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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Turkey Sausage Crescent Cheese Balls
Made an Appetizer/Snack for the family today, Sausage Crescent Cheese Balls. Found this recipe idea on a Pillsbury Recipes Email. Love getting these recipe emails everyday found many a recipe from these.
I changed 3 ingredients from the original recipe to cut back on the Calories, Carbs, and Fat. I'm using Jennie - O Turkey Ground Breakfast Sausage instead of Pork Sausage, Sargento Reduced Fat Shredded Sharp Cheddar instead of regular Cheese, and I used Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls instead of the Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Cutting Calories, Carbs, and Fat where you can all adds up!
I'll need the following; 1 - lb Jennie - O Turkey Ground Breakfast Sausage, 2 - cups Sargento Reduced Fat Shredded Sharp Cheddar, 1 - can (8 oz) Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls, 1/2 - teaspoon dried rosemary leaves (crushed), and 2 - tablespoons all-purpose flour. To prepare them, Heat the oven to 375°F. Line a 15x10x1-inch pan with foil; spray with Pam Cooking Spray. Unroll crescent dough on work surface; coat each side of dough with 1 tablespoon flour. Using a pizza cutter, cut dough into about 1/4-inch pieces. Mix crescent dough pieces into bowl of sausage mixture in small amounts until well blended. Then shape mixture the into 42 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Place in pan. Bake 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. They came out golden brown and delicious! The Turkey Sausage, Cheese, Crescent Rolls, and Rosemary are perfect together! The perfect Party Appetizer or just a Snack for the family, thank you Pillsbury! I've left the original recipe and web link below.
Sausage Crescent Cheese Balls
A fun twist on the popular sausage cheese balls using crescent dough!
1 - lb bulk spicy sausage
2 - cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (8 oz)
1/2 - teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed
1 - can (8 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
2 - tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 Heat oven to 375°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil; spray with cooking spray.
2 In large bowl, mix sausage, cheese and rosemary; mix well using hands or spoon.
3 Unroll crescent dough on work surface; coat each side of dough with 1 tablespoon flour. Using pizza cutter or knife, cut dough into about 1/4-inch pieces. Mix crescent dough pieces into bowl of sausage mixture in small amounts until well blended.
4 Shape mixture into 42 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Place in pan. Bake 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown.
NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING
Serving Size: 1 Cheese Ball Calories60 ( Calories from Fat40), % Daily Value Total Fat4g4% (Saturated Fat2g,2% Trans Fat0g0% ), Cholesterol10mg10%; Sodium110mg110%; Total Carbohydrate3g3% (Dietary Fiber0g0% Sugars0g0% ), Protein2g2% ; % Daily Value*: Vitamin A0%; Vitamin C0%; Calcium2%; Iron0%;
Exchanges:0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


Huckabee, the Southern Bell Tolls for Thee...
By Al Giordano
I haven’t seen anybody ring the obvious bell on yesterday’s “straw poll” results at the Republican Southern Leadership Conference, but the key word there is Southern, and (the Southern Belle?) tolls for thee, Mike Huckabee.
Members of the RSLC are primarily from the South, and even in the case of candidates busing in their supporters to stack the poll, most of those folks had to come from either the South or from Texas to go cast a ballot in Louisiana.
Rewind two years to the February 9, 2008 primary in the Bayou State and Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won 43 percent of the vote to 41 percent for John McCain. Mitt Romney garnered 6 percent and Ron Paul got 5 percent.
Huckabee also won Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Arkansas in ’08, so for him to come in fifth place in this straw poll that took place among party activists in what should be his geographical base territory is nothing short of devastating for his 2012 presidential prospects. It probably also indicates that he's not working that hard for it, which would firm up speculation that he doesn't plan on running anyway.
I had speculated here a few days ago here some reasons why Huckabee would be unlikely to become a candidate, and yesterday’s results increase that likelihood, leaving Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich to duke it out to be the Christian Right’s standard bearer in the Anybody-but-Mitt primaries and caucuses.
Additionally, scratch the surface of the first round results (where Romney edged out US Rep. Ron Paul, of Texas, by one vote to win the straw poll) and there are two candidates that significantly advanced their causes yesterday: Romney and Gingrich.
The deep south is the toughest region for Romney (for the Evangelical bias against Mormons that we discussed earlier this week) and so he astro-turfed an “Evangelicals for Mitt” group to carry his water for him at the RSLC convention while skipping out on it himself to avoid any YouTube moments of getting booed or otherwise embarrassed. That Romney is this well organized in his weakest region two years out signals that, A. He’s running a fifty state strategy, and, B. Money can buy you love.
I still believe Romney has little to no chance of winning the nomination because the anti-Mitt vote will coalesce behind the last surviving alternative to defeat him.
What Gingrich showed yesterday was that he can go toe to toe with Palin in the sub-primary to be that candidate. And if Huckabee doesn’t run, Gingrich becomes heir apparent to be the Southern candidate in the contest, which gives him a Super Tuesday February 2012 shot to knock Palin out of the game altogether and spend the rest of the primaries as the Anti-Mitt.
Furthermore, this straw poll included a second choice ballot that, when combined with the first choice results, shows a first tier troika emerging between Romney, Palin and Gingrich. And that will lead to some delicious moments as they try to tear each other to pieces. (And the nasty meter a lso would rise dramatically without Huckabee - the archetypal middle child always ready to play the Rodney King "can't we all get along?" role - on the debate stage.)
Follow my reasoning on this, and then I’ll add some chatter about Ron Paul and Rick Perry, among others.
Here were the first round results of the straw poll:
Initial Choice (If the primary election for president were held today, for whom would you vote?)
Mitt Romney (439) 24 percent
Ron Paul (438) 24 percent
Sarah Palin (330) 18 percent
Newt Gingrich (321) 18 percent
Mike Huckabee (80) 4 percent
Tim Pawlenty (54) 3 percent
Mike Pence (58) 3 percent
Rick Santorum (41) 2 percent
Gary Johnson (3) 1 percent
Come on! Four percent, Mike? So, not only is Huckabee plunging down into the second tier quicksand, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty can’t get out of it: two wooly mammoths in the tar pit, sloshing around with Indiana US Rep. Mike Pence, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. (And if South Dakota Sen. John Thune, or former RNC chair Haley Barbour jump in, they, too, will start from the tar pit and have to navigate their way up to the first tier due to lack of name recognition.)
But now look at the second choices of the Southern party faithful:
Second Choice (Who would be your second choice in the Republican Primary Election for president?)
Newt Gingrich (339) 20 percent
Sarah Palin (332) 20 percent
Mitt Romney (242) 14 percent
Mike Huckabee (178) 11 percent
Mike Pence (141) 8 percent
Rick Santorum (125) 7 percent
Tim Pawlenty (114) 7 percent
Gary Johnson (104) 6 percent
Ron Paul (98) 6 percent
The second ballot is interesting on many levels, because it shows the comfort factor that Romney, Gingrich and Palin have, each, among about 38 percent of the attendees. It also shows who has room to grow, and who benefits as other candidates decline to run or stumble early on. Primary voters tend to coalesce around frontrunners with every new primary or caucus.
The sharp drop off for Ron Paul – from the stellar to the cellar – from ballot one to ballot two pretty much explains why the nomination is out of reach for him on this planet. In 2008, Paul got about five percent of the total GOP primary votes nationwide, bringing him a paltry 35 delegates to the convention. Even if he were to double that in two years it still would leave him out of the real fight.
To best analyze these second ballot results we first have to look at where the Paul voters went. About 80 were so enthusiastic for their man that they didn’t bother to cast a second ballot. Another 104 went to Johnson, the most truly libertarian of the remaining candidates (and that pretty much describes what percent – about a quarter – of Paul voters are true blue libertarians, as opposed to the hooligan yahoos they’ve thrown in with). The rest likely divided up between Pence, Pawlenty, Gingrich and Palin, probably in that order, with maybe some flat tax believers falling into the Huckabee camp. I doubt that many Paul votes, if any, went to Romney, with the man-of-the-system cologne that he exudes.
Now, let’s look at the combined percentages from the two ballots cast:
Mitt Romney (681) 20 percent
Sarah Palin (662) 19 percent
Newt Gingrich (660) 19 percent
Ron Paul (536) 16 percent
Mike Huckabee (258) 8 percent
Mike Pence (199) 6 percent
Tim Pawlenty (168) 5 percent
Rick Santorum (166) 5 percent
Gary Johnson (107) 3 percent
So there are your two tiers, plus Ron Paul off in a tier of his own.
As for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who spoke at the conference but asked for his name to be kept off the straw ballot, I watched some of his speech and could barely sit through it. Know why? Because to every American that is not Texan, the guy sounds exactly like George W. Bush. (And as Mark Halperin noted, practically nobody even mentioned Bush during their speeches; the nightmare is still too fresh.) Sure, Perry, if he runs, will have lots of money, he’ll have all the Texas delegates (which could make him a convention kingmaker), but he will not be able to avoid reminding everyone else of Dubya, which even for Republicans that liked Bush still sounds Pavlov’s Bell as a signifier for electoral defeat. So while I’m sympathetic to the commenters here who warned not to underestimate Perry, I see his path to national traction to be very difficult because of the ghost of Bush.
If I had to pick which candidate I’d rather be in a three-way first tier between Romney, Palin and Gingrich, my money would be on Newt today. He is less likely to say something jaw-droppingly stupid than Palin, and far less likely to be perceived as flip-flopping, sterile, or ideologically weak as Romney.
The computer keeps spitting out the name Gingrich from many different scenarios that could happen in the long two years ahead. That said, you betcha that the oppo research teams of Romney and Palin are working overtime to find the perfect skeleton in Newt’s closet. But, also, Gingrich’s oppo research monkeys are likewise digging up dirt on the other two. And I ask you: which of the three is the most nasty and Machiavellian when it comes to throwing the dirt, and knowing exactly when to dish it?
Also, for Field Hands and political junkies in the New York City area, I’ve just added another event to my upcoming visit there: A gathering of NYC Kossacks and bloggers on Tuesday, April 20, 6 p.m. at Zanzibar, to the left of midtown. Should be a great free-wheeling discussion. Maybe I'll bring my bookie from the Bronx to coordinate a 2012 GOP nomination betting pool...


