort the next day.
On the morning of the attack Pointer and a white man, William Hammond, were the first to hear the alarm, given by settler William Hughart as he rushed to close the fort door on the attacking Indians. The Indians began hacking at the door with tomahawks. Their effort failed due to the quick thinking of Pointer and Hammond, who rolled a hogshead of water behind the door. Pointer also managed to fire at the invaders, thus alerting the sleeping inhabitants.
The surprised settlers fought the Indians as they jumped from their beds. At dark, the Indians retreated and the attack was over. For his bravery Pointer was granted a life lease to a piece of land, where he lived until his death at about age 89 in 1827. In 1795, the thankful friends of Dick Pointer petitioned the Virginia Assembly for his freedom but were refused, although he was purchased and freed in 1801. In 1976, a stone was dedicated in Lewisburg to honor Dick Pointer’s heroism. His musket is now in the State Museum in Charleston." [SOURCE]
If Dick Pointer's exploits were carried into the Kentucky District of Virginia, the message conveyed was that slaves could demonstrate courage, not that valor brought freedom.

Deed Book 1, pages 400-401 Greenbrier Co. VA March 1801 [Spelling and capitalization are as found in original document.]

"Know all Men by these presents That I James Rodgers of the County of Greenbrier & State of Virginia Do agree to Immancipate & Set free My Negroe Man Named Dick pointer on the Conditions hereafter attentioned havit that if the said Negroe Dick Doth Well  Truly behave himself in all things so that I Never Come to Trouble on his Account then this Immancipation to be finel but if he Should fail in any of the above obligations so that I May Sustain any injury Thereby he Shall from That instant Return To his Usual Slavery & forfit Every part of the Restitution he has given to Obtain it at present-after A True performance of the above I bind MySelf My heirs etc firmly by these presents Sealed With my Seal & Dated this 2th Day of March 1801.
James Rodgers" [SOURCE]

Freedom had its drawbacks as well.

In grateful thanks, the settlers wrote to VA asking the State to give Dick Pointer his freedom, but this did not happen as a result of their request. Dick Pointer and his family were later sold by Col. Donnally to the See family. Pointer was eventually freed by a Mr. Rogers, only to die in poverty because, as they became old and infirm, Pointer and his wife could not sustain themselves on the small farm which neighbors provided them. [SOURCE]

It is probable that James Berry (c1752-1822), whom Monk carried to safety, had a pre-existing relationship with Greenbrier (then in Virginia, now in West Virginia). Berry had there enlisted with Revolutionary forces one year prior to the attack on Fort Donnally.

An interesting footnote is that history suggests that Dick Pointer's son was captured 'while young' by native warriors. For his able services as a translator, Wyandot elders granted Johnathan Pointer his freedom. Johnathan continued to reside among native peoples for many years, working with a Methodist preacher to convert them to Christianity.

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

These Negroes Reveal A Curious Superiority

I'm coming to grips with the idea that my 3x-great-grandfather, Thomas Turner (1764-1847) or his son Squire Turner (1793-1871) fathered children by his slaves. I've been encouraged in becoming reconciled to this possibility by the caring relationship I've developed with a great-granddaughter of that union. I like my new cousin.

I've begun to wonder whether her ancestor looked like our shared ancestors. I wonder to what degree others in my family regarded Jeremiah Turner (1840-1917) as unmistakable kin. In an earlier post, I found modern acknowledgement that larger numbers of mixed-race children were appearing among the property of rich, white, Madison County, Kentuckians than were recorded by family units holding only one or two slaves in captive servitude.

I suspect his musings were far from politically correct even in his own time, but the following account expresses cultural effects that might have resulted when 'well bred' white men had offspring by African American women.
From a collection of writings by Baltimore critic H. L. Menken titled Prejudices, c 1920. In this tract, Menken decries the absence of arts & culture in the south.
Page 77 of The Sahara of the Bozart - [A desert of the Beaux Arts - RDH]
“… in the south, the men of the upper classes sought their mistresses among the blacks, and after a few generations there was so much white blood in the black women that they were considerably more attractive than the unhealthy and bedraggled women of the poor whites. This preference continues into our own time. A southerner of good family once told me in all seriousness that he had reached his majority before it ever occurred to him that a white woman might make quite as agreeable a mistress as the octoroons of his jejune fancy. If the thing has changed as late, it is not the fault of the southern white man, but of the southern mulatto woman. The more slightly yellow girls of the region, with improving economic opportunities, have gained self-respect, and so they are no longer as willing to enter into concubinage as their grand-dams were.

As a result of this preference of the southern gentry for mulatto mistresses there was created a series of mixed strains containing the best white blood of the south, and perhaps of the whole country. As another result the poor whites went unfertilized from above, and so missed the improvement that so constantly shows itself in the peasant stocks of other countries. It is a commonplace that nearly all negroes who rise above the general are of mixed blood, usually with the white predominating. I know a great many negroes, and it would be hard for me to think of an exception. What is too often forgotten is that this white blood is not the blood of the poor whites but that of the old gentry. The mulatto girls of the early days despised the poor whites, creatures distinctly inferior to negroes, and it was thus almost unheard of for such a girl to enter into relations with a man of that submerged class. This aversion was based on sound instinct. The southern mulatto of today (1920) is proof of it. Like all other half-breeds he is an unhappy man, with disquieting tendencies toward anti-social habits of thought, but he is intrinsically a better animal than the pure-blooded descendant of the old poor whites, and he not infrequently demonstrates it. It is not by accident that negroes of the south are making faster progress, economically and culturally, than the masses of the whites. It is not by accident that the only visible æsthetic activity in the south is wholly in their hands. No southern composer has ever written music so good as that of half a dozen white-black composers who might be named. Even in politics, the negro reveals a curious superiority. Despite the fact that the race question has been the main political concern of the southern whites for two generations, to the practical exclusion of anything else, they have contributed nothing to its discussion that has impressed the rest of the world so deeply and so favorably as three or four books by southern negroes.”
These are themes that Edward Ball addresses in his 2001 book, The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the South.  He too met a cousin descended from his people's slaves. Ball describes distinctions (and economic advantages) allocated by skin color and class, even among people of color. Harleston children, though deprived of the inheritance left by their upper-crust, slave-owning father, held higher rank than darker blacks after the Civil War in Charleston, SC. Perhaps Menken (above) in his accolades, is crediting Harleston offspring; such as the talented black photographer Teddy Harleston, or childrens' choirs his sister Ella (Harleston) Jenkins made popular as America entered the Jazz Age.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Half-white Slaves of Aristocratic Masters

This blog began, initially, to describe a search for descendants of 'Uncle' Monk, slave name Estill, the man who saved the life of my 4x-great-grandfather in 1782 and subsequently became the first slave freed in what is now Kentucky. I want to know more about the brave fellow who carried James Berry (1752-1822) 25 miles to safety, following the Battle of Small Mountain, or Estill's Defeat.

During my investigation, I came upon a family history researcher who had valuable data on a half-brother of Berry's grandson and namesake, James Berry Turner (c1820-1867, my 2x-great-grandfather). I was stunned to discover my new correspondent is African American by appearance and identification. Born where I was born; nearly my age, my new source is trying to prove she descends from a union between the half-brother (Major Squire Turner, 1793-1871) and one of his slaves.

