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You can view the championship pairings here.
No. 7 Dell Rapids 25, No. 3 Dakota Valley 22 -- Eddie Price threw for 174 yards with three combined touchdowns as the Quarriers hung on to beat Dakota Valley to advance to the DakotaDome. Logan Ellingson added a kickoff return for a score in the first quarter and two receiving touchdowns. Ellingson had 150 yards receiving in the game. For Dakota Valley, Sam Chesterman ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns. Dell Rapids led 13-7 at halftime.
No. 6 Howard 12, No. 2 Britton-Hecla 8 -- Zach Pardy ran for 54 yards and scored what ended up being the game-winning touchdown in the second quarter for Howard. Isaac Feldhaus threw a 46-yard TD to E.J. Leetch for the team's other score in the first quarter. Feldhause had 106 yards passing. Meanwhile, Michael Hofer ran for 38 yards and Gavin Ericksen-Reisdorfer 35. For Britton-Hecla, Stanley Haskins Jr. ran for 161 yards with a touchdown. Howard led 12-8 at halftime.


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It is a generally accepted notion that we are living in times of rapid change. If, to paraphrase Heraclitus, change is the only constant, then organizations must anticipate areas of possible change and prepare themselves accordingly.
Within the IEC, the Market Strategy Board (MSB) has been set up to identify key technology trends and market needs in the areas of IEC work. Comprised of high-level industry leaders and IEC officers, the MSB offers strategies to help guide long-term IEC activities. It provides recommendations to the IEC on the areas that could trigger possible disruptions but also offer opportunities to the IEC in the future.
To better understand some of the key topics this year, e-tech spoke with Peter Lanctot who serves as Secretary to the board.
Hurricanes, heat waves and flooding are some of the extreme weather events occurring with increased frequency. The impact on the delivery of electricity can be devastating with blackouts affecting millions of people. As a result, Lanctot notes that "a new type of resiliency for utilities is needed to cope with the resulting effects of climate change".
Resiliency refers to the characteristics of an electrical system to recover its operations. It is the ability to avoid or minimize disruptions to the grid after an extreme weather happening. This can be achieved by, for example, splitting networks into smaller circuits or deploying intelligent switches that can detect a short circuit, block power flows to that area and reroute the electricity so users do not lose access.
According to Lanctot, MSB members will tackle the issue of resiliency for utilities. "Legacy grid equipment is at risk as we face more extreme storms and temperatures. It is necessary to make the electricity distribution systems more climate-resilient and this could include an overhaul of standards".
Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into organizational processes and competencies. It encompasses artificial intelligence, data management and smart systems. Given its importance, the MSB will be publishing a White Paper in October 2019 on the topic of ontologies and the semantic web in the digital transformation age.
According to Lanctot, "MSB members agree that artificial intelligence is the next phase of innovation and will cause long term disruption to market and technology". For the IEC, areas of future work could include the development of standards that can mitigate the impact of potential biases resulting from algorithms.
Data is an important feature of the digital transformation, especially as it becomes increasingly easy and cheap to collect and store. However, this raises questions regarding data access, management, ownership and protection. Lanctot notes that "data allows for ‘smartness’ - such as smart energy, smart cities, AAL, smart manufacturing – but how do we use the data that come out of these systems? The IEC is well positioned to find a common ground on these questions. With the digitalization of the economy, the IEC can help to define a standard for the usage of data".
Within smart systems, the MSB will examine the integration of people, smart devices and machines. This can also include digital twinning which, according to Lanctot, "will become a business imperative and serve as the foundation for connecting products and services between the physical and virtual worlds".
Safety is one of the core remits of the IEC beginning with standards which have enabled the safe transmission and delivery of electricity. As new technologies are introduced, the IEC develops standards to ensure that users are safe.
The MSB has identified two technologies where safety is an area for further study: artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT). Questions raised within the MSB include how to maintain current levels of safety with IoT devices and how to guarantee the safety of home appliances as these increasingly rely on autonomous decision-making. "Specifically, the MSB would like to examine the impact of machine learning on functional safety".
Related to safety, cyber security is an increasing threat to organizations and individuals. This is another area of focus especially since, as Lanctot notes, "more systems are becoming data driven and therefore more vulnerable. Standards can provide solutions". With the massive proliferation of IoT devices, security questions regarding hacking, data management and privacy are emerging. The MSB has also raised the issue of upgrading firmware on IoT devices and how to ensure that it is implemented securely.
Lanctot also remarks that while the IEC is well-positioned to bring together the various stakeholders to discuss solutions for safety and security, not all participants may have benign intentions. "How do we control who joins the discussions on topics such as security? And, if some of the participants are not responsible, they will nonetheless retain the keys to the functioning of the security system". Guiding stakeholder participation and responsibility could be an area that the IEC will need to address.
Risk management has also been raised as a potential topic of further study. According to Lanctot, regulators are keen to implement risk management solutions for basic safety features. However, the question remains how it can be best used and integrated. Working with regulators will also become an area of increased focus. "Every country has its own rules and regulations but there are some commonalities. I think that in 2019, regulations will become one of the topics that the MSB looks at more deeply".
Robotics in the service industry and battery-propelled jet airplanes are two topics that will be on the MSB agenda for discussion and likely to become areas of interest in the next few years.
"A recurring topic is robotics and how it will affect the service industry. We already have robots making drinks for us at the bar, but what about in places with lots of people, like on cruise ships, where there is more of a social atmosphere?" Questions remain on whether robot assistants will be deemed sufficiently useful and an acceptable alternative to human personnel.
While the electrification of cars and buses has begun, many issues constrain the development of electronic airplanes such as the weight and space requirements of batteries that will be used for propulsion. However, as Lanctot notes, "it’s an area where the IEC has a lot of knowledge. It is something to look at a little further as a new opportunity for the IEC". He has been tracking industry activities and has observed that "companies and universities are starting to look into this issue even though it is a little outside of the box".

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Communication with a child begins from a mother’s womb. Once the child is of the age of picking a language, he or she is more likely to pick a language that he or she hears the most. Sometimes when the child is exposed to multiple languages, either he picks few words from every language and communicate in a mixed language or might get confused and have a delayed speech.
While some Paediatricians insist that we speak in only one language with our child so that it helps the child speak on time and with fluency, there are others who believe in exposing the children to multiple languages at a young age since children have the capacity to absorb maximum within first 5 years of their growth. They don’t mind a delay in speech in such cases.
Let us not forget that every child is different. Both my husband and I have roamed around the globe throughout our growing years. We both were exposed to many languages in our childhood. While my husband picked up his mother tongue along with Hindi and English, I picked a few additional languages besides my mother tongue, Hindi and English.
My child also had to deal with a similar situation. My husband and I come from two different linguistic families. His family speaks Marathi while mine speaks Kannada. My daughter was born in US. Like in all Indian families, my mother came to help me the first few months and conversed with my baby in Kannada while the next few months my mother in law spoke to her in Marathi. Both my parents and in-laws were visitors who would be with us for just a few months in a year. Since my husband and I were college buddies, we were comfortable in Hindi and English. Our mother tongue was tertiary languages for us. So bottom line, my daughter was exposed to 4 languages in her first two years.
To add to her linguistic confusion, since she also used to go to day care, she was exposed to Spanish too. So overall my daughter was placed in the category of “too many languages has confused her and is the reason for her delay in speech”.
As a parent, it was important for me to make her conversable in her daycare. I wanted her to feel comfortable with people around her in my absence so that she could understand and express her needs to her caretakers. So we chose to speak to her in English. Since English became a language that she would hear more often than others both at home and in daycare, she picked the language faster and by the age of three had a fabulous vocabulary.
Every time the grandparents visited, they would speak in Marathi and Kannada with her. We never discouraged this as parents and the result was she could understand Marathi and Kannada very well, but would respond back only in English.
This did create a slight distance between them. We did speak to her in our mother tongue but she was in daycare for 8 hours in a day so she chose English to be her primary language. We have never regretted this till date.
When she was 4 we decided to come back to India. That’s when we faced some hiccups. Kids of her age primarily spoke in Marathi or Hindi since we moved to Mumbai. To add to her misery, the poor child also had an American accent to her English, which made her a bully for children around. This started affecting her in her social development. While she was praised in school for an amazing English vocabulary compared to her peers, there was a social stigma she was going through. That’s when I started speaking to her in Hindi consistently. In a few months, she picked the language as now this was the language that she was hearing more often in her surroundings and wanted to learn to fit in her circle of friends and surrounding.
Today she is 11 and although her primary language for communication is English, she speaks Hindi and Marathi and understands Kannada very well. She picks a foreign language very easily and knows basics of French, German and Spanish. My second child who is born in Mumbai is now 6 and speaks in English, Hindi and Marathi but has no clue of Kannada. The reason being I never enforced any particular language to my children. I gave them exposure to languages based on the needs of the surroundings and situations. I never discouraged my in-laws or parents to speak in their mother tongues, but then like I have repeatedly said, children tend to pick a language that they hear more often and consistently than the others.
Do we really need more than one language to communicate with our children on a daily basis? I think any language that creates a level of comfort between two people is good to go. Having secondary and tertiary languages is good to have, but in the end what works in everyday life is the primary language which need not be the mother tongue.
As a parent to a next generation child, I believe in globalization and try to expose my children to as many languages as I can- Indian or International. I can only set the stage for them. It is up to them to speak in a language they are comfortable in and helps them communicate better. Because in this digital world I feel verbal communication is slowly going on mute. To be honest, what language they choose for verbal communication is least of my worries. I want my children to connect with me and not just talk to me.