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In the year 2025, a breakthrough in medicine allowed doctors to reverse the effects of major trauma with an engineered enzyme that promoted healing. With only a twenty-four hour life span, the enzyme caused rapid reconstruction of tissue, knitting fibers together, then leaving the body through the blood stream. It was a perfect innovation...at least until the enzyme mutated in the body of a victim that died shortly after the injection. It was then that the enzyme changed, attacking the dead cells and transforming the body into a vessel of destruction. With a insatiable craving for blood, the first infected spread its disease by consuming the blood of others and then transferring the enhanced enzyme via oral ingestion. Death caused the changes and the plague spread quickly as humans were drained of their life force.
Now the world belongs to the Shadow Walkers, a vampire-like race of beings that have spread their blood-craving disease among the human population. An apocalyptic wasteland, the good ol' U.S.A. is nothing more than a hunting ground for the fanged beasts. Small populations of humans exist, but most serve the vamps...scouting for survivors, providing blood-collection bars, and protecting them during daylight hours. It's the only way to survive without being on the menu. But there are also underground resistance groups that still fight to destroy the abominations. It doesn't take much: removal of the head, destruction of the heart, or cremation by fire. But their numbers are increasing and the land is fouled by their stench. One queen holds them together with her hive mind--she is the first. She controls and communicates with the thinkers, the drones, and the beasts--all vampires but with varying levels of intelligence. The only ones she doesn't control are the hybrids, a rare form of human/vampire mix that were birthed from an infected human mother late in her pregnancy. It is time to bring the fight to the queen.
Blake cringed at the light that beat down on him. His blood supply was low as it was and that had left him in a jam. The sun was bright and he was weakened in his state. But that didn't stop the blood stained on his blade. Just out of an old abandoned warehouse where Blake happened to stumble across. The people inside weren't to fond of his 'tainted' blood as they called it. Then again, not many people were. A lot of Shadow Walkers were never fond of a hybrid. One who could walk the days along with the nights. Those who could sleep if they wanted to. While to Blake it wasn't needed he simply took naps just so he could feel an ounce of humanity. And to pass time when he was bored with nothing to do.
With a yawn Blake stretched and pulled his hood over his head moving forwards. The night would be upon him soon which meant he could feed if need be and he could easily move around without the restraints of the light. While his human blood pumped strong his poisoned blood still held dominance over his body.
A few hours had gone by and Blake focused on the only place where he could get his taste for blood fulfilled. The Blood Collection Bar was the place where most Shadow walkers went. This one's particular name had been 'Dracula's Blood Bank.' To Blake he thought the name was stupid but he would never judge as he was going to the place as often as anyone else.
As he stepped inside, the boy looked around his eyes narrowing as he cringed at the lighting in the room. It was different and they used an alternate lighting source mainly due to the florescent lights causing negative effects. Blake made his way to the counter and gave the man behind a nod. A human working the bar of course, on the left side of his neck, there was a puncture mark where he had been drained of blood a few times, yet kept just enough to live off of. "Don't care what kind any kind of blood will do." Blake spoke and waited until a pouch was tossed on the table in front of him.

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All by Myself: Spoon, Cup, Dinner's Up! : Board Book Paperback / softback
by Debbie Foy
Part of the All by Myself series
Explore simple mealtime routines in a positive, rewarding and engaging way that young children will love!With fun rhymes and bright, friendly pictures, the All By Myself series helps to nurture your child's sense of pride and growing independence.
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- Format: Paperback / softback
- Pages: 20 pages, full-colour photographs
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Publication Date: 24/09/2015
- Category: Early learning: rhyming & wordplay books
- ISBN: 9780750296212
- Board book from £5.99

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Strong earthquakes and pouring rain are hampering people trying to restart their lives after last Thursday’s volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The tremors are reported to have knocked down houses and may have killed people sheltering within them.
Cholera has also struck, with up to 300 cases suspected in the Rwandan town to which many people fled after the eruption. The infectious disease thrives in poor sanitary conditions and is endemic in the area. Three cases have also been confirmed in the the ruined city of Goma.
Better news is that the water supply is now clean in both Goma and Rwanda, according to Oxfam reports, which should prevent the further spread of disease. And the volcanic activity has settled down, according to UN representatives in Goma. However, experts still do not know if this represents a lull before another eruption or a complete cessation.
“This eruption is over,” said Alain Pasche, an environmental scientist and risk analyst from the UN station in Goma on Tuesday. “But that doesn’t mean it won’t erupt again in the next hour. No one knows.”
International volcanologists who rushed to Nyiragongo flew over the volcano on Monday and Tuesday by helicopter, but saw no evidence of lingering activity. The air was clear of smoke and ash, as most of the fires set by the molten rock appear to have gone out. But the lava flood that devoured much of Goma is still cooling, creating a potentially deadly “thin ice” trap for those who try to walk over it.
Matthew Conway, a UN humanitarian team member in Goma, said the situation was paradoxical: “We were writing up our report for Geneva saying it’s much quieter, but we’re feeling aftershocks every five to ten minutes now.”
Contrary to many media reports, Pasche says there is no real danger from the volcanic gases as the carbon dioxide and sulphurous fumes are in fairly low concentrations. Likewise, the danger of lava floods poisoning the huge lake next to Goma are low, he says.
Another possible danger is posed by the mass of carbon dioxide and methane dissolved in the bottom waters of Lake Kivu. This could in theory bubble up explosively if disturbed too much.
Michel Halbwachs, an engineer and physicist from the University of Savoie in Chambéry, France, has studied lake Kivu in the past and is now in Goma. He has not yet been able to examine the lake but thinks the lava flood is unlikely to stir up the waters sufficiently to cause a problem
Lake Nyos in Cameroon holds the same hidden danger and exploded in 1986, killing 1700 people. Halbwachs’s team began draining carbon dioxide from the bottom of the lake in 2001 and have been exploring the possibility of similarly draining lake Kivu to make it safe.


