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Q: Improve CSS3 speed on iPad iOS overall tends to suck with CSS3 transitions, animations, transforms, etc. Which IMO are some of the best features of the tech.
Now, I've heard that you can trick iOS into initializing its hardware acceleration by throwing in some random 3D transforms and what not. So I transformed a random div and put it on screen (didn't even hide it), and the experience still chugs along...
Is there any way to improve the performance of CSS3 transitions, transforms, animations, etc. on the iOS? Or are web apps doomed to be plastic-y knock-offs of native apps?
Edit: Here's the offending code...
http://www.abhi.my/sl/html/
Just follow that link, and you'll see a little demo I put together... The animations are smooth and acceptable when viewed on a desktop browser, the same site on the iOS suffers... This one was intended for the iPhone 4...
Feel free to go through the source and point things out...

A: 3D transforms are hardware-accelerated on iOS, so all you have to do is use the 3D syntax whenever you're doing it, and it performs great - at least on 3GS and above.
But you are not using transforms in your example, you are using a transition on position, which is completely different, and yes - results in crappy fps on mobile.
Instead, you should be using -webkit-transform: translate3d(-100%,0,0) (or a suitable analog). You can see how much smoother this is from the example in this page.

A: You should definitely use -webkit-transform rather than -webkit-transition. With that said, for cross-browser support and ease of use, I would definitely go with a plugin such as jQuery Transit that allows you to easily create smooth, native-like transitions and effects on iOS as well as Android and other mobile devices.
Example JSFiddle of jQuery Transit in action
Code Example:
HTML:
<div class="moveMe">
    <button class="moveUp">Move Me Up</button>
    <button class="moveDown">Move Me Down</button>
    <button class="setUp">Set Me Up</button>
    <button class="setDown">Set Me Down</button>
 </div>

Javascript:
$(".moveUp").on("click", function() {
    $(".moveMe").transition({ y: '-=5' });
});

$(".moveDown").on("click", function() {
    $(".moveMe").transition({ y: '+=5' });
});

$(".setUp").on("click", function() {
    $(".moveMe").transition({ y: '0px' });
});

$(".setDown").on("click", function() {
    $(".moveMe").transition({ y: '200px' });
});

Someone else has pretty much done the hard work for you. I can't stand tinkering with CSS3 animations and this plugin does its job amazingly. I have tested this with an iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, and Android. I love the native feel it gives.

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father will react if he sees that her daughter has painted people from the Bible.
doing. She gives no particular reason for telling Amina to take home the picture.
daughter to paint things or people that have anything to do with Christmas.
the fine drawing of the Holy Family away.
of Jesus. Now, everybody in this town know that I am definetely not a Christian.
that way the child would be much less confused.
there's not enough food for them.


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PAP victory is hollow: CSC
In democratic elections, the losing party will congratulate the victors and extend them its best wishes. In an election as undemocratic as the one that we have just witnessed as well as those in years past, the SDP does not concede anything to the PAP, least of all the so-called mandate that the PAP claims it has. The reasons are:
One, rules were changed and introduced before and mid-way through the elections. For example, SDP's podcast was banned, Dr Chee Soon Juan was not allowed to get on stage with his colleagues and candidates, and the police announced halfway through elections that Dr Chee was not even allowed to talk to voters off stage.
Two, the PAP media waged a relentless campaign especially against the SDP – censoring SDP's message and reporting falsehoods about the Party. It even went to the extent of editing the party's television broadcasts.
Three, the lawsuit by Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Lee Hsien Loong silenced the SDP and prevented us from engaging and questioning Mr Khaw Boon Wan on the NKF issue.
All this is over and above the fear that voters face and the vote-buying measures of the Government through the Progress Package. With such undemocratic electioneering, is it any wonder that the PAP has won the contests in Sembawang GRC and Bukit Panjang?
In fact, the Singapore Democrats performed creditably by scoring approximate 24 percent of the votes given the extreme circumstances under which we had to labour.
The PAP should be ashamed of itself for running such a campaign and manipulating the election system. Its victory tonight in Sembawang and Bukit Panjang rings hollow.
The result has made the SDP even more determined to work to reform the election process to make it genuinely free and fair. It is only when the election system is truly democratic that opposition parties stand a fighting chance of winning elections in the future.
The real work will need to be done in between elections and the SDP will begin that immediately.
Chee Siok Chin
Candidate, Sembawang GRC