From Madison County: 200 Years in Retrospect, by William Elliott Ellis, H. E. Everman & Richard D. Sears; Madison County Historical Society, 1985, page 216:
“We can only speculate about the white families of most of these people [former slaves graduating from Berea schools], but there is a great deal of evidence that many blacks of Madison County, including those who attended Berea, were descendants of very distinguished white families.”
The corresponding footnote reports:
“In 1860 Madison County had a population of 6,118 slaves, 980 of whom were mulattoes (16%). The Slave Census listed 881 slaveholders – 357 of whom owned sets of slaves including at least one mulatto (but sometimes as many as ten): about 40 percent of slave sets were ‘mixed’ (so that partly-white slaves were very widespread without being particularly numerous). But of the 110 elite slaveholders in Madison County (those owning 15 slaves or more), 70 owned at least one mulatto (most owned many more, of course …). The large-scale slaveholders, the wealthy and prosperous, were much more apt to have mulattoes among their slaves then [sic] were their poorer neighbors. Whether or not the half-white slaves of aristocratic masters were also their children is, of course, another (and usually unanswerable) question.”
The 1860 Slave Schedule for Madison County, Kentucky, (below) reports Squire Turner in possession of 27 souls. Seven are listed as Mulatto: nearly one in four. An 18-year-old male qualifies to be Jeremiah Turner (c1840-1917) my new cousin's direct ancestor. If our suspicions are correct; we both descend from 'Trading Tom' Turner (1764-1847), father of both Squire and James Berry Turner.

Puzzling over the realization that I share DNA with folks who look so obviously different, it was suggested I investigate a fellowship (Coming to the Table), where descendants of slaves are in dialogue about race with descendants of slave-owners. I have traveled to meet my new cousin and my harvest includes the fruits of warm companionship and a shared appreciation for researching family history.

It has proved difficult to describe the almost unfathomable relationship between between the white supremacist, pro-slavery, strict constitutionalist, Squire Turner and an enslaved woman who may have born his child. The Madison County text employs terms such as 'slavewife' and  'slavefamily.'  Edward Ball, in The Sweet Hell Inside, uses 'concubine,' once a long-term relationship has been established. Referring to today's standards, I initially referred to offspring of a 'slave rape.'

Descendants of slaves, shrugging off the idea that a single drop of Negro blood put one in the race of African Americans, are identifying themselves as Irish, or Scots, or whatever they discover in their family history. I explore coming to grips with pigmentation here.

Squire Turner may have wanted to contribute accurately to slave schedules; the record documents him as in the propertied the elite of a county in which the lawyer had grown wealthy. The nameless records, however, are far from definitive. The only earlier slave schedule (1850) lists a mulatto boy of 9, which may be a younger Jeremiah. I've found no record of Turner's human possessions, circa 1840, but 2 women in 1850 (ages 38 & 35) qualify. Unless she has become 60 years old, ten years later, neither candidate for Jeremiah's mother remain in the record as Turner's property.


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The Internet Of Things Will Be Huge, And So Will Hadoop

Big Data challenges all of our assumptions about how data should be stored, processed and analyzed. But that doesn’t mean relational databases and other incumbent technologies are slouching toward obsolescence anytime soon.

That’s the view of Cloudera co-founder Mike Olson, who recently sat down with Bosch’s Dirk Slama to discuss the interplay between the Internet of Things and new data technologies like the distributed-processing framework Hadoop. Slama, who’s writing a book on the IoT boom, authors white papers and speaks regularly on the topic. As such, he was the perfect person to ask thoughtful questions of Olson and draw out some pretty insightful responses.

Thankfully, I got to listen in. Here are some of the highlights.

Big And Getting Bigger

While “Big Data” is often a misnomer—most enterprises struggle far more with kaleidoscope-esque data variety than mountainous data volumes—it’s absolutely the case that data volumes are increasing. Ninety percent of the world’s data was created in the last two years, according to IBM research.

Olson concurs:

[W]e are only seeing the very early days of IoT data flows, and already those data flows are almost overwhelming. Take the amount of information streaming up the smart grid, from taking readings once a month to 10 times a minute: That’s 150,000x more observations we are now getting per meter per month. Those data volumes are guaranteed to accelerate. We are going to collect more data at finer grain, and we are going to do it from a lot more devices in the future.

As Olson hints in that last response, the machines are to blame. He argues that “[t]he emergence of machine generated data has forced us to rethink how we capture, store and process data, and building very large-scale, highly parallel compute farms is now absolutely common.”

That “rethinking” is increasingly being done by a new generation of developers. While today there are just 300,000 developers contributing to IoT, a recent report from VisionMobile projects a whopping 4.5 million developers by 2020, reflecting a 57% compound annual growth rate and a massive market opportunity.

The Role Of Relational Databases

Will those developers still be using traditional relational databases to capture and process all that data? Yes and no.

Olson is quick to point out the ongoing relevance of relational databases:

If there was going to be a thousand times more data in the world than there is today—and that’s an easy number to believe—it stands to reason, that relational databases are going to continue to play a vibrant role in the market, by capturing and delivering business applications on a subset of that data.

But he’s equally quick to showcase an even bigger opportunity for modern data infrastructure like Hadoop:

The big opportunity for a new generation of database technology is not to go disrupt the existing OLTP or OLAP markets. It’s to unlock analytic power against new data flows, data that was never before available, to understand things about the world that we could never now before, because we did not have the information. So I don’t think this is doom and gloom for traditional databases. I think that a new market and a new opportunity in Big Data—driven substantially by IoT—creates huge opportunities for a new class of technologies.

Much of the data that enterprises consume as part of their Big Data projects is transactional in nature, and so very much the province of traditional databases. But that will continue to change as new types of data require new analytics.

No One-Size-Fits-All Solutions

All of which means that we’re in for a polyglot future, with enterprise data warehouses sitting side-by-side with Hadoop, even as NoSQL databases and their relational cousins commune together.

After all, Big Data is, well, big. By its very definition, it’s too vast and diverse for any one technology to completely master it all.

Still, Olson and others offering new data technologies argue that Hadoop’s data-handling volume and analytic flexibility mean that “you can just do stuff that wasn’t possible before,” thus unlocking  new opportunities from all that data. It’s that new opportunity that has driven multi-billion dollar valuations for Cloudera and other startups, and has attracted serious product investments from Bosch and others.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

I haven't written in a while.  Mainly because I'm so busy with my babies and with fundraising projects but also because there just isn't much to say.

Today has been a hard day in Congo adoptions.  Things aren't looking super good although I'm aware that they could change for the better at any time.

I was with my girlfriends this morning getting coffee when I heard some concerning news about Congo adoptions and it's a good thing I have good friends because I was ready to be in a puddle in the floor.

It's hard to explain this emotion.  I have a constant lump in my throat waiting to know if Kona will be ours and when she will be ours.  Legally she is a Berry but at this point, no kids are able to leave Congo.  My emotions all over the place with this.

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Do You Compare Yourself to Everyone Around You?

compare yourselfWhen you want to lose weight, one of the very first things you should do is take an honest peek at what went wrong in the past.

You know, all those past efforts at weight loss.

All those times it hasn’t worked.

And one of the things you might want to take a look at, as one of the possible reasons for your past failures, is that you may spend too much time comparing yourself to others.

Let’s face it.

We all compare ourselves to someone.

Some of us do it on a very regular basis.

And others do it as a once in a while check-in.

While it’s a natural thing, I want you to know that it isn’t necessarily the most helpful thing you can do for yourself.