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Wood Products Prices
Dollar Exchange Rates of 25th
Japan Yen 108.88
Reports From Japan
Impact of typhoon damage on economy
issues such as tax increase
A press release from Markit Economics says the Japanese
economy is at risk of contracting as business activity
slumped in October following the 1 October sales tax
increase. However, analysts at Makit say the extent to
which the tax change has pulled down economic activity
has been clouded as a result of the recent typhoon related
disasters which has impacted the economy.
The latest Markit survey indicates October business
activity declined for the first time in three years and
prospects for the year ahead are not bright.
In the October issue of its World Economic Outlook, the
International Monetary Fund kept its forecast for Japan's
economic growth at 0.9 percent this year and predicted
that it will slow to 0.5 percent next year.
Japan¡¯s Cabinet Office downgraded its assessment of
economic fundamentals to "deteriorating" after data
showed that exports and production were faltering as a
result of an economic slowdown in major overseas
Bank of Japan ready to counter risks to growth
While there is some hope that the US and China will move
their ¡®first stage¡¯ trade deal further and news that UK will
not crash out of the European Union the continued level of
uncertainty in global demand suggests the US may move
to cut interest rates for a third time.
In Japan the governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has said
the Bank will not hesitate to lower interest rates further if
it needed to ease monetary policy to counter the growing
risks to Japan¡¯s growth prospects.
The stance of the BoJ governor underlines concerns on
global demand prospects due to the US/China trade war.
The pronouncements from the BoJ governor are clear
signals that the Bank is ready to act pushing short term
interest rates even lower. What the Bank fears is a
strengthening of the yen against the dollar which would be
bad news for exporters and the economy.
Retail sales surge - furniture and home furnishing
snapped up before tax hike
Department store sales in Japan soared 23% in September
from a year earlier as consumers were out in force for lastminute
shopping before the consumption tax was raised
and this pushed up retails sales for the second consecutive
month according to the Japan Department Stores
High priced items were in demand and there was a
doubling of monthly sales of art, jewelry and precious
metals and furniture and home furnishing also sold well.
While the sales tax was one issue driving September sales,
the huge year on year rise in September sales was partly
because 2018 September sales were depressed due to the
effect of a series of natural disasters according to the
Exchange rate remarkably stable
The Japanese yen exchange rate against the US dollar has
been remarkably stable for the year to date and analysts
anticipate that the yen/dollar exchange rate will be
between yen 105-110 for the balance of the year. As
optimism for a lowering of tensions between the US and
China grow and as the UK will no longer crash out of the
EU this stability should be reinforced. The current
exchange rate of around 108 to the US dollar is supporting
exporters who suffer when the yen strengthens.
Another catastrophic typhoon ¨C extensive
The 21st typhoon of 2019 thunder across Japan in Octber
adding to the damage left by typhoon number 19 and
inflicting damage on new areas across the country, areas
that are unaccustomed to severe typhoons.
Japan¡¯s Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported
on 20 October that 56,753 homes were damaged by
Typhoon Hagibis (the 21st of this year) exceeding the
51,110 houses that were damaged by flooding in Western
Japan in July last year.
The number of houses submerged above floor level in the
21st typhoon of the year is over four times that in July
2018 when around 7,000 houses suffered similar damage.
Typhoon Hagibis was one of the severest natural disasters
in recent years.
The Ministry of Agriculture has estimated the damage to
the farming, forestry and fishery industries at US$1.5
Japan¡¯s housing starts fell again year on year in September
despite a slight month on month uptick.
Japan is a major importer of wooden furniture and
but what is often overlooked is that the country is also a
significant exporter of wooden furniture shipping around
US$3.2 bil. in 2018. The table below shows exports to
major regions of the world.
Shipments to Asian markets account for over 70% of
shipments of wooden furniture from Japan. China
represents the largest Asian market taking a quarter of all
shipments to Asian countries followed by South Korea
(16%), Hong Kong (14%) and Taiwan P.o.C (13%). The
second main market region is Europe where shipments
enter via Denmark, Holland and Belgium.
Office furniture imports (HS 940330)
After the sharp year on year rise in the value of imports of
wooden office furniture (HS 940330) in July, August year
on year imports were flat but month on month they rose
just over 35%.
Shipments of office furniture from China surged in
and accounted for almost 75% of all wooden furniture
imports. The other two significant shippers were Poland
(6% of import values) and Portugal (4% of import values).
Shipments of wooden office furniture from shippers
outside of Asia accounted for just 28% of August arrivals.
Kitchen furniture imports (HS 940340)
Exporters of wooden kitchen furniture to Japan have great
difficulty capturing market share from the top two
suppliers, the Philippines and Vietnam which accounted
for 44% and 41% respectively of all August arrivals of
wooden kitchen furniture.
Year on year August import values were up 9% but month
on month August imports dropped 5%. As in previous
months China is not a major supplier of wooden kitchen
furniture for the Japanese market neither are shippers in
Europe or North America.
Bedroom furniture imports (HS 940350)
China¡¯s dominance of Japan¡¯s imports of wooden
bedroom furniture (HS 940350) extended into August as
around 55% of all arrivals of wooden bedroom furniture in
the month were from China.
August shipments of bedroom furniture from China
about 5% up on the value of July shipments. Exporters in
Vietnam held onto their second rank in term of the value
of shipments to Japan and in August accounted for 34% of
all wooden bedroom furniture imports into Japan.
Year on year value of shipments of wooden bedroom
furniture to Japan in August were up 10% but there was an
8% decline month on month.
Trade news from the Japan Lumber Reports (JLR)
The Japan Lumber Reports (JLR), a subscription trade
journal published every two weeks in English, is
generously allowing the ITTO Tropical Timber Market
Report to reproduce news on the Japanese market
precisely as it appears in the JLR.
For the JLR report please see:
Inflating ocean freight
New rule to use low sulphur oil regulated by the
International Maritime Organization will be applied since
January 1, 2020. This is for marine and air pollution
prevention and the rule is applied worldwide.
Some shipping companies have started switching to low
sulphur content fuel. The new rule regulates present
sulphur content of fuel oil from present 3.5% or less to
0.5% or less. Price difference between present oil and new
regulated oil is almost US$200 per tonne so this extra cost
will be added on ocean freight.
Changing to low sulphur content oil is the most convenient
measure for shipping companies. Another option is to
install exhaust gas purification equipment named scrubber
on a ship, which is costly and takes time about a month for
installation or switching fuel from oil to LNG, which
means to build a new ship.
Oil prices fluctuate daily but as of October 16, price of oil
of sulphur content of 3.5% or less is $355 per ton but of
oil of sulphur content of 0.5% or less is $533 so difference
is US$180 per tonne.
For instance, in case of hauling Canadian wood pellet
(loading of 25,000 tonne) with oil consumption of 700
tonne, additional cost would be about US$5 per tonne,
about more than 10% higher than present freight.
However, ocean freight fluctuate not only by oil cost but
other factors like demand and supply of cargo ships and
availability of return cargoes so freight is decided by
individual negotiations but shipping companies are
determined to pass additional oil cost onto freight.
In case of North American wood pellet, long term contract
of more than ten years is normal and this additional freight
factor is counted in but imported biomass fuel like wood
pellet and PKS from South East Asia is largely affected by
this change. Indonesian PKS freight is now US$24-30 per
tonne (full load with one port loading and one port
discharging) then after fuel change, additional cost would
be about US$3-6 per tonne.
On other cargoes, shipping companies and charterers set
freight once a year and to cover fluctuation of oil market,
they use bunker adjustment factor (BAF) like fuel
surcharge airlines use for jet fuel.
All the charterers agreed to accept BAF for cargoes like
coal and iron ore for which long term contract for several
years. Container ships are normally set the rate once a year
in spring time.
Liaison meeting for CLT use promotion
Relative government offices held liaison meeting to
discuss promotion of CLT use on September 30. Domestic
CLT production increased to 80,000 cbms but the demand
is about 18,000 cbms with very little growth. Buildings
which use CLT were 18 in 2014, 25 in 2015, 47 in 2016,
89 in 2017, 113 in 2018 and 116 in 2019.
Number of building has been increasing steadily but
amount of use of CLT is limited so total number of
building does not necessarily mean increase use of CLT.
Target of CLT production is 500,000 cbms by 2025 so the
production continues to grow. Challenge is how to
increase the demand.
Immediate issue is to reduce the cost of CLT down to yen
70,000-80,000 cbms, which is about half of present cost,
which is competitive with other structures. The Forestry
Agency, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and
Transport, the Ministry of Environment continue to give
subsidy to the building with CLT.
In 2019, buildings with CLT will be total of 116. By the
area, Kochi prefecture has 13, Okayama prefecture has 11,
Tokyo 8, Hokkaido 7, Kagoshima 6, three prefecture of
Aichi, Fukushima and Ehime has 5 each. Type of building
with CLT is office, multi family unit, public housing, store
and warehouse. Public hall and assembly hall have been
increasing since 2017. As of last July, there are confirmed
52 buildings with CLT after 2020.
South Sea (tropical) logs
With steady supply from PNG, the Japanese plywood
mills carry ample log inventories as the demand for South
Sea hardwood plywood does not grow. However, the log
supply from South Sea countries always has uncertain
factors so the plywood mills and South Sea hardwood log
users always look for substituting supply of different
Market of free board is pausing now but demand for shop
interior finishing should show up in later this year so it
should get busy again. The market of imported LVL for
crating and condominium stud is slow. Chinese LVL for
building materials is relatively busy.
Decreasing Russian log import
Russian softwood log import for the first eight months of
this year was 77,894 cbms, 15.8% less than the same
period of last year. Decrease of Far Eastern larch logs is
the largest after log export duty increased to 40%.
Red pine logs from Siberia were 25,808 cbms, 51.3%
more and whitewood from Far East was 4,268 cbms,
26.5% more. Larch logs from the Russian Far East was
45,962 cbms, 36.2% less.
Reason of red pine log import increase is that sawmills in
Japan bought more logs because of quality and shipment
time of genban is uneven and soaring prices. Red pine log
import in May was 6,633 cbms and 7,956 cbms in June,
which were more than larch logs.
On Far East larch logs, preferred log export quota is
allocated to forest products companies, which satisfy
certain amount of wood processing but log suppliers
which have no such processing are imposed 40% export
The duty rate would be raised by 20 points more in 2020
so availability of Far East larch logs will be much tighter.
Import of larch logs was almost 100,000 cbms in 2018 but
it will be far less this year. The export prices have not
changed much at about US$190 per cbm CIF on red pine
and US$190-200 on larch.
Meanwhile, lumber import for the first eight months was
446,597 cbms, 0.4% more but low grade lumber is getting
larger in volume so the market is divided into two of high
to medium grade and low grade. Low grade market is
weak with heavy inventory.
Import of European lumber through polar route
Tomakomai wharf and port management union in
Hokkaido has done trial shipment of European lumber
through polar route. Chinese shipping company, Cosco
group¡¯s ship sailed Helsinki, Finland on September 13 and
arrived Tomakomai¡¯s container terminal on October 9
through Arctic Ocean and unloaded 20 40 feet containers
of European lumber.
Voyage through Arctic Ocean from Europe is more than
10 days shorter than the route through Suez Canal but the
Arctic Ocean in not navigable in winter time with solid ice
so the navigable season is limited from July through
Cosco makes about 50-60 times of the trip a year by this
route from Europe to China and Tomakomai Port
considers to use this route not only import but also export
business. This is newly developed route after ice is
reduced by global warming and advanced ice breaking