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At Our August Meeting.
Day Walks.
The First Gangerang Walk
Try This Recipe.
Science, Naturally.
How The Sun Was Made.
Mountain Farming In New Zealand.
Last Month's Social Activities.
On The Spirft Of The Folk Songs.
Dates To Remember In September.
Federation Report - July 1962.
Hilma Stoddart - Obituary.
A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bushwalker, The N.S.W. Nurses' Association Rooms, "Northcote Building", Reiby Place, Sydney. Box No. 4476 G.P.O. Sydney. 'Phone JW1462.
333. September 1962. Price 1/-.
Editor Stuart Brooks, 5 Ingalara Rd, Wahroonga. 484343.
Business Manager Brian Harvey
Reproduction Denise Hull
Sales & Subs. Lola Wedlock
Typed by Shirley Dean
At Our August Meeting A. Colley 2
Day Walks 4
The First Gangerang Walk Max Gentle 5
Try This Recipe 7
Science, Naturally 8
How the Sun Was Made 9
Mountain Farming in Now Zealand R. Kennealey 12
On The Spirit of the Folk Songs Thornigah 16
Federation Report 19
Hilda Stoddart - Obituary 20
Paddy's Ad 11
Hatswell's Taxi (ad) 15
Plumbing Trouble (ad) 15
On Sunday August 5, a young climber, Paul Griffiths, fell to his death in the Wolgan Valley. The report in the daily newspaper was incomplete, and to a reader with any knowledge of climbing, would present an unflattering picture of the Club concerned, the Sydney Rock Climbing Club, and this, most unfairly.
According to the paper version, Paul Griffiths and Fred Kitchener were climbing together, when Kitchener decided to rest, and Griffiths went on alone. Kitchener saw Griffiths above him, saw him slip and fall, and (still according to the paper) could orly watch, powerless, as Griffiths plummetted past him.
The truth of the matter is that Griffiths and Kitchener were climbing, roped together. Other pairs climbers, similarly employed were in the vicinity. Both were climbers of some experience, Kitchener particularly so. On the pitch in question, Griffiths lead, being adequately belayed by Kitchener. When he was fifteen feet above Kitchener, Griffiths slipped and fell. Normally Kitchener would have held him, but to his horror, as the rope grew taut, Griffiths broke free.
Subsequent investigation showed that the knot in Griffiths' waist loop had come undone when the full shock of the fall was thrown on it, apparently due to having been faultily tied.
Such is tragedy. A moment's inattentiveness to small detail, and a life is lost.
The fact that Paul Griffiths was rock climbing has little bearing on this important truth.
And so that Paul Griffiths should not have died in vain, we all should take this lesson deeply to heart.
Alex Colley.
Our meeting commenced with a short silence in memory of one of the very early Club members - Max Gentle, and two other members of long standing - Ron Baker and Hilda Stoddart.
The president extended a welcome to new members - Jean and Alex Burton and Stan McDonald.
In correspondence there was a post-card from Edna Stretton and Sheila Binns, who had scaled, or by other means arrived, at the top of Snowdon and posted it from there.
The Treasurer reported receipt of further subscriptions to the value of £3l.5.-. Fund were increased by a donation of 2/- and a sale of tumblers.
The Walks Secretary reported an active month. The first walk of the month - Waterfall to Audley, led by Dick Childs, attracted 13 members 8 prospectives and 2 visitors. Sheila Tadman's walk to the Oaks on the next weekend was attended by 10 members and 2 prospectives. On the Friday night the party camped in a large cave near the Glenbrook Creek causeway, and the next day the prospectives were appointed acting leaders for the sake of experience. David Ingram's Sunday walk to Scouter's mountain was done by 15 members, 8 prospectives and 1 visitor. One of the party contracted cramp, and David had to take back along the road while Jack Gentle led the main party along the scheduled route. The wildflowers were profuse. Snow Brown had 7 starters on his Jerricknorra Creek walk and there were 9 members and 3 prospectives on Jim Brown's 15 mile Sunday walk in the Labyrinth, which was completed between 10 a.m. and 5.40 p.m. The Federation S & R week-end was well organised - the S.B.W. being well represented. There were over 40 searchers in 5 groups. Each leader directed and organised his own search. Special maps were issued and the searchers learnt a lot. At a large camp fire held at Burralow Creek, Bob Binks gave a lecture on S & R medical kit. The next day Colin Putt gave a rescue demonstration. On Molly Rodger's walk to Bluegum difficulty was found in negotiating the washed out portion of the track below Victoria Falls, which has been out of repair for some time. There were 21 starters on Jack Gentle's Sunday walk to Euroka. Mapping and Leadership instruction was given to all prospectives. Jack reported that Euroka is still in good shape, despite the bulldozing thereabout, except that three small trees have been cut down. On Dick Child's Waterfall Sunday walk, on the last week-end of the month, there were 9 members and 3 prospectives.
Brian Harvey sent a message to say that he was unable to continue as a member of the panel of lecturers. Colin Putt offered to fill the gap and was appointed to the panel. A Parks and Playground delegate will be elected at the half-yearly meeting.
On behalf of the Club Bill Rodgers extended congratulations to Lynette White and Roy Craggs on their recent engagement.
Wilf Hilder then told us of a new edition of the 4 miles to the inch Sydney Geological map, a new Wollongong sheet and a new edition of Myles Dunphy's Kanangra Tops map. Corang and Ulladulla maps would probably be available before the end of the year. Yalwal, Touga and provisional maps for areas to the West would be completed within 18 months, while the Bindook sheet should be out this week. Wilf also told us that Mr. Lang of Bindook and Mr. Gardiner had been successful in prosecuting trespassers through the gate to their properties, but Mr. Lang didn't mind letting walkers have the key to the gate when requested (Frank Leyden's party visited the homestead at Queen's birthday week-end and had a friendly chat with Mrs. Lang and Mr. Scott of the Forestry Department).
After electing Don Matthews, Jack Gentle, Lynette White and Eileen Taylor as room stewards, the meeting drew to a close at 9.6 p.m.
On every train or plane or bus
There is a child who makes a fuss -
A restless kid who writhes and stands
And eats and gropes with sticky hands.
In and out, out and in
And always going where he's been.
If I'm disturbed, and somewhat vexed, too
The reason is, it's he I'm next to.
And yet I really cannot whine
Because my luck is bad. He's mine.
Cowan - Cole Trig. - Porto Bay - Railway Dam - Brooklyn. 12 miles.
It is some time since this country has been visited. The area is mainly unspoiled and contains some lovely wild flower specimens, which should be in full bloom. Gaiters recommended.
Train: 8.15 a.m. Gosford train from Central Steam Station to Cowan. Tickets: Hawkesbury River @ 11/11 return.
Map: Broken Bay Military or Hawkesbury River Tourist. Leader: Jim Brown.
Waterfall - Mt. Westmacott - Heathcote Creek - Heathcote. 9 miles.
In recent years there has been a splendid showing of Native Rose on Mt. Westmacott. Although a little late in the flowering season, there could be some nice specimens about. Suitable for new members.
Train: 8.50 a.m. Cronulla train from Central Electric Station. Change at Sutherland for rail motor to Waterfall. Tickets: Waterfall return @ 5/9.
Map: Port Hacking Tourist. Leader: Ramon U'Brien.
Hornsby - Koala Bear Park - Bobbin Head - The Sphinx - Turramurra. 9 miles.
This trip includes a visit to the Koala Bear Sanctuary in Kuringai Chase and then traverses a picturesque portion of the Chase.
Train: 9.10 a.m. Hornsby via Bridge from Central Electric Station. Tickets: Hornsby via Bridge @ 5/6 return plus about 5/- for bus fares and inspection fee at the Sanctuary.
Map: Broken Bay Military. Leader: Gladys Roberts.
Your editor still has a slightly pink face after last month's fanfare of trumpets for the new series of articles on recipes, and its subsequent omission.
We trust you didn't spend too long looking for it. This omission was due to a last minute alteration in the form of the magazine and part of its staff. With luck you'll find it in this issue.
These articles are to deal with food and its preparation, and can only come from you. Comments on diet and food lists, how you carry your food and quantities are of equal interest to its preparation, though these things go hand-in-hand.
Anyway, don't be backward. Let's hear from you.
Max Gentle.
After visiting Kanangra Walls, via Gingra, in August, 1928, my next ambition was to walk over the Gangrang Range. On joining the Sydney Bush Walkers in 1929, I learnt that this range was unknown to club members, and the data given on available maps was very limited.
While fellow member, Myles Dunphy, tempted me with descriptions of the Upper Kowmung Gorge, somehow the rugged heights of Gangerang proved the greater attraction.
A Burragorang Cattleman, Michael Maxwell; had been on part of Gangerang, and information given by him indicated the best places to climb the range, and its low cliffs, also where water might be found.
While I was on a Friday evening train journey on Eight Hour weekend, 1929, a chance meeting with Gordon Smith, at Valley Heights, resulted in having company on my Gangerang walk, instead of going alone.
I knew that Gordon would see the distance because he was 50 miles champion road walker of Australia. Needless to say we made good progress on the walk out from Wentworth Fails that night to our camp site at the Sunset Rock. No tent, blankets or sleeping bags were carried and we slept on a bed of leaves by a log fire. Fortunately the weather was fine and clear, and we made good time with our light packs, walking down Kedumba Pass next morning.
We reached our breakfast site on Cox's River at 8.30 a.m., and the Kowmung junction at 12 noon.
At 2.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon we commenced to climb the Gangerang Range, from a point one mile further up the Cox. The ridge was at first a lightly timbered grassy slope, and rose very steeply for about 1,400 feet, then becoming boulder strewn, with thicker undergrowth. A low cliff with a cave was skirted here, being similar to the rocks on the adjacent Mt. Kookem. A fine view opened out up the Cox gorge, as far as the "Konangaroo Creek" the area mentioned by Surveyor Govett's writings, and its western tributary, rising near the "highest land", called by the Blacks of his time (if the word can be written as they pronounced it) "Kuo-uogang".
About four miles from our viewpoint could be seen the low cliffs of Gangerang plateau, and so we continued to ascend the ridge we were on, which was seen swinging more to the southwest, in that direction.