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text: We are excited to introduce Ellie Splain, who recently joined REEF staff at headquarters in Key Largo, FL. Ellie will serve as REEF's Education Program Manager. Ellie is no stranger to REEF, as she was a REEF Marine Conservation Intern in the summer of 2013. From a small rural town in Illinois, Ellie attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in FIsh and Wildlife Conservation. Despite growing up landlocked, Ellie has always been drawn to the ocean (and the good weather of South Florida doesn't hurt!). In addition to the REEF internship, during her undergraduate time, she spent time living in the Turks and Caicos Islands and assisted in REEF lionfish research in the Bahamas. After graduation, she moved back to the Florida Keys, where she earned her dive master rating and worked as a field instructor for Marine Resources Development Foundation. Ellie brings with her experience teaching marine ecology and conservation programs in both a classroom and field setting. Her primary focus at REEF will be education, outreach, and capacity building within the REEF Explorers Program, an informal education program offered to visiting groups of all ages. A big fish welcome to Ellie!


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The exhibition Nomadic Traces, curated by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, and held at Dar Bellarj in Marrakech (16 Dec 2016 –13 October 2017) is a reflection on the important role that typography and writings have played across generations, defining the cultural identity of past and present civilizations. The migrational and transformative nature of writing, its ability to freely cross borders and to mix with other writing systems, testifies to the interconnectivity of people.
In the work of the French visual artist Laurent Mareschal, entitled “Here/Ici”, a poem in three languages (Arabic, French, and Amazigh) is written specially by the artist to present the idea of nomadic life and multiplicity of identity. The text uses the script of each respective language (Arabic-Maghrebi, French-Latin, and Amazigh-Tifinagh) and the Tubqal font that proved to be the most pragmatic for the task. The poem is projected on the floor of a dark and vaulted space, the text changes shapes and language in response to movement (of people and viewers) in the space, it swirls like sand in the wind, and moves like shifting sand dunes when you arrive at the center of the installation, and becomes clearer as text as you move away to the sides allowing the viewer to read the poems. The movements and change of languages is random and thus creates infinite variations.
The interactive video uses the font Tubqal, designed by Andreu Balius, Salah Eddine Bellizi, and Juan Luis Blanco, and developed within the framework of the type design research project, Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib.

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Weather & other useful links for cruising in Ireland.
Sea Area forecasts, (Met Eireann).
Isobar, Rainfall, Cloud & Temperature charts, (Met Eireann).
Coastal reports & Sea Crossings forecasts. (Met Eireann).
Current rainfall pattern on radar.
Fast updating rainfall radar image.
3 hour forecasts (1 hPa isobars, rainfall & isotachs.) (Met Eireann).
Shipping Forecast (UK Met Office, Exeter).
Offshore buoys data. M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 & Marathon Gas Field. (Marine Institute).
Current weather & wave heights from shipping.
German Aerospace Centre most recent satellite image.
Meteosat 7. for current pressure, visibility and wind speed.
Dun Laoghaire Harbour current weather conditions.
“2 Day Plus” weather forecasts.
Magic Seaweed MSLP & Precipitation charts.
16 day forward, NCEP based, MSLP charts.
Passage Weather 7 day surface pressure and wave height charts.
North Atlantic weather systems. James McGregor.
SkyLink Weather 3 day charts.
Météociel’s synoptic, precipitation etc., charts.
12 day Wind/Weather forecast from French Met Service.
Stormsurf’s surface winds animation from zero hours to 180 hours.
Swiss Meteosail featuring DWD synoptic charts and Windfinder forecasts.
Bracknell’s Synoptics (via Westwind, Markus Pfister).
Wind flow films from Meteoblue.
Czech Wind Guru (Vaclav Hornik).
WeatherOnline Wave Height forecast charts.
Meteosim (Catalunya.) Wave Watch 3 charts.
Wind forecast from Kiel, Germany.
Ocean Prediction Centre of NOAA site of weather links.
Starfish Surf Company weather links.
Surf Forecasts site page of weather links.
Decode list for METARS & TAFS.
Geoff Butler’s Pilot Weather Course.
Tide Prediction, (UK Hydrographic Office).
2014 tide tables for Cobh.
2014 tide tables for Galway.
2014 tide tables for Dublin.
2014 tide tables for Londonderry.
2014 tide tables for Belfast.
Aerial views of Irish marinas.
Commissioners of Irish Lights, Notices to Mariners re Lights and Buoys.
Marine Notice No 9 of 2004 re Sea Area Forecasts.
Marine Notices from Dept. of Transport.
Department of Marine, division of Dept. of Transport.
Inland Waterways Association of Ireland.
The Cruising Association of Ireland.
Photographic album of all Irish lighthouses.
Irish navigation marks photo album.
Dept. of Marine list of links.
GMT, UT & the RGO.
Sun or Moon rise/set tables.
List of Irish representative associations.
Peter Blundell’s Lights, Sound and Fog signals.
Willi & Tina conquer Lough Derg.
Tina & Willi Klug’s month-long trip on the inland waterways, April 2008.
Tina & Willi Klug’s inland waterways trip, April 2006.
Tina & Willi’s Inland Waterways trip, September 2006.
Nick & Kathy Bowles’ circumnavigation of Ireland.
Grahame Stronge’s Strangford to The Channel Islands cruise.
Circumnavigating the North Pole westabout.

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•	Technological Supremacy (build the A-bomb — which takes 4 stages).
•	Military Victory (capture of TWO enemy capitals – each Great Power has 2).
•	Investment cards, which have Technological values (to enhance unit abilities) and a Factory value (the only way to increase Industry levels).
•	Diplomatic infighting (using Action cards), to gain minor nations (Czech, Rumania, etc) for their Population and Resources.
•	and some military movement (using Action cards for Command), which can include Violating (attacking) neutral minors to gain Population/Resources when Diplomacy fails.
Версия модуля Triumph & Tragedy v35.2. В модуле старая редакция начальной расстановки. Будьте внимательны!
Triumph & Tragedy v35.2a — это доработанная версия: исправлена начальная расстановка. Так же удален вариант для двух игроков.

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At Scot Forge, every employee-owner is dedicated to achieving the goal of Total Customer Satisfaction by safely supplying the highest-quality forgings and services possible.
The unique employee-ownership culture has allowed our company to integrate every employee-owner into our quality improvement activities. Hundreds of individual employee-owners have participated in our quality audit teams.
Based on an 8D problem-solving model, Scot Forge’s corrective action system has given over a hundred employee-owners the opportunity to lead corrective action request teams. The company’s regularly scheduled Layered Process Audits involve all levels of leadership and provide key input to the effectiveness and sustainability of the quality system. With full company involvement and ownership, a commitment to quality is evident throughout Scot Forge.
In July 1992, Scot Forge was the first North American open die forging company to be awarded certification to ISO 9001. Scot Forge has maintained certification since that time and is now certified to ISO 9001:2015 as well as AS9100D (EN 9100D:2016, JISQ 9100:2016). Further pursuance of aerospace products has led to Nadcap accreditation in both Heat Treatment for aluminum material and Nondestructive Testing. Ringmasters and North American Forgemasters, both joint ventures of Scot Forge, are also certified to ISO 9001:2015. Other accreditations include ABS, DNV, Lloyd's Register and the European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED).
Visit the Ringmasters page to view Ringmasters Quality Certifications.