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With many communities in ruins around New York from Superstorm Sandy’s damage last month, retailers are offering their help to residents. Local grocery retailers, in conjunction with vendors and other partners, have launched activities to help towards these efforts.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) is one of the local grocery chains that has begun these efforts. The chain has put focus on supporting its associates who were impacted by the hurricane. The grocer has several activities geared towards Sandy-related aid including donation of protein products, which it did together with Smithfield Foods, to the Food Bank of New York City and Long Island areas. They also carried a program enabling customers at their Food Emporium brand to donate supplies and food. While teaming up with Viacom, they have delivered 2,500 turkeys for the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Key Food Stores Cooperative Inc. is also involved in the aid giving. The grocery store has donated truckloads of water and food to help communities in the New York boroughs. The deliveries were made to Tottenville, Ne Dorp, Staten Island’s Midland Beach, Coney Island, Red Hook and Far Rockaway in Queens. These locations received canned and instant soup mixes, peanut butter, granola bars, canned pasta and stew, hot and cold cereal and water.
Key Food still has four of its store locations closed as a result of hurricane Sandy damage. The chain has 125 stores that are independently owned, with banners such as Holiday Farm, Food Dynasty, Key Fresh & Natural, Key Food, Milford Farms, Locust Valley and Key Food Marketplace that are located in the five New York City boroughs, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Upstate New York and Long Island.

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Rockville Centre will soon host the world’s first-ever parking meters that print coupons for local stores. The village partnered with meter company Parkeon and MasterCard for the 10 units, which will replace standing meters on Park Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to College Place in the next two weeks. Read more and watch a video here.
Garden City Studios, LLC, a television studio focused on live television production, is now open for business in East Garden City, adjacent to Roosevelt Field Mall. Read more here.
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside received a $6.6 million federal grant to rebuild an urgent care center at Long Beach Medical Center, which has remained closed despite having been rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy heavily damaged the bayside facility nearly a year ago, Gov. Cuomo’s office announced Thursday. Read more here.
Long Beachers will be able to grab an Asiago Roast Beef sandwich or sit down with an Fuji Apple Chicken salad at the new Panera Bread restaurant that is set to open next Monday at the King Kullen plaza in Island Park, just over the Long Beach Bridge. Read more here.
Linda M. Oliva, Esq. has been named one of Long Island’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business by the Long Island Business News, for her contributions to the economy and community. Read more here.
Nassau Community College has been included in G.I. Jobs Magazine's 2014 list of “Military Friendly Schools.” The list "honors the top 20 percent of schools that are doing the most to embrace America's military students and ensure their success on campus," according to the G.I. Jobs Magazine website. Read more here.
The vacant former All State office on Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park is set to reopen as a small local pharmacy. The office located at 2226 Jericho Turnpike, with its All State logo-laden awnings blacked-out, has been vacant for the past year. Read more here.


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Beaumont Health is temporarily laying off nearly 2,500 employees and permanently eliminating about 450 positions because of the financial strain from the coronavirus outbreak.
The state’s largest hospital system halted nearly all surgeries and other medical services unrelated to COVID-19 to focus on the unprecedented influx of patients during the coronavirus outbreak that began five weeks ago.
Beaumont is a nonprofit organization with eight hospitals, 145 outpatient locations, and 38,000 employees.
Beaumont Health CEO John Fox will receive a temporary 70% pay cut. Other members of the hospital system’s Executive Leadership Team will receive pay reductions of up to 45%.
“While many front-line employees have never been busier, other parts of our operations have drastically declined or ceased,” Fox says in a news release. “We must make difficult, quick decisions now to protect and readjust to an uncertain future. … We must adjust the way we operate our organization moving forward. This pandemic has changed the delivery of health care, and we will be treating patients with this virus until we get a vaccine.”
Beaumont, which is a not-for-profit organization, also plans to postpone or cancel some nonessential projects.
In the meantime, Beaumont officials are asking the state and federal governments for financial relief.
Beaumont’s net income plunged in the first quarter, which ended on March 31, falling to a negative $278.4 million.
“Through this crisis, we have dramatically changed the way we care for patients,” Fox says. “We will continue to adapt our health care system to deliver the best, compassionate, extraordinary care every day. Despite an uncertain future, I am confident Beaumont will emerge from this crisis as a strong organization.”
Beaumont has provided medical care to more than 5,200 patients with COVID-19. Nearly 750 coronavirus patients are hospitalized at a Beaumont facility. More than 500 patients have died at a Beaumont hospital.
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While many harbour a common misconception that Indian antiquity was rudimentary, it is far from the truth. Be it architecture, skilled arts, metallurgy, astronomy, astrology or even visual arts such as shringar and coiffure, they were progressive for their times. In this article we’ll look at some of the scientific and technological advancements from Indus valley.
The earliest mentions of ancient Indian architecture can be traced back to the Indus Valley civilization, flourishing around the Indus river basin, extending into the Ghaggar – Hakra valley and the Ganga – Yamuna doab. One of the world’s earliest urban civilisations, it witnessed many advancements credited to Indian science and technology.
The Harappan architecture was known to be functional, with minimal emphasis on being decorative. Town planning was organised and towns were well-built. Towns were rectangular, with straight walls and straight streets that formed a grid-like pattern and divided the city into block sections. Houses were simple, ranging from one to three storeys. Uncommon to other contemporary civilisations, houses in the Indus valley were constructed with bricks, though stone and wood were also used. All houses were identical though, and built together in courtyards. Every household had continuous access to clean water from nearby wells and drainage facilities, including plumbing.
Bathing rooms and flush toilets connected to the main drainage system were common to most households, reflective of a prevalent urban sanitation system.
Excavations at Harappa have revealed that each house was built with vertical and horizontal drains, which further connected with street drains that were constructed underground. The conduits to the main drain were covered with flat stones and tile bricks and were further connected to larger sewerage outlets. The elaborate brick lined drainage system for the removal of rain water is of unparalleled engineering skill.
Sophisticated irrigation and water storage systems were also developed, including artificial reservoirs and canal irrigation systems. Water was irrigated from the huge spring floods that ran from the Indus river while the irrigation systems would clean and lessen the impact of flood damage.
Mohenjodaro was one of the biggest and wealthiest cities in the Indus Valley with the most significant architectural constructions. The two most striking buildings found here are the Great Bath and the Great Granary. Believed to have been used as part of a public bathing ritual for people to gather together, the Great Bath is considered the earliest known public water tank. The Great Granary, a massive building made of wood on brick foundation with 6 long halls and arching doorways is thought to have been used by farmers to store their crops and is one of its kind.
Evident from the excavations made at the Indus Valley sites, the inhabitants had developed a system of standardisation, using weights and measurement. They developed accurate methods of measuring length, mass and time by developing their own system of weights and rulers. This technical standardisation enabled gauging devices to be effectively used in angular measurements as well as those for construction. Calibrated measuring devices with further subdivisions in some devices have also been found. One of the earliest docks at Lothal (2400 BC) is located away from the main current to avoid deposition of silt. Oceanographers observed that Harappans must have possessed exemplary hydrography and maritime engineering knowledge in order to build such a dock on the ever shifting course of the Sabarmati river.
Based on architectural and textual evidence, Joseph E Schwatrzberg, a professor of geography at the University of Minnesota, has traced the origin of Indian cartography (the production of maps and geographical charts) to the Indus Valley civilisation. The use of construction maps plans, cosmological drawings and cartographical material have also been unearthed at the Indus archeological sites.
Interestingly, the grid layout planning of the cities with roads at exact right angles is considered a modern architectural system, and yet as is evidenced, it was a prevalent at the Indus Valley. The drainage system as referenced above too, was designed on scientific lines and was so elaborate that it has not been found anywhere else in the world in any city of the same antiquity! Only proving that our ancestral skills was unparalleled and unsurpassed.