Here’s why.

We all look around us to see how we measure up from time to time.

This is a way of looking outside for validation, when ideally, we should be looking inside.

We may do this because we don’t totally trust ourselves.

We think others know better.

Facebook is a perfect example.

We look around at how others eat.

With people posting their latest diet and actual pictures of what they’re cooking, it’s hard not to!

We look at how much our friends weigh.

So many people are posting before and after pictures of their weight loss efforts.

Of course, we look at everyone’s photos: How do they look? How old are they? Do they look their age? How do they dress?

The comparisons become endless.

We begin to judge ourselves not by how we feel, but by how we feel in comparison to how others appear to feel.

Of course we don’t really know how they feel, how they are doing.

We only know what they reveal on the outside.

A vehicle like Facebook, which is designed to help us connect, can easily turn into something that keeps us separate.

Because if we are comparing, most of us come out lacking.

And if we’re feeling not quite as good as the rest of the world out there, then we don’t want to connect.

We shrink.

And we doubt ourselves even more.

We feel less connected to the world, because we feel worse about ourselves.

So here’s the takeaway:

Our goal, whether trying to lose weight or just live a happy life, is to simply be the best version of ourselves that we can be.

There is no competition.

Except for our personal best.

As we go through life, we meet all kinds of people.

I can guarantee that there will always be someone younger, smarter, thinner and prettier than you.

And that’s okay.

Because as people, we are supposed to be different.

Our goal is not to be better than someone else.

Just to be our best.

So if you are looking around and constantly comparing yourself, put yourself on pause and ask whether this habit is helpful or harmful.

I’m giving you a worksheet today to help you figure out how to turn your compare and despair habit into something that feels much better.

What are some of your comparison habits? How are they working for you?

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Kale Salad With Pomegranate Seeds, Almonds & Soft Boiled Eggs

Although it is spring, and I probably should be focusing more on spring produce, I have developed an addiction to all things kale. Unfortunately, where I live in Florida, I cannot easily buy fresh fava beans, artichokes, and spring peas, so I’ll have to wait until we return to Umbria, Italy in three weeks to enjoy those spring treasures, so until I do I will continue to enjoy the fresh vegetables I can buy, including kale.

Kale is a very versatile green that is delicious in smoothies, soups, pasta dishes, and in salads such as this one. I am presently making some type of kale salad for lunch every other day as kale is both delicious and nutritious. I also find the crunchy texture very satisfying, and you can vary the salad depending on your taste by adding your favorite vegetables. I prefer a lemon and olive oil vinaigrette on my kale salads as I find the acid in the lemon really balances the flavor of the kale. To this salad, I added rainbow radishes for crunch, pomegranate seeds, green onions, toasted sliced almonds, and a soft boiled egg. I also garnished my salad with some spicy micro greens for added interest.

I make my salads with all types of kale, but I do prefer Tuscan kale as it seems sweeter and is more tender than other varieties. The trick to making a great kale salad is to thinly slice the kale, much as you would slice cabbage for cole slaw.

Why Healthy

  • Kale is rich in vitamins A, C and K and folic acid, as well as calcium, potassium, copper and iron. These nutrients are necessary for healthy bones, skin and eyes.
  • Pomegranate seeds are high in antioxidants, especially C that can help support your immune system, also high in fibre for healthy digestion.

Kale Salad With Pomegranate Seeds, Almonds & Soft Boiled Eggs

Yield: Serves 4

Prep Time: 15 mins

5 Tablespoons Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
1/3 Cup Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper To Taste
2 Bunches Tuscan Kale
4 Green Onions, Sliced
6 Radishes, Thinly Sliced
To Serve:
3/4 Cup Pomegranate Seeds
1/2 Cup Thinly Sliced, Toasted Almonds
1 Cup Micro Greens (Optional)
4 Soft or Medium Boiled Eggs, Peeled & Quartered

Adapted from The Secret to the Perfect Kale Salad : The Healthy Chef – Teresa Cutter

In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Wash and dry the kale leaves, then cut out the tough center stem.
Finely shred the kale and place in a large bowl.
Remove tough stems from the kale leaves and wash well.
Shred finely and place into a large bowl along with the radishes and onions.
Pour the dressing ingredients over the kale and toss well.
Divide the salad into four bowls, then garnish each with the pomegranate seeds, almonds, and micro greens.
Arrange one boiled egg on the side of each bowl and serve.

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Almond-Coconut Balls

Makes about 24 balls

1 can (7 ounces) almond paste
1 cup flaked coconut
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 to 2 teaspoons water
7 ounces pastel-colored confectionery coating

  1. Line baking sheet with buttered waxed paper; set aside.
  2. Combine almond paste, coconut and sugar in medium bowl. Stir in water if mixture is dry.
  3. For each candy, shape 1 scant tablespoonful of mixture into 1-inch ball. Place balls on prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
  4. Melt confectionery coating in saucepan set over hot, not boiling water, stirring constantly.
  5. Dip balls in coating to cover. Remove excess coating by scraping bottom of ball across rim of saucepan. Return to baking sheet. Reheat coating if it gets too thick. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Configure samba server

Configure samba server

In this example we will configure a samba server and will transfer files from client side.For this example we are using two systems one linux server one window clients.

per quest of samba server

A linux server with ip address and hostname Server
A window client with ip address and hostname Client2
Updated /etc/hosts file on linux system
Running portmap and xinetd services
Firewall should be off on server

We have configured all these steps in our pervious article.

necessary configuration for samba server

We suggest you to review that article before start configuration of samba server. Once you have completed the necessary steps follow this guide.

samba rpm is required to configure samba server. check them if not found then install
rpm for samba server

Now check smb, portmap, xinetd service in system service it should be on

Select System service from list

Now restart xinetd and portmap and smb service
service restart
To keep on these services after reboot on then via chkconfig command
After reboot verify their status. It must be in running condition
service status

Create a normal user named vinita

now create /data directory and grant it full permission

open /etc/samba/smb.conf main samba configuration files
vi smb.conf
By default name of workgroup is MYGROUP in smb.conf file. you can change it with desire name
workgroup tag
our task is to share data folder for vinita user so go in the end of file and do editing as shown here in this image
share data folder in smb.conf
save file with :wq and exit

Now add vinita user to samba user
we have made necessary change now on smb service and check it status
service smb status
if you already have on this service then restart it with service smb restart commands.
Client configuration for samba server

Go on windows system and ping samba server, change computer name to client2 and workgroup name to MYGROUP
my computer properties
reboot system after changing workgroup name

After reboot open my network place here you can see samba server [ if not see then click on view workgroup computer in right pane, if still not see then use search button from tool bar and search computer samba server form ip ]
samba server in my network place
First try to login from user nikita she will not successes as nikita have not permission to login
user nikita deny
Now login from user vinita [ give the password which you set with smbpasswd command ]

user vinita

As you can see in image user vinita gets the /data folder which we share from samba server
data folder on widow
Copy some window files in data folder
copy in data folder
Check status on samba server

on samba server you can check runtime status of samba server to check it run smbstatus command
in output you see that one samba shared directory is used on window system

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Friday, January 05, 2007

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A new front has been opened in the creationist's war on evolution. In St. Petersburg, Russia a student has filed suit against her school claiming that teaching evolution offends her religion.