Our route lay through a thick forest of Turpentine and Eucalyptus saplings, but we sometimes enjoyed a glimpse of the mountain country northward to Mt. Mouin and Clear Hill. One of the best views was looking down Little Ti-Willa Creek and across the Komung [Kowmung] River, to Byrnes Gap and Tonalli Range.
Nightfall found us camped on a bed of leaves by a log fire, and we each had a two quart billy of water, which we had carried up from the river.
At daybreak next morning we continued walking along the thickly timbered flat topped ridge, which soon commenced to rise steeply, and eventually reached the foot of the low cliffs of sandstone and conglomerate.
A way up was found through a break in these cliffs (Gentle's Pass) on the Ti-willa Creek side, and then, after walking a mile on a lightly timbered, stony ridge on the plateau, a stop was made for breakfast by a running stream, in a swampy upland gully.
Later we walked southward over a slight rise, and then across the main marsh of the plateau, in the direction of a high hill, which we then thought to be the Gangerang peak. On reaching its crest we could see higher land ahead, and further progress was temporarily halted by a precipitous canyon, which a creek from the marsh had cut right through the ridge we were on (a geographical rarity).
This creek was later to be named "Dex Creek", and the high hill "Mt. Bolwarra". The view west extended across the Kanangra gorge, while eastward could be seen the grassy flats of the Lower Cox Valley.
After crossing Dex Creek, a well defined quartzite ridge led us along to the highest point of the range (Mt. Cloudmaker) at 12 noon, where marvellous views opened out over Kanangra gorge, and the famous walls, glowing in the sunlight.
The ridge then became very spectacular, and ran westward, resembling a great heap of boulders, coming to a point on top. It dipped and rose again about three times, and then swung southward. After a series of dips and knobs, the rock hopping over the very hard type of quartzite became easier, and the now grassy ridge descended steeply to Gabes Gap, the lowest saddle on the range in this section. From this gap it was possible to look west down a dry creek bed to Kanangra Creek, while a gully with tree ferns dropped down on the east side to Gingra Creek.
A very steep climb followed and presently we came to the foot of Craft's Wall, which we avoided, by keeping on its east side. After passing a number of caves, formed by the overhanging walls, we found ourselves on the main ridge again, which, after less than a mile, ended under the walls of Kanangra Tops. A break in the walls, 100 yards to the south, provided a way up. This was later to be named "Smith's Pass". From there it was easy going west past Mt. Maxwell and over a narrow neck to the iron ladder.
Our campsite for the night, in the cave with the dance platform, was reached at 4 p.m. a little over a day's walk from the Cox-Kowmung junction.
On Monday morning Gordon was more at ease, walking along the old cart track to Jenolan Caves. We passed through the Grand Arch there at 1.30 p.m., and continued walking along the road for another 11 miles before being given a ride in a service car to Mt. Victoria, in time to catch the 7.15 p.m. train to Sydney.
Thus ended a good three days walk, but the next few months saw the first ascent of Mt. Paralyser and Thurat, the first visit to Mt. Guouogang, and the first walk along Yellow Dog.
I remember standing on Mt. Moorilla, after a spell of torrential rain, in June 1930, when the view from there was really a picture, as it included five big waterfalls on the side of Thurat, which are not usually running. Next day, the first descent of Ti-willa Buttress was made.
It was good to walk along the well defined ridges of this predominantly quartzite country. The experience gained in bushwalking there was essential to us in 1931, when we ventured into a relatively dry Capertee-Colo area, which is only partly surveyed, but otherwise of rugged sandstone country, deeply intersected by ravines.
(Suitable more for reunions or field weekends than rugged walks).
Steak a l'Eucalypt.
Marinate a good thick slab of steak. Marinate? I look up the dictionary.
"Marinate (ade) v.t. to pickle in vinegar or brine (see also Pick1e.)"
So I look up pickle.
"Pickle - v.t. preserve in vinegar or brine see also marinate (ade):- ed preserved etc. coloq. drunk."
I call in the cooking expert round the house.
"Marilyn" I say (I always call her Marilyn when I want something. We both know I'm kidding, but it seems to work) "What does 'marinate' mean?" "Well", she says, "it simply means to soaks" "Well," I say, "Why on earth don't they say soak." "Because", she says "it doesn't quite mean to soak". I give up.
Marinate a good thick slab of steak in claret with chopped garlic for an hour. Then rub both sides well with butter and season with spices to your own taste.
Have a hot plate ready over a charcoal fire. Place gum leaves above and below the steak and cook fast.
Serve with a glass of cool claret.
This we guarantee.
Anyone who thinks television has killed conversation, doesn't pay the phone bill.
Photo facts for photo fiends.
[ Cartoon of photographer taking a photos of a person of wide girth. ]
Caption: Some subjects require a wide angle lens.
Ticks.
Australia has the dubious honour of possessing one of the worlds few poisonous ticks, the so-called grass tick.
As usual, it is the female of the species that causes all the trouble. Before she can lay her eggs, she needs a feed of blood: and to this end, she attaches herself to a passing host, by inserting into the host's flesh a barbed proboscis. The barbs are similar to those on a fish hook, and it is virtually impossible for the host to scratch the tick off.
For the first two days, the tick grows very little in size, but during this period, it forms a completely new outer skin. For the next three days it grows rapidly to the size of a pea. At this stage, it injects a digestive juice into the host, which dissolves the flesh around the barbs and allows the tick to fall off. She then lays her batch of eggs on the ground.
These eventually hatch into larvae, which climb up the blades of grass and wait for a host to come along. They attach themselves to the host, just like Mum, have a suck, and drop off. They then turn into nymphs; a sexless, intermediate stage in the life of the tick. The nymph also goes through the blood sucking routine before it finally changes into the adult, male or female, tick. Like leeches, ticks have few attractive features, but like most things in nature, they do have their fascinating side.
[ Aboriginal artwork ]
(a description of the drawing is at the end of the article)
For a long time there was no suns only a moon and stars. That was before there were men on the earth, only birds and beasts, all of which were many sizes larger than they are now.
One day Dinevan the emu and Brolga the native companion were on a large plain near the Murrumbidgee. There they were, quarrelling and fighting. Brolga, in her rage, rushed to the nest of Dinewan and seized from it one of the huge eggs, which she threw with all her force up to the sky. There it broke on a heap of firewood, which burst into flame as the yellow yolk split all over it, which flame lit up the world below, to the astonishment of every creature on it. They had only been used to the semi-darkness, and were dazzled by such brightness.
A good spirit who lived in the sky saw how bright and beautiful the earth looked when lit up by this blaze. He thought it would be a good thing to make a fire every day; which from that time he has done. All night he and his attendant spirits collect wood and heap it up. When the heap is nearly big enough they send out the morning star to warn those on earth that the fire will soon be lit.
The spirits, however, found this warning was not sufficient, for those who slept saw it not. Then the spirits thought they must have some noise made at dawn of day to herald the coming of the sun and waken the sleepers. But for a long time they could not decide to whom should be given this office.
At last one evening they heard the laughter of Goo-goor-gaga the laughing jackass ringing through the air.
"That is the noise we want," they said.
Then they told Goo-goor-gaga that, as the morning star faded and the day dawned, he was every morning to laugh his loudest, that his laughter might awaken all sleepers before sunrise. If he would not agree to do this, then no more would they light the sun-fire, but let the earth be ever in twilight again.
But Goo-goor-gaga saved the light for the world.
He agreed to laugh his loudest at every damn of day; which he has done ever since, making the air ring with his loud cackling, "Goor-goor gaga, goo goor gaga, goo goor gaga."
When the spirits first light the fire it does not throw out much heat. But by the middle of the day when the whole heap of firewood is in a blaze, the heat is fierce. After that it begins to die gradually away until only red embers are left at sunset; and they quickly die out, except a few the spirits cover up with clouds, and save to light the heap of wood they get ready for the next day.
Children are not allowed to imitate the laughter of Goo-goor-gaga, lest he should hear them and cease his morning cry.
If children do laugh as he does, an extra tooth grows above their eye-tooth, so that they carry a mark of their mockery in punishment for it, because well the good spirits know that if ever a time comes wherein the Goo-goor-gagas cease laughing to herald the sun, then the time will have come when no more Daens are seen in the land; and darkness will reign once more.
Here is the good spirit who decided to keep the fire going to light the world each day. Around him is the Emu, the Native Companion and the Kookaburra. Up beside the spirit's head is the egg just after the Native Companion had thrown it. The part about the yolk igniting the firewood in the sky is left out. The dots in the "look-nice" part represent all the talk that went on at the beginning of the story and later the chuckling of the Kookaburra.
The coldest day in Sydney's recorded history! The fourth warmest August day on record! All within a week.
With the thermometer going up and down like a yo-yo it is difficult for anyone to keep comfortably warm or cool as the case may be. Out of doors men the world over have found the string singlet solves problems of this nature most satisfactorily, giving the happy owner air conditioned comfort under extremes of hot and col weather conditions.
The old firm has a supply of these in from Norway now, 21/- & 30/- athletic and T shirt styles.