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This is another example of a “lightened-up” version of a classic that worked so well I could not wait to share! Two ingredients are absolutely mandatory: red curry paste and fish sauce. I realize that opening that bottle of fish sauce requires a little psychological preparation, but it is worth it. Just hold your breath as you measure the amount. Actually, I do have a very sharp sense of smell, so it could be less of a problem for you.
MAHI-MAHI IN THAI-CURRY SAUCE
(from the Bewitching Kitchen)
2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
1/2 cup unsweetened light coconut milk
1/2 cup full-fat yogurt
1 Tablespoon fish sauce
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 cup sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
3 mahi-mahi filets, cut in chunks
smidgen of olive oil + squirt lime juice + salt + pepper to season fish
fresh cilantro leaves
lime zest for serving
In a medium pot over medium heat, whisk together the curry paste, coconut milk, and yogurt. Bring to a simmer and cook, whisking until the mixture is smooth, but don’t let it boil too hard. Add the fish sauce, sugar, and water; stir until the sugar has dissolved. Simmer for a couple of minutes, cover and remove from heat. Reserve.
Season the pieces of fish with a tiny bit of olive oil, lime juice, salt and pepper. I just squirt a very small amount of oil to lightly coat the pieces, no need to measure. Use a light hand. Same goes for lime juice, salt and pepper. Reserve.
Heat a 12-inch skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Once it is hot, add the oil and heat until it is shimmering. Add the bell pepper, and mushrooms, and cook until the vegetables are starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Then add the fish and sauté for a few minutes. Pour the curry sauce into the skillet and heat it through. Serve the curry over rice, garnished with fresh cilantro and a little bit of lime zest, added right on the plate.
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Comments: This was such a delicious meal! It had that feel of “eating out” which… come to think of it we cannot do that often, as our little town does not have a Thai restaurant. It is probably my favorite type of food, but I can only enjoy it when we travel. You know travel, right? That act of leaving your home with luggage, stepping on a plane and landing in a totally different spot? Yeah. It’s been a while.
We enjoyed it over white rice. I added a bit of lime zest on my serving, and to my taste it was perfect. You can use a squirt of lime juice or omit it altogether, but if you have the same passion I do for all things citric, go for the zest. It packs a nice little punch of flavor. The only thing you need to be careful about is not boiling the sauce too hard. Because it has less fat than a regular recipe, it tends to separate a bit.
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Patients with low-back pain are better off seeing a physical therapist first, according to a study of 150,000 insurance claims.
Inversion therapy is where a person is suspended upside down for several minutes with the aim of relieving back pain or similar ailments. Some evidence supports the use of inversion therapy for short-term management of back pain.
Gender and posture -- not screen time -- are biggest factors behind developing 'iPad neck' and shoulder pain, new study finds.
Mid back pain or stiffness can have a significant impact on daily life. However, certain stretches can help relieve pain and improve flexibility.
Life in chairs is at least a little bit hazardous to your general health, above and beyond just a lack of physical fitness. We suspect this today thanks to some good science, from sources like British Journal of Sports Medicine (more on this below).


Courtesy James Mirtle, we see Damien Cox's take on the whole Jiri Tlusty thing. Things were so much better in the old days, if only we had good ol Smythe back, he'd tell things like they are, he'd show them how pissed off he is.
Yeah, things were so much better in the old days at Maple Leaf Gardens:
Not that the Maple Leafs are alone in having a poor history with matters or allegations of sexual abuse:
Yeah, I think if I was Damien Cox, I'd think twice about talking about what old-time guys might say about today's relatively benign happenings, or moaning about the disappearance of the good old days.


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Happy Birthday to Salvador Dali! Here’s my second attempt at trying to ”paint” a caricature on my iPad Pro on the Procreate app. I’ve created a full-blown tutorial that is available to view for my VOYEUR-level patrons at https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-dali-18663967
COLLECTOR-level patrons will be receiving a signed, limited-edition Patreon-only print of this and my next drawing of Salvador Dali by month’s end. ALL patrons can purchase one via my exclusive Patreon shop at http://stanyan.me/patron-discount-page/ only until May 18TH.
In other news, a book that I did the cover art for, The Queuing Dead is now available in paperback!

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The stylish Nefeli Hotel offers tasteful rooms in proximity to Mount Ida, Rethimno Kart and Archaeological Museum of Rethymno. Since 1986, it has been hosting guests in the middle of Rethymno.
This property is set next to the sandy beach and offers parasols and sun loungers.
Quick access to restaurants and bars is provided.
Offering a view over the garden, 105 rooms feature bright décor, satellite TV, IDD telephone, individual climate control, a personal safe and a balcony along with family bathrooms. Room facilities also include an electric kettle and a fridge for self-catering.
Breakfast is offered in the café every morning. The cozy restaurant serves special meals. Guests can savor cocktails and coffee in the lounge bar. Rethimno Platanes and Akropolis Pub are situated in a picturesque area, about 150 meters from the venue.
Nefeli Hotel can be reached in 40 minutes by car from Souda airport.
The on-site bicycle and car rentals are also provided.
On-site fitness facilities include a gym, bicycles and yoga classes. On-site activities feature table tennis and darts.

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I frosted the John Deere Tractor Birthday Cake with Wilton’s whipped icing (my favorite). Then I traced the tractor into the icing with a toothpick. I found this tractor from online coloring pages.
Then I piped the outline of the tractor with black icing using a writing tip. Then I filled in the colors. I sprinkled yellow and green sugar on the border.


KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The City of Kalamazoo says the beloved candy canes in Bronson Park’s Candy Cane Lane had to be replaced.
The old set, which had been in poor condition for years, was replaced this year. Since the switch, Kalamazoo has received numerous complaints from its residents.
City officials say the old candy canes were cracked, weren’t structurally sound and didn’t meet the height clearance standards for the Americans with Disabilities Act when they were angled over the sidewalk.
Now, the new set runs along the sidewalk standing straight up, which took away the archway feel previously in place. To address the issue, the city is going to install lights and garland between the candy canes to recreate the lighted archway.
“We understand that the previous candy canes hold sentimental and historical value for many Kalamazoo residents,” the city said in a statement. “For those reasons, we will be holding on to some of the previous candy canes and displaying them in Bronson Park so that photos can continue to be taken with them for years to come.”
People can also place online bids to own the other candy canes starting Dec. 3.
“Although we are no longer able to put them up in the park as we have in the past, we would love for the previous candy canes to continue to be a part of life in the city,” the statement says.


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Freight Futures lane to watch today: Seattle, WA to Los Angeles, CA (VSL)
Though still relatively quiet, activity in the Trucking Freight Futures markets began to pick up on Wednesday as concerns of the impacts of coronavirus continue to weigh. The spot National contract (FUT.VWU202002) continued to hold firm at $1.393/mile, as it has for the last week. Also remaining unchanged was the East regional contract (FUT.VEU202002), which settled at $1.560. The West regional contract (FUT.VWU202002) ended the day 0.14% lower to $1.430, while the South regional contract (FUT.VSU202002) finished higher by 0.17% and closed at $1.190.
In the East, both the CHI to ATL (FUT.VCA202002) and PHL to CHI (FUT.VPC202002) contracts were unchanged for the session, where they remained at $1.911 and $1.105, respectively. The ATL to PHL contract (FUT.VAP202002), which has been inching higher for most of this month, slipped a fraction to $1.664. The biggest mover today was in the West, where the SEA to LAX contract (FUT.VSL202002) fell 0.44% to $0.909 and pushed the West region lower. The spot month price for the lane (FUTC1.VSL) has dropped 27.3% since peaking at $1.25 at the end of December 2019 and the forward curve (FWD.VSL) suggests another 13.2% slide lower to $0.78 by the end of June 2020. The LAX to SEA contract (FUT.VLS202002) was flat on the day and settled at $1.950. In the South, the LAX to DAL contract (FUT.VLD202002) eked out a 0.15% gain for the day to $1.319, while the DAL to LAX contract (FUT.VDL202002) stayed steady at $1.060.