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Saturday, June 09, 2007

u2 Bono in his own words on the christain faith

There has been for years bono from u2 has been made a "unofficial saint" of some parts of the church and in others he has been vilified and condemned-hear in his own words his view of the christain faith:

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2014, December 25 | Thursday 4:12 am

by Peter Samuel

CJ20W422W4-2113The City of Frederick is in violation of Historic Preservation Guidelines (HPC) with its proposal (HPC14-991) to demolish the rear of 20 West 4th Street, a long unoccupied and blighted building that it is seeking ownership of in a delinquent tax case. The HPC Guidelines are clear that decisions on demolition must be based on a replacement plan. The City does not plan any replacement for the portion of the building proposed for demolition.

AdkinsJ2At their hearing December 11, 2014 the Historic Preservation Commission deferred a vote on the City’s application after it became clear there would be a vote to deny if the issue went to a vote. Neighbors expressed concern about the City proposal saying it would doom the building to continued deterioration. The City’s application was presented by Joe Adkins, deputy director for planning.

Under his proposal the City would get a contractor to tear down deteriorated roof and walls of the southern third of 20W4th which constitutes the southeast corner of the duplex building (20 and 22 W4th) exposing a party wall with 22W4th and also an internal partition wall to the weather. The owner of the abutting building 22W4th Harry R McLaughlin said he was deferring roof improvements until the matter was resolved.

An extension or part of the original?

Three commissioners indicated they were inclined to vote down the City plan without more information and a visit to the building. Commissioner Carrie Albee questioned the City’s Joe Adkins characterization of the part proposed for demolition as an “extension.” Lisa Murphy agreed it was most Lot20&22likely part of the original building – not an extension. Adkins was unmoved. He kept referring to it as an extension.

Albee: “That would be where I would be struggling (to approve Adkins’ application.) I understand it is in bad condition but if it is original to the building then I feel like we should keep it.”

Commissioner Rebecca Cybularz: “if it is just capped and the City doesn’t do anything about it then it compromises the next door neighbor and then CybularzRyou are losing two buildings.”

Commissioner Timothy Wesolek was also prepared to vote No, based on the unfairness of demolition to the neighbor: “I’m looking out for that guy next door that has invested lots of money in his house trying to make it better.”

Wesolek also wondered whether the former owner Allan Pickett might be able to “come back at us” legally if the demolition was approved before the City’s claimed ownership had been established through the courts.

Saving face for Adkins

Chairman Winnette quickly saw the unfolding fiasco and to avoid the City’s humiliation moved for a ‘continuance’ to the next HPC meeting, and a site visit.AlbeeCarrie

The City’s Joe Adkins agreed there was no urgency about the demolition since the City cannot begin work until litigation by the former owner Allan M Pickett is finalized in the City’s favor.

Historic Preservation Staffer Lisa Murphy had given Adkins’ application the big OK, calling the deteriorated part of the building “non-contributing,” without any discussion of the “contributing” status of the building as a whole. Plus she said nothing about Adkins evading the Guidelines requirement that an acceptable replacement plan accompany the application for a demolition.

The Guidelines at Chapter 11 Demolition ( p147 to p150) state under ReplacementPlanReqdsection B. “Demolition is Discouraged.” The whole purpose of historic preservation guidelines is to discourage a quick move to demolition with a review process that is “deliberate and thorough,” adding: “Demolition will be considered only when all possible alternatives… have been exhausted.” (p147)

No replacement plan, no discussion of alternatives

Contrary to the Guidelines’ chapter 11 on demolition Adkins and Murphy provided no discussion of possible alternatives to demolition. Adkins may not have read or recalled the Chapter but his ‘historic preservation planner’ Lisa Murphy knows it well. She will recite its provisions to any private property owner wanting demolition in the flash of an eyelid.

A staffer asked to publicly critique her boss’ application and to speak under oath would normally have recused herself from a case like this, but Murphy here pandered to her boss with quite extraordinary disregard for the clear provisions of the HPC Guidelines. A whitewash!

“It can be rebuilt”

Michael Williams a professional engineer and resident nearby on West 4th spoke during the public comment period saying that the portion of 20W4th proposed for demolition can be rebuilt and that this is the best way to LisaMurphypreserve the rest of the building. He said rebuilding later to preservation standards would be extremely difficult if the City simply issued a demolition contract as Adkins proposed. Valuable materials would be carted away to the landfill.

Williams said he had inspected the vintage 1895 building closely. Its construction comprises a mix of soft 19th century bricks on the inside and hard more modern kiln-fired bricks outside. Proper rebuilding would carefully segregate the different bricks, he said, and reuse them as they are used in the original.

Most of the building fabric of #20 and all of the larger attached #22 are in good condition.

More Guidelines disregarded

The rear of 20W4th Street is clearly a case of demolition by neglect. As Murphy’s staff report states: “The property was neglected under previous ownership and the rear wing fell into severe disrepair.”

This mode of deterioration by deliberate neglect is addressed by the HPC Guidelines sloppywritingin 11 C: “Demolition by Neglect: Contributing properties that are greatly deteriorated because of deferred maintenance will not be approved for demolition.” (p147)

This provision of the Guidelines appearing to bar demolition at 20W4th Street needs to be addressed by Adkins’ application! Staffer Murphy may have been attempting to get around the provision by describing the rear section of the 20W4th building as “non-contributing.”

But this is a circular argument that makes an absurdity of the HPC ViewDownWalk2111Guidelines.

The building as a whole is clearly a ‘contributing resource’ in historic preservation lingo since most of it, and all of it visible from the street, is a fine turn-of-the-century structure that helps define the historic district. If it becomes non-contributing and eligible for demolition because it is neglected then the Guidelines section 11C is directly over-ridden and its purpose is defeated.

The fact that one portion of a structure is non-contributing does not make the building as a whole non-contributing. The building as a whole remains contributing since it passes all three requirements: (1) helping “define the historic district (2) adding historic or architectural value and (3) built over 50 years ago in the district’s ‘period of historic significance.’

Adkins’ application says about one third of 20W4th is to be demolished. It calls this an “addition” but this is false, as conceded by his own staffer Lisa Murphy. The earliest maps show the present building footprint including the portion proposed for demolition.

The portion proposed for demolition is by all accounts an integral part of the original construction that comprised a duplex of the larger 22W4th to the west, the smaller 20W4th on the east side.

Under the City proposal the back of 20W4th is to be demolished as far as HousesOpposite2114an interior partition wall. The structure remaining is to be stabilized with props, the exposed basement somehow boarded over, utilities capped. The building through the party wall, 22W4th, is to be protected from water infiltration apparently with tarps. And the yard graded to drain away from the building.

This stopgap fails to satisfy the Guidelines requirement for a serious ‘replacement plan.’

Williams and other neighbors are concerned that the City as owner will do no more than this stopgap at the back to relieve it of liability should a homeless person or other trespasser manage to get into the building and hurt themself. They think that the building under City ownership will continue unoccupied and blighted.

BACKGROUND: The state Department of Assessments and Taxation assesses 20W4th as worth $114,700 with the land $69,700 and improvements $45,000. But the City got the building for $19,729 in April this year paying accumulated state and county taxes in a sale in which there were no private bidders.