For anyone requiring a really tough jumper for colder trips we have some famous Iceland and Pedek Norwegian jumpers for sale at real bargain prices: £3.18.6, £4.2.6 & £6.6.0.
The skiing crowd is thinning out so don't be scared of looking in.
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Ron Kennealey.
High country musterers never walk with a light step, even at two-thirty a.m. The row their tri-cuni studded boots made on the bare pine floor of Macorora's dining room brought a waking thought that the horses had come inside through the night. A shouted rejoinder from Kevin to someone in the kitchen brought forth a more orthodox explanation for the racket. Today we were starting the spring tailing muster and in such style would we be breakfasting for the next four days, provided the weather held. The brief greetings and casual remarks of people bound by an easy bond of past associations passed between the homestead people and the four hired musterers as they stamped into the breakfast table. Evan, Kevin and the two Peters had staged an unexpected and riotous arrival during dinner some several hours earlier. That they would make such a rigorous reappearance after a brief absence was hardly what I had anticipated, but then my knowledge of New Zealand high country and its star performers wasn't far above tourist level. The light mist which hung around the house evoked a loud discussion about the chances of it clearing, for if it stayed on the high slopes, there would be no mustering that day. The musterers talked and argued loudly and assertively; a style well suited to free spirits who rarely felt the need for a compromising statement, especially when the talk hinged as it largely did on dogs, sheep, mountains and men. They occasionally lapsed into narrow dogmatic statements but far more frequently were they given to humour - bawdy, ironic and ludicrous. Few people that I have known could match these hardy shepherds for early morning gusto.
Out in the yard it was still dark and the process of assembling the day's contingent of dogs produced more confusion than system. Threats, cajoling and physical persuasion per manuka hill stick finally got all thirty two dogs inside the crate on the Rover. Limited seating consigned two men to the dog box. The Rover like all old station vehicles was occasionally as headstrong as a young horse and on a road which provided a magnificent view of Lake Wanaka (in the daylight), but no great sense of security, these performances were a bit alarming! Far more alarming, however, were the sudden outbreaks of violence among the third class passengers. New Zealand sheep dogs fight with less provocation than Irish race-goers and during the donnybrooks one had to be ready for swift evasive moves, for the combatants were not selective. The free-for-alls were quelled by vigorous use of a hill-stick.
After eight or ten miles the Rover stopped, the crate door was dropped and the dogs became a brief tumbling stream. The mist showed signs of clearing and Evan decided to go up. I was the end man in the line that moved off up the winding track through the fern and manuka scrub. The fast pace Evan set against the steep grade was at first enjoyable as it dispelled the chill of the morning drive, but when gooseflesh had been entirely replaced by perspiration there was no lessening of the tempo of the march. I thought they were trying me out in the way veterans are ever prone to test novices, but to have kept up with them entailed a possibility of my becoming a temporary immobile heap, so I fagged behind.
Later I was to realize that their rate of travel was a natural one born of years on the hills and far removed from exhibitionism. They waited for me to catch up at an elevation from the road side of about fifteen hundred feet where Evan had stopped to point out to each of the men his "beat" or section of the mountain side for the day. Shawn stayed behind while the rest of us started running again. The long even slopes which lifted steeply from the lake gave way to more rugged country as we climbed higher. When Peter reached his stopping point I stayed with him. I need the rest and I enjoyed the light hearted stream of talk he directed at his dogs, the sheep and anything else in earshot. The dogs, who with one exception, never moved far from him appeared to enjoy his company also. The exception was a fine looking Beardy bitch who attached herself to me. Peter expressed his indignation at this transfer of loyalties by referring to the Beardy as Miss Swanson (a Wanaka female he detested) in terms unflattering to both parties. Miss Swanson (Beardy variety) parried the insults by scratching her ear in very leisurely fashion.
When Evan eventually appeared as a very small figure on the skyline it was time to start the real business of the day. Between the 1ot of us, working at widely dispersed points, we would clear the long flank of the mountain of ewes and lambs and bring them down to the yards near the roadside some four miles away. In its early stages the muster was largely a series of contests between dog (generally one, occasionally two) and little groups of ewes and lambs. The encounters were always interesting to watch and the result never certain. The mountain matrons had far more independence of mind, and more courage than sheep of the plains and a wrong move by the shepherding dog operating to a whistle code, could precipitate a headlong rush in the wrong direction. On the steep and rough terrain this could mean the sheep being lost to the muster. However, the tally of such losses was small for a high country musterer does not long cultivate the company of a dog given to errors of judgement.
We move in a jig-jog pattern along the slope ever looking out for the odd sheep that sheltered behind piles of boulders or grazed at the foot of the frequent cliffs. The heavy tussock grass that covered much of the mountainside was physically exacting for the dogs during their fast out-flanking movements. I appreciated the need for the dawn start and the large number of dogs - in the heat of the day the winter conditioned animals were disinclined to travel quickly and the exertion of the long uphill runs would have soon exhausted a lone dog. After a couple of hours the numerous little groups had merged to become a series of winding lines of slowly moving sheep. Occasionally we caught sight or heard the shouts of one of the other musterers and more rarely caught a glimpse of Evan against the snow clad top of the mountain.
At the point where the descent to the yards began the numerous stately processions lost their dignity and merged to form a noisy milling mass. With reunion of men and dogs complete I anticipated a fairly easy conclusion to what had been a fairly strenuous morning but in doing so I hopelessly underrated the opposition. Without warning a couple of lambs cut off from the side of the mob and went helter-skelter back up the mountain. Immediately there were thirty or forty more lambs racing wildly behind them, and the dogs, incapable of restraint in their excitement making frenzied but useless chase after them.
When the dogs gave up the lambs stopped high above us. The process of apprehending the fugitives was a lengthy and strenuous affair for the dogs were limited in handling lambs separated from the ewes. The lambs lacking the older sheep's fear would not wheel away from the barking dogs but would run alongside or dodge behind them in a neat side stepping move. By a series of strategisms we out-generalled them, but the effort it involved made the earlier part of the day a picnic affair.
By half past three the first day was virtually over but my tally of new experiences was not complete. My conviction of two months duration that New Zealand beer was an error in chemistry inflicted on an unfortunate population was lost that afternoon. The cameradie of the mountain nomads, the magnificent scenery and a state of dehydration were together responsible. I sat by the road side sharing in the gay tumultuous conversation of the musterers and delighting, on a now familiar basis, at the loveliness of the long blue lake with its framework of ungentle snow topped mountains and all the while finding unexpected pleasure in the taste of south Island beer. It had been an interesting day from any aspect.
The next morning I awoke early but no steel clad boot broke the silence of the old house. Instead there was the more acceptable sound of light rain singing a soft song against the roof. There would be no mustering that day. I went cheerfully back to sleep on the thought of a late leisurely breakfast in a warm room.
Malcolm McGregor's showing of his beautiful collection of wild flower slides on 15th August was especially timed for the beginning of the wild flower season. The slides plus Malcolm's entertaining and informative commentary will help make our wild flower walks more interesting and enjoyable.
On 16th a party of 37 members and friends saw "The Sentimental Bloke" at the Theatre Royal. Although the evening was a social success the same could not be said financially.
On 22nd Mrs. McComish told us a little of the events in her life as a field naturalist which eventually brought her by cargo boat to Thursday Island and the time she went out with the pearling fleet. Mrs. McComish spiced her talk (her 653rd) with many amusing anecdotes and showed us, among other things, some beautiful shells and one of 14 books filled with her paintings of the native flowers of various islands.
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It is a trite observation that folk songs are a reflection of the condition of the people. In the English speaking world there are several bodies of folk music; the parent Anglo-Saxon and Irish songs and the derived American and Australian songs using very often the same tunes. Each body gives insights into the differences between the people and in the case of the derived songs the differences in the modes of colonisation and the philosophies of the early people in either continent.
Interest in folk songs and the elevation of "collecting" into a recognised branch of art dates from the late 19 and early 20th centuries, The primary interest was a musical one. The rather gentle school teachers and parsons who were the early collectors regarded the words of lesser value than the tunes; partly because the words were unprintable and seldom did the words fit the melody after the first stanza. In collected and published versions the words have been worried and altered to be presentable lyrics to the melody. Since the published songs were to be sung by school children (?) considerable emendation was necessary. Lyrics that were printed if they escaped becoming "art" or childrens songs all too often lost their folk meaning and their feeling of unconscious amorality. Emphasis on the tune rather than on the unravelling of the linguistic and symbolic spirit of the song has led to the divorce of much traditional literature from its original musical association. The Anglo-Saxon body of songs (which we sing at reunions) has only a nodding acquaintance with its begetter and pagan origin having been through the rack of editor and schoolroom. The emphasis of Anglo-Saxon song is on the pursuit of the opposite sex with or without the benefit of clergy and the symbols in the poetry are fertility symbols. There is little or no supernatural element - the Irish traditional body of song takes that for its own preserve.
How did the traditional song fare when it crossed the oceans to the new colonies?
In America it was preserved almost unaltered. Cecil Sharp collecting in the early years found recognisable songs three hundred years old. At least he could recognise the tunes but found the words coarser and more unprintable. This is reasonable. The American colonies were settled predominantly by family groups, each group in a community of similar groups, English Catholics in Maryland, Puritans in New England, and the Irish and Scots of Kentucky and Virginia. Expansion of the frontier was slow, there was always time for consolidation, time for family life, for the growth of nostalgia and sentiment. There was always "the territory ahead" for the young man to light out for, taking his family. It meant crossing the watershed and possibly fighting Indians; Abe Lincoln left his law office in Illinois to look for some Blackfeet who had scalped some settlers twelve miles away. But always there was continuity of family life and the constitutional right of the pursuit of happiness and to heighten the culture there was the clash with other cultures, French Canadian, the Spanish to introduce the now ubiquitous guitar and the pervading strict-form blues of the negro. The climate accorded with the old fertility chants and the essential religious nature of the dissent deepened into fundamentalism.
In the Australian body of song there is no spectrum comparable to the range of -
"On the wedding night,
When he came to bed with me
He bit me on the shoulder
He nearly broke my knee."
"Hush little baby don't you cry
You know your mamma was born to die
All my trials Lord
Soon be over."
The contrast with Australian folk songs is noticeable. Australian songs are songs of revolt - it is no accident that The Wild Colonial Boy is sung to the tune of The Wearing of the Green. They were hanging men at Castle Hill on the evidence of the song having been sung. The early music is Irish music; in the decade before the gold rush the population was fifty percent Irish born and it is reasonable to assume the condition of such a part of the population impressed itself on the literature of folk songs.
What was its condition?
Transported and brutalised by what was to them a foreign power the complexities and strangeness of the country gave to the habit of revolt the habit of irony and the songs are distinguished by a habit of irony and the complete absence of the fertility symbols. They are songs of men alone, rootless, with little or no ties, familiar or otherwise even in Ireland the reckoning of relationship was son - father and possibly grandfather with no cross ties of allegiance. There are no love songs of significance, the nearest approach is The Old Bullock Dray, a song which has been bowdlerised with supreme irony.
"I mean to get a wife, boys,
When I get up to town."
The original intent was to look over the talent available at the Female Factory at Parramatta but the bullock driver realises that such being the demand and so irregular the supply he has no hope and must go back to the aboriginal woman who is mothering his children.
With no women available the men travelled the country, working, learning a variety of outback occupations which enabled them to retain their mobility, scornful of those new arrivals, bond or free tied to sheep-herding or any form of husbandry except travelling with stock. That the owners of the land where their erstwhile gaolers made freedom a shade sweeter and their independence of their former masters more pointed. A man alone was no longer defenceless or suspect as in a family oriented community. Independence was the needed quality to survive and the most independent were the bushrangers; the Kellys and Gardiners and Jack Doolans were naturals.
There are distinct stages in the repertoire. "Moreton Bay" is a true lament; "Botany Bay" the first spontaneous borrowing of a tune and giving it new ironical words; the pastoral songs showing the increasing awareness of the singers independence and the "joys" of travelling the country. The tunes are still Irish, the habit irony. The gold rush altered the population balance, submerging the dominant Irish factor and the subsequent land booms and improvement of pastoral working conditions modulated the spirit of revolt. With the collapse of the economy in the Nineties, the spirit that emerged was one of bitterness rather than of irony, faithfully recorded in the songs of the time. Lawson, in the literate stream of poetry looked back at a golden age and perceived, invented, the legend of mateship, while Paterson elevated the viability of the bush worker into mystic lore as in Kipling. With an earlier poet who wrote
"They sing in September the sweet songs of May."
they have obscured and clouded over the origins not only of our own folk tradition, but have set a habit and way of inquiry. Lawson's brush with the bush was short and bitter; Paterson, the cavalry officer, and city journalist, could never be completely sympathetic with the transported Irish rebel in the Old Bark Hut.
Ironic poetry is deeply concerned with the complexities and paradoxes of experience. The habit of irony is not dead. When we sing of making Bob Menzies load the pig iron for Japan we are, perhaps, making traditional verse in the main stream of Australian folk music.
19th - The Shell Film "Back of Beyond" - yes, it will really be on this time!
26th - Although marked a free night on the programme we've invited Malcolm McGregor and Jim Brown to give us another of their entertaining "song night."
Attendance of S.B.W. Delegates.
This was the Annual Meeting of Federation, but two of our delegates did not notify their inability to attend or offer any apology to the meeting, with the result that no arrangements were made for substitute delegates to attend and bring our representation up to full strength.
Search and Rescue.
The services of S & R were not called upon during the past month. The newly formed Rock Rescue Team is now functioning under the leadership of Colin Putt. It is hoped to purchase an L.M.l6 field transmitter (25 watt) for use by the section. A Guessing Competition has been organised for the purpose of buying S & R gear. Tickets are available in the Club Room each Wednesday evening at 2/- each and the prize will be a £25.0.0 order on Paddy Pallin for the purchase of walking or skiing gear. The Winner will be announced at the Annual Ball on 14th September, 1962. It was reported that ticket sales appear to be satisfactory.
"The Bushwalker Annual 1961".
A total of 2912 copies were received from the printer. Up to 30th June 1962, 2001 copies have been sold, of which Paddy Pallin purchased 1,000 for subsequent sale in his shop. C.M.W. and the Bush Club sold over 100 copies each and the remaining clubs accounted for 430 copies, or an average of about 20 copies each Club. I am happy to report that the sales by this Club were somewhat above average. Copies are still available at 3/- each. At the moment, the loss on the publication stands at £55.0.0.
"The Bushwalker'Annual 1962"
In spite of the discouraging response to their last effort, the publications Committee is going ahead with the preparation of another Annual. The Treasurer warned the meeting that the fullest support of all Clubs is essential to ensure the success of the forthcoming magazine, otherwise Federation will find itself in financial difficulties.
Heathcote Primitive Area.
Locked gates are to be installed to bar entrance to motor vehicles to certain electricity supply access roads. Poison sprays are still being used, but with care, by the Electricity Commission to destroy vegetation under the power lines crossing the reserve. Access by the Water Board's gate is to be restricted. It is planned to employ a ranger.
Blue Mountains National Park.
It was announced that Paul Barnes has been elected to the Trust. A full time ranger has been appointed and a second appointment is contemplated. One ranger will be stationed at Mt. Victoria and the other at Woodford. A motor road has been constructed to Mt. Banks (Mt. King George) and picnic facilities provided.
Kanangra-Boyd National Park.
Is now under the control of a Trust.
Song Book.
The Kameruka Club and the Hobnails Club are jointly producing a Song Book. It is proposed to donate the proceeds to Federation (S & R Funds) when production costs have been met. Full support for the publication is requested from all affiliated Clubs.
D.I.
The Club lost an esteemed member with the sudden death of Hilda Stoddart on 5th August, 1962 at the age of 76.
"Stoddie", as She was affectionately known became a member in 1935 and, with her daughter Mary (later Mrs. Bob Eastoe) did many interesting trips, particularly in the Talbingo and Brindabella areas prior to the Snowy Mountains Authority commencing activities there.
She was interested in all conservation activities and was a tireless worker in that cause. As practical evidence Hilda was our representative at the meetings of the Parks and Playgrounds Movement. She was also a keen member of the National Park Association and the Stoney Range Flora Reserve at Dee Why.
As a resident of the Manly District for many years Stoddie loved the Pittwater section of Kuringai Chase. At wild flower time every year she took Club walks, Church groups and other interested parties over to Lovett and Fowler's Bays to walk along the access tracks to the tops and there admire the blooms and extensive views over Pittwater. A cairned route from The Flagstaff at Lovett Bay to the West Head Road near Willunga Trig was her idea and was carried out with the aid of interested helpers.
In recent years the well made tracks have become overgrown, mainly through lack of use. Stoddie wrote to the Trust and to this Club suggesting a working bee to clear them up. John White organised the party and a lot of good work was done at Lovett Bay. It is to be hoped that the work will be continued and completed as a tribute to Stoddie's untiring work in this part of Kuringai Chase.
By Popular Request...
The Magazine will reprint, in 2 parts, "First Perambulator to Kanangra Tops - January-February 1931" bu Miles Dunphy.
Commencing in the October Issue.


Cynthia King, of San Diego, overcomes deep family karma and develops a life beyond her wildest dreams.
Living Buddhism: Thank you for sharing your experience with us, Cynthia! Can you describe what life was like for you growing up?
Cynthia King: I grew up in a segregated New Orleans community with whites on one side and blacks on the other, separated by railroad tracks. My father was an alcoholic, womanizer and irresponsible. We rarely saw him and when we did, he was drunk.
My mom had her 11th child when she was 29 years old, and, after giving me away for the fifth time, she committed suicide at the age of 34.
My aunt and uncle assumed full responsibility for my younger brothers and sister. At an early age, I promised myself I would never marry a man like my father. When I was 19, I met a man in college, and soon after we were married. He seemed different, and I thought we were going to have a happy life.
Cynthia: I soon gave birth to our first son. He was stillborn. Because of the torment, pain and suffering I experienced, I could not return to college. At the same time, I found out that my new husband was a drug addict, alcoholic and womanizer, just like my father.
While my husband continued school, I worked. I became pregnant again but lost another son who was also born premature. Three years later, I finally gave birth to two daughters, Shawnette and R'Quoia. They were premature as well, but they lived.
When were you introduced to Nichiren Buddhism?
Cynthia: My aunt brought me to my first SGI meeting in 1976. There, I was told that I could overcome anything, change my destiny, and that my children would be happy, guaranteed. I received the Gohonzon on November 14 that same year. Feeling that this was my last chance at life, I took my practice very seriously.
What changes did you see when you began your practice?
Cynthia: In 1978, I became pregnant again. This time I was armed with the Gohonzon, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and Buddhist study. I chanted abundantly several hours each day, and studied Nichiren Daishonin and President Ikeda's writings, reading passages to my unborn son daily. Tousant was born three months premature and weighed a little over three pounds. But he was a fighter, he was strong, and he lived.
After the birth of our son, my husband quit his job, and we became a family of five living on a single income—mine. Then, in 1987 my husband moved in with his girlfriend. We divorced, and I became a single parent making $200 per week with two teenage daughters and a young son.
How did you deal with this difficult situation?
Cynthia: My back was up against the wall. Once, I waited until my children went to bed, then took two buckets to the gas station and filled them up with water so that my kids could wash themselves the next day.
Despite everything, I was determined to raise my children in faith. When I sought guidance from seniors in faith, I was encouraged to let my children see how I practice instead of telling them how to practice. At times, they would see me openly cry in front of the Gohonzon. But they saw where to go when they have problems—to the Gohonzon.
I also decided to never disrespect my ex-husband around my children. And I made sure that they were connected with local youth leaders who would visit them. I was determined that each child would have their own experiences in faith.
I woke up every day at 3:45 a.m. to chant before work, and, in the evenings, I supported district activities. As a group leader, I put my whole heart and soul into helping the members practice. As my group grew from a few members to 30 and then 40-members strong, I took on district leadership.
I communicated with my leaders on a daily basis. Day by day, I felt more hope, confidence and courage. Through helping others create value, I felt a deep sense of happiness for the first time in my life.
How did your life transform through these efforts?
Cynthia: In 1990, I was offered a job that paid considerably more than I had been making. Three years later, my salary tripled. My family moved to a great neighborhood near the beach in Long Beach, California. We could now host meetings in our fantastic home.
In 1993, I met my husband, Maurice, and we married two years later. Between the two of us, we have 5 children and 18 grandchildren.
Congratulations! You mentioned that 1992 was an impactful year. Can you talk about that?
Cynthia: In 1992, the Los Angeles riots broke out, sparked by the acquittal of four police officers, whose videotaped arrest and brutal beating of Rodney King had been widely viewed by the public.
The events deeply affected me. As a single parent raising a young black man, I was thrown into anguish thinking, What kind of society am I raising my son in? I prayed and poured my heart into a letter to SGI President Ikeda. He responded right away, telling me that he is always supporting me with prayer. Deciding to use faith to transform poison into medicine, I threw myself into prayer and study.
I began studying President Ikeda's Harvard University speech "The Age of Soft Power" (see September 2016 Living Buddhism, pp. 10–19). In this speech, he assures us that any change based on force and violence will only cause more misery. Cowardice is contagious, but so is courage.
How did you put this into practice?
Cynthia: It was during this intense time that I began to develop my relationship with President Ikeda as my mentor. I was part of the Sophia Group, a women's division study group centered on study of President Ikeda's novelized series The New Human Revolution. As I got to know who he is as a person, I was also able to have deep discussions with many other women who were going through painful times just like me.
I was experiencing a lot of challenges with Tousant, who had gotten into drugs and partying. Studying President Ikeda's writings, I knew the change would have to come from me. Before every serious conversation with Tousant, I first chanted to reach his heart. When we spoke, he would express, with tears in his eyes, how moved he was.
Having a mentor in life is like having the answer to every question or every doubt that you've ever had. I can always pick up the publications and find the answer to my struggles. Armed with this, I determined that through my prayer, my son would transform the fundamental darkness in his life.
Cynthia: Tousant transformed his life. He got a job and went on to have two daughters and a wonderful family of his own. One day in 2006, we went to lunch and had such a great dialogue. He said, "Mom, all I want is for you to be proud of me." I was so appreciative of everything we went through together.
A few weeks later, he was killed by gun violence. He was on the way to pick up his daughters and stopped to get gas. As he backed out of the pumping station, he tapped another car and got out to say sorry. The people in the car were gang members who opened fire on him.
We're very sorry for your loss. What helped you through this extremely difficult time?
I vowed that only by living for kosen-rufu would my son's life continue and determined that his death would never be in vain. I decided to give my all to support the youth. I opened my home for youth meetings and worked behind the scenes to support youth activities. This is my lifelong vow on behalf of my son.
Thank you for sharing this. How have you and your family been able to heal from this?
Cynthia: We have found solace through our faith in Nichiren Buddhism.
My two daughters are happily married. In 2014, two of my grandchildren received the Gohonzon. And today, five generations of my family practice Nichiren Buddhism.
In May 2015, my ex-husband passed away. I can say that I have so much gratitude for him. He gave me opportunities to grow and polish my life to the extent that I otherwise would not have had.
Today, Maurice and I live a life beyond our wildest dreams. Every morning, he wakes up early to cook us breakfast. And when I go to SGI activities, he makes sure that there is gas in my car and dinner on the table when I return home. When it rains, he waits outside with an umbrella to walk me from my car. I know why he supports me so diligently: It's because of my commitment to help people become happy. And I am committed to changing myself. I know that all the actions I take on behalf of the SGI and the members' happiness also all become causes for my victory.
Do you have any determinations toward 2018 and the gathering of 50,000 youth?
Cynthia: Yes! I'll be the one driving the bus to take the youth to the gathering!
I would like to set an example for the youth and for my family, by living the best possible life and fulfilling my mission with Sensei every day. As a chapter women's leader, this means helping each district win, visiting the members, maintaining great communication and helping members receive personal guidance to resolve all issues that may come up. And of course, to approach everything with abundant prayer!
We have the most amazing youth, and our organization is the hope for humanity. It just takes one individual to change the world. And with the gathering in 2018, there will be 50,000 individuals who will transform the world into a more dignified, respectful and peaceful world—a world that we all deserve.