Ubuntu Networking :: Direct Connection With A Cross Over Cable?
Jan 10, 2010
I've got a Laptop with wireless broadband connection which needs to be connected to a desktop machine so that the internet connection could be shared. Both has got Ubuntu 9.1. I don't have a router or a switch. I just need direct connection with a cross over cable.
I cannot connect my Dell Inspiron 1300 through the NetworkManager "wired" connection, when I try to go direct to the cable modem. It fails to connect.
If I connect the cable modem to my (linksys WRT54GS) wireless router, and then connect my laptop to a wired port in the router, it connects in seconds, successfully.
This has happened to me 2 other times, when I tried to connect my laptop to a client's cable modem, because my client did not have a wireless router available, in their home.
My wireless works fine. This has me perplexed. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and NetworkManager Applet 0.8
I've tried some things to see what is going on, such as "ifconfig" "dhclient" as well as modifying the "Auto eth0" parameters and adding my laptop's MAC address, etc. Results were no fix or solution. I feel like I'm headed down the wrong road. Would someone set me straight? I have a feeling this is simpler than I think.
Do I have to actually reset my own or someone's cable modem to get this to work? I don't want to do that unless there's no other way. Is there? Let me know what commands I can or should run.
I am running Ubuntu Linux 9.10 on my laptop and desktop. I would like to transfer files from one to the other using an Ethernet Cross Over Cable. Is there software already installed in the bundle, that would allow me to setup network drives for each machine when the cable is connected. Also how would I setup the configuration.
I have two laptops running fedora 9 (32-bit and 64-bit on each system) and I want to connect them together for sharing files. For this I have a cross cable i.e.,a simple cable that is usually used to connect a PC with ADSL modem.
I have two desktop one have rhel 5 and other window xp i am trying to connect both with cross over cable.IP for windows system is 192.168.0.1 IP for linux system is 192.168.0.2 I am able to ping my linux system from windows but unable to ping windows system from linux.
I have a wireless connection with static ip 192.168.10.150 to connect to Internet through a modem / router ADSL ip Lan 192.168.10.1. I connect with no problems. I have a wired network in the office 172.16.17.0/24 to work with the servers. the router is 172.16.17.1, my connection eth0 with static ip 172.16.17.150 work, but Internet by Internet nothing. If i disconnect the cable i have Internet from wireless. ?? What i have to do to ,to received internet by wireless and be connected ate same time to my wired network by eth0 too.
I recently installed the vt6656 wireless pci card that came with my zotac motherboard. I can associate with my ap and get an ip address successfully. When I disconnect my ethernet cable, however, my wireless interface stops responding (can't ping it). The box itself is in a place where I don't have a monitor connected to it so I cant see anything since my ssh session gets killed as soon as I disconnect the ethernet cable.
What would be the reason why the ehternet cable being unplugged, disconnects my wifi card as well? Does something get triggered? I did some testing with iptables, blocking the 8080 traffic to the wired interface, and noticed that the 8080 traffic also gets blocked to the wifi ip. I'm afraid that this never worked properly to begin with.
I am trying to run a cable from my wireless router over a 75ft cat6 cable to my bedroom. I don't get any connection on my end and I don't have any other ideas. I did setup a m0n0wall box just to try. I got the network led on my server to light up in my room but nothing more than that. Lastly, I tried adding a 5 port switch in my room and then connecting that to my server and nada.
I've been reading too much and understanding too little. What I have: Lucid laptop & desktop. Both have ethernet > hub > internet. What I want: connect them directly by the serial ports so the laptop can access the desktop's drives, and the desktop can be retired from the internet. I've got an old DB-25 null-modem, last used for multiplayer Doom. The laptop's dock has DB-9, so the connections is desktop > null-modem > Belkin DB-25 - DB-9 cable > laptop.
I had hoped this post would get me somewhere:[URL].. No such luck. When I ping 'grin.local', the connection is through the internet. If I disconnect the hub, i cannot ping.
Dunno if there's something more I should do to enable serial connection in Lucid, or if my null-modem is no longer good. I'm also rather curious how "grin.local" manages a connection through my ISP's system. These are DHCP. Shouldn't that have required the full numerical IP?
(It's nothing to do with the hub. Checked that by connecting a third box to the hub. My ISP only hands out two IP. I couldn't ping the third box.)
I have a desktop running Ubuntu 8.04. I installed 10.04 on my laptop. When I mount my desktop music folder on my laptop and transfer files, they now only go at 100-200 KB/s. When I had 9.10 installed, they transferred at 1-2 MB/s.
This is the command I use to mount the directory: sshfs email@example.com:/home/matt/Music/ /home/matt/Music/desktop/ Is there any way I can speed it up to get it back to max speed?
I have a strange problem that I cannot diagnose -- slow wifi. About two or three weeks ago, I noticed that my wifi began to slow down dramatically. The problem is the same on my ubuntu laptop and my ipad. But when I connect directly to the router with a network cable, my connection is fine. So it is definitely a problem with the wifi signal itself.
What I have done so far: (1) I checked all of the MAC addresses connected to my wifi. I identified my tivo box, laptop, and ipad. Nothing else.
(2) I used [I]wifi analyzer[I] on my android phone and selected an unused wifi channel (channel 8).
(3) I changed the username/password on my wifi signal. I also changed the password for my router's admin privileges.
(4) I restarted my router and computer. None of this helped.
OS: Maverick Ethernet driver: tested with sky2 an sk98lin This has been driving me crazy for the last few months: if I unplug ethernet cable while my laptop is on reconnecting it sometimes does not bring the connection back.
And once ethernet is gone nothing that I try seems to consistently bring it back. Rebooting, disabling/enabling the driver, disabling/enabling NIC in BIOS, changing driver from sky2 to sk98lin, deleting connection from Network Manager, resetting the router - nothing helps. It seems to come back randomly a few weeks later. Once I used live Ubuntu on a USB stick and ethernet came back not only on a live distro but then when I rebooted also on my main OS. But when I tried that trick next time ethernet was missing in the live distro as well.
Also once I was able to revive ethernet but compiling sk98lin driver, blacklisting sky2 and rebooting. Of course next time doing the same routine did not help. The thing is - ethernet works fine with either sky2 or sk98lin and I can unplug the cable and plug it back in most of the time without any issues. But then every so often - bang and I'm stuck with only wireless until ethernet suddenly starts working again.
how i can use VLANs. as i have red on the web, it is possible to have a switch to allocate ports to a single VLAN. thus splitting subnets on a port allocation. since i have a pc running KVM, it is possible to create multiple subnets for DMZ and LAN. thus my question is - is it possible to have a SINGLE cable connection to a switch that carries TWO subnets? so that i can decide how to distribute then on the pc?
Running 2.6.29-gentoo-r1 on a Sun Ultrasparc 10 with a Sun Happy Meal on eth0 connected directly to my cable modem. Intermittently, with a frequency between a few hours and a few days, I lose internet connectivity. Running ifconfig eth0 indicates all is well and I have a valid IP address but I cannot even ping the cable modem's management address; pings to 127.0.0.1 and eth0's IP address do get a reply but no other address I've tried does. I can 'fix' the problem by issuing
If I check the CM logs, it appears that it has rebooted itself prior to the loss of connectivity. The strange thing is that the incoming traffic doesn't seem to be affected by this, my PSAD log is full of incoming scans even during the periods when I can't connect to the net. I suspect this is an ISP problem (they own the CM);
Running Gentoo with kernel 2.6.29 on a Sparc Ultra 10. I'm having problems with my cable modem connection failing, so I've added a static route that enables me to log into the modem's diagnostics page at 192.168.100.1 when the connection drops; my /etc/conf.d/net looks like this (with the comment lines removed).
I'm having an issue where a server in CA (1000/full) and in VA (100/full) have very lopsided data transfer.
CA -> VA with iperf shows ~20Mbps VA -> CA with iperf shows ~93Mbps
If we change the CA server to 100/FULL, transfer speed is 93Mbps both ways.
Some tuning was done to TCP window scaling parameters, but it won't correct the issue, just improve the CA -> VA numbers to what is listed above. I will say, turning TCP window scaling OFF will lower the transfer speed both ways to < 20Mbps.
The only clue I have when looking at wireshark dumps is that the window scale going OUT would never go past 10240 (scale is 8, so 2^8 x 40bytes). In the opposite direction, the window size will go above 3MB (scaled).
It is not a bandwidth problem as iperf with UDP shows 93Mbps both ways. Local transfers (CA 1000/full to CA 100/full) show full speed both ways, so I feel it is strictly related to TCP window scaling.
RedHat 5 64-bit on both sides. Any ideas why it won't scale above 10240?
Can Cat5e RJ45 connector crimper be used for Cat 6 connector because I heard cat 6 connector is different from cat 5e connector and also same question for cable tester can cat5e cable tester be used for cat 6 cable?
So I have been struggling to make this happen for a bit and cannot figure it out. I want to communicate directly from my non-GUI Debian to my Puppy Linux PC. I have set up my Puppy PC for direct connection as per the instructions in the network wizard. I need to set up my Debian to do the same.
I have done the
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0
I still cannot ping the Debian machine from the Puppy one. Are there any other steps to the direct connection? (I already have the crossover cable in place)
I have also tried this with both PCs connected to a Netgear router. I CAN connect to the debian machine if it is on the router at the IP I assigned it and the Puppy PC is configured to use the router.
Is there a file I can edit or a process I can turn off? I think it's close I am just not sure what I am missing.
I have been experiencing extensive networking problems with 10.04 and I was wondering what options there are for downgrading to a different (hopefully more stable) release. I cannot seem to get a wired connection direct from the modem. I don't know if its just me but I feel an operating system that can't do something simple like this (without extensive terminal codes and file edits etc) is not for me. Here are my system specs:
I also have a PCI NIC card Intel PWLA8391GTBLK GIGABIT 1PC I just want to connect to the internet in a hassle free manner. Is there a release of ubuntu that I can "downgrade" to that will make networking hassle free? I have previously used 8.04 on a different machine with no problems. Is downgrading from 10.04 trivial? I currently do not have any important files as this is a new build and file backup is not an issue. Is there anything I should keep in mind or be aware of before downgrading?
I want to set up Ubuntu Server as a firewall in which I want to direct my internet connection through where Ubuntu Server will block, filter, and monitor anything that come into either three of my computers using the same internet connection. Is this easy to do? sum up the steps that I will have to go through to establish this, and any relevant information, and where I might be able to find necessary information etc. I plan to use ubuntu-10.04.2-server-i386.
I just built my first pc, installed ubuntu 9.10 and tried connecting to the net through my ethernet cable and all that happens is it says cannot find server. Do I need to install network settings & if so what & where,or should it automatically detect them? As this is my first build I am a novice but am willing to listen & learn.


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I had a great weekend stay at the Governor Prence. Very conveniently located, walk to town and restaurants. Direct access to the bike trail was awesome! A clean, comfortable room, very comfy bed and quite contributed to a great night's sleep. Staff was friendly and helpful. Continental breakfast offered many carb choices (waffles, bagels, muffins, toast, donuts), hard boiled eggs, cereal and fruit. Coffe and juice are available all day. The grounds are very pretty and it's nice to have the pool and big "backyard" so you aren't stuck in a room. We'll be back!
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After handing President Obama a couple of huge wins last week with respect to Obamacare and same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court has just delivered a big blow to the administration’s environmental agenda that threatened to cripple the energy industry.
In a 5-4 decision, the high court has ruled against Obama’s EPA in its effort to impose wildly expensive new rules on power plants. The Washington Examiner explains what the newly enacted rules by the Environmental Protection Agency were intended to do:
The EPA rules in question regulate hazardous air pollutants and mercury from coal- and oil-fired power plants, known as the MATS regulations. The regulations went into effect April 16. The utility industry argues that the rules cost them billions of dollars to comply and that EPA ignored the cost issue in putting the regulations into effect.
As the Examiner article goes on to explain, the impact of the EPA’s new rules on power plant emissions has already been felt in certain parts of the country, as facilities have either been upgraded at great expense — passed along to consumers — or have been shut down by their cash-strapped operators:
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Fighting Armstrong on very hard and I have zero nano paste. I'm past the unarmed part and now in the little burning arena. Any tips on how to survive longer? --- I r Ninja. I eat brains. NOO! I DON'T WANNA EAT A GUITAR!!
Keep evading and taking potshots until he begins charging fire into his fist. If he's about to punch the ground, get away. If he's about to lunge at you, stand still and block it. Then do the QTE to deal massive damage.
Basically, get him down to 150%. Then I hope you're good with Blade Mode. If you are... boom. Lots of damage, and nanopastes.
Unfortunately I'm not the greatest with precision blade mode :/ I'm dreading that part haha. I'm not a patient person either, but I guess ill have to be for this fight. Thanks :) --- I r Ninja. I eat brains. NOO! I DON'T WANNA EAT A GUITAR!!
Activate Ripper mode to make the Blade Mode part easier.
Equip electrolyte packs to replenish energy if needed.
Once you succeed and pick up the nanopastes, call Courtney and save the game. Now even if you die, you'll always start with those nanopastes in your inventory. --- "The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of ****." - Mike Tyson
Line up the slash, then press square or triangle. Works best if you have blade mode set to the left stick. --- http://i.minus.com/ihaX9zIN6K6Gf.gif http://i.minus.com/ibvrUFGBr5KrgF.gif Come to the board in my profile for random discussion. Though mainly anime.
The ripper on the blade mode part and the saving once I did it successfully were a big help guys, I finally did it :) it was a tough and frustrating battle, but a lot of fun. --- I r Ninja. I eat brains. NOO! I DON'T WANNA EAT A GUITAR!!
Congrats man! One thing I personally also find to work is to not equip Nanopaste during the MG:E and early Armstrong fights as most of those can be done in a minute if you don't mess up, that way you'll be fully nanopasted during the final boss : ) Good luck on Revengeance! --- PSN: Royta15 www.youtube.com/royta15
I had this same issue on revengence mode. What I did was the other battles with Armstrong and metal gear I unequiped nano past and beat those phases without it. Then when I got to the final battle I equipped my paste and destroyed him.
I should add though that I also had the white armor which allowed me to have 10 pastes. Funny thing though is when I got back to the final battle with those pastes I never even had to use one. All my parries landed and I was able to evade all of his attacks.
I think this happened because I took an hour break from the game and did the whole level over. Having the 10 pastes in the end took away the stress of dying in one hit which madeir easier to relax and time my attacks and parries.


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Jewish World Review April 5, 2001 / 12 Nissan, 5761
http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- IT IS NOT often that conservative talk-show host extraordinaire Rush Limbaugh and Harlem's left-wing Congressman Charles Rangel are in agreement on anything. But they both say that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, which has just passed the Senate to such great fanfare in the media, will never actually become law.
Moreover, they say it for the same reason -- that neither Democrats nor Republicans want campaign finance reform, so that it is just a question of which party can maneuver the other into being the one that is going to be blamed for killing it. Or maybe the Congressmen can take political credit for voting for campaign finance laws, while relying on President Bush to veto it or the Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional.
Such is the moral fiber of our elected officials, whose purity we are trying to save from corruption by outside interests that make campaign contributions. It never seems to occur to many in the media that perhaps it is the politicians who are already corrupt and who demand tribute from businesses and others in the form of campaign contributions.
Remember Al Gore's telephone calls from the White House, telling various businesses how much money he expected them to contribute? They weren't beating down the White House gates, trying to get inside to force money into the pockets of those inside. Businesses were being summoned to pony up. No one said that refusal could lead to OSHA inspectors, IRS agents or others from the vast Washington bureaucracy descending on these entrepreneurs' factories or offices, or new taxes or red tape being imposed on them by Congress. No one had to.
No one expects big money to stop pouring into the coffers of politicians, even if the McCain-Feingold bill survives the House-Senate conference, gets signed by President Bush and -- most unlikely of all -- gets approved as constitutional by the Supreme Court. Why then is so much fuss being made about this bill? Because it has become a popular cause and it makes people feel good -- regardless of what consequences it may or may not have.
Campaign finance reform is just one of many causes being pushed because they make people feel good, rather than because of any actual net benefit to the public. Nor are liberals the only ones doing this. Conservatives are sponsoring Congressional legislation to promote moral training in the public schools. Whatever chance such legislation has of getting passed by Congress and signed into law by the president, it has virtually no chance whatever of accomplishing what its sponsors proclaim to be its goal -- strengthening traditional morality, including sexual abstinence, through school-based programs.
Anyone with any knowledge or understanding of the kinds of people who predominate in the educational establishment -- including the largest teachers' union, the National Educational Association -- knows that they are utterly opposed to the traditional morality which conservatives want them to promote. Moreover, there is no way for Congress or anybody else to monitor what they are actually doing in the classroom, much less do anything about it, given the iron-clad tenure of teachers.
Feel-good laws and policies are behind many of the disasters of our time. People in California have been feeling good for years blocking the building of electricity-generating facilities and blocking the use, extraction or even exploration for the fuels like oil or natural gas needed to power such facilities. The consequences have been either ignored -- until the lights started going out -- or else waved aside with claims that all we need is "conservation" and some windmills and solar panels.
This is in a state with a growing population and with a huge computer industry that requires electricity, not only for the computers themselves, but also for the air-conditioning necessary to keep the computers from being ruined by summer heat.
All over the country, people who are against "over-crowding" feel good when they support "open space" laws to put much land off limits for building anything. It never seems to occur to them that the more land is off limits to building, the more crowded we are going to be on the remaining land. But why should they think things through that far? If the purpose is to feel good, that purpose has been accomplished and the consequences can be left for others to deal with.
Unfortunately, that is the way too many of our laws are
JWR contributor Thomas Sowell, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, is author of several books, including his latest, Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy.

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Interest rates in the US are a record higher levels than other countries. Victor on the expectations for Fed action, and the various markets reactions should the Fed make its move
….also from Michael:
Different Opinion Exclusion Zones
Victor brings us up to date on the critical state of volatility. Trump triggering an correction next Tuesday during the State of the Union address and the TSE
Ozzie Jurock’s Hot Properties
Victor on all the new highs in stock indexes plus now the rise in the major commodity indexes which are up about 23-30%. Lumber up 45%, copper up 45%, coal up 100%….
….Michael’s Featured Interview:
How To Make Money Trading Stocks
Victor thinks that you’ve got to get your world view right. The world has changed and the markets are coming around to the view that Trump is going to do what he said he was going to do. Currency markets react. the US dollar down the last 6 weeks in a row after hitting a 14 year high.
Trump Wall Critics Busy Building Walls Themselves
Rising interest rates following the Trump election has boosted markets significantly. Higher interest rates appear to be on the horizon triggering a massive sea change in so many markets
….more from Michael:
Ozzie Tracks Down The Hot Properties


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A visit to Washington, DC’s National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curry’s young life when she views First Lady Michelle Obama’s portrait.
When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sherald’s transcendent portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama at the National Portrait Gallery, she didn’t just see the First Lady of the United States. She saw a queen—one with dynamic self-assurance, regality, beauty, and truth who captured this young girl’s imagination. When a nearby museum-goer snapped a photo of a mesmerized Parker, it became an internet sensation. Inspired by this visit, Parker, and her mother, Jessica Curry, tell the story of a young girl and her family, whose trip to a museum becomes an extraordinary moment, in a moving picture book.
Parker Looks Up follows Parker, along with her baby sister and her mother, and her best friend Gia and Gia’s mother, as they walk the halls of a museum, seeing paintings of everyone and everything from George Washington Carver to Frida Kahlo, exotic flowers to graceful ballerinas. Then, Parker walks by Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama…and almost passes it. But she stops...and looks up!
Parker saw the possibility and promise, the hopes and dreams of herself in this powerful painting of Michelle Obama. An everyday moment became an extraordinary one…that continues to resonate its power, inspiration, and indelible impact. Because, as Jessica Curry said, “anything is possible regardless of race, class, or gender.”
Parker Curry, nine years old, is a New York Times bestselling author and dynamic, curious young mind with a love for ballet, art, fashion, and inspiring others. Currently, Parker is a very curious, voracious learner in third grade, exploring her passions: sewing, writing, mathematics, and reading new books in hopes of expanding her understanding of the world around her. At two years old, Parker became an international inspiration when a profound photograph of her awestruck by Michelle Obama's portrait went viral. That extraordinary moment was the subject of Parker's first published book, Parker Looks Up, a New York Times bestseller and recipient of multiple literary recognitions. Precocious Parker lives with her family in Sherman Oaks, California, where she enjoys spending time at the beach, traveling abroad, knitting, sewing, crocheting, and reading to herself or audiences of children and adults alike.
Jessica Curry is a New York Times bestselling author, executive assistant, independent school registrar, public speaker and host, freelance writer, celebrity interviewer, and devoted, doting Mama to three children: Parker, Ava, and Cash. Jessica was born and raised in Washington, DC, and attended Morgan State University and Howard University. Jessica’s debut children’s picture book, written with her oldest daughter, Parker, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and the California Young Reader Medal. The mother-daughter duo has since penned six additional children’s books in hopes of inspiring others to dream big dreams and share their stories. Jessica’s work has been featured by The New York Times, CNN, Forbes, NPR, NBC Nightly News, Access Hollywood, The Library of Congress National Book Festival, Good Morning America, The New-York Historical Society, and more. Jessica and her family reside in Sherman Oaks, California.
Brittany (Bea) Jackson, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning illustrator of Parker Looks Up and Parker Shines On, attended the College for Creative Studies and was a grand prize winner of the L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Award. In addition to her work as a children’s book artist and a character and concept artist, Bea’s art has been featured on books and comic covers as well as in various magazines. In 2021, Target launched Wondershop, a Christmas-themed collection, which included Bea’s art on gift bags, gift boxes, and wrapping paper. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.
Publisher: Aladdin (October 15, 2019)
Length: 40 pages
Grades: P - 3
Ages: 4 - 8
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Oldham in Greater Manchester may not be the most glamorous place associated with Sir Winston Churchill but it was there that his glittering political career was ignited when he was elected as the Conservative MP in 1900.
Now, a letter written by Britain’s legendary leader has been donated to the town after the council leader stepped in to buy it.
The letter, written in 1950 when he was leader of the opposition, is addressed to Sir Hamilton Kerr, another of the town’s former MP’s, expressing Sir Winston’s regrets at not being able to travel to Oldham in person to receive the freedom of the borough.
The document had been offered to Gallery Oldham by a private seller, but the necessary cash sum could not be found and it was in danger of being sold abroad until current council leader Jim McMahon stepped with his own money to buy it for the borough. The price has not been disclosed but similar items have fetched four-figure sums in the past.
Councillor McMahon, who is a keen historian, said: "I wanted to see this document kept in our civic archives so that future generations of local residents can see it, rather than it going to auction and falling into the hands of a private collector.
"It does seem a great shame in hindsight that Churchill never found the time to come back to the borough to officially collect this honour because I’m certain he would have received a great reception."
Gallery Oldham already has a collection of Churchill memorabilia including posters of his successful 1900 election campaign, a bust and a painting.
Sean Baggaley, social history curator at the gallery, said: "We have really good information about the early part of Churchill’s career – but we’ve not got much about his later career. It’s one of those stories that we often tell but we’ve not been able to illustrate it before."
The text of the letter reads: "I am so sorry not to be able to make any plans at the present time to go to Oldham to receive the Freedom of the Borough. I am constantly bearing the matter in mind, but until the pressure of my commitments decreases, I am afraid I cannot add to my engagements.
"Thank you nevertheless for drawing my attention to it."
Actually owning a letter signed by Sir Winston might be beyond the pocket of most of us but you can certainly afford a bust of the great man. Why not look at this wide selection of busts in different styles and materials, or perhaps you would prefer an etching for your wall. These and many more fascinating gifts are all available at www.winstonchurchillshop.com.


The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers to assist those who care for seriously ill loved ones.
The strategy contains close to 350 actions that the federal government plans to take to support caregivers in the company year, as well as 150 recommendations that could be adopted at the state or local levels or in the private sector. The HHS sub-agency Administration for Community Living (ACL) spearheaded the strategy’s development.
“Supporting family caregivers is an urgent public health issue, exacerbated by the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “This national strategy recognizes the critical role family caregivers play in a loved one’s life. I know the importance of this first-hand, as someone who cared for my late father and navigated the challenges associated with caregiving.”
The actions called for in the strategy document are oriented around five principal objectives:
- Increase awareness of and outreach to family caregivers
- Advance partnerships and engagement with family caregivers
- Strengthen services and supports for family caregivers
- Ensure financial and workplace security for family caregivers
- Expand data, research, and evidence-based practices to support family caregivers
Annually, nearly 53 million people assist family members or other loved ones in maintaining health, quality of life, and independence due to aging, disability, or a chronic health condition, according to ACL.
Replacing the work of family caregivers with paid services would cost an estimated $470 billion each year, the agency indicated.
“At some point in our lives, most of us will either be a family caregiver or need one. Many of us will experience both,” Acting ACL Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging Alison Barkoff in an announcement. “This strategy presents a vision, along with recommendations for achieving it. Bringing that vision to life will require contributions and commitments from every sector, every level of government – and all of us – and ACL is proud to help lead that work.”
The stress and financial burden of caregiving can be a barrier to hospice utilization.
Terminally ill patients who lack care from family or friends are often less likely to choose hospice, a 2020 study found. Even when a caregiver is present, that person may be elderly or ill themselves, or unable to be in the home around the clock due to work or other obligations.
Nearly 20% of unpaid caregivers are elderly, frail, or chronically ill themselves, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
The expense alone can be a struggle. Roughly three-quarters of them spend upwards of $7,200 annually for costs related to caring for loved ones, AARP reported. For many caregivers, this amounts to 26% of their income, according to AARP.
These costs can include patient medical and non-medical needs or lost income due to missed work days. Around 30% of caregivers cover rent or mortgage payments for their loved ones, while 17% pay for medical costs, AARP reported.
All told, lost income to families due to caregiving totals an estimated $522 billion each year, according to ACL.
The HHS strategy was developed through a collaboration among advisory councils established by prior legislation, the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (SGRG) Act, with input from family caregivers, patients, and other stakeholders, according to ACL. Those stakeholders included 15 federal agencies and more than 150 private organizations.
HHS plans to update the strategy every two years.
“Many of the more than 150 million people who receive health care coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, and the Health Insurance Marketplaces rely on trusted friends and family for care,” said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure in a press release. “CMS is committed to advancing home and community-based services and other forms of caregiver support across the lifespan to give caregivers the recognition and resources they need and deserve.”