HISTORY: Pickett bought the property in 1982 paying $41,000 for it but for most of the time since it has been unoccupied. By one account he became deeply frustrated by the City’s permitting procedures and gave up on the house choosing to live elsewhere and allow the 4th Street building to decay. He is believed to have spent more on litigation with the City than on the purchase price and other expenses of the building combined.SignPubMtg2108

The lot is 1,350sf, 20ft by 70ft approx. The house of 1,092sf comprises about 550sf on each of two levels about 35ft long by 16ft wide. Proposed for demolition is the rear third about 12ft by 12ft plus outside porches. The porches have rotted completely away.

There’s an unfinished basement under the whole of the first floor. At the rear parts of the building walls, floors and ceilings have sagged and fallen. With the back area of the basement partially filled with debris and rain water it is quite hazardous.

To the west is 22W4th the larger portion of what was built as the other part of the duplex. Owned and occupied by Harry McLaughlin 22W4th is in immaculate condition. To the immediate east however is the west long empty Carmack Jay Building as locals call it, the fiasco of several City attempts to get a downtown supermarket following the move of the original Carmack autoparts business to the suburban style service strip developments outside the City.

Earlier City fiasco – the prettied-up facade of the downtown supermarket that never  was

The empty, also decaying Carmack Jay building looming over 20W4th is probably the major obstacle to its redevelopment and reuse. This bad neighbor presents a rolled rib metal wall 20ft high running right on the property line of 20W4th’s small lot.

HMcLaughlinBack in the 1970s it was considered enlightened and progressive to get car parking in the front of buildings directly off the street. So City codes demanded construction of the Carmack Jay building at the far back of the lot ensuring it would be a very bad neighbor to buildings nearby like 20W4th.

Maybe the City needs to encourage removal of the decaying Carmack Jay building by allowing high density mixed use development, services, shops on the ground level at the sidewalk on North Market Street. Located above could be a mix of apartments and offices. Access for deliveries and some at-grade or low parking would be at the rear or west side of the lot next to neighbors, who would then get some air and light.

Meanwhile sound historic preservation for 20W4th requires a rebuild to at least a solid building shell (roof, walls and wall openings) – as was done by Fitzgerald Heavy Timber with the Fisher Building at the back of West Patrick Street. The HPC would never allow a private property owner to do the cheap demo-&-covers job that Joe Adkins proposes on behalf of the City.WilliamsM

Other problems

A letter from the longtime owner Allan Pickett to the HPC on the day of the hearing starts “Please be advised that I am the owner” of 20W4th and notes that he is contesting the City’s claim to have acquired ownership in the courts. He quotes his lawyer Paul Jorgensen of Middletown as saying he has “an excellent chance” of regaining clear title to the property in the appeals to higher courts. The letter asks for a ‘continuance’ (deferral) of the HPC hearing on the City’s demolition application, and asks the City to deal with lawyer Jorgensen.

We’re trying to get through to Jorgensen, so far without success.

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The Secret Charms of a Sri Lanka Hotel

The luxe offerings at Ceylon Tea Trails resort range from high tea atop a mountain to exotic nature hikes and individual bungalows. Or you could just kick back.
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Trump spent the second debate lurking behind Hillary like a stalker.

The second 2016 presidential debate was held in a "town hall" style, which meant that voters could ask the candidates questions directly, and more importantly, that the candidates weren't stuck behind podiums. They were free to walk around the stage, and as many on social media noticed, Donald Trump in particular took full advantage. He spent much of the debate walking and standing behind Hillary Clinton as she spoke, gesturing to the crowd and staring dead-eyed at her like some kind of stalker.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Wise Words Wednesday #10

Sometimes, I have extreme difficulty taking off my little tunnel-vision-goggles and stopping to just take a look around at the big picture.  It is so easy to get caught up in everyday crazy that we don't really look around at what is passing us by, or what is happening just outside our line of sight.  We think we can control EVERYTHING and when we can't we get so angry and disillusioned with life.  I personally have to override my crazy once in awhile (easier said than done) and stop and smell the proverbial roses.

It helps me as a Christian to know that there is always one constant in life, one thing I can put my finger on and say, "yeah, that's real", something, or more accurately Someone, who is a constant, who is always there and always cares and is the absolute truth of life. It's like spinning around and around as a kid and if you don't have something to keep focus on you get dizzy and out of control. But with God as the one thing to stare at and focus on, sure everything else is still crazy and spinning like mad, but he's there, keeping everything in perspective and keeping you from totally losing control.   That's one of the reasons that I love this verse from Psalms 46:10, it tells me, "Hey!  stop what you're doing and for Pete's sake settle down!  I've got this"

If I just keep doing what I know is good and right and I just Trust in God the rest of the time it's gonna be fine....  So just settle down.

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Bethany Kline said...

Love this! Keeping the Eternal perspective is one of the hardest things to do. But it sure does help us get through the hard times when we remember He sees things we dont.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Vitriol Is Pervasive

A recent article in a local paper referred to a news story about a North Carolina program designed to insure proper nutrition for young school children by either providing school lunches or by providing supplemental food items to balance a child's "paper bag" lunch.  Apparently an overzealous Health Department employee doing a random check of home prepared lunches told a little girl she had to go to the cafeteria and eat a school lunch.

I was curious so I looked up the story here, and the follow-up, here.  Of course the story was featured by Faux News and was not particularly "controversial", but merely revealing of how some people might take a well meaning program to an unintended extreme.  However this angle - the fact that an individual state health department worker may have an erroneous or grandiose interpretation of his or her role in implementing the program - was not explored.

What did strike me as disturbing was not the meat of the story, but the fact that it was an opening for all kinds of vitriol in the readers' comments section which followed the stories.  The discussion almost immediately turned into a condemnation of Obama, health care reform, and government policies;  thrown in for good measure was First Amendment rights, the Catholic Church's stance on birth control, homosexuality, rampant socialism, etc.  I'm surprised no one mentioned the NRA and the right to bear automatic weapons.  And this in response to a story about school lunches!

My point is this: we read blogs and news that more or less supports our world view and the issues we care about, so become somewhat insulated from the reality of an alternate universe; but there are countless others who only need an innocuous story about a school lunch program gone awry as an excuse to vent their irrational fears, anger, contempt and hatred toward Obama and every issue we care about.

These people are both scary and pathetic. Should we be worried?

Friday, February 24, 2012

Perhaps There's Hope for the Catholic Church Yet

It is so easy to bash Catholics and the Catholic Church because of the hierarchical ignorance that is so prevalent and tends to make the news at every turn of the political screw.

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

From My File Cabinet - 5 The Hetero Quiz

This is a "souvenir" of my days as a health educator and activist, when we would be invited to give presentations on HIV and AIDS.  It was the era of Gay Men Coming Out - and gay men being forced out of the closet by AIDS.

Depending on the circumstances and the audience, we sometimes slipped in a little fun exercise to help educate people about homosexuality.

It seems to me that a lot of people, especially a bunch of Republican politicians and leaders of (un)Christian churches could use a little education.  I am not so naive as to think they can actually BE educated, but lets try.

Send them this questionnaire.  (seems I'm into questionnaires lately).

1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?

2. When and where did you decide you were a heterosexual?

3. Is it possible this is just a phase and you will out grow it?

4. Is it possible that your heterosexual orientation has stemmed from a neurotic fear of others of the same sex?

5. Do your parents know you are straight? Do your friends know- how did they react when you told them?

6. If you have never slept with a person of the same sex, is it just possible that all you need is a good gay lover?

7. Why do you insist on flaunting your heterosexuality... can’t you just be who you are and keep it quiet?

8. Why do heterosexuals place so much emphasis on sex?

9. Why do heterosexuals try to recruit gays into their lifestyle?

10. A disproportionate majority of child molesters are heterosexual... Do you consider it safe to expose children to heterosexual teachers?

11. Just what do men and women do in bed together? How can they truly know how to please each other, being so anatomically different?

12. With all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiraling. Why are there so few stable relationships among heterosexuals?

13. How can you become a whole person if you limit yourself to compulsive, exclusive heterosexuality?

14. Considering the menace of overpopulation how could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual?

15. Could you trust a heterosexual therapist to be objective? Don't you feel that he or she might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his own leanings?

16. There seem to very few happy heterosexuals. Techniques have been developed that might enable you to change if you really want to. Have you considered trying aversion therapy?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Never Say Never

We have not given up hope!

I have put together a survey about camping preferences and campgrounds serving LGBT campers or would-be campers - tent, trailer, pop-up, cabins, back of the SUV - whatever.

The survey is open to all, but I am particularly interested in responses from New England and the Northeast or from campers who may visit New England and the Northeast.

End of An Era - Whitney Houston

Back in the 1980's many of us spent hours on the dance floor with Whitney singing "I Wanna Dance With Someone".  Fond memories.  A Diva passes.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Final Tune - Last Episode of Damages - Season 3

This song "Everybody Knows" (by Leonard Cohen with Sharon Robinson) really sums things up for these crazy times.

Been watching Damages with Glen Close on Netflix. It is a sick, cynical lawyer show. With unexpected twists and turns.  It's addicting.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

If It Ain't One Thing It's Another

This must be "Smash Mailboxes in the Neighborhood Week".   It's celebrated about every two years, or so.  We've had ours smashed at least four or five times times, so far.

We replaced the box once, but subsequently we decided it was not worth the expense.  So we've banged out the dents but had to replace the post or parts of the post each time.

Each time the structure gets stronger.  I hope the juvenile delinquents, (a nice old term, don't you think) break an arm the next time they take a baseball bat to our post box.

The expense is only half the annoyance - the other half is the time it takes us to jury-rig what timber we have laying around to fix the darn thing.  Several hours in the cold, with drills, hammer, screwdrivers, socket wrenches, saws-all, bolts, nuts, and various other pieces of hardware.

The result is this lovely "white trash mail box" adding to our curb appeal.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Let You In On Project Number Two

In addition to sprucing up the house, Leon and I have been exploring the possibility of a major change.  I wish I could report a different outcome, as that might have been a bit more interesting.

We have enjoyed camping in our Fifth-Wheel trailer for many years and have frequented many campgrounds from New England to Florida to Arizona.
 We have enjoyed camping at several gay campgrounds on the East Coast because of the very relaxed atmosphere, the freedom that guys have just to be themselves and the beauty of the natural settings of many of the campgrounds.

And the fact that they are, well, just SOOO GAY!

 Here, in the Northeast, most of the gay adult membership campgrounds are about a 5 hour drive from us.  There are no full-fledged gay campgrounds in New England.  Leon and I have long thought that a gay campground in this area would be a boon.
We have, on more than one occasion, looked into buying a campground ourselves as we think we would really enjoy the work.  Years ago we looked at a local campground for sale.  The price was about $350,000, a bargain, but no matter how we figured it, it was out of our reach; especially since the 18th century house on the property was at least a $250,000 liability - it would have to be restored or razed or replaced.  So much for that.

A few years ago we looked at another local campground - a $750,000 property that needed more infrastructure and a pool and house repairs and rec hall repairs.  We fantasized about making a low ball offer and getting bank financing....So much for that.

The problem is always, right from the get-go, MONEY.

Probably 80% of the campgrounds for sale are over $500,000. Most established campgrounds are selling for well over $700,000, with many going for one, two three million or more.  If I had that kind of money, would I want to own a campground?  I don't think so.  We could live off the interest alone for the rest of our lives and travel and visit other people's campgrounds, or villas in Italy.

But I have been out of work since July and don't expect to be hired for anything anytime soon, especially since I no longer "tint" and so look like someone's grandpa.  Leon is tired of climbing ladders and cleaning gutters and washing windows and cleaning carpets.  He actually got excited when someone recently inquired about buying his business.

So we have been revisiting the campground idea again, or should I say campground fantasy?  Every once in a while we'll see a listing for a campground for under $300,000 and get excited.

Recently we found two such campgrounds, both in Vermont.  We contacted the respective sellers/realtors and set up appointments to see the properties.

One, we'll call Camp North was listed at $275,000.  We drove the 5 plus hours to get a closer look.  Everyone knows the admonition "Location, location, location".  Camp North, even though it has impeccable infrastructure - water, sewer, electric, (but no pool) is so far North, well, no gay person from Boston or Providence or Hartford or New York would ever travel that far to sun their collective bare asses for a weekend.  Besides, the place was both very remote and, at the same time, lacked privacy, as it was right on the road across from a house.  So much for that.

The other campground, Camp South is listed at $199,000.  Now that is a sweet price for a campground.  It is in Southern Vermont, an ideal location within two to two and a half hours of large metropolitan areas with lots of gay bears who love to camp and show off their fur and romp in the woods.

The "Unusual" House
While our first tour of the property revealed some things lacking, we thought (hoped) that the positives outweighed the negatives and that location would be the overriding plus.

We had a realtor to see our house and tell us what we could get in this depressed market.  Although we had planned on sprucing up the house, the realtor encouraged us to do more - tile the sunroom and kitchen, replace the bathroom vanity and stage our house like it was HGTV.  Can you say cuh-ching.  And there was no guarantee that we would get a higher price for our pain.  We stuck to painting.

Another realtor's opinion left us as depressed as the housing market - the price we could expect to get for our home is less than we've put into it over the 12 years we've lived here and $40,000 less than the campground.  And in this market, it might take six months to sell.

But we were undaunted.  We could cash in all of our retirement savings, which isn't much, and if Leon could actually sell his business, maybe we could swing it.  We'd put all our eggs in one basket - what the hell - when we're dead, what will it matter?  We'll make it work.

We spent hours over several weeks researching the permits on the property, the environmental laws, the survey maps and various documents the realtor supplied.  We made phone calls and wrote emails to environmental departments and banks.  I researched and started writing a business plan.
The Electricity is Good
We made an appointment to see Camp South again, this time to see the insides of the house and cabins which we could not see the first time as they are occupied.  (The fact that there are full time residents is one of the major issues with this property.  The proximity to the road was another negative, but one that could possibly be remedied by current owner).
The Cabins Need Work

If You See Smoke, People Are Living Here

We spent six hours with the realtor in Vermont touring the campground and going over the well and septic engineering plans he had acquired for us.  The house was not pretty, but it was livable.  My feeling was, if I HAD to live there, I could.  It needs work.

One Well Is Working
The three cabins, unfortunately, are non-conforming and would not pass inspections. They would need remodeling or preferably rebuilding - but only on the original footprint or that would mean additional permits.

A Little Lysol?
Still hopeful, we saw the leach field overgrown with pine trees.

The three stage septic pumping system was not in use.  Was it functional?

The three water wells on the property were apparently dug by some grey-bearded Vermonter with a willow branch. According to records the wells could not supply a sufficient flow of water to service the campground and required huge, 30,000 gallon holding tanks (underground) and pumps to meet code.  Were the tanks ever installed?  What is their condition? Do they leak?