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Barrow Brings Veteran Experience
After nearly six weeks as a free agent, Michael Barrow finally found himself a new home on Friday when he was introduced as the Redskins' new middle linebacker.
During an introductory press conference at Redskins Park, Barrow was asked about his decision process in becoming a Redskin. He was asked about playing at the University of Miami (Fla.). And he was asked about playing against his former team, the New York Giants, next season.
Finally, the question on everybody's mind was asked:
Winslow or Taylor?
Barrow and head coach Joe Gibbs both laughed. With the NFL Draft less than 24 hours away, most everybody's mind was on the two players, University of Miami (Fla.) prospects Sean Taylor and Kellen Winslow, Jr., who are frequently mentioned as potential Redskin draft picks on Saturday.
"The draft isn't my call," Barrow laughed. "But I think you can't go wrong with anyone from the University of Miami (Fla.). You talk about Quarterback U, Linebacker U--I always felt like we were NFL U, between myself, Ray Lewis, Clinton Portis, Jeremy Shockey. So you can't go wrong with either one of those guys."
The Redskins hope the addition of the 6-2, 245-pound middle linebacker helps solidify a defensive unit that could have at least four new starters next season. An 11-year NFL veteran, Barrow has had stints with the New York Giants (2000-03), Carolina Panthers (1997-99) and Houston Oilers (1993-96).
In Houston, he was been coached by Gregg Williams, currently the Redskins' assistant head coach-defense, and in New York, he worked with DeWayne Walker, currently the Redskins' secondary coach.
That familiarity played a factor in his signing in Washington. As with most free agents the team is interested in, Gibbs put on the hard sell.
"I actually feel like I felt coming out of high school--I feel like I've been recruited all over again," he said.
"I'm looking forward to playing here. Everyone knows that whenever you play the Redskins, you have to buckle up. You can't bring any paper plates to this party."
Barrow led the New York Giants in tackles the last three seasons--and posted a career high with 177 tackles (122 solo) last year. When the Giants made a coaching change, they decided to revamp their defense. Barrow was released.
"I've never had the chance to go back and play against a team I used to play for," Barrow said. "That'll be exciting--playing there for four years and knowing the talent they bring to the table with guys like Jeremy Shockey and Tiki Barber, I'm looking forward to going up against them."
Barrow is expected to replace Jeremiah Trotter, who has been authorized by team officials to seek a trade.
"Michael's different for a 34-year-old guy because he's legendary for what he does in taking care of his body and working out," Gibbs said. "We rated him very high on his physical. Some guys who are 34 are young--and we think he's one of those guys. We feel real good about that."
Said Barrow: "When people ask me about that, I ask 'When you look at me on the field and on film, what do you see?' I'm still going strong. I think I'll get tired mentally before I get tired physically. I feel like I'm in the prime of my life."


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Q: How the AWS ALB cost is calculated? I have an application load balancer (ALB) for a busy website in Bahrain, daily visits over 200K, yet the monthly cost of the ALB is less than $1. The instance has 1 web site with over 600K article.
Also, I have a small ec2 for 3 websites with ALB, and the monthly cost is $10. The maximum daily visits for all websites are 10.
So, how the bigger site ALB cost less?!
Middle East (Bahrain)

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*Elastic Load Balancing - Application $0.85

*USD0.0 per Hrs for LoadBalancerUsage:LoadBalancing:Application usage in Middle East (Bahrain) 696.000 Hrs $0.00

*USD0.0 per LCU-Hrs for LCUUsage:LoadBalancing:Application usage in Middle East (Bahrain) 15.000 LCU-Hrs $0.00

*USD0.0088 per LCU-Hrs for LCUUsage:LoadBalancing:Application in Middle East (Bahrain) 96.111 LCU-Hrs $0.85
US East (N. Virginia)

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*Elastic Load Balancing - Application $9.55

*$0.008 per used Application load balancer capacity unit-hour (or partial hour) 1.515 LCU-Hrs $0.01

*$0.0225 per Application LoadBalancer-hour (or partial hour) 424.000 Hrs $9.54
Thanks.

A: It appears that your Bahrain usage is taking advantage of the AWS Free Tier.
For Elastic Load Balancing, it lists the benefits as:

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*750 Hours per month shared between Classic and Application load balancers

*Automatic distribution of incoming application traffic across multiple Amazon EC2 instances.

*750 Hours per month shared between Classic and Application load balancers

*15 GB of data processing for Classic load balancers

*15 LCUs for Application load balancers

You can see 15.000 mentioned in your bill, which is the 15 LCUs that are provided free for the month. It also looks like you got a lot of hours (696+) for free.
Please note that this discount is only provided for the first 12 months of the AWS Account. After that, the free portion will not be available for Load Balancing.


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The story of Otto, the creator of Uber's self-driving truck
The self-driving Otto truck that made a 120-mile trip to deliver beer.
Image: OTTO
By Marcus Gilmer 2016-10-25 17:17:52 UTC
Earlier Tuesday, Uber announced the first successful run of one of its self-driving freight trucks, developed by San Francisco-based company Otto. It's the latest stage in a meteoric 2016 for the self-driving startup.
SEE ALSO: Uber-owned, self-driving freight truck debuts with a beer run
The truck, designed by Otto, successfully completed a 120-mile journey between Fort Collins, Colorado and Colorado Springs, Colorado, delivering 2,000 cases of Budweiser beers with nary an issue along its journey on Interstate 25.
It's an important step for Uber's effort to get self-driving cars on the road, coming on the heels of a pilot project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that allows selected users to hail rides from self-driving cars.
So what's the deal with Otto, the company acquired by Uber in August, driving (pun intended) this push of self-driving technology?
Tech DNA
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Otto on first glance is the background of its founding staff. The company boasts employees who previously worked with Google, Apple, Cruise and Tesla (Google and Tesla also have their own self-driving car programs).
The Otto/Uber team
And that pedigree starts at the top. One co-founder, Anthony Levandowski, had already had success with self-driving vehicles (the famous Ghostrider motorcycle) when he joined Google in 2007 to work on Google Maps and the tech giant eventually acquired his two companies, Anthony's Robots and 510 Systems.
Lior Ron, another co-founder, is also a Google alum, having worked on Google Maps and helming strategy for Motorola after Google acquired them in 2012. Clair Deluanay also worked for Google and has an extensive background in robotics.
Since it's launch, Otto has grown to employ more than 90 people and the company continues to hire top talent.
From the get-go, Otto's goal was self-driving trucks. In a Medium post introducing the company in May 2016, Levandowski and Ron wrote:
To speed the adoption of self-driving technology, we began by equipping existing trucks on the road with our unique self-driving kit, designed to empower truck drivers to drive more safely and efficiently. We are developing a suite of sensors, software and truck enhancements coming together in a product that can be quickly outfitted on existing trucks.
The pair stressed both the amount of freight that trucks are responsible for ("70 percent of all cargo in the U.S. — that's 14 billion tons per year") and safety, noting truck accidents were responsible for a disproportionate amount of traffic deaths versus the percentage of miles driven by trucks.
There are also cost savings. When it launched, Otto estimated that the price of its autonomous drive system would be a "small fraction" of the $100,000 to $200,000 price tag of a brand-new semi truck.
The company also noted other factors, including the amount of pollution the small number of trucks on the road were responsible for and a projected shortage of drivers as reasons for their launch.
Had a late night ride in Otto's self-driving truck on I-280, 60mph. Look hard, u should be able to spot sensors. pic.twitter.com/EtxYp5KU8D
— Fei-Fei Li (@drfeifei) September 10, 2016
The trucks can drive autonomously on the highway, but still need a person behind the wheel to monitor the operation and drive the truck on streets.
The Acquisition
Mere months after launching, Otto was acquired by ride-share behemoth Uber in August 2016 (the cost of the acquisition was never publicly announced but Bloomberg estimated it at around $680 million).
Excited to announce our next chapter - joining forces with @Uber. Read about our vision of the future here: https://t.co/UKqLxDPe9k
— Otto (@ottodrives) August 18, 2016
In their post about the partnership on, yes, Medium, the Otto team sold the acquisition as a win-win for the industry, allowing for better safety without truckers losing business:
By combining these two technologies, we can create a freight network that is constantly learning and improving. Each truck that joins the network can provide valuable information that makes all other trucks safer and more efficient. In turn, drivers get paid more and shippers get a more reliable service. Self-driving trucks together with a marketplace create a virtuous cycle where everyone benefits.
In Uber's release on the deal, CEO Travis Kalanick called the pairing a "dream team" and said Levandowski would head the company's combined self-driving efforts.
For Uber, the deal followed a $300 million partnership with Volvo that will bring autonomous technology to the XC90 sports utility vehicle, the cars that Uber has used in its self-driving pilot program in Pittsburgh.
The Next Chapter?
Tuesday's announcement that the Otto-Uber collaboration resulted in a successful beer run was a huge step for the project, especially given the distance and complete lack of human interaction with the car.
According to Otto, sensors, cameras and radar positioned all around the vehicle allow it to "see" the road. These components also assist in the system's acceleration, steering, and breaking. The company said that the professional driver on board was able to monitor the entire highway portion of the journey from the truck's sleeper berth, in the rear of the cab.
The self-driving truck travels down Interstate 25
While details of the partnership with Amheuser-Busch aren't yet known (will the famous Clydesdales be out of work now?), Otto indicates that there will be future endeavors between the two companies and Uber Freight is live on the web, with an appropriate tagline: "We're in it for the long haul."
Topics: Business, otto, self-driving truck, Transportation


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Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--The largest proportion of the Japanese public want new Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi to become the country's next prime minister, but he has suffered a decline in popularity, a Jiji Press opinion survey for October showed Friday.
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The deerslayer; or, The first warpath
by James Fenimore Cooper
Published 1926 by Harper & Brothers in New York, London .
About the Edition
Follows the adventures of the brave and bold frontiersman, Natty Bumpo.
Statement by James Fenimore Cooper; with illustrations by Louis Rhead
Contributions Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926, illus
LC Classifications PZ3.C786 D30
Pagination 4 p. l., 556 p. incl. illus., plates.
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