With the glorious legacy of 22 years in management education, GHS-IMR has successfully contributed in the multidimensional development of future professionals with a clear focus on positive thinking and self-confidence to cope with the transformation, challenge, and qualms of corporate life.
The PGDM program is approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and is equivalent to MBA by Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
The PGDM programme is of two years which is divided into six terms; each being of 11-12 weeks duration. At the end of the first three terms of the program, all students are required to undergo compulsory summer internship for 6-8 weeks in any company. The completion of summer internship students take up electives, which are to be studied in 4th, 5th and 6th terms.
The PGDM program focuses on developing business leaders who are value-driven, can bring change and work effectively in functionally and culturally diverse teams across the globe. Learning extends beyond the four boundaries of the class room as live projects, discussions, presentations and co-curricular activities. Seminars, industry visits, alumni talk series and cultural activities are organized round the year.
During the two years, the student receives academic inputs in two parts, namely, the Compulsory package and the Elective package. Distinct objectives are served by each package. Largely, the compulsory package are to be studied in the first year and the elective packages would are in the second year.
The aim of the compulsory package is to provide students with the fundamental knowledge, skills and techniques, contextual understanding, and overall perspective necessary for general management. The mix of compulsory and elective courses helps students to develop an in-depth understanding of the interrelationships crucial to successful business management. There are also a few compulsory courses in the second year. The second year courses have high project components so that students get more practical exposure.
The students can opt for dual specialization in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Operations, International Business and Information Technology as per their choice and career aspiration.
GHS-IMR provides complementary International Industrial & Study Tour to students as they are expected to develop as global citizens through participation not only in curricular activities but also a mix of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities including socially oriented pursuits.
Training Methodology is a mix of lectures and case based discussions with high focus on self-learning and practice.
Teaching and designing of each course is carried out as per detailed course plan designed in accordance with the syllabus.
Each course is aligned with current business environment to make the learning of the students more effective.
Proportion of marks that is awarded to the students is by assessment- 60% in End-Term Examination and 40% in Internal Assessment.
Regular interaction with the industry experts provides a clear mind set to visualize the future working of the corporate sector.
Learning based on interactive internet exercise, simulation game is highly encouraged.


(1) Arc welding of electrodes is sensitive and cumbersome, and has strong conformability. At the same time, due to the continuous improvement of electrode performance, its deposition efficiency and mechanical properties can still meet the requirements of today's pipelines. In particular, welding welding is more commonly used. . The electrodes are cellulose-type electrodes and low-hydrogen type electrodes. The organic separation of the two methods of down welding and upward welding and the good root welding compliance of cellulose electrodes are still not replaceable by other welding methods in many places.
(2) Manual tungsten-arc welding has good welding quality and no back slag on the back. It is commonly used to stop the import and export of ballast machines, ball valves and other equipment, as well as the process pipelines with smaller diameter and thinner wall thickness. Welding device welding. The TIG welding method requires strict stop of groove settlement before welding and windproof measures during welding.
(1) Semi-automatic welding of self-shielded flux-cored wire This technology was first applied to the Kuqin Line Pipeline Project in 1996, and subsequently applied in pipeline projects in Sudan, Lancheng County, and Shibuyinlan City. This welding method is sensitive to operation, environmental compliance can be strong, welding deposition efficiency is high, welding quality is good, welders are easy to control, welding qualification rate is high, is an important filling, cap welding method in the current domestic pipeline engineering.
(2) Semi-automatic welding of CO2 gas protection With the improvement of the characteristics of the welding power source, the splash problem of CO2 gas shielded arc welding has been fundamentally dealt with after controlling droplets and arc patterns, and has begun to play an important role in pipeline welding, such as STT type CO2 inverse. Variable welding machine applications. This kind of welding method is sensitive to operation, welders are easy to control, have strong conformability to different grooves, good welding quality, high welding efficiency, and weld bead lubrication, but the welding process is greatly affected by the ambient wind speed. The STT semi-automatic root welding request nozzle group insists on the average disagreement of the counterpart gap during the process, otherwise it will produce defects such as the edge of the groove not being fused and the slag inclusion in the subsequent filling and capping bead.
Automatic welding can be applied to root welding and filling and cap welding. The automatic root welding method adopts automatic internal welder or external welder single-side weld double-sided molding.
(1) The automatic welder used in the "West-East Gas Pipeline" pipeline project of the internal welder is a pipe root welding machine for Φ1016mm pipe diameter. The internal welder and the CNPC Natural Gas Pipeline Bureau, which were purchased by British NOREAST Company, respectively. PIW3640 internal welder. Its characteristic is that the range of applicable pipe diameter is narrow, the equipment investment is larger at one time, but the welding efficiency is very high, the root welding of the Φ1016mm steel pipe takes about 70 seconds. Since the welding is stopped in the steel pipe, the influence of the ambient wind speed during the welding process is relatively small, as shown in FIG. 1 .
(2) Automatic external welder single-sided welding double-sided forming root welding single-sided welding double-sided forming root welding equipment is mainly Italian PWT's CWS.02NRT automatic external welding machine, and the United States LINCOLN's STT power matching automatic external welding machine. The double-sided root welding equipment for single-side welding of automatic external welders handles the problem of single-sided double-sided root welding without backing. The root welding thickness reaches 4.5 mm, which is much higher than the welding thickness of internal welding machines (1 to 1.2mm), high welding efficiency, Φ1016mm steel root welding takes about 8 minutes. Due to the use of gas maintenance, the welding process is sensitive to the wind speed of the environment and windbreaks and other wind protection measures should be taken during construction.
Because the West-East Pipeline X is a DN813×9.5mm spiral steel pipe, the caliber is larger than the steel pipe normally used, so it is easier for the two steel pipes to have different circumferences, and the radius of curvature is not the same in some directions. This is relatively easy to produce a large amount of error in the construction, which directly affects the welding quality of the entire weld, so before the steel into the site it is recommended to measure the circumference of each pipe at both ends, and then have a rough distribution of the steel pipe The plan should try to make the difference between the circumferential lengths of the two steel pipes to be welded not exceed 3mm, which can reduce the defects caused by the wrong side.
Groove cleaning is very important for root welding, otherwise it is easy to produce defects such as internal bite, concave, and air hole. Groove cleaning requires removal of all dirt within 25 mm from the inside of the groove and both sides of the groove.
Groove polishing technology requirements: grinding the inside of the groove to the emergence of metallic luster while not hurting the groove angle. Spiral Weld Grinding Technology Requirements: It is required that the spiral welding seam be flush with the base metal within 10mm on both sides of the grinding groove and gently transition at an elevation of 30 degrees. The higher requirements for the grinding of the spiral bead are due to three-dimensional stress and notch effects caused by unwelded spiral welds and pipeline welds that create cross welds, which can cause cracks, and the angles between unsanded spiral welds and the parent metal With rust, pores are easily formed on the cover. In addition, spiral welds of spiral steel pipes for welding excuses should be at least 100 mm away to avoid stress concentration and defects.
In the groove preparation process, special attention should be paid to the angle and blunt edge of the groove. If the size of the groove is too large or too small, the weld quality will be affected. Excessive blunt edges will generally show incomplete penetration, and too small blunt edges will easily burn. Wear will affect the quality of root welding. Therefore, it should be strictly in accordance with the process requirements, generally choose between 1.5 ~ 2.0mm.
The purpose of down welding for long-distance pipelines is to use large welding specifications and relatively low consumption of welding materials in order to achieve improved ergonomics and cost savings, and many welders still use the customary pipe all position up-welding large gaps, small blunt The use of edge-to-edge parameters as a downhole welding technique is neither scientific nor economical. Such counterpart parameters not only increase the unnecessary consumption of welding consumables, but also increase the consumption of welding consumables and increase the probability of occurrence of welding defects. Moreover, the repair of the root defect is more difficult than the defects produced in the filler cap. Therefore, the choice of the root joint parameter is quite important. Generally, the gap is between 1.2-1.6 mm, and the blunt edge is between 1.5-2.0 mm.
When performing root welding, the electrode is required to make an angle of 90 degrees with the axis of the pipe and point to the axis. The correct electrode position is the key to ensure that the back surface of the root welding is formed, especially to ensure that the root bead is located at the center of the weld and eliminated. Bite and unilateral incomplete penetration, when the adjustment of the longitudinal angle of the electrode can change the penetration of the electrode, because generally can not get a complete groove gap and blunt edge, so the welder must be adjusted by the welding rod longitudinal angle adjustment to adjust the arc Penetration force to adapt the joint groove and welding position. The electrode should remain in the center of the joint unless an arc blow occurs. The welder can eliminate the arc blow by adjusting the angle between the welding rod and the axis of the pipe and keeping the short arc. Otherwise, the inner side of the single-sided groove where the arc is blown will be bitten inside, and the other side will be incompletely welded.
For control of the weld pool, in order to obtain a well-formed root weld, it is critical to maintain a small, visible weld pool during the root weld. If the weld pool becomes too large, it will immediately lead to Bite or burn. In general, the size of the bath is 3.2 mm long, which is ideal. Once a small change in the size of the bath is found, the proper bath size should be maintained by adjusting the angle and current of the welding rod.
Root rooting is the key to ensure the quality of root welding in the entire weld. The point of root rooting is to clearly define the convex weld bead and the track line. If the clear root is excessive, it will cause the root weld to be too thin, making it easy to heat weld. Burning and burning is not enough, and slag and pores are easily generated. Qing root should use 4.0mm thick disc wheel. Our welders usually like to use 1.5 or 2.0mm reworked cutting discs as welding slag removal tools, but 1.5 or 2.0mm cutting discs are often prone to deep grooves, resulting in incomplete fusion or slag inclusion in the subsequent welding process, resulting in rework, At the same time, the 1.5-mm or 2.0-mm cutting discs are not as good as the 4.0 mm thick disc-shaped discs in terms of slag loss and slag removal efficiency. For clearing requirements, the track line is cleared and the fish back is trimmed to be flat or dimpled.
Under the premise of ensuring the quality of the root welding roots, thermal welding can be performed. Usually, the gap between hot welding and root welding cannot be longer than 5 minutes. Semi-automatic welding usually uses a trailing angle of 5 degrees to 15 degrees, and the angle between the welding wire and the management axis is 90 degrees. The principle of hot bead is not to make or make a small pair of lateral swings. Under the condition of ensuring that the arc is located in the front of the weld pool, it is carried down from 4 o'clock to 6 o'clock with a puddle; the 8 o'clock to 6 o'clock position should be appropriate. Swing in the lateral direction to avoid excessive convex welds in the upside-down position.
For the clearance of arc starting and arc collecting holes, a pause can be made at the arc starting point to facilitate the gas floating out of the weld pool, or the use of overlapping arc starting and arc closing is the most effective method to solve arc starting and arc collecting holes; After completion, the convex bead was removed using a 4.0 mm thick disc wheel.
If root burnout occurs during hot welding, semi-automatic welding must not be used for repair, otherwise dense holes will appear in the repair bead. The correct process is to find that the semi-automatic protection welding is stopped immediately after burn-through, and the two ends of the root welding burn-through, especially the burn-through place, are grinded into a gentle slope transition. According to the requirements of the root welding process, the hand-made cellulose electrode is used for the burn-through. The repair welding is performed, and when the temperature of the weld at the repair weld is reduced to 100 degrees to 120 degrees, the normal hot welding semi-automatic welding process is continued for welding.
The selection principle of the hot bead process parameters is based on the principle of no burn-through of the root bead. High wire feed speeds and welding voltages matching the wire feed speed should be used as much as possible. The advantage is that high welds can be obtained. Speed, high wire feed speed can achieve large penetration depth, large arc voltage can obtain a wide molten pool, which can make the residual residue after cleaning the residue in the root pass, especially the hidden slag melted in the root bead wire. Out, floating to the surface of the bath, and can get concave bead to reduce the hot bead clearance slag labor intensity.
The slag of the hot-bead slag in principle requires that the wire-wheel be cleaned, and the slag that cannot be partially removed must be removed by the grinding wheel. The local convex bead requires grinding with a 4.0 mm thick disc-shaped grinding wheel to remove the protruding parts (mainly occurring at 5:30-6:30 o'clock), otherwise columnar blow holes are likely to occur. It is not allowed to have welding slag on the weld bead because the presence of welding slag will affect the conductivity of the filling welding arc, causing momentary arcing and forming local dense pores.
The welding bead can only be filled under the premise of guaranteeing the quality of hot bead welding. The welding requirements of the filler welding are basically the same as those of the thermal welding. The feeding speed is slightly higher than the hot welding, and the voltage is slightly higher than that of the hot welding. After the completion of the filled bead, 2 to 4 points are required, and the 8 to 10 point filler weld is basically flush with the surface of the base metal, and the maximum remaining edge of the groove must not exceed 1.5 mm to ensure vertical welding when the surface weld is applied. Positions will not have air holes or be lower than the parent material. If necessary, filler welds will be added to add a vertical weld. The vertical filler weld only in the filler bead between 2-4 o'clock and 10-8 o'clock. When the filler weld is completed, the filling surface at the above position is much different from the groove surface, such as direct cover, complete weld bead Later, in the above position, there will be an increase in the number of vertical welds when the surface of the weld is lower than the surface of the base metal. The stand-up welding must be completed once after starting the arc, and the arc cannot be interrupted during the welding process because the welded joint at this location is prone to dense joints. The vertical fill welding usually does not swing laterally. With the molten pool down, the surface of the weld bead can be slightly convex or flat in the vertical welding position. This can avoid the concave shape of the surface of the cover weld and the center of the bead is lower than the base material. The selection principle of the welding process parameters for the vertical welding is relatively high welding wire feeding speed and a relatively low welding voltage, so that air holes can be avoided.
Cap welding can only be performed on the premise of guaranteeing the quality of the filler weld. Due to the high deposition efficiency of the semi-automatic protection welding, special attention must be paid to the selection of the welding process parameters during cap welding. The key to the selection of process parameters is the wire feed speed, voltage, back drag, dry extension and welding speed. In order to avoid the generation of blowholes, higher wire feed speeds should be used, lower voltages (voltages lower than the normal and wire feed speeds should be about one volt lower), longer dry stretches, and welding speeds to ensure welding arcs Always in front of the weld puddle is the principle. At 5 o'clock – 6 o'clock, 7 o'clock – 6 o'clock, it can increase the dry elongation and change the welding to push welding, so that a thinner bead layer can be obtained so as to avoid excessive height in the upside welding position of the welding bead. In order to eliminate the occurrence of joint blowholes on the surface of uphill and upright welds, it is usually necessary to weld once at the upright welding position. It is forbidden to generate welding joints at 2 o'clock, 4:30 o'clock, 10 o'clock and 8:30 o'clock. In order to avoid the generation of stomata. In order to avoid the occurrence of cracks in the joints at the site of the upward slope, welds are to be made between 4 and a half minutes – 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock and 6 o'clock, followed by 12 o'clock – 4:30 o'clock, 12 o'clock. The weld between the 8 o'clock and 8 o'clock positions can effectively avoid the occurrence of joint pores on the climbing site. The welding process parameters of cap welding are basically the same as those of heat welding, but the wire feeding speed is slightly higher.
The key to the operation of semi-automatic welding is to take advantage of the situation. Always keep the welding arc in the front of the welding bath and the thin layer of fast multi-pass welding is the key to overcome all welding defects. Never avoid a large single-layer thickness. , and pay attