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OR how much fun is possible in 10 short days?!
I mentioned in my last post that I met Nathalie at Casa Mafalda Hotel and Cafe on the beach in Jacó. Nathalie was a really nice and outgoing young woman that was really interested in the journey I am on. I think the idea of complete freedom and aimless wandering struck a chord with her. When she found out that I was heading to Colombia, she offered up contacts in Bogotá and gave me some suggestions to check out. It was really nice to have someone pumping me up for my journey and the road ahead. Since repairing the bike, I was pretty sure I was South America bound.
Nathalie or Natty as I quickly dubbed her, invited me to come and stay in her home town of Tres Rios, a suburb of San Jose, Costa Rica. I was really excited to spend some time with a local Costa Rican family. I hadn't really had much of a connection with locals since leaving the Hernandez farm back in Oaxaca, Mexico. Natty suggested that I take the Cerro de la Muerte highway from Dominical to Tres Rios. With a name like Mountain of Death, how could I pass.
The highway was instantly incredible. I left the hot and sticky temps of Dominical behind, shooting into the jungle in the late afternoon golden sunlight. Instantly I was climbing. Consistent switchbacks wound round and round with walls of lush green jungle foliage cascading down to the highway. My smile was barely contained in my helmet as I throttled my way upward. Farm houses dotted the sides of the road and the vistas became broad and wide looking out over the steep valleys falling down to the ocean behing me. I could see clouds touching the mountain ahead of me and wondered if I should suit up in my rain gear. Enjoying the fresh cool mountain air for the first time in over a week, I decided to ride on into the clouds. There were moments of mist but no rain. My golden views vanished and I was in a room of light purple and the road continued to climb like a serpent on a vine.
I couldn't believe it but after another ten minutes of climbing toward the highest point of highway in the whole country, I actually broke out of the clouds back into the sunshine above them.
The air got nice and cool and the light was sublime...
I was wondering where the "Mountain of Death" was lurking because so far this was feeling like the "Highway to Heaven." But not long after clearing the pass it became obvious. Semis raced in the oncoming lane trying to keep their momentum on the way up, and around every blind corner was a descending semi trying with all its might to stay in control. This equated to engine braking and spewing clouds of thick black smoke out of the stacks. And of course doing 10 - 15 mph to stay in control. It is nearly impossible to do 15 mph on Gigante, so I was forced to pass groups of semis on these narrow mountain roads. "Mountain of Death," not so much a mystery anymore.
I made it through the madness and came into Tres Rios shortly after sunset. Natty met me at the local shopping mall and escorted me to a nice little Bed & Breakfast run by a feller from Washington State, who had settled here in Tres Rios long ago with his Costa Rican wife. I was able to do my laundry and make some small repairs to my bike while Nathalie finished her work week.
I made the bike ready for a two-up adventure back to the Nicoya Peninsula to meet up with Curt and Melissa from Colorado. A new highway had just been opened from San Jose to Puntarenas. A long awaited thoroughfare that had been under construction for many years was finally open for business. We hopped on Gigante and roosted off for the coast. The highway was a toll highway, and having Nathalie on the back ready to pay the tolls as we passed through was very convenient. We reached the coast just as the sun was setting.
It was a good thing I'd given Nat a quick lesson on how to properly jump off the bike in case of a slow motion tip over. When I raced off the highway to snap this shot of the setting sun, I pulled right into deep sand in the parking area. Of course the front tire washed out and unable to hold up the weight of Gigante, gear and a passenger, the bike was soon on the ground. Like a pro, Nathalie had gracefully jumped clear of the bike and was instantly there helping lift the bike back to its wheels all in time to still grab a shot of the sun sinking behind the Nicoya mountains on the other side of the bay. I was embarrassed for dropping the bike in the sand but we laughed it off as the near full moon rose over the river on our way to the ferry docks.
It was well after dark when we reached the docks. We had missed the 5:30pm ferry to Paquera, but there was another leaving shortly for Playa Naranjo, which was only 30 km's or so North of Paquera. It seemed like an easy decision as we'd arrive in Naranjo before the next ferry even departed for Paquera.
We watched the lights of Puntarenas fade away in the distance and enjoyed some icy Imperial beers on the ride across the Golfo de Nicoya. An hour and a half later, we were riding off the ferry into the dark night of Nicoya. What I'd forgotten about my previous trip through this area is that the road from the docks in Playa Naranjo is rough dirt all the way to Paquera. During the day, this isn't much of a challenge but in the dark following a line of cars fresh from the ferry, it turned into a dusty white-knuckled affair. The distance to Cabuya on the southern tip of the peninsula suddenly became longer than I wished in the black night. Not to worry though, Natty quickly came to the rescue pulling her cellular phone out saying she might have a contact that could help us out.
Next thing I know, we're headed to a friend's house in Playa Tambor. I didn't really care who's house or where we'd sleep, I was just ready to be off of Gigante and relaxing. We pulled up to a security gate and were soon whisked into a high security golf resort. Josh from Holland was our gracious host for the evening. With some quick introductions aside, he pointed me up into the carport and instructed me to park next to the 6 seat golf cart resting on the white tile floor. Before I could even get my riding gear off, Josh had a cold beer in my hand and was leading me out to the poolside palapa.
O.k. this will do...
We relaxed for a while in the refreshing blueness of the pool, sipping on cocktails before heading down to the beach to take in some Tambor moonlight.
The next day we were off in search of my Vail friends Curt and Melissa. I had a clue that they were in Cabuya but wasn't certain. We rode through the beautiful Nicoya countryside past Montezuma and pulled up to the Howler Monkey Hotel. Sure enough, they were there and stoked to have a beer before they set out to catch dinner.
We relaxed in the picture perfect tranquility of the afternoon hoping the fish were biting for the Colorado Contingency.
The Howler Monkey Hotel was a conglomeration of "A" frame cabins set in a cluster around the pool with a fantastic shoreline. Complete with a toe munching guard dog, not much could improve this little oasis.
When the boat returned and I saw this catch unloaded from the boat, I was a bit worried that we'd be going hungry...
But Curt and Melissa, red from the sun and buzzed from the beer, managed to haul in a couple of nice tuna as well.
Nathalie grabbed a pad of paper and jotted down the necessary supplies needed from the grocery store, while Curt and I gathered wood for a fire.
The full moon rose perfectly out of the calm bay while we readied ourselves for dinner with more cold Imperial cervezas.
It is pretty much impossible to beat tuna cooked over a bed of coals on the beach. Especially tuna that has been out of the water for less than an hour. We dined until our bellies were about to burst. The beers gave way to a bottle of rum and soon we found ourselves bouncing about in Curt's rental 4x4 SUV through the backroads of Nicoya night. Sitting in the back seat with Natty, dj'ing from the iPod, high school nostalgia of riding around listening to music on a mobile party cruise flooded my headspace. It was the third full moon in sixty days. We made our way to the big beaches of Santa Teresa, stopping here and there at beachside bars buzzing in bliss.
Big Moon. Big Fun.
The next day Curt and Melissa made their way back to San Jose to catch their flight back to the snowy cold of Colorado. Natty and I made our way back to Santa Teresa to spend our afternoon on the beach soaking in the goodness of this little slice of surf and sand.
Natty put us up in an incredible hotel called the Luz de Vida. We relaxed on the beach all afternoon and a better part of the next day.
Eventually we had to saddle up and head back to the real world of San Jose.
We had a beautiful ride back to Paquera and made the ferry with perfect timing.
The extended weekend may have come to an end, but the adventure certainly had not.
Tuesday morning found us out the door at 6 am and headed for the airport. But neither of us would be flying today. Nathalie is an air-traffic controller and we were bound for radar control. I was fortunate enough to get a backstage view of the wild world of air trafficking.
Natty's current job is to rewrite the flight plans for the whole country. Here she shows me the current route to Limon on the Caribbean coast. The radar office was busy with activity from the moment we arrived. When the bossman arrived I wasn't sure if I'd be booted from the chaos or welcome watching the action. Instead I was escorted straight to his office for an official Q&A session. Manuel was an incredibly friendly fellow. Dressed for business aside from a pair of riding boots poking out from his pressed dress pants. We talked excitedly about motorcycling and the pure freedom of riding. Turns out that most of Nathalie's coworkers are riders as well. I thought I heard a familiar rumble when Manuel arrived...
He rides a fine specimen of American Steel. A far cry from my filthy black beast, I was a bit jealous seeing all that chrome and raw V-twin power.
After work, we made a quick departure heading back to Tres Rios to get Gigante out for some excercise. Nathalie was even more excited than I was to get back out on the Costa Rican roads. Lucky for us Costa is packed coast to coast with killer riding. Today, we were off for a tour to the clouds again. This time onto the flanks of Volcano Turrialba.
The whole place was vacant. It was awsome to be there relaxing in the sunshine looking up at this big beast of earthly creation sleeping peacefully. But without warning the clouds came in. In a matter of minutes it turned from cool sunshine to cold mist.
We saddled up and followed the cowboys down the road. Slipping and sliding on the muddy gravel, relieved when we made it to the shiny wet pavement that switchbacked down into the town on the sides of the volcano. When I saw this little oasis in the misty rain, I had to stop for a sample.
Chicharrones are my favorite snack. I first got hooked back in Mexico. Fried pork fat. Who could resist? Certainly not me. Healthy? Certainly not. Tasty? Yes.
On the way into the funky little roadside diner, we found out why we had Turrialba to ourselves...
The town had been evacuated only days earlier for a pending eruption. Interesting.
I had other things on my mind preventing the news from sinking in too deeply. Fried pork. Unlike the dry crunchy creations of Mexico, these Chicharrones had more meat attached to the fatty skin and were fried in a pan instead of being deep fried. Our pastoral hosts were happy to give me the full instruction on eating these delicacies. With a squeeze of lime and a touch of salt I quickly found myself in adipose heaven.
Washed down with some piping hot coffee, I couldn't be better prepared to brave the wet and cold. We got on Gigante and b-lined it back to Tres Rios. What a great day. Again!
By now this would have been a full vacation for most, but Natty had more adventure in store. When she came home from work the next day to scoop me up from her mother's incredible hospitality, she announced that another Volcano was in store. The weather was incredibly beautiful and beckoning us to come play in the sun. So off we went for another winding climb. This time to the Irazu Volcano crater. Last time this guy blew, it covered the whole of San Jose in thick ash.
Talk about Imperialist expansion... All I could do was laugh when I found this token of USGS presence here in Costa Rica. Some 11,350' above sea level in the center of their country, Washington D.C. making itself known.
We soaked in the views until the park ranger raced up in a Toyota Hilux sending us on our way down the volcano. The green countryside hid any sense of previous explosive behavior. Natty guided us to an incredible little Italian restaurant for a glass of vino and a killer sunset.
Another awesome day.
When I awoke, I was surprised that Nathalie was still home. She told me she'd taken the day off of work so we could have another adventure before I made my departure for destinations south. So I readied my gear and the motorcycle. Topping off my coolant tank with fresh florescent fluid and the oil tank with fully-synthetic racing oil, we were set. She came to the garage with a huge smile on her face... "G. we're going flying," she stated matter of factly.
I haven't mentioned that not only is Nathalie an air-traffic controller but a pilot as well! Lucky me. So hours from the ocean by bike, I was told to get my suit packed, we were going to the beach! Moments later we were pulling into the General Aviation hangars, meeting our host and pilot friend, Heiner Rojas. (Who reminded me quite a bit of one Steven Heideman.) Our plane TI-AWA, Tango India - Alpha Whiskey Alpha, was waiting in the sunshine.
I got to fly shotgun while Heinar flew us out to the coast. I can only imagine how hard it was for Nathalie to sit in the back seat. It would be like me sitting behind someone on a motorcycle. But after visiting with an expat pilot from Alaska that owned the private strip we landed on in Quepos, and a nice swim in the ocean, we were back on our way to San Jose. Nathalie flew us back. It was fun to watch her flying us. It's got to be such a rush flying a plane. I mentally added "learn to fly" to the bucket list.
Back on the ground in San Jose only hours after originally leaving.
I snapped a token shot of Gigante in front of a Piper Cherokee trainer. Little did I know that the two of them were about to have more in common than I'd care to admit.
I was having such a great time with Nathalie that I decided to stay for the weekend as well. I was waiting for Sam Miller, a rider I'd ridden with back in Mexico, to catch up to me. The plan was to ride with he and Daniel Hawes into Panama, party for Carnival and then start looking for a way to get us and the bikes to Colombia. But since Sam and Daniel were still a few days behind enjoying the surf on the Nicoya, it gave me some extra time to chill with Natty.
We had stellar weather again on Saturday so we went for a ride up into coffee country. I had seen some nice dirt roads from the air as we flew over and wanted to get a ground level view as well.
It was election weekend so we spent Sunday voting and showing support for my favorite candidate. In the evening we went to my favorite pub and watched the results roll in. I was amazed that the election tallies took second stage to the NFL Superbowl being broadcast live. Too bad for the Colts...
Laura Chinchilla won the election quite handily. We'll see what she does for the people of Costa Rica. I managed to get my hands on a Costa Rican flag for my mirror. My time here in Costa was quickly coming to an end. In the morning, I prepared my bike, said some teary goodbyes to Nathalie and her mother and sister: my adoptive family. Sad to be going, but knowing that the show must go on. If I didn't leave Tres Rios soon, I knew there was a good chance I never would.
Thank You Nathalie for such a great week to cap off an outstanding visit to your beautiful country!
Leaving is never easy...
Natty and Piper...

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New Delhi, Oct.31 (ANI): Famed Bharatanatyam, Odissi and Kuchipudi dancer Dr. Yamini Krishnamurti presided over the Arangetram of one of her students, H.Sangeetha Prasad, at the Delhi Karnataka Sangha Auditorium here on Friday (October 30).
Arangetram, which is derived from the Tamil word ‘Arangu (Stage) and ‘Etram’ (To Enter), marks the on stage solo debut of a classical dancer following arduous training under her guru’s tutelage. The dancer finally presents the ‘Margam’ or ‘Complete Range’ on stage before an invited audience, and is seen as a significant milestone in the life of a dancer, besides demonstrating her evolution as a solo performer.
Talking about her student, Dr. Krishnamurti said, “Sangeetha has a great passion for dance and she has natural talent for Abhinaya. With the blessings of Lord Nataraja and Lord Venkateshwara, she will have a bright and successful future.”
Sangeetha was blessed by Sri Sri Vidhyaprasannatheerta Swami, the head of the Sri Subrahmanya Mutt, Kukke Subrahmanya, who was one of the guests of honour.
Union Law and Justice Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel were the other guests of honour at Sangeetha’s Arangetram.
Sangeetha has had flair for dance and the finer arts since the age of eight. She is now, a young computer engineer and married to a software engineer. Both have a son named Aniketh.
She said that her passion for dance made her come back from London to complete her Arangetram. Sangeetha has also completed Prarambik, Praveshika, Pratham, Praveshika Poorna in Carnatic music.
Her guru, Dr. Yamini Krishnamurti has been imparting training to young aspiring dancers at her Yamini School of Dance in Delhi since 1990.
Bharatanatyam is one of oldest dance forms of the country, originating and nurtured in the temples of southern India. It is handed doen as a living tradition from generation to generation, reflecting emotions, melody and dance. (ANI)

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I’m just thinking it would be a good idea to have some sort of rating system for the applications I review in the book. The writing would assess their creativity quotient. So applications that you can use to be more creative with would get a higher rating. Applications like Pixelmator for iPad and Procreate would have the highest rating and applications such as any of the apps which just allow you to slap a filter on the whole of a photo would be lower or at the bottom. Applications such as Painterly would be nearer to the top because it is possible to use its facilities for tracing images in a creative way. It all depends on how you use it! You could for example choose one single effect and brush the whole of the image with that effect. Or you could do what I did, which was to bring in parts of images I had already worked on in iColorama as a collage and build up a creative piece of art work. I have the idea at the moment to use some of the grunge types of images I have and build them up into some sort of futuristic landscape. It would be easier to do that in Affinity Photo because I can turn images around to fit a perspective of a landscape. The only thing I can do with Painterly would be to use images that work already in terms of perspective.
I still think that there’s some creativity involved in those applications that just do the one thing, but do it well. If you know what the application can do and you make the creative decision to dive into the application do that one thing and get out again that’s okay. It’s better still if you can use that as a part of the larger creative process and bring images you’ve already worked on into that application to finish off. Same as if you might start in that less creative application and then move the results from it into other applications to develop further. Creativity is about having the tools making the decisions to use them and often being surprised by some serendipity and deciding to keep it.


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More COVID-19 Relief: FASB to Defer Implementation Deadlines
During the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many businesses are, at best, facing unprecedented operational challenges and, at worst, struggling to avoid bankruptcy. In such dire circumstances, the last thing management wants to think about is updating the company’s systems and records to comply with new accounting rules. Fortunately, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has unanimously decided to propose one-year deferrals of the updated revenue recognition and leases standards for certain entities, including specific types of businesses and nonprofits. Here are the details.
Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), took effect in 2018 for public companies, and 2019 for private companies. It replaces a plethora of industry-specific revenue guidance with a principles-based five-step model for reporting revenues earned from customer contracts.
The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods, but not for interim periods. So, private companies are currently in the process of adopting the guidance, and the audit of their first set of financial statements under Topic 606 is in process for many private companies.
On April 8, the FASB decided to give privately owned franchisors the option to defer the effective date of the revenue recognition standard to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020. The FASB also added a research project to its agenda to evaluate how to reduce implementation costs associated with applying the guidance to initial franchise fees.
ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), took effect in 2019 for public companies. In November 2019, the updated guidance was deferred to 2021 for private companies. The update requires companies to report — for the first time — the full magnitude of their long-term lease obligations on the balance sheet.
The FASB has decided to amend the effective date of the updated leases standard for private companies and private not-for-profit entities to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, and to interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022.
The rules will also be amended for nonprofit entities that have issued or are conduit bond obligors for securities that are traded, listed, or quoted on an exchange or an over-the-counter market (public NFPs) and that have not yet issued financial statements. For these entities, the rules will change to take effect for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption will continue to be permitted.
“With respect to leases, I recognize that, with the dislocation that’s occurring, the need to divert resources,” said FASB Chairman Russell Golden. “There is a need to defer leases by one year in my mind, both with private companies as well as those not-for-profit conduit borrowers that have not issued their financial statements. It is that subcategory that I think is driving the need to do this in a timely manner as a lot of them have a June 30 year end and a lot of those entities are universities and hospitals and I think the deferral will go a long way.”
The pandemic has dislocated accounting staff and affected entities’ general transition plans. FASB members unanimously agreed to grant the deferrals, because they were sensitive to the implementation concerns brought out by the COVID-19 crisis.
“In this period of uncertainty for not only the organizations that are applying [U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles] but for users of the financial statements looking past the actual numbers and trying to look to the future about the entities, I think it’s important that we have as much stability as possible in the actual financial reporting space, so I feel very strongly [about] deferring,” said FASB member Marsha Hunt. “This is not the right environment in which to be introducing change, which brings with it risk of implementation issues… It’s more supportive of all entities if we could take this off their plate so that they can focus on their operational concerns right now.”
SIDEBAR: Congress Delays Credit Losses Standard for Large Public Banks
Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, was issued in response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis. It’s intended to force lenders to report losses earlier than under the prior guidance, which relied on an incurred-loss model. The changes were scheduled to go into effect for most public companies in 2020.
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, large public insured depository institutions (including credit unions), bank holding companies and any affiliates have the option to temporarily delay measuring credit losses on financial instruments under the new current expected credit losses (CECL) methodology. The delay will last until year end or until the national emergency declaration for COVID-19 is lifted, whichever comes first.
Under the CECL model, banks and other financial entities will be required to forecast into the foreseeable future to predict losses over the life of a loan and then immediately book those losses. Measuring losses could be challenging in today’s uncertain marketplace.
Smaller reporting companies, private businesses and nonprofits already had until 2023 to implement the credit losses standard. So, the CARES Act provision is moot for these entities.

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I’ve been thinking for a while about doing some kind of study-at-home course to learn more about the history of fashion.When I chose my university course all those years ago I didn’t choose things which particularly interested me, I chose something which I thought would be fun (I got to live abroad for a year) and which would help me get a job at the end of it all. Oh, how I’d do things differently if I did them now!
Anyway, I looked at the Open University and other places but nowhere seemed to do a purely academic fashion history course which lets you study from home.
So I went onto Amazon and had a look to see what I could find out for myself, and I found A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Catwalk to Sidewalk. It was just the ticket!
It gives a comprehensive history of fashion in the 20th and 21st centuries, including fashion trends, influential designers and much much more! I can’t claim to have read it all yet, but I’m gradually working my way though it and it’s absolutely fascinating. I’m hoping to be a real fashion history expert by the time I’ve finished!
It’s a fascinating fashion history text which is also surprisingly readable. A great improvement from a lot of the text books I had when I was at uni!
The second edition of this has just been released which also includes 21st Century fashion influences, trends and technology. Oh, and it is packed with illustrations and photos too! Anyway, that’s enough chatting from me, I want to get back to reading it…


The effect of the variation in the area sensitivity upon the calibration of instruments incorporating biplanar vacuum photodiodes for the measurement of laser power and energy is discussed. A technique for the measurement of the area sensitivity is described, and the experimental results for several tubes are given. At the present time it would appear to be difficult to use biplanar vacuum phctodiodes in devices to measure laser energy or power.
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Original Manuscript: September 14, 1972
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R. L. Smith and R. J. Phelan, "Limitations of the Use of Vacuum Photodiodes in Instruments for the Measurement of Laser Power and Energy," Appl. Opt. 12, 795-798 (1973)


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Insurance Magnate Pays Big to Divorce Wife
Wondering why you are paying a lot for insurance? Perhaps some of your premiums are going to help pay the divorce settlement of insurance bigwig, John Charman. According to an article on Business Week, Britain's court of appeals has upheld a previous lower court decision to give Charman's ex-wife a settlement that equals almost 37 percent of his total assets. The final pay-out will be well over $50 million US.
Charman claims the settlement is grossly unfair.
Both Charman and his wife came into the game without a penny. From humble beginnings, Charman then built an insurance empire. He is currently president and chief executive of Bermuda-based Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. (Previously, Charman was the senior deputy chairman of the Lloyd's insurance market.) Axis Capital is listed on both European and North American stock exchanges. When Charman set up Axis Capital Holdings, he was aiming to cash in on the US surge in insurance premiums after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Why would Charman want into the US market? Well, after 9/11, property insurance in the US became much more expensive, as insurers whined about risk and claims. While insurance on office towers may have gone up, home and other property insurance was also suddenly more expensive. This happened across the market, even when the self-same insurers weren't directly part of the group that was being sued in the wake of the loss of the twin towers. This overall increase in premium made the US market much more appealing, and that's what likely drew Charman.
Charman will not be left a pauper by his divorce by any means. In the 2005 financial year alone, Charman was paid $7,741,762, and had stock options of $42,027,204 in Axis. With this kind of compensation, it is understandable that much of his estate is based on insurance stocks.
Why would this affect your insurance premiums? Well, insurers are increasingly influenced by the shareholders in their companies. These shareholders are looking for bigger and bigger profits, and higher and higher share prices. In this case, if Mr. Charman is going to pay off Mrs. Charman with cash as opposed to assets, he's going to be needing a lot of healthy profit from his stocks to do that. I have to wonder if anyone will be tracking to see if Axis itself or insurers who are downstream of Charman's Axis Capital Holdings - using Axis for reinsurance for instance - will be jacking up premiums to help cover the president's divorce costs.
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Pathways & interactions
TNF receptor-associated factor 5, MATH domain (IPR037308)
Short name: TRAF5_MATH
Overlapping homologous superfamilies
- MATH/TRAF domain (IPR002083)
- TNF receptor-associated factor 5, MATH domain (IPR037308)
TNF receptor-associated factor 5 (TRAF5) is an adapter protein and signal transducer that links members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family to different signaling pathways by association with the receptor cytoplasmic domain and kinases. TRAF5 mediates activation of NF-kappa-B and probably JNK [PMID: 8663299, PMID: 8790348, PMID: 10449775, PMID: 17633015]. TRAF5 contains a RING finger domain, five zinc finger domains, and a TRAF domain.
The TRAF domain can be divided into a more divergent N-terminal alpha helical region (TRAF-N), and a highly conserved C-terminal MATH subdomain (TRAF-C) with an eight-stranded beta-sandwich structure. TRAF-N mediates trimerization while TRAF-C interacts with receptors [PMID: 10206649, PMID: 10518213].
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The Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine in Kiev presents the Milovzorov Family “Dynastic Chronicles”, which is held as part of the museum project “Family Values - Family Relationships”. The exhibition includes paintings, graphics and sculpture of Alexander Milovzorov, Honored Artist of Ukraine, paintings and graphics of his daughters - Oksana Milovzorova and Alexandra Shekhireva.
Alexander Petrovich Milovzorov exchanged the ninth ten lives. His scrupulous approach to the creation of works makes it easy to cope with different materials - glass, ceramics, metal. All works of the master, filled with meaning and mystery. The works of the author are not like any other, they are different and always amazing.
Oksana Milovzorova invites you to look into the world of her fascination with the hot southern sun and gusts of hot wind, the aroma of the sea and the taste of fruits, the grace of white and the magic of bright - into the world of her fascination with Venice.
Alexander Shekhirev will present the images of the seven deadly sins that destroy the beautiful in man, which the Lord has bestowed upon Him - His eternal Soul.


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Cell Dogs joins Giving Tuesday 2021
We’re thrilled to join thousands of organizations across the globe in the largest Giving Day of the year. This is our one and only fundraiser of the year and we plan to raise $40,000.
Mark your calendar to support Cell Dogs on Giving Tuesday: November 30, 2021.
Thankfully, we have been able to weather this storm due to years of strict fiscal responsibility and voluntary furloughs. Moving forward, our participation in this year’s Giving Tuesday is more important than ever!
Our ability to sustain and grow our programs is solely dependent on private and corporate donations. Participating correctional facilities do not provide any financial assistance and now all county contracts must be specified as “non-financial.” Ouch!
We love what we do and would greatly appreciate your support during this important annual event.
Sincerely, Janette Thomas
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Donate now for our Giving Tuesday fundraiser. Thank you!
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Ahead of the premiere of BMF on Starz, Jalen Rose guides us through his hometown of Detroit to discuss his unique upbringing during the Black Mafia Family era.
After making history as the first African-American woman to develop her own primetime series, she said her new half-hour Starz dramedy explores the same themes.
Julia Goldani Telles, best-known as rebellious teen Whitney Solloway on “The Affair,” stars in Season 3 of Steven Soderbergh's Starz anthology series “The Girlfriend Experience.”
Rainey, 19, says he's feeling "anxious" about his first starring role in a series, the "Power" spinoff "Power Book II: Ghost."
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An English producer and multi-instrumentalist who first caught the public's attention during the mid-'90s Brit-pop scene with his popular DJ sets on Blur's Parklife tour, Andy Lewis is also an accomplished solo artist and the bass player for Paul Weller -- he is also a member of the bands Pimlico, the Red Inspectors, and Spearmint. He released his debut solo outing, Billion Pound Project, in 2005, followed by You Should Be Hearing Something Now! In 2007, both of which were released via Acid Jazz Records. The mini-album 41 arrived in 2011, followed in 2014 by the digital releases Songs for a South Herts Symphony, Bassetlaw, and Get Ready!, the latter of which was credited to Lewis, Doyle Twyman. In 2017 Lewis teamed up with seminal U.K. folk vocalist Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention, Trader Horne, Giles, Giles and Fripp) for the bucolic folk-pop LP Summer Dancing. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
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Synopsis: Coming from two countries at odds with each other, Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi) strives to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures, while boldly challenging the labels society is so quick to project upon her. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant, Leila navigates her relationships at arm’s length in an effort to keep her “real” life separate from her family life. However, when her secret is unceremoniously revealed, so are the distinct parallels between her life and that of her mother Shireen (Niousha Noor). Punctuated by a bright color palette, snappy comedic relief, and vibrant dance numbers, The Persian Version delivers an honest portrayal of a woman who remains unapologetically herself, blended seamlessly into a heartfelt story about family, belonging, and the undeniable influence of pop music.
Winning both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, writer-director-producer Maryam Keshavarz delivers a universal and timely story of the Iranian and the Iranian-American experience.
The Persian Version is written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz (Circumstance). The Persian Version - Only in theaters on October 20 in New York and Los Angeles. Coming Soon to a theater near you! (Rated: R. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance)
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STORIES like Marlion Pickett's Grand Final heroics on debut might be a thing of the past should clubs be forced to cut welfare and development staff from football departments in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown, Richmond CEO Brendon Gale has warned.
The Tigers took a punt on the 27-year-old Pickett in last year's NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft, completing an inspiring redemption story for the classy midfielder after he was imprisoned for robbery-related offences in 2010.
Pickett was the first player to debut in an AFL/VFL Grand Final in 67 years, producing a stunning display on the big stage to help lead Richmond to its second premiership victory in three years.
However, with clubs across the competition forced to stand down 80 percent of their staff recently due to the game's suspension as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and with more cost cutting expected to follow, Gale is concerned such stories soon won't be possible.
ALL CLUBS WILL SURVIVE AFL chief dismisses merger talk
"I just wonder, if we're going to make really hard choices and priorities, clubs won't be able to take those risks," Gale told Fox Footy.
"Clubs won't have those environments or the resources to bring on those sorts of people, to develop and grow them and realise their potential.
"As we try to forge a way forward in anticipation of significant reductions in revenue, clubs are going to have to really prioritise the non-negotiables in the football ecosystem."
Competition is currently suspended until at least the end of May 31, with the League set to determine if further stoppages in play are required at the end of April.


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Microsoft unveils its first 13.5-inch notebook computer, the Surface Book, which it calls the "ultimate laptop."
From the Cheapskate: This powerful second-gen Chromebook features a 1080p display, 4GB of RAM and impressive speakers.
The tech giant files a patent application for a built-in fuel cell system that could power electronics for "days or even weeks without refueling."
Mainstream systems upgrade to Intel's new Skylake chips, but also offer entry level options.
Microsoft's new Surface Book hinge is a "dynamic fulcrum". Its screen detaches and converts into a clipboard device.
Google's challenger to Microsoft Windows has found a successful niche in schools. With the Dell Chromebook 13, Google hopes to lure business buyers and others who want a premium product.
From the Cheapskate: It's that time of year! But before you make the traditional choice, see if perhaps your student wouldn't benefit from an "alternative" PC.
Along with 14 and 15-inch models, the revamped Envy line highlights a rare new 17-inch laptop.
The consumer-electronics company has refreshed its Satellite C, L and S series clamshells as well as its Fusion and Radius touchscreen convertibles with prices starting at $395.
Acer took to IFA Berlin to push a full lineup of new Chromebooks, notebooks, desktops, and monitors with a strong emphasis on its new Predator gaming line.

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Republican nominee Donald Trump has made yet another controversial statement that has prompted criticism from politicians.
At a rally on Aug. 9, 2016, Trump spoke critically of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s position on gun control, saying she would take guns away from Americans if she is elected and able to choose new Supreme Court judges. But he didn’t stop there.
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks,” he said. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”
Trump later said he was trying to rally supporters to vote against Clinton.
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A late Edin Dzeko goal earned City a vital three points at The Hawthorns, completing a comeback produced despite playing the majority of the match with 10 men.
Platt thinks that being able to recover from James Milner's red card to earn a last-gasp victory shows the strength of character at the club.
He told BBC Sport: "It was a strange game which was full of incident.
"We thought we controlled the first half, despite going down to 10 men, and it was tremendous how we stuck together in the second half and created so many chances. It's a great fillip to win after playing for almost 70 minutes with 10 men."
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Law drafted on judge removal to be placed in budget session: Minister
The draft of a law, determining specific rules for removal of Supreme Court judges on grounds of incapacity and misbehaviour will be placed in the upcoming budget session of parliament for its passage, the law minister said today.
The law ministry has prepared the draft of a law, Annisul Huq said while talking to reporters after attending a programme for district and session judges at Judicial Administration Training Institute in Dhaka.
The removal of SC judges has drawn huge criticism from different quarters.
“The independence of the judiciary will not be hampered due to amendment of the constitution,” he reiterated.
The government has finalised the draft of the law determining the rules in line with the constitution.
On September 17 last year, the parliament passed the 16th constitutional amendment bill, empowering itself amid widespread criticism of the ability to impeach SC judges for “misbehaviour and incapacity”.
President Abdul Hamid on September 22 last year gave his assent to the bill. With the president signing the bill, the chief justice-led Supreme Judicial Council system that was in place for 35 years to impeach SC judges ceased to exist.

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By Terry Antinora, VP and General Manager, Workplace Solutions Offerings, Xerox
As enterprises continue to define what the future of work looks like, leaders are realizing the importance of flexibility in supporting a decentralized workforce to keep their employees connected, collaborative, and their businesses moving ahead. Employers who are hesitant to adopt digital tools will only fall behind. The most successful organizations are, and will continue to be, the ones that recognize that work is happening everywhere, and teams need tools to support that. We no longer “go” to work—our work comes to us, no matter where we are.
In January 2020, a new report determined the evolution of technologies like powerful mobile devices, ultra-fast internet connections, and the proliferation of cloud-based storage and SaaS solutions were already fueling a rise in remote work. Flash forward nearly two years later—continued technological advancements coupled with the aftermath of the pandemic—have all but redefined what work looks like and where it gets done.
One of Xerox’s most recent product launches, Xerox® Workflow Central, a secure, cloud-based software platform providing access to workflow automation and digitization tools, helping today’s teams overcome everyday workflow challenges for unstoppable productivity, from any location, at any time. Whether turning handwriting into legible, editable, and shareable text, converting documents into audio files for accessibility and easy listening, translating documents to and from 40+ languages, or converting PDFs into Microsoft formats, the need for this has never been greater, and we’re seeing its value play out in real-time.
Working in a Collaborative World
An often cited concern about a decentralized workforce is the fear that collaboration among peers and teams will subside. In reality, the technology that exists today has never been more well-equipped to foster collaboration and seamless information sharing.
While Xerox Workflow Central provides a variety of solutions, one tangible example of its benefits can be seen with Aspen Pharmacare. The company is leveraging the platform to send and share documents that need to be translated and shared in multiple languages across their global teams and customers. Now, translations for Aspen Pharmacare are more accurate and reliable than ever, helping employees process documents faster from any location, enabling them to provide quicker, more precise service to their customers.
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Far before the pandemic, there was already a trending shift in how and where work gets done. Some data suggests that remote work has seen a 400% increase since 2010. Technology advancements over the last decade have also accelerated at breakneck speeds, making it easier to stay connected while traveling, commuting, at home, or in the office. Whether it’s video conferencing, collaborative messaging apps, or shared cloud-based workspaces, a growing number of tools and resources to get work done, are at workers’ disposal, wherever they might be.
In response to this broader market trend towards a decentralized workforce, (a trend that’s been unfolding for more than a decade), Xerox Workflow Central’s core capabilities were thoughtfully developed to enable tedious previously manual and repetitive tasks, to be automated using a suite of seamlessly integrated tech, to ensure the end-user’s experience was the same screen they are familiar with, there is nothing like having to do a lot more work, just to figure out a new system. Xerox Workflow Central works across a variety of devices and document types, taking the guesswork out of converting physical and digital files into usable formats.
Working in a Secure World
One of the chief characteristics of decentralized work is operating within cloud environments. While the cloud offers innumerable benefits, like improved collaboration and seemingly endless storage, the rise of cyber-attacks is leaving cloud environments vulnerable to breaches, and businesses are suffering due to unsecured networks and digitally unsafe operating practices. 71% of security professionals have seen an increase in security threats or cyberattacks since the coronavirus outbreak began, according to an IT and security professionals survey from Check Point and Dimensional Research.
While productivity is critical for business success, enterprises should be hyper-focused on ensuring their workflows are secure all the while. Xerox Workflow Central is compatible with Microsoft Azure security at every level for this very reason. This means that even when documents are transformed within Workflow Central, they’re protected by encryption and password protection services, allowing teams to confidently access and share knowledge without worry.
Change Is the Only Way to Move Forward
Organizations—both enterprises and SMBs—that fail to recognize the way the workforce has changed are only increasing the risk of self-harm. An SMB survey from Xerox, released earlier this year, found that 75% of respondents are more reliant on workflow technologies, compared with their pre-pandemic setups; 82% say digitizing paperwork is important to their survival; and 88% view security software and hardware that protects business information as core to their longevity.
Embracing digital tools and automated workflow options to support cultural shifts is the only way to ensure employee retention and keep businesses from falling behind. Investing in digital transformation solutions will only improve team productivity, wherever that team might be.


Here is a schematic diagram of the Mon Bouton water system, based on the parts list that a board member obtained from one of our contacts on 1/17/2011.
This quote calls for a Dankoff Solar Force Pump #3020-24 capable of pumping "1,200 gpd with 5 peak sun hours and 220’ of head." Here is drawn a "processed water" tank with Bill Farrar's Fountains of Hope recirculating electrolytic chlorine purifier (however, I have some questions about this).
The critical unknowns are: (1) volume available at source, (2) height of pump above source, (3) height or pressure head from pump to storage tank, (4) length of pipe,
(5) diameter of pipe, (6) volume needed for domestic use (any excess to be used for irrigation, avoiding the need for a shut-off float valve in the storage tank).
ABOUT US: Ours is a (very!) small local NGO "If Pigs Could Fly -
Helping Hillside Haiti"
planning to send a solar-pumped water supply system to the region of
Mon Bouton (not a town or even village, just a cluster of homes near
La Tournelle 3 hours walk up a dirt trail from the nearest road).
The objective is to reduce the time women have to spend fetching
water in buckets on their heads.
This is not a request for funds! Here's what we need:
We need to get height and distance measurements - and we are hoping through FB to connect with some boots and troops on the ground to collaborate with Elisee Abraham (our CEO - Chief Eternal Optimist) - up in the mountain zone and get us these details. Elisee (Toma) has told us that there are at least 3 possible sites for the pump.
Before sending anything, we are going to make sure it works, and has the
needed capacity - we will be piloting the apparatus here in northern California.
Please get in touch with us here or on FB? Thanks!
and board of If Pigs Could Fly Haiti!
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I saw that cabbage and can imagine the size and variety of fruits and vegetables available water con proliferate.
Im hoping many more Dreamers in Haiti.
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WRITING PROMPT FROM RUTH BEHAR
I love Margaret Atwood’s essay, “Nine Beginnings,” which is a piece she literally constructed from nine different beginnings in response to the question, “Why do you write?” She felt stuck that she couldn’t write a full-length essay on the topic, because she doesn’t like to write about writing, so she joined together her nine beginnings and that became the essay. Brilliant move! Here is a link to Atwood’s essay
For this prompt, I ask that you write an essay or poem in response to this question: “Why do you want to write about your ‘grabbed’ experience?”
Stitch the story together by connecting your different beginnings – they can be nine beginnings, as with Atwood, or fewer or more, as you wish.
Imagine you are writing a poem to a snail. The snail’s interest in your life is minimal, but it likes your voice, which echoes in its shell. And it savors the sound qualities of language: alliteration, assonance, rhythm. It doesn’t care what you tell it, just how you do. Tell it your experience in words that please you. Rhyme or don’t rhyme, as you like.
What words that have hurt you, or were meant to? List the ones you remember. How do they fit together? Do they represent a time in your life? A relationship? A place? Could any of them start a poem? Or end one?
Imagining you are writing a letter to one other person can be a good way to start sharing an experience, with an immediate feeling of intimacy and safety. Because “grabbed” experiences are universal in the world and history, these prompts also refer to time and space, which may help to frame the experience.
Imagine you are writing to a woman or man living 100 years from now. What do you want her/him to know about your “grabbed” experience?
Imagine you are writing to a suffragette or any other feminist who came before you.
How would you describe your “grabbed” experience to her?
Imagine you are writing about your experience to women or men in other countries.
Imagine you are writing to your younger self, who had the experience, or to your older self, who has healed from it.
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Writing Prompts to get your creativity flowing

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- The National Treasury estimates that deferred repayments for loan principals will amount to Sh42.23 billion in the current financial year ending June while reliefs on interest payments would hit Sh35.94 billion.
- Haron Sirima, the director-general for public debt management at the Treasury, said a variation in the strength of the shilling also helped to boost the size of savings.
Kenya projects savings of up to Sh78.17 billion after it signed debt repayment moratoriums with several rich countries, lifting pressure on its thinned domestic revenue collection.
The National Treasury estimates that deferred repayments for loan principals will amount to Sh42.23 billion in the current financial year ending June while reliefs on interest payments would hit Sh35.94 billion.
Haron Sirima, the director-general for public debt management at the Treasury, said a variation in the strength of the shilling also helped to boost the size of savings.
“The variance (in debt service costs) is also due to exchange rate assumptions whereby the Treasury assumed a weaker shilling,” Dr Sirima said.
“There was also change in forecast rules or assumptions where more often delayed disbursements mean debt servicing is pushed forward.”
The shilling last year depreciated by about 7.18 percent against the US dollar — which accounts for the lion’s share of the Kenyan debt stock— to 109.17 units. The shilling has, however, appreciated 2.18 percent since the beginning of this year to exchange at 106.79 against the greenback.
Kenya was initially reluctant to apply for debt suspension offers by rich countries but had a change of heart in January after domestic revenue collection missed target by 12.4 percent, or Sh115.9 billion, in the half-year period to December 2020 — hurt by the economic fallout of Covid-19.
The impact of the disease had battered the country’s tax revenue collection at a time more of its debts were falling due amid gaping fiscal deficits.
The about-turn also came when the country had breached its debt-carrying capacity with the external debt service to exports ratio hitting 23 percent in December last year, surpassing the 21 percent threshold.
Public debt-carrying capacity is the maximum amount of debt that a country can owe beyond which its income or growth can no longer increase.
With outlook reports from institutions such as the international Monetary Fund (IMF) showing Kenya was susceptible to export and market financing shocks, the country successfully applied for debt suspensions from the Paris Club of countries and China.
China, Kenya’s largest bilateral lender, accounted for 39 percent of the deferred debt which Nairobi secured in January. Chinese loans have financed the construction of rail lines, roads and other infrastructure projects in Kenya in the past decade.
The deal between Nairobi and Beijing saw Exim Bank of China suspend payment of Sh30.48 billion or 41.67 percent of the estimated Sh73.15 billion it was due to get this financial year ending June.
That was preceded by another deal with the Paris Club which cumulatively deferred about Sh32.9 billion on January 11 under the G20-led Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) framework.
Countries, which accepted debt reliefs for Kenya under the DSSI framework, included France, Italy, Japan, Spain, the US, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany and Republic of Korea.
The latest debt service cost estimates show Kenya will save Sh6.96 billion out Sh13.90 billion which was due to Italy this year while repayments to France have been cut by Sh4.33 billion from Sh8.68 billion.


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Meet Carl Joseph
Gainesville author Shelley Fraser Mickle has heard many incredible stories throughout her career, but she said she always will remember the day she first heard the story of Carl Joseph.
She was having lunch at a restaurant in Daytona Beach last spring, when a waiter accidentally dropped a copy of a newspaper into her lap. As she glanced at it, she was entranced by a photo of a one-legged athlete who had recently been inducted into the Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
The man, Carl Joseph, was born with only one leg, but had played varsity football, basketball and track in Madison County during the late 1970s by hopping around on his one good leg.
Mickle, who suffered from polio as a child, said Joseph was the perfect inspiration for her work at her newly founded Wild Onion Press, a publishing company that tells the stories of children with physical differences.
To Mickle, running across his story in that day's paper almost seemed like divine intervention.
"It was almost like a power beyond me brought [that newspaper] down," she said. "If you ever want to believe in angels, maybe one of them dropped the paper in my lap."
Since that day, Wild Onion Press has produced five children's books, including this month's release of "Some Called Me Superstar," a book written for middle-school boys that tells the story of Carl Joseph's life.
Kevin McCarthy, an area author and a Mickle acquaintance, worked closely with Joseph to write the book. McCarthy said that getting to know Joseph was a remarkable and inspiring experience. Both Mickle and McCarthy agreed that Joseph seems to have almost superhero-like qualities.
"If this were made up, then it wouldn't be believable," McCarthy said of the story.
McCarthy worked to make sure that the book was written in Joseph's voice, and he also added games, puzzles and pictures to keep young readers enthused.
Mickle said she is happy with the way the book turned out and thinks it will be an excellent tool for keeping children interested in reading and bringing acceptance to those with physical differences.
"There are no books that allow children who are physically different to be heroic, to be naughty, to be just a regular kid," she said. "And the more people read stories in which these children fill these roles, the more their differences are going to disappear."
Gainesville Police Department Cpt. Ed Book agreed that Joseph's story has much to offer, and he obtained a grant for $1,400 from Friends of Libraries USA to purchase 200 copies of "Some Called Me Superstar."
About 80 of these books will be distributed to public school students through school resource officers, and the rest will be donated to the Reichert House Youth Academy in Gainesville.
Joseph, 48, said he feels honored to have inspired so many people, and he said he only hopes that his story might help others to overcome whatever obstacles they face.
"It doesn't matter where you came from. It doesn't matter what people say about you. The only thing that matters is what you believe, and who you are," said Joseph. "And when you believe in yourself, you can overcome all that other negative stuff, like what a man says you can't do, or what a man says you can't have. Everything is based on your own belief."
Carl Joseph and Kevin McCarthy will be at the Marion County Public Library Headquarters, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 to speak and sign books. Books will be available for sale ($15), and there will be a six-minute video presentation with video clips and photos of Joseph's athletic career.
Books also are available for purchase at www.wildonionpress.com.
Athlete has inspirational story to tell


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Build Your Own PC Chapter 6: SATA Drive Setup
While building our "dream system," Chris learned extra-valuable lessons on how to configure Serial ATA (SATA) drives with Windows XP. Now, he's passing this lesson on to you.
For most custom systems that I configure, I will always start with the most basic configuration possible. We will need the system board, CPU, memory, video card and hard drive all installed into the chassis and connections made for at least the front panel power switch. While Windows XP is pretty good at identifying hardware during setup, it can get messed up with newer hardware that wasn't available at the time the software was shipped.
Our DFI LanParty Pro875B motherboard has four parallel ATA drive connectors. There are two standard connections (each supporting two drives), and then off to one corner are two more connections for IDE RAID support. Near the parallel IDE RAID connectors are the floppy connector and two SATA connectors identified as "SATA1" and "SATA2".
the DVD Drive
NOTE: Serial ATA drives are disabled by default in the DFI system BIOS. Before we can use SATA drives in this system, they must be enabled using the BIOS Setup menus. Power on the system, and press the "Delete" key to enter Setup.
After this, the Windows XP setup should proceed normally, asking for your acceptance of the EULA (End User License Agreement) and then on to selecting a partition to install Windows on. We will pick the first drive listed, and press "C" to create a partition. Once this has been done, a new entry appears in the list of locations "C: Partition1 [New (RAW)] - 131061 MB Free;" select this and press enter. The next screen that appears is the choice to Format the partition. I always select the default format rather than the "Quick" format since this looks for problems as the drive is being prepared. IDE drives should automatically block out bad sectors that may develop over the life of the drive, but the long format will alert you to any problems that may occur due to cable, memory or other issues that could impact directly on the process. If this were a drive that I was re-imaging or reinstalling Windows on for the fourth time, then I would probably go for the Quick Format selection to speed things up. After formatting, Windows copies files, asks for the Product Key and goes through the basics of configuring the name and user details.
The first thing to do at the Windows Desktop is to install the motherboard chipset drivers. Until this is done, many of the integrated peripherals will not function or will show up as unknown devices in device manager.
The user manual provides valuable information that can save you lots of grief and time reinstalling things and tips to improve performance. DFI has a section titled "Important Configuration and Driver Installation Rules" that starts of with information on how to disable the HighPoint RAID IDE Controller if it is not being used. Since we are using SATA drives and the Intel ICH5 RAID, turning this off in the "Genie BIOS Settings" menu will reduce the POST boot delay while the system looks for drives that don't exist. Following this section, the DFI User manual provides the following "Driver Installation Rules:"
Checking Device Manager, we find that there are at least six devices that Windows XP could not identify. This are highlighted with a yellow "Question Mark" (?) next to the type of device. Our list includes:
All of the drivers for these devices should be found on the CD that came with the motherboard. The exception will be the Video Controller drivers since this is our add-in ATI video card. Even though the DFI manual recommends installing the audio drivers before the chipset, we are going to install the Intel Chipset Drivers first, since the AC97 Audio uses portions of the main Intel chipset. After running the Intel .inf Installation program and restarting the system, our unknown device list only lost the SM Bus Controller. Back to the System Board CD to install the C-Media Audio drivers and another system restart. After installing the network drivers (no restart necessary under Windows XP), we only have the USB and video devices showing in our "Other" list. The USB drivers are part of the Intel Chipset, right click on the device and choose Uninstall to remove this from the list. Click OK to the warning about removing the device. Right click on the Video device and choose "Update Driver." The Add New Hardware wizard should launch and look for the device drivers on your driver CD. If you want to use the Video Software that comes with the card, run setup from the CD, otherwise, all we need are the drivers. Repeat the process with the "VGA Compatible" video device.
If you restart the system or choose "Scan for hardware changes" from the "Action" menu, the "Add New Hardware" wizard will pop up looking for USB drivers. With the USB 2.0 controller on this motherboard, we will need Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed before there are drivers to support it. The only USB 2.0 drivers on the system board CD are for Windows 98, NT or 2000.) After installing Windows XP Service Pack 1a and restarting, the display resolution changed to 640x480, but the USB device was detected and installed properly. Use the Display wizard or right click on the desktop and select Properties to change the display back to your higher resolution configuration.
After the Service Pack and Critical Updates have been applied, restart the system and open the system board CD one last time. On the CD is a directory "IAA" for Intel Application Accelerator. This is the software for the SATA RAID support if you did not put it in during the initial F6 driver load process. The software allows you to configure and manage the SATA RAID Array from within Windows XP, creating or deleting mirrored (RAID 0) / striped (RAID 1) configurations. This software will only install if you have enable the ICH5 RAID and set the SATA Mode to RAID in the BIOS. Changes you make within the Application Accelerator program are transferred to the BIOS configuration settings at the same time. If you enabled the RAID support in the BIOS but only attached one drive to install Windows, you can connect the second drive, create a mirrored or striped array, as well as change the array name from the IAA program.
Since I used one of my original copies of Windows XP Pro for this installation, there are a whole bunch of critical updates that need to be applied. To speed things up, I will be using a CD that I burned with the Windows XP Service Pack 1a and a batch file to apply all of the critical updates that have been released since the Service Pack.
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