"One of the wells blew" according to the resident "caretaker".  What that means is anyone's guess.

Septic Pump Station
The realtor gave us a an estimate for the inspections that would be needed just to determine the condition of the infrastructure - $5,000 to $10,000.   And this is before we sell our house or get a loan. We could back out at that point but lose whatever we've paid for inspections.

It wasn't looking great.  If the wells and septic didn't pass muster, we can back out.  And did I mention, there is no pool.  You know how gay guys like to congregate at the pool.  Permits, engineering, construction...

Leon and I both agreed that the negatives were outweighing the positives.  Neither of us are great risk-takers or wheeler-dealers.  Unless the inspections go well, this property might be for someone with very deep pockets.  We decided to think about it some more.
A Brook Runs Through It
Leon believes the right campground is out there.  It probably is.   But will we ever be in a position to acquire it?  He wants to keep looking.  But the bottom line is, we don't have the working capital and will need an income almost immediately should we acquire a campground business.

I don't know if our problem is that we dream too big or too small or not at all.  To many people a few hundred thousand dollars is chump-change.  For people like us, an entrepreneurial venture seems always just out of reach, like chasing rainbows.

We will keep looking for now, but I'm afraid every star and planet will need to line up in perfect harmony for us to find that rainbow campground.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

What's Out of Context?

Romney's statement, “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.  If it needs a repair, I’ll fix it.” is so reprehensible on so many levels, whether "out of context" or "in context", it should be repeated when ever his name is mentioned and tattooed backward on his forehead so he will be reminded of it whenever he looks in a mirror.

Beyond the obvious insensitivity of the remark and its underlying callous disregard of fellow Americans, the reference to "a safety net" seems to imply that no one really ever gets hurt by poverty.  (And I'm not arguing about the definition of the word poverty.)

"Safety net"  "Safety net"  "Safety net"

The fact that one would even need a "Safety net" implies that one is in danger, that one's situation is precarious.  Having to depend on a "safety net" is not to live with full dignity or with the promise of America.

Do we really want to "own" an America where the poor are both taken for granted and dismissed as irrelevant?

The fact that Romney even acknowledges the need for social programs that comprise the "safety net" - a very anti-Republican admission - undermines his entire political position; while admitting that such social programs might even need fixing, he dismisses the issue as a kind of "non-issue".

No matter what the context, whether "in" or "out" of context, Romney's statements belie his real belief that the poor don't count in his world view.  Their plight, their lives, their beliefs, their needs, their wants, their dreams, their families, even their votes are of little or no consequence to him.

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Methods for improving power system transient stability performance

Lu, Xijuan (2013) Methods for improving power system transient stability performance. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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As the power system operation safety and continuity are emphasized by electric power utilities, the transient stability performance of power systems becomes a common topic studied by many researchers. This thesis focuses on three different methods on power system transient stability enhancement. Different systems and fault scenarios are simulated and discussed to support the conclusions. First, the concepts of "power system stability" and "power system transient stability" are introduced. And then, the methods of fast fault clearing, high speed excitation systems, and the Static V AR Compensator (SVC) reactive power support are explained in details with a series of case studies. Finally, an SVC allocation method based on simplified sensitivity analysis is also presented, which validates the effect from SVCs on the power system transient stability improvement and the transient bus voltage sag problem. The thesis also presents the optimized allocation of SVCs based on the transient voltage sags.

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Item ID: 10927
Additional Information: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-126).
Department(s): Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
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Library of Congress Subject Heading: Electric power system stability; Transients (Electricity); Electric generators--Alternating current--Excitation systems; Reactive power (Electrical engineering)

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A digital signal processing fish tracker, investigation and design

Sullivan, Michael A. (1994) A digital signal processing fish tracker, investigation and design. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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This thesis describes an investigation into the design of a digital signal processing ultrasonic fish tracker. This work was initiated to overcome problems with an analog system presently used at Memorial University to track individual cod. Consisting of a local oscillator and several superheterodyne receivers, the analog system now works intermittently and gives unreliable results. A study into a more compact receiver design based on recent technological advancements was then commenced. The new receiver will connect to the existing four hydrophones, interface through a PC ISA bus, fit on a single PC proto-board, and track three frequencies simultaneously from each of the four hydrophones. Position resolution under 1 m is achievable, over a 500 m range. -- For this study only passive fish tracking systems are investigated where a transmitter is attached to the fish and a grid of detecting hydrophones are placed around the area 01 interest. These systems are reviewed from beat frequency receivers used in the 1950's, to computer controlled superheterodyne receivers in use today. Analog designs are prevalent throughout all these systems. -- To understand the received signal, a review of sonar fundamentals is presented. This includes the transmitter, the transmission medium (water) and the receiving hydrophone. The sonar equation is introduced as a means of calculating the detection level at the receiver. Background noise and problems caused by working in shallow water are also considered. -- An undersampled technique is used to reduce the data rate and the computational load on the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip. Signals from each of the tour hydrophone channels are multiplexed together and then digitized at 41 kHz. Digital data from each hydrophone is transferred to the DSP chip and grouped into blocks of 64 points. A fast Fourier transform (FFT) is used to convert each block into the frequency domain. Transmitter frequency is deemed detected if the magnitude response at one of the transmitter frequencies is greater than the threshold. -- Undersampling equations are developed to give upper and lower bounds on the sampling frequency for each of the frequency folds. In the frequency domain, the effect of smearing on adjacent transmitter frequencies is investigated as a function at sample rate and bandwidth. Bit growth problems when using fix-point FFT calculations are also discussed. -- The system is designed wherever possible with existing components, in order to keep the cost of a prototype low. Finally, simulations of the DSP source code confirm that the system performs as designed.

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Immigration and Rural Canada: Research and Practice (Final Report)

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The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) and Rural Development Institute (RDI) partnered in delivering National Rural Think Tank 2005- Immigration and Rural Canada: Research and Practice, which was held in Brandon, Manitoba on April 28. The event drew fifty invited participants representing the areas of policy, research and community from across Canada. Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), Manitoba Labour and Immigration (LIM), New Rural Economy (NRE), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), CRRF’s National Rural Research Network (NRRN), Rural Secretariat and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) provided financial support for the event. Objectives of the Think Tank included: to identify and clarify the pertinent issues surrounding rural immigration policy, research and practice; to inform participants of the existing policy and opportunities surrounding rural immigration within the framework of “the present rural reality”; to connect the perspectives of research, policy and application by engaging interests, opinion and expertise from broad fields; to provide an opportunity for networking, facilitating future follow up on the theme; to mobilize people and ideas towards a national rural immigration agenda; and to promote active participation and contributions from all in attendance.

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Mapletree Logistics Trust - OCBC Investment 2017-07-11: Capital Recycling In Motion

Mapletree Logistics Trust: - OCBC Investment 2017-07-11: Capital Recycling In Motion MAPLETREE LOGISTICS TRUST M44U.SI

Mapletree Logistics Trust: - Capital Recycling In Motion

  • Divestment at attractive valuations.
  • Solid execution capabilities.
  • Positives likely priced in.

Recent divestment of two Japan properties above valuation

  • Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) recently announced the proposed divestment of two of its freehold properties (Zama Centre and Shiroishi Centre) in Japan to Godo Kaisha Asset Toshi Jigyo 4 Go for an aggregate sale consideration of JPY13.5b (~S$165.4m). This translates into an exit NPI yield of ~4.3% and an attractive premium of 32% and 10% above their latest combined valuation and purchase price of JPY10.2b and JPY12.3b, respectively.
  • MLT expects to recognise an estimated divestment gain of ~JPY234m (~S$2.9m) over the original purchase cost after providing for taxes and transaction related expenses. This gain will be distributed to MLT’s unitholders.

Acquired ten properties in FY17

  • Management was active on the acquisition front in FY17, acquiring ten properties valued at ~S$313m, with eight located in Australia and one each in Malaysia and Vietnam. Besides having a weighted average occupancy of 100%, the ten assets also provide MLT with a healthy initial weighted average NPI yield of 8.0%.
  • MLT has also been rejuvenating its portfolio by embarking on AEIs and redevelopment projects to increase the specifications and attractiveness of its assets to unlock value for its unitholders.
  • Another proactive approach taken by MLT is the management of its single-user asset (SUA) leases, which account for only 2.9% of its lease expiries (by NLA) in FY18. This would mitigate the risks if the SUA leases were converted to multi-tenanted buildings.

Maintain HOLD

  • We factor in MLT’s Japan divestments in our model, and assume that the net proceeds would be largely used to pare down its existing debt. We also increase our occupancy assumptions for some of MLT’s properties.
  • Overall, our FY18 and FY19 DPU forecasts are trimmed by 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively.
  • Given MLT’s stronger balance sheet and improved sentiment in the S-REITs space, we also lower our cost of equity assumption from 8.2% to 8.0%, which results in a slightly higher fair value estimate of S$1.15 (previously S$1.14).
  • Nevertheless, we are maintaining our HOLD rating on MLT as we believe its solid execution capabilities as highlighted earlier and positives have already been priced in by the market.

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Secondary Edible Parts of Vegetables

This article by M. J. Stephens, University of Florida, Department of Horticulture, appeared in “Vegetarian,” 98-05.

The culinary reputation of most vegetables is based primarily on the edible qualities of one or sometimes two primary parts of the plant. For example, the tomato is the leading garden vegetable, due to the popular appeal of its fruit, while the turnip contributes both its root and its leaves as table fare. For home gardeners who grow and have the entire vegetable plant at their disposal, other plant parts may be edible, although perhaps not so tasty as the main product. For non-gardeners, however, there is little option for eating parts other than those offered for sale.

The following is a list of ordinary garden vegetables with both commonly-eaten parts and less-frequently eaten parts. Obviously, in a list such as this, there may be quite a few omissions.

Although many of the secondary plant parts are edible, their popularity as food items is diminished by lack of proper flavor or unfavorable texture. For example, the leaves of practically all the cabbage family are edible, but the strong flavors of some species are disagreeable or too strong for most people’s taste.

The edible leaves and stem tips of sweet potato vines are well known in many parts of the world. Often considered a poor man’s food, sweet potato foliage has a rich protein content that helps supplement the nutritional value of the roots.

As for all vegetable parts, there is a great deal of variation within varieties in flavor and culinary characteristics of these secondary parts. For example, some sweet-potato stem tips in certain varieties are bitter, with a resinous flavor that is too strong.

Quite often, cooking is necessary to make the parts edible. Raw leaves eaten fresh may even be slightly poisonous in some cases.

Vegetable Common Edible Parts Other Edible Parts
Beans, snap pod with seeds leaves
Beans, lima seeds pods, leaves
Beets root leaves
Broccoli flower leaves, flower stem
Carrot root leaves
Cauliflower immature flower flower stem, leaves
Celery leaf stems leaves, seeds
Corn, sweet seeds young ears, unfurled tassel, young leaves
Cucumber fruit with seeds stem tips and young leaves
Eggplant fruit with seeds leaves edible but not flavorful
Kohlrabi swollen stem leaves
Okra pods with seeds leaves
Onions root young leaves
Parsley tops roots
Peas, English seeds pods, leaves
Peas, Southern seeds, pods young leaves
Pepper pods leaves after cooking, immature seeds
Potatoes, Sweet roots leaves and stem shoots
Radish roots leaves
Squash fruit with seeds seeds, flowers, young leaves
Tomato fruits with seeds leaves contain alkaloids
Turnip roots, leaves ———-
Watermelon fruit — interior pulp and seeds rind of fruit

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It’s a Parsnip, it’s a Carrot – No, it’s Parsley Root

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Parsley RootMy choice for this weeks unusual vegetable is Parsley Root (Petroselinum crispum variety tuberosum), also known as Rooted parsley, Turnip-Rooted Parsley, Dutch Parsley, Hamburg Parsley or Heimischer. It’s a winter root that has been used for centuries for soups and stews in the “Old World” but is fairly unknown and underutilized everywhere else – at least in the culinary community.

Parsley root extract has been shown to be useful for chronic liver and gallbladder diseases. It is a diuretic, blood purifier, carminative, and hepatic.

The parsnip-like root is white, dry and has a flavor somewhat like celery, turnips, and, of course, parsley. It’s usually available August through April, being at it’s peak in November through February. Use it like you would a parsnip, carrot, celery root or turnip. Think aromatic, a little aggressive, herbal and pungent.

It pairs beautifully with other roots in dishes like:

Caramelized Assorted Root Vegetables
Roasting vegetables is an age-old technique that releases natural sugars. By combining several vegetables and cooking them slowly until they are caramelized and sweet, I take that method one step further and achieve an enticing medley of flavors and textures. You could serve these humble root vegetables alone or with almost any roasted meat, game or poultry. Add a salad of tossed greens to your menu to round out the meal. The recipe can be doubled or tripled if necessary, but divide the mixture between several pans so the cooking process is not affected.

For the Roasted Root Vegetables
4 ounces pearl onions
1 head garlic
4 carrots
2 parsnips
2 turnips
2 parsley roots
2 Yukon Gold, 6 fingerling or other waxy potatoes
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive, plus more if needed
kosher salt and cracked black pepper, to taste

To Prepare the Roasted Root Vegetables: Preheat oven to 350ºF.

Fill a medium-sized saucepan two-thirds full with water and set over high heat. Bring water to a boil. Add onions and boil one minute or slightly longer to loosen skins. Remove onions with a slotted spoon and let cool. When onions are cool enough to handle, use a paring knife to loosen skins, then slip off the skins and discard. Set onions aside.

Separate the head of garlic into cloves and lightly smash each clove using the side of a large knife to loosen the skin. Remove the skin and set garlic cloves aside. Peel carrots, parsnips, and parsley root then cut into pieces about 2-inches long. Peel turnips and potatoes, halve lengthwise, then cut each half into 1-inch thick slices. Set all vegetables aside.

In a large, heavy roasting pan or in a large, ovenproof sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat until almost smoking. Add the vegetables and sauté, stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and season vegetables with salt and pepper.

Transfer pan with vegetables to oven. Roast, stirring every 5 minutes, until vegetables are lightly browned and tender when pierced with a knife, 30 to 35 minutes. If the vegetables start to stick to the bottom of the pan while roasting, add 1 to 2 tablespoons additional oil and toss again.

Remove pan from oven and taste and adjust seasoning.

Advance Preparation: These vegetables are best served immediately after they come out of the oven, but if you prefer, you can roast them ahead and reheat them just before serving.

Substitutions and Options: Any root vegetables will work; you may omit or add vegetables to suite your tastes and what is available in the market.

Makes 4 side dish servings