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LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)– Sectigo (formerly Comodo CA), the world’s largest commercial Certificate Authority and a leader in web security solutions, announced expansion to the Middle East through market-leading partners, including BroadBITS, Checksum Consultancy Co., and Hayyan Horizons. The partnerships enable enterprises in Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates to advance their digital identity strategies using Sectigo web security solutions in combination with best-practice consulting services.
“We have found Sectigo a great partner to work with. The company’s offerings are proven and strong, and we appreciate the team’s dedication,” said Ali Tamimi, Founder and Managing Director, Hayyan Horizons, an IT security solutions and services provider specializing in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), which provides Sectigo solutions to customers in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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text: With the title 'Ere Fletch they've only gone and listed the Scrubs: HMP Wormwood officially one Britain's finest buildings today's Daily Mail announces that Wormwood Scrubs Prison has been given Grade II listed status. There is a picture of Ronnie Barker and the caption The London prison was made famous as the entrance to HMP Slade in the BBC series Porridge starring Ronnie Barker. The Daily Telegraph website carries a similar story. The trouble is that as any Albanian knows it was the former St Albans prison which provided the backdrop. Can you believe anything you read in the press these days?


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Explosion Protection and Pressure Relief | REMBE Inc.
At REMBE®, we are the specialists in designing customer specific solutions. Our eight subsidiaries and a worldwide network of sales partners guarantee our customers consistent quality in products, consulting and on-site support.
On our website you will find lots of useful information about explosion protection systems rupture discs and accessories.
Prompt and professional, we’d be happy to talk to you in person.


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Great Barrier Reef corals living off the coast of Australia are dying due to rapid climate change.
By a new study, off the coast of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef has seen two huge bleaching events over the span of two years, and that has led to a widespread die-off of the corals.
Through keen observations of the largest coral reef system of the world, the scientists are taking stock of the extent of the damage from the higher water temperatures due to global warming. They mapped the patterns of exposure to heat on more than 1,400 miles of reef and analyzed which corals are dying, learning the future of these reefs.
Mark Eakin of the NOAA’s Coral Reef said that it has been an event that is changing the character of these reefs, and now that these marine heat waves are coming more frequently and more severely, they expect this kind of damage to keep occurring on coral reefs around the world. He further said that the bleaching had altered the entire community of the corals living on many of these reefs, killing many of the more temperature-sensitive corals and leaving just a community that is kind of homogenized or flattened. Eakin added that either of the catastrophic back-to-back bleachings would have been the worst that they have ever seen.
By research published, the die-off has brought about the collapse of the ecosystem for 29 percent of the 3,863 reefs in the giant coral reef system. The detailed mapping builds on earlier research, which primarily relied on aerial surveys, and was conducted by a team of U.S. and Australian scientists.
As said by Eakin, the scientists are stressed as they found that the corals were dying at a lower level of heat stress than they expected to see. It is possible that could be as the reefs in the extreme north of the Great Barrier Reef have not been exposed to significant heat stress in the past.

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The only thing more frustrating than nursing a face full of acne is to spend hours in front of the mirror trying to hide visible acne scars that seem to permanently damage your smooth skin. Acne scars can affect any skin type and at any age, leaving behind red, unsightly marks.
We speak to Dr. Siew Tuck Wah, Medical Director of Radium Medical Aesthetics to understand more about acne scars and the various treatment options available in Singapore.
Acne scars are formed as a result of an inflamed lesion, which could come in the form of a papule, pustule, or cyst.
In most cases, the inflamed lesion causes a minor damage in the follicle wall and it will heal quickly. When the inflammation is not well-managed, the infection often goes deeper and destroys healthy skin tissue.
The skin reacts to the infection by producing more collagen fibers. In most cases, when the collagen completes the “repair work”, the appearance is never as smooth and flawless as before the injury.
“The severity of the inflammation is often an accurate gauge of scar development,” says Dr. Siew.
“The deeper the inflammation, the greater the chance of scarring. Severe acne that takes a long time to heal also increases the likelihood of scarring.” he added.
When wounds heal, the body responds by producing collagen to repair the open wound. Most acne causes atrophic scars, commonly known as depressed scars. A depression occurs because there is a loss of skin tissue after the trauma. Ice pick, boxcar scars, and rolling scars are examples of atrophic scars.
As the name suggests, ice pick scars are deep holes in the skin that look like the skin has been punctured with an ice pick. On the other hand, boxcar scars tend to be broader than ice pick scars. Rolling scars often appear uniformly on the face with tiny depressions and have smooth edges.
When the body overcompensates by producing too much collagen, creating a mass of raised tissue over the wound. Such scarring is called hypertrophic scarring, or commonly known as keloids.
Keloids often appear reddish or pinkish, usually a different shade from your skin color.
The choice of acne scar treatment depends on the type of scar and the downtime the patient can tolerate. Very often, acne scar treatments require a combination of treatments for best outcome.
Ice pick scars occurs because of the lack of collagen production which creates a deep depression on the skin. Treatments for ice pick scars aim to stimulate the skin’s collagen production so that the depression on the skin becomes less visible when more collagen fibers grow to smoothen out the skin.
Boxcar scars are often deep and wide, forming deep craters that can take a long time to treat. Depending on the nature of the scars, some doctors may recommend a dermal filler treatment to fill the deep craters.
PDRN treatment, or commonly known as Rejuran Healer, is an effective skin healing that does not only fill the depressed scars, but also stimulate cell growth for a smoother, less inflamed skin.
After a dermal filler treatment, the scars can visibly disappear after the treatment. The downside: You need to repeat this treatment every 6 months as the dermal filler may dissolve after a few months.
Rolling scars are best treated with a skin resurfacing laser treatment because the scars are uniformly distributed with no defined depressions or holes that can be easily filled with dermal filler. Repeat sessions are often required to see some improvement in the skin texture.
Keloids are best treated with a steroid injection to reduce the swelling and appearance of the raised scars. Once the scar is flat, your doctor may recommend a laser treatment such as a CO2 skin resurfacing treatment and dual yellow laser to continue to improve the texture and reduce the redness so that it blends in well with the surrounding skin.
Radium Medical Aesthetics offers a full range of customized acne scar treatments to reduce the appearance of scars and improve your skin condition, allowing you to focus on what is important to you.

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The closest Martial Arts School is about 17.7 Miles away in Schuyler Falls. This page is showing 36 Martial Arts Schools, Studios, Dojos & Clubs found within 50 Miles of Loon Lake. Most of these schools offer self defense classes for children, men and women. Some may also offer After School Karate for kids. Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing, Kempo/Kenpo, Kung Fu & Brazilian Jiu-jitsu are the top Martial Arts offered in Loon Lake area.
Chart based on style information available from 34 Martial Arts Schools in Loon Lake area.
Distance is showed approximately from the downtown area of Loon Lake, NY. Click on 'Map' next to a Dojo to see it on the Map. To see a list of Martial Arts and Self Defense classes near you, Search with your address.
Most of these Martial Arts Studios, clubs and gyms offer Karate classes for kids or Self Defense classes for children, men and women in Loon Lake area. If you are looking for classes or lessons near your address in Loon Lake, please use the following search box and see a list of Martial Arts Schools, clubs and organizations near you.
See Martial Arts Schools and classes in places around Loon Lake, New York: Vermontville, Onchiota, Bloomingdale, Gabriels, Harrietstown, Ray Brook, Owls Head.
If you are associated with a Martial Arts School, Club or Dojo in Loon Lake, please list it with dojos.info.

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Third Wave Coffee - Roastworks Coffee Co.
Here at Roastworks we refer to our selves as a “Third Wave” coffee roaster, but what does that actually mean? Third Wave Coffee refers to the modern movement that views coffee as an artisanal product, rather than a commodity. It applies the highest culinary standards to all aspects of coffee production and preparation to highlight qualities imparted by varietal, growing region and processing method. To do this, Third Wave coffee focuses on improvements in cultivation, harvesting, and processing, to stronger relationships between coffee growers, traders, and roasters, to higher quality and fresh roasting, to skilled brewing.
Why choose Third Wave coffee? Coffee is a complex product with a wide gamut of variance. It can be argued that coffee has even more flavour components than wine and to appreciate these in all their glory it is essential that care is taken at all stages of production and preparation. This is essentially what Third Wave coffee is all about. By doing this you, the consumer, is able to appreciate what makes speciality coffee special.
Good coffee can vary in flavour from tea-like and floral, to spicy and deep, to fruity and bright, (and everything in between). We want to take consumers on a journey and show them what incredible and diverse flavours coffee can have, and when you do find a coffee you think is delicious we want to give you useful information to explain why the coffee tastes the way it does.
Too often we hear people describing coffee as “strong or mild”, “dark roast or light roast”, or whether the drink is a latte, flat white, etc. We want to move the conversation away from these topics and encourage a discourse in the flavour of coffee.
The ultimate aim of all those involved in Third Wave Coffee is to showcase the diverse, unique and delicious naturally occurring flavours of coffee. Artisan roasters like us hope to reach a new level of sensory experience, enjoyment and appreciation that acknowledges everybody and everything that goes into making the perfect cup of coffee.

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has begun a series of rotating strikes as of Monday, October 22, 2018. Mail will continue to be sent through the Canada Post system, though there may be delays due to the rotating strikes.
Good thing we have options!
Here are some of the ways a delay could impact you, and what to do.
We will continue to monitor the situation, and will keep you updated of any changes to how we communicate via mail.
Please contact your local branch with specific concerns and our teams will help you to the very best of their ability. For all other services and questions about how this potential labour disruption may affect you, please contact us.


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I am not a collector by nature. I only collect salvaged wood picture frames, MacKenzie-Childs, and books. But I do enjoy seeing what others collect, and I had no idea that so many folks collect roosters and hens. Shelia is hosting a roo and hen party, and I thought I would share with you mine. It is not a collection, more like a set of: 2. Yes, I am definitely hen and rooster challenged!
Please join Shelia's party here and see all the fun rooster and hen collections. I might have found something new to collect!
Love your rooster pitcher. So fun!
You Rooster pitcher is darling! I have a set of 3 just like it that we bought in Rome years ago!
I love your little vignette! Very pretty and homey. Great job! Cheers!
Me too, I a bit roo and chick challenged myself.But this was fun,and they sure are very popular.I love the two you have.
You have cute roos & hens Ricki! Don't feel bad though, I have none!!! I did have a few, but I sold them in my garage sale a couple of years ago. Silly me.
I have the baby to your rooster pitcher. No kidding and it was brought to me from Italy. How funny. Love your casserole.
Love the MacKenzie-Childs hen casserole!
Will you let me know what you think of Paris Wife. I need a new book to read!
Really, really cute... I like them a lot!
Your two are just perfect. I love MC pieces.
What fun pieces! Love how colorful they are! Thanks for sharing.
How cute!! I love MC and two of anything is a perfect collection to me!
If your Italian pitcher comes up missing, DO NOT come looking for me. That is sooooo cute.
You might not have many but what you do have is SO cute!
So cute - I thought Mackenzie Childs right away. I don't own any, but I think it is delicious!
Love your fledgling rooster collection, everyone has to start somewhere don't they?
Always fun to see your table with your Taylor pieces.


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The Goldner String Quartet is currently undertaking a project to perform in all six of Sydney’s Sister Cities; Portsmouth (England), Wellington (NZ), Guangzhou (China), Florence (Italy), San Francisco (USA) and Nagoya (Japan).
Each program will be individually tailored to the respective Sister-City and will include a work by a composer significant to that country or a collaboration with a locally based performer. All concerts will also feature at least one Australian composition, further enhancing Sydney’s ties with each Sister City.
Sydney Sister Cities – A Musical Celebration!
In Sydney, the GSQ presented a varied concert program incorporating selections of works representing all six countries.
Please check back here periodically – more details added as the project progresses. For further information on our philanthropic drive for this project, please visit our project page on the Australian Cultural Fund website.
Sydney and Portsmouth were proclaimed Sister Cities on 10 December 1984 in recognition of the historic ties between the two cities dating from 1787 when eleven ships under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, Royal Navy, sailed from Portsmouth harbour to found the colony of New South Wales.
The Goldner String Quartet will perform at the Portsmouth Guildhall in a program specifically designed to showcase these ties.
In celebration of the 21st anniversary of Wellington and Sydney’s sister-city relationship, the Goldner String Quartet and Chamber Music New Zealand have teamed up in co-commissioning NZ composer Gareth Farr to write a new work for string quartet.
The Quartet will premiere the work during their 2013 national tour of NZ, prior to performing the work during forthcoming Australian engagements.


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Lol how the heck do you solo Nessus with a Mage without ketting KD?
You can have 38 str on pariah against dc 40 str check on PF, if you were even +2 check item you are immune to normal pf kd's. As for malebs, well you can always use chain of solidarity for foundation of stone or kill them with kickbackshields while you are KD'd, yes kb shields still works when you are disabled.
It took me about 70-80mins to get to PW chest early this year, around january or so and that made me curious about the 45min KE mentioned..
Nessus first 2 maps are actually really straightforward spawns of stuff killable by sonic, next killable by acid then sonic again and back to acid (and evards before nerf). Erinyes' can be harsh to pariahs which was what I used abyss +6dex ring for. Also positioning comes into greater play when solo/small party. Rift for example is a map you can mass 20+ pf/maleb combined and fight a single PF while aoe nuking everything else. So if you wear fire/acid/mag immunity and that str check bonus item you take less damage than you regen and you can nuke everything from safe range, like having never ending epicwall made of stupid pitfiend.
Then it comes down to having spells to kill them all without despawning, but dualboxers dont have to care about this.
But then again, having less than 4 people means 0 loot in hells, so it is just for sake of spending time to do stuff like this.


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After two international grocery stores have come and gone, the Tall Oaks stucco wasteland shopping center is allegedly on the verge of attracting a new anchor, officials say. But odds are that it won't be another grocery store.
Marty Flax, senior vice president of Renaud Consulting, the shopping center's property management group, says the space "will probably not be home to a supermarket" in the future. He said he is close to signing an anchor tenant for the Compare Foods spot.
"Supermarkets have not been able to make it there," Flax said. "It is still a viable shopping center in Reston. But the way the center is situated, it is hidden. It really is a neighborhood center."
Since Tall Oaks earned the dubious distinction of losing its Giant store in 2007, not to mention a 7-11 and a Burger King -- two franchises that can survive just about anywhere -- the future of the shopping center has been uncertain. After Giant closed, nearby residents started a postcard-writing campaign to get upscale Food Lion clone Bloom to move into the anchor spot, but the company declined.
The problem has a lot to do with the low-margin economics of the grocery business -- because the companies make their money by volume, the big chains want bigger stores -- at least the size of the Giant in North Point or the Safeway on Elden Street. In fact, Giant left Tall Oaks as part of a region-wide consolidation of its smaller stores. And sadly, not even the magnetism of Compare's Susie de los Santos was enough to draw people to the smaller, less well-known international markets that followed in its footsteps.
Tall Oaks now has a nearly empty parking lot and a big, empty space, causing some residents to wonder about Tall Oaks' future as the Reston Master Plan Special Study Task Force prepares to assess the village centers' role in Reston.
"The community [near Tall Oaks] really depends on it," says Ken Knueven, Reston Association board member representing Tall Oaks and Lake Anne. "Tall Oaks needs a proper anchor. People who live near there want the basics.
"Tall Oaks seems to be the center that gets the least amount of discussion," he said. "I don't think it is malicious. Lake Anne and Tall Oaks represent the oldest part of Reston. The demographics are there though. I still think Tall Oaks could support a Trader Joe's, a Magruders, [or] a Safeway."
While big retail has struggled, many smaller restaurants are doing just fine at Tall Oaks. Mama Wok is a popular Asian food spot, and upscale restaurant El Manantial is thriving. El Manantial is seeking RA Design Review Board approval to expand and add patio seating to its space.
In fact, El Manantial -- an officially endorsed Restonian favorite -- wants to create an outdoor seating area somewhat reminiscent of a Paris streetscape. The plans are actually very pretty looking, although we hope the view improves from a perpetually empty parking lot.
As the focus of the Reston Master Plan process shifts to the village centers, it's possible that Tall Oaks could ultimately be replaced by something newer and shinier. We just hope that people don't buy into the "hidden" mantra and replace what is essentially a conventional strip mall-style shopping center with a new conventional strip mall-style shopping center that happens to be oriented to Wiehle Avenue. You could argue that's what helped at Hunters Woods, but that was a bigger shift from a completely different model of retail center that made present-day Tall Oaks look positively bustling by comparison in the final years before it was demolished and converted into the present-day bland strip mall nirvana.
Thinking long-term, we'd personally prefer out-of-the-box thinking to more boxy retail. After all, Tall Oaks has awesome signage, perfect for the permanent future home of the Reston Opera House or maybe an awesome rollerdrome or something, the end.
Are we beginning to see a pattern here yet?
I agree that Restonian's probably off base here, Convict. But Tall Oaks is currently a strip mall and is doing terribly, and Reston Town Center is definitely not -- and it's doing great. Also, Spectrum is slated to be replaced by something that looks more like RTC and less like a strip mall. Ugly strip malls don't have to be the only retail model that works.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that site is nowhere near large enough to house the footprint of a Costco. Even if you leveled the entire strip mall. Unless you don't want a parking lot, but that kind of defeats the purpose.
I realized that TO is a strip mall about 2 seconds after I clicked the Submit button. (We really need an Edit feature, at least for the registered users.) But unlike the others, it's not a street-facing strip mall.
Call RTC what you want -- I prefer to call it an abomination myself -- but, to me, it's just an over-priced strip mall without a grocery store.
Have it on good authority that a Dollar General store has signed a lease for that space.
People hate strip malls specially those that are visible from the street...but they work. Otherwise, the design would have died ages ago. People have cars now adays. We're not in the 60's where people would not mind walking 4 or 5 blocks...so you need to provide enough parking and be visible from the road...otherwise, just board up the place.
I hope anon @4:28 is joking. Let's at least shoot for a Piggly Wiggly or a Big Lots -- you know, places with standards.
I agree with Anon @4:33...seriously? That's what counts as an anchor store for Tall Oaks? Ugh!
I think "anchor" store is quite approriate for that location. So far it's been a boat anchor for everyone who has been in there. The good news is that if a dollar store goes in there, I won't have to go far to stock up on fly swatters for the Summer season.
I'm a commercial realtor folks....Like it or not Dollar General is the new tenant....don't shoot the messenger!
Dollar General seems a bit of an odd choice, but here's one possible theory: Maybe, like Food Lion, they're trying to find their way into more upscale, less NASCAR-loving markets. Food Lion came up with Bloom; maybe Dollar General will come up with something similar... like Euro General?
I'm still holding out hope for Big Lots myself. If we're going downscale, let's do it with class.
The stretch of woods between the Tall Oaks shopping center and Wiehle Avenue belongs to Reston homeowners as part of the RA common land. In order for that land to be sold to a developer, a referendum of the homeowners would be required.
We need to protect our common lands from development, otherwise Reston will end up looking like Merrifield or worse, Route 1.
If Dollar General is indeed the new tenant, I predict tenant. But guess what, like with Fresh World, I would love to see that Cathy Hudgins is involved. How many more idiots keep voting for her is mindblogging. She decreases your property values with her agenda, increases your taxes and doesn't listen to her constituents. Her community meetings are farse, as in the end, is her way or the highway.
Some major public meeting at Terraset, for two hours to talk about paint striping on a street?
Dollar General and hudgins' section 8 electorate make perfect sense. It's about time some brainaic figured out that since Reston is stuffed full of section 8 households, that there is a market for dollar stores.
Aldi? Paging Aldi to Reston's Tall Oaks!
I am a commercial Realtor too and I have it on good authority that Macaroni Grill will be the new tenant.
I'm not a commercial Realtor, but I play a lot of Monopoly. I heard the B&O Railroad is coming into the space. Or is it Water Works?
Personally, I was hoping for Pole Dancing Parlor. I guess I'm still going have to go out to W.Va. to get that pole dancing fix.
I woud love to see a Hard Times Cafe and Billiards there.
How about indoor tennis? The Juicery can go into the old burger king, it already has a drive thru!
Regarding the Dollar Store- not that I am a commercial real estate expert and I haven't played Monopoly for years, but I don't remember any kind of dollar store-general or otherwise-being as big as the grocery store. Big Lots-sure, and so much classier.
You got a peer reviewed study to go with that snark?
Indoor tennis? Is that a thinly-veiled recommendation for the Smyers $100-million boondoggle?
Is it back alive again?
I too am a commercial realtor, and I have it on good authority that a developer plans to build a whole new commercial, residential, and entertainment complex *on top of* Tall Oaks, then redevelop the original Tall Oaks a la Atlanta's Underground.
Agree with anonymous 6:25. There's no reason to raze common land along Wiehle if the end result is a strip mall that looks like it would be right at home in Dale City. And if it actually winds up getting Dollar General as an anchor, I'd frankly prefer TO to remain hidden in the woods.
Not clear to me that visibility from the street is the problem with TO. Did anyone NOT know that the previous failed stores were there?
Idiots who vote for Hudgins... ya mean, Democrats? Sadly, they ain't going away anytime soon.
Yay, the cur-Hudgins are back. I missed you guys with your polarizing, one-tracked world view about the all evil Hudgins. It's so refresing to hear your opinions on Hudgins again. And again. And again.
Anywho, they might try something more experimental to replace the supermarket. They have such big windows on the front of that place. Now, they have these massage parlors in the Netherlands with these nice red lights. The masseurs advertise by standing in the windows and showing how stong thier hands are and how well they can massage. With those nice big windows, there would be plenty of space to see them easily. Now, for some reason, they alway dress so scimpily, so having the shop hidden from the road would be a good thing. They could make it a big budget kind of Cosco style thing, moving customers in and out quickly. And really, who can't use a massage once in a while.
They should put in a Sport Bounce there! The owners would make money hand over fist and everyone with kids in Reston would have a great place to go when there's bad weather.
Another community center would also be excellent. Reston could have far more classes and offer more meeting space in an easily accessible spot.
Capitol City brewpub or a Landmark cinema would also be great tenants.
8:34, they need to listen to you. I'll take any of those ideas over another failed market or, God help us, a Dollar General.
Yeah, OK... Whatever, Anonymous 4:28.
So, here we are, over a year later and no Dollar General (*WHEW!*) but it's still an empty lot.
I saw one of these in Vienna -- maybe it'd work out well?

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Its Huion H420, with a battery.
As long as you don't feel it is a problem, it's not a problem.
Otherwise you can just start dragging instead of hovering.
It actually became a playstyle to me after when I was starting out: Tapping the tablet during jumps, dragging on sliders, and hovering anywhere else.
Try if it works for you.
Well its a problem I can't fc some maps because of that tapping, and I don't like to drag, my hand starts to hurt. I even tried new pen grip but I had the same problem..
I had this same problem until I disabled mouse clicks. Unless you use your tablet for clicking circles, having the mouse clicks on will be more likely to cause problems than turning them off.
You didn't understood, while aiming with my pen(I'm hovering) I'm tapping my tablet(area etc).
At first I thought this was a problem as well but after you get used to it tapping faster jumps actually helps with aim tbh.
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Before we begin…I don’t typically read reviews from others until I have finished mine as I don’t want to be influenced by their thoughts. I was getting a bit confused in the beginning of the story though and so I’m glad that I stopped over at Goodreads and read the first review that popped up. The review was written by David Bergsland. Without it I wouldn’t have known that there is a free prequel, By Divine Right, which is intrinsic to the understanding of the story. Go grab it before you read The Shock of Night and it may save you some of the confusion that I experienced. I also recommend that you read Bergsland’s review as it is excellent.
I absolutely love this book and I am absolutely frustrated by it at the same time. Let's start with the positives and then with my cautions for believers.
Patrick Carr is a fantastic story crafter. I was captivated by The Shock of Night from beginning to end; it was tough to pull myself away and get back to real life. The ending truly was a mystery to me. Better minds than mine may have figured it out but it kept me wondering until the end. There is a feeling of Sherlock Holmes. Our protagonist, Reeve Willet Dura has crafted his gift of observation over the years and he is able to discern more than the average investigator as to what the crime scene and body have to say about the murderer. I enjoyed the intricacy and brilliance of it.
Carr creates well-developed worlds and well-developed characters. As with any genuine relationship it takes time to determine someone’s character and in that manner we get to know our main character. Willet finds himself having to work with people who completely mistrust him; a feeling which is mutually shared. What is discovered over time is that Willet engenders loyalty. He is honest, brilliant, kind, and devoted to the poor. He is also intensely loyal. An eclectic cast of characters surround Willet that challenge, improve, and assist him in numerous ways. If you have read many of my reviews you will see that I almost always fall in love with a character; usually a minor character. My favorite in The Shock of Night is Custos the librarian. Oh to know a mind like that in such a humble man with such a kind soul. Don't worry...The evil characters are devilishly evil. They won’t disappoint as foils for our good Reeve.
The Shock of Night is published under the genre Christian fiction by Bethany House Publishers. Unfortunately, the term “Christian fiction” in today’s market is far too flexible. Even within this flexibility, The Shock of Night is pushing credulity to me.
Patrick Carr presents us with four religious factions. Carr calls it the four-part church. You will find representatives, called criers, of the four distinct orders in the town square proselytizing on behalf of their particular sect daily. They have a set schedule and a set location that is within hearing distance of one another from which they speak. The factions do not make a complete whole and they are set upon disagreement. No single faction stands out as the Christian church.
There exists a complete dichotomy between this pseudo-religion and the Christian church, which worships and serves the triune God. The one true God that is one yet also three; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The three parts of the trinity are not divided. They do not compete. They are one and the same. In contrast, Carr’s four-part church smacks of the religious dissension evident in the multitude of cultural religions rife throughout society. Carr does introduce a semblance of the trinity but it is not at all fleshed out and is mentioned only briefly. Throughout the book, I was confused as to Carr’s intentions with this religious structure. I never understood clearly how the parts fit together; it is like a puzzle with several key pieces missing. The closest modern-day religion that Carr’s pseudo-religion could be based upon is Catholicism as its structure contains bishops, cathedrals, unmarried priests, etc. but it still doesn’t fit. What is evident is that in no way shape or form is it Christian.
The Absold’s crier—they were almost always attractive blue-clad women—had the largest portion of the crowd. Many of the men gazed at her with something other than religious fervor.
As is discernible from the quotes above, many of the religious leaders are female. If you are unsure why I find this a concern, please read this article from CARM that can explain it far better than I could. In a nutshell... God's authority structure does not provide for women leading men.
If this book were not placed within the Christian fiction genre I would not take such issue with it. It is when fallacy, in it’s filthy ugly rags, purports itself as the pure and holy truth that our combined hackles should be raised.
Or should we enjoy the story as a whole, being aware that it contains biblical error but also knowing that it is enjoyable and clean? I want to say yes but must say NO.
Do we need to major in the minors? YES, but then these points are not minor; Biblical inerrancy is not a minor detail. Anything presenting itself as Christian must be held up to the light of scripture.
There is one spiritual component presented that I can agree with and that is that the Darkwater are representative of our lives. Once we choose darkness it comes snarling out violently. Only the rare person can block those desires returning to Christ.
The Shock of Night is such an engaging fantasy. I wish that I could give this review without reservation.

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Effect of rodent control on Toxoplasma gondii infections in animal friendly pig farms with a rodent problem.
Kijlstra, Dr. Aize; Cornelissen, Jan; Jongert, Dr. Erik and de Craeye, Stephane (2007) Effect of rodent control on Toxoplasma gondii infections in animal friendly pig farms with a rodent problem. ASG Wageningen University and Research Centres Reports, no. 59. Animal Sciences Group of Wageningen UR , Animal Production.
Livestock farming can be prone to rodent infestations as it provides unlimited amounts of shelter, water and food to commensal rodents. Besides economic losses and structural damages, these rodents may transmit pathogens directly to farmers or via livestock to consumers of livestock products. Hygienic standards in intensive pig production systems have largely eliminated the contact between rodents and livestock. The introduction of animal-friendly production sytems may however lead to an increased contact between livestock and small mammals (both rodents & insectivores). This has led to a demand for rodent control methods that are in line with ecologic principles. To underline the necessity of appropriate rodent control in animal-friendly farming systems we used the tranfer of an important food-borne pathogen, Toxoplasma gondii, as an example. Using lightcycler PCR methods we showed that rodents on animal-friendly farms indeed harbored Toxoplasma gondii. Subsequently three farms with a rodent problem were chosen to investigate the effect of an intense rodent control campaign on the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma infection of slaughtered pigs.
During the time period July 2006 to January 2007 rodent control campaigns were started on these three farms and all consecutive slaughtered pigs were tested for the presence of Toxoplasma antibodies. Toxoplasma seroprevalence on all three farms dropped during the rodent control campaign. Further research is needed to exactly find out which rodent or insectivore species form the largest risk for transfer of Toxoplasma infection and which control method is most appropriate to target these species.
This project thus shows that rodent control needs extensive attention in animal friendly farming systems. Although extermination of rodents is possible using methods that are in line with organic principles we would like to stress the importance of prevention. Rodent prevention includes measures such as making the direct environment of the barns unattractive for rodents, closing cracks and openings of the barn to limit access of rodents, closing feed storage and using natural predators in the vicinity of the farm (predatory birds).
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Expect scripts to help you support multiple versions of the kernel across different platforms.
I work in the Atlas experiment at CERN. Many of the groups in Atlas are beginning to turn to Linux as the operating system for the next generation of particle-physics experiments. Among the teams working on the data-acquisition, there is often a need for specific versions of the Linux kernel. Typically, the teams are using special PC cards, such as ATM cards, where the drivers may not yet be available for all kernel versions, or for which patches must first be applied to the kernel. Both SMP and uniprocessor machines are used, and team members want the same kernel with the same patches for both flavors. They also wish to share software and meaningfully compare results.
This article describes how my team supports this need. I will assume you are familiar with the basic process of configuring and compiling a kernel.
We needed an environment in which a range of kernels could be configured, built, packaged for distribution and later installed in a coherent and consistent manner. The result is our “kernel repository”, containing tar files of the source code for several kernel versions with different patches applied, tar files of the compiled kernels, and a set of scripts used to compile and install the kernels. We wanted to ensure that the configure and build steps were fully recorded and any kernel configuration could be reproduced at a later date, even if the details of the build environment had changed. Also, we wanted to keep up with newer kernel versions (at the time, 2.2.0 was about to be released), so we tried to make it easy to add new versions as they came out. We also wanted the distributions to be easy to install, so that people could use them without knowing the details.
Our kernel repository and all its associated tools are accessible on the WWW at www.cern.ch/Atlas/project/kernels/www/kernels.html. The kernels are available as separate distributions of precompiled binaries and source code. A technical note is included, which goes into greater detail on some points and helped form the basis of this article.
The kernel repository includes scripts which will fetch and repack kernels for you.
Whenever any patches were applied, the corresponding source tree was renamed to reflect the patch and sometimes the version of the patch. For example, 2.0.36 with the “bigphysarea” patch is packed as linux-2.0.36.bphys.tar.bz2.
To configure the kernels, I wrote an Expect script called KernelConfig.exp. Expect is a tool for automating interactive processes (see “Automating Tasks with Expect” by Vinnie Saladino, Linux Journal, October 1998), and it is ideally suited to this task. KernelConfig.exp runs make config at the top of the kernel source tree and answers the questions for you. The beauty of controlling the configuration by an Expect script is that it is insensitive to the kernel version used with it. This script should be able to configure any Linux kernel version. I have run it on all stable kernels from 2.0.33 to 2.2.7 and on a number of the 2.1-series kernels. While it may not give an optimal configuration for any kernel (whatever that might mean), it does provide consistent and reproducible configurations.
Support for EXT2 and Minix file systems for compatibility with the majority of the available rescue disks.
Support for RAM disk and initial RAM disks. This is essential because the kernel uses modules for most of its functionality and needs the initial RAM disk support to boot on the widest possible range of hardware.
Compile the kernel for a Pentium-class processor—we have no 386 or 486 machines.
Support for NFS and for root-on-NFS. Eventually, booting over the network might be useful, in which case this option is mandatory.
Enable the “experimental code” option. This might seem dangerous, but it is needed to include the ATM code.
Module-versioning is disabled. While this means one less safety net for the user, it does make life easier if we have to move modules around.
Support for all classes of network cards, SCSI cards, sound cards and other classes of hardware is enabled. The individual card support is compiled as modules.
Some hardware support is plainly excluded, even though it is available as modules, because at least one of the kernels in the range we are using does not compile. Such problems are normally caught and fixed rapidly, but if the software is not important to us, I leave it disabled for consistency. This happens for a few sound cards, the infrared devices (broken in 2.2.6) and at least one ATM card we don't use. This list may grow as more kernels are produced, so you should look at the configuration log or the script to see what it does. For all other options, the script will select to compile the code as a module if possible; otherwise, it will use the default offered by the configuration. The output of the configuration is stored in the KernelConfig.log file in the current directory. If this file already exists, the output will be appended to it, not written over existing information.
Two words of caution are necessary. The script reacts to the defaults and will therefore react differently if the default changes. For some code, the default changes over time. Something available only as built into or excluded from the kernel in the 2.0.x series might be available as a module in the 2.2.x series. In this case, it will be built in or excluded from the 2.0.x series, according to the default, but will certainly be built as a module for the 2.2.x series. If you need that feature at boot time, be warned.
Secondly, the defaults are taken from the .config file if it exists, or from the file arch/i386/defconfig if the sources have never been configured. If you configure the kernel by hand and set some options before running KernelConfig.exp, it will accept those settings as default. For truly consistent results, run make mrproper before running KernelConfig.exp.
SMP support is tricky. In the 2.0.x series, SMP support had to be enabled by editing the Makefile or by building the kernel with the command make SMP=1 bzImage or a similar one. In the 2.2.x series, SMP support is a configuration-time option, and the Makefile no longer needs to be changed. KernelConfig.exp enables or disables SMP support, depending on the value of a user-defined environment variable SMP_SUPPORT. If this variable is not defined or is empty, the script will not enable SMP support. If it is non-empty, the script will enable SMP support in the 2.2.x series.
This is not enough for the 2.0.x series, where the value of the make-macro SMP must be true when the kernel is compiled, not when it is configured. I get around this by defining SMP_SUPPORT to have the value SMP=1. I can then run KernelConfig to configure the kernel, and make $SMP_SUPPORT bzImage afterwards. For the 2.0.x series kernels, the value of SMP_SUPPORT ensures that the kernel is built with SMP enabled at compilation time. For the 2.2.x series, the very fact that the variable is defined causes KernelConfig.exp to enable SMP support at configuration time. This gives a consistent approach to SMP for both the 2.0.x and 2.2.x series kernels.
MY_WORK is my working directory. Here, the kernel sources will be unpacked and the distributions will be built. KernelBuild.sh expects to find all the scripts and tools it needs in the directory $MY_WORK/bin. It will also ensure the correct subdirectory structure exists for building the distributions. The built kernels are installed here, not under the root directory, and the distribution tar file is created at this level. Users can unpack it in the true root directory of their client machines.
MY_SRC is the directory containing the prepared kernel sources. I set this as a separate variable to allow customisation of the compilation scripts in another working directory, without having to copy the sources with them. For example, separate teams who wish to build their own versions of the kernels could set MY_SRC to the source directory in a common repository and use the sources directly from that location.
MY_ROOT is the root directory from which the link is set to the source code of the kernel being compiled. In other words, KernelBuild.sh sets a soft link from $MY_ROOT/linux to point to $MY_WORK/linux-2.0.36.bphys—or whichever version it is compiling. In a normal Linux environment, MY_ROOT would be /usr/src, and the link would be set from /usr/src/linux to the actual source tree. By allowing it to be another directory, it is possible to compile the kernel as a normal user in another directory instead of working as root. You set the link /usr/src/linux to point to $MY_ROOT/linux once, as root. Then you can change the link $MY_ROOT/linux, as the user who compiles the kernels, as often as you wish.
KERNEL_VERSION is simply the input argument.
The MY_* environment variables may be defined externally if you wish, and will not be overridden by the script. KERNEL_VERSION will always be set from the input argument.
KernelBuild.sh does not actually do the work of compiling the kernels. For this, it uses two other scripts, Meanwhile.pl and KernelBuild.cmds. Meanwhile.pl is a Perl script which will execute a Bash script in the background, log all the output and send an e-mail message when it is done.
The real workhorse is KernelBuild.cmds, which can be executed as a stand-alone script, although normally you would use KernelBuild.sh. It unpacks the source code tree, uses KernelConfig.exp to configure it, compiles the uniprocessor version of the kernel, packs it into a binary distribution file, packs the header files into a header-file-distribution, then repeats the process for the SMP version.
KernelConfig.exp determines how a kernel is to be configured, but KernelBuild.cmds determines how it is to be built and installed. The boundaries between the two are a bit blurred because of the way in which SMP support has changed from the 2.0.x series to the 2.2.x series, as mentioned earlier. If you wish to customise the build, it is these two scripts that you will want to change.
KernelBuild.cmds makes use of the fact that anything stored in a file called .name at the top level of the kernel source will be incorporated into the kernel name and can be retrieved later using the commands uname -v or cat /proc/version. I use this to record the kernel version string, including the distinction between uniprocessor and SMP versions. For the 2.2.x series, the Makefile includes this distinction, but for the 2.0.x series it does not. KernelBuild.cmds uses a bit of sed, smoke and mirrors to smooth out the differences.
Finally, the binary and header file distributions are stored in the /dist directory, packed using tar, and compressed with bzip2. The binary distribution contains the kernel image, the System.map and all modules. It also contains a copy of KernelConfig.exp, so in the likely event that this script is updated, you will still have access to the exact version used to compile any particular distribution of the kernel. For the same reason, the log file of the configuration is also packed in the distribution. When the distribution is installed, these will find their way into the directory /log/kernel-version.
The kernels can be installed using the InstallKernel.pl script. InstallKernel.pl takes the full name of the kernel distribution file as input, with the “.tar.bz2” extensions. First, it checks that the distribution will not overwrite any existing file—if so, it aborts execution unless you specifically tell it to go ahead. It installs the kernel and its modules, and adds an entry to /etc/lilo.conf for this kernel. It is quite careful about how it does this. It creates a backup copy of /etc/lilo.conf, then scans it line by line until it finds a root= entry. It uses this to set the root for the new kernel. If it finds a later root= entry that specifies a different root partition, it will warn you, but will continue, using the first one it found. It will not add an entry if it finds an existing entry for this kernel image. The last thing it does is show you the differences between the saved lilo.conf and the one it has just created. InstallKernel.pl will not run LILO for you—you must do that yourself.
Another script, InstallHeaders.pl, will take care of installing the header files for you. The headers are installed as subdirectories of /usr/src/linux-headers. If you set the link /usr/src/linux to point to one of these installed sets of header files, you can compile your driver or program for a version of the kernel different from the one you are actually running. I make use of this to compile the ARLA AFS clone for all the kernels I support, without rebooting my machine.
Whichever distribution of Linux you are using, you will probably have to modify the way it decides which set of kernel modules to use. The details vary from distribution to distribution, so it is not possible to describe all the necessary changes here.
Since these kernels rely heavily on the use of modules, you may also need to create an initial RAM disk for your specific machine. This is certainly true if you have a SCSI-based system. See the man page for the mkinitrd command for details.
In order to clone the repository to build your own kernels, copy the contents of the /bin and /source directories, and modify them as you wish. KernelBuild.sh will need modifying in order to set the MY_* variables correctly. KernelConfig.exp may also need modifying to enable or disable any specific options—this may not be a trivial task. KernelBuild.cmds will need to be modified if you wish to actually change the way the kernels are built. The other scripts should never need to be altered.
At present, about 30 kernel source distributions are included in the repository, representing kernels from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 with various patches. As the person who manages the machines running these different kernels, I find that this standardization has simplified my tasks considerably.
Tony Wildish received a Ph.D. in High Energy Particle Physics from Imperial College, London, in 1989. His career evolved from programming in Fortran to C and C++ while working at CERN. He became a systems administrator four years ago, and discovered Linux as a means of practicing his job while at home. Currently, he works at CERN for one of their experiments in preparation for the Large Hadron Collider, due to be commissioned in 2005. He enjoys Greek wine, Greek beaches and Greek food, as well as reading, and is especially fond of Terry Pratchets' Discworld series. His goal in life is to go on holiday and stay there. Tony can be reached via e-mail at tony.wildish@cern.ch.
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Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc., incorporated on May 8, 1997, is a provider of payment solutions, transaction processing services and financial technology across multiple industries. The Company develops and markets a transaction processing solution that encompasses its smart card-based alternative payment system for the unbanked and under-banked populations of developing economies and for mobile transaction channels. The Company operates through three segments: South African transaction processing, International transaction processing, and Financial inclusion and applied technologies. The Company also provides secure transaction technology solutions and services, by offering transaction processing, financial and clinical risk management solutions to various industries. It offers secure online transaction processing, cryptography, mobile telephony, integrated circuit card (chip/smart card) technologies, and the design and provision of financial and value-added services to its cardholder base.
As of June 30, 2016, the Company distributes pension and welfare payments, using its universal electronic payment system/ EuroPay, MasterCard and Visa global standard (UEPS/EMV) technology, to over 10 million recipient cardholders across the country, process debit and credit card payment transactions on behalf of a range of retailers through its EasyPay system, process value-added services, such as bill payments and prepaid airtime and electricity, for the bill issuers and local councils in South Africa, and provides mobile telephone top-up transactions for all of the South African mobile carriers. The Company is organized into business units, which include ZAZOO Limited (ZAZOO), KSNET, Inc. (KSNET), Masterpayment AG (Masterpayment), Transact24 Limited (Transact24), Cash Paymaster Services Proprietary Limited (Cash Paymaster Services), EasyPay, Financial Services, Applied Technology, XeoHealth and Corporate.
The Company's ZAZOO business unit is engaged in the technical development and commercialization of its range of Web and mobile applications and payment technologies. ZAZOO offers a range of products and services, which include Mobile Virtual Card (MVC) & Verification; Third Party Payments; Prepaid Vending; Chip & subscriber identity module (SIM); Custom Development, and Cryptography. Its MVC technology addresses the needs of the mobile payment market. Its MVC technology provides a secure, off-line payment solution for card-not-present transactions, such as payments made for Internet purchases. The MVC technology runs as an application on any mobile phone and utilizes its cryptographic card generator to secure any payment transaction. Through FIHRST, the Company provides third party and payroll associated payments in South Africa. It also offers the PayPlus service, providing employees with access to prepaid airtime, electricity and other value added services (VAS). Its Prepaid Vending business line handles multichannel distribution of electronic products and services. It provides specialized solutions for mobile network operators (MNOs). Its solutions range from Advance Airtime and Mobile Wallet technology to Short Message Service (SMS) Mega Promotions, made for each MNO with a focus to maximize subscriber activity, brand perception and profitability. Through its partnerships with MNOs, as well as card and semiconductor manufacturers, it provides a chip and SIM solutions. All of these offerings include its range of Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) Masks and custom software that enables mobile telephony, transactions and on-chip VAS. The Custom Development business line produces solutions that span across Web, Mobile, Server, point of sale (POS) and Desktop environments. It develops both client-facing and background services, with coverage on every relevant platform, including Mobile, such as Android, iPhone operating system (iOS), BlackBerry, Windows Phone 8 and Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) and Web (with full cross-browser compatibility). Its Cryptography business line focuses on security-orientated products, which include its range of PIN encryption devices, card acceptance modules and Hardware Security Modules. These focus on financial, retail, telecommunications, utilities and petroleum sectors. The ZAZOO business unit is allocated to its South African processing, International transaction processing, and Financial inclusion and applied technologies segments.
The Company's KSNET business unit is a national payment solutions provider. KSNET has product offerings in the South Korean payment solutions market, a base of approximately 225,000 merchants and a direct and indirect sales network. As of June 30, 2016, KSNET's operations comprise three project offerings, namely card value-added network (VAN), payment gateway (PG) and banking VAN. KSNET's card VAN offering manages credit and other non-cash alternative payment mechanisms for retail transaction processing for a range of merchants and every credit card issuer in South Korea. Non-cash alternative payment mechanisms for which KSNET provides processing services include various credit and debit cards and e-currency (K-cash and TMoney). KSNET also records cash transactions for the South Korean National Tax Service in the form of cash receipts. PG provides these merchants with a host of alternative payment solutions, including the ability to accept credit and debit cards, gift and other prepaid cards, and bank account transfers. PG also provides virtual account capabilities. KSNET's banking VAN operations include account transaction processing services, payment and collections to banks, corporate firms, governmental bodies and educational institutions. The KSNET business unit is allocated to its International transaction processing segment.
The Company's Masterpayment business unit is a specialist payment services processor. Masterpayment provides payment and acquiring services for all European debit and credit cards, and invoicing for online retail, digital goods and content. As of June 30, 2016, Masterpayment has a client portfolio of approximately 5,000 registered merchants. Masterpayment provides its e-commerce merchants with working capital optimization by providing a flexible form of financing, which employs a trading transaction instead of traditional bank credit. Masterpayment's Finetrading product enables the seamless financing of a merchant's inventory orders, resulting in accelerated payment settlement and the elimination of the requirement for a merchant to maintain rolling reserves or cash advances. The Masterpayment business unit is allocated to its International transaction processing segment.
The Company's Transact24 business unit is a payment services provider. Its primary business activities include Chinese debit card acquiring, Credit card acquiring, Automated clearing house, and Prepaid card issuing and processing. Transact24 has processing relationships with China UnionPay, Alipay and other Chinese gateways. Transact24 has acquiring relationships with banks and processing institutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Mauritius, and has Payment Intermediary Services Licenses in Mauritius and an Electronic Money Institution License in the United Kingdom. Transact24 also offers a white-labeled credit card acquiring gateway to entities wanting to outsource the technical integration and operations of their acquiring gateways. Transact24 provides unsecured loan automated clearing house (ACH) processing for Tribal and State-licensed lenders in the United States. Transact24 issues the United States dollar-denominated Visa prepaid cards, South African Rand-denominated MasterCard prepaid cards and Hong Kong dollar-denominated China UnionPay prepaid cards. The Transact24 business unit is allocated to its International transaction processing segment.
The Company's CPS business unit deploys its UEPS/EMV Social Grant Distribution technology to distribute social welfare grants on a monthly basis to over nine million recipient cardholders in South Africa as of June 30, 2016. These social welfare grants are distributed on behalf of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). CPS provides a transacting channel between social welfare grant recipient cardholders, beneficiaries, SASSA and formal businesses. CPS enrolls social welfare grant recipient cardholders and, as appropriate, the respective beneficiaries by issuing the recipient cardholder with a UEPS/EMV smart card that digitally stores their biometric fingerprint templates on the card, enabling them to access their social welfare grants securely at any time or place and providing them with a fully-fledged bank account. The smart card is issued to the recipient cardholder on site and utilizes optical fingerprint sensor technology to identify and verify a recipient cardholder. The recipient cardholder inserts a smart card into the POS device and is prompted to present his fingerprint. If the fingerprint matches the one stored on the smart card, the smart card is loaded with the value created for that particular smart card. The smart card provides the holder with access to all of the UEPS functionality, which includes the ability to have the smart card funded with pension or welfare payments, make retail purchases, use of the convenience of prepaid facilities and qualify for a range of affordable financial services, including insurance and short-term loans, as well as standard EMV transactional capabilities to operate wherever MasterCard is accepted. The smart card also offers the card holder the ability to make debit order payments to a range of third parties, including utility companies, schools and retail merchants, with which the holder maintains an account. The card holder can also use the same smart card as a savings account. The CPS business unit is allocated to its South African transaction processing and Financial inclusion and applied technologies segments.
The Company's EasyPay business unit operates the bank-independent financial switch in South Africa. EasyPay focuses on the provision of payment, prepayment and value-added services to the South African market. EasyPay's infrastructure connects into all South African banks and switches both debit and credit card electronic funds transfer (EFT) transactions for some of South Africa's retailers and petroleum companies. EasyPay switches credit, debit and fleet card transactions for South African retailers and petroleum companies. EasyPay offers consumers a point-of-sale bill payment service, which is integrated into a range of national retailers, the Internet, self-service kiosks and mobile handsets. EasyPay processes monthly account payment transactions for a range of bill issuers, including local authorities, telephone companies, utilities, medical service providers, traffic departments, mail order companies, banks and insurance companies. EasyPay enables local utility companies, such as Eskom Holdings Limited and a range of local authorities on a national basis to sell prepaid electricity to their customers. EasyPay vends airtime at retail POS terminals for all the South African mobile telephone network operators. EasyPay supports the electronic generation, issuance and redemption of paper or card-based gift vouchers. EasyPay enables the issuance of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), television licenses and the capturing of existing license details within retail environments through a Web-based user interface. EasyPay switches transactions from retail POS systems to the relevant back-end systems. EasyPay's infrastructure supports the hosting of payment or back-up servers and applications on behalf of third parties, including utility companies. It has developed a biometrically enabled self-service kiosk that allows its customers to access all the value-added services provided by EasyPay and to create and load their EasyPay virtual wallets with value. Its EasyPay Web and Mobile service enables EasyPay customers to access all the value-added services provided by EasyPay, such as bill payments and the purchase of prepaid airtime and utilities, through a secure Website that may be accessed through personal computers or through mobile handsets. EasyPay provides around the clock monitoring and support services, reconciliation, automated clearing bureau settlement, reporting, full disaster recovery and redundancy services. The EasyPay business unit is allocated to its South African transaction processing segment.
The Company has developed a suite of financial services that is offered to customers utilizing its payment solutions. The Company provides its UEPS/EMV cardholders with competitive transacting accounts, microfinance, life insurance and money transfer products. Its product, EasyPay Everywhere, provides its target market with an all-inclusive transactional bank account with unfettered access to financial services, such as microloans, life insurance, remittances, value added services, such as prepaid utilities and bill payments through their mobile phones and its national network of automated teller machines (ATMs) and POS devices. It provides short-term microloans to its South African UEPS/EMV cardholders. Its Smart Life business unit owns a life insurance license and offers its customer base insurance products applicable to this market segment, focusing on group life and funeral insurance policies. The Financial Services business unit is allocated to its Financial inclusion and applied technologies segment.
The Company's Applied Technology business unit is engaged in the deployment of its South African ATM and POS network and the sale of biometric and POS solutions to various South African banks, retailers and financial services providers. It deploys its ATMs in areas where its UEPS/EMV cardholders have limited access to the national payment system, or where the cost of accessing the national payment system through other service providers is prohibitive for its cardholders. The Applied Technology business unit is allocated to its South African transaction processing and Financial inclusion and applied technologies segments.
The Company's XeoHealth business offers its XeoRules real time adjudication (RTS) solutions for the end-to-end electronic processing of medical claims information in the United States. XeoHealth has a range of projects in the United States either as the primary contractor for the provision of its RTS solution to customers, or as a sub-contractor to parties contracted to provide an adjudication solution. The XeoHealth business unit is allocated to its International transaction processing segment.
The Company competes with Visa, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, BankservAfrica, UCS, eCentric, Transaction Junction, ATM Solutions, Spark ATM Systems, NICE Information & Telecommunication Inc., Korea Information & Communications Company, Inc., Barclays, Citigroup, Apple, Google, Samsung, PayPal, AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, MTN and Bharti Airtel, M-Pesa and Square.


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Hand-crafted with precision to give you an authentic, worn-in look, this distressed denim jacket is a truly iconic piece.
• Hand processed with a rubbed pigment treatment for a natural, worn-in look. Two chest pockets and lower welt pockets. Crosshatch design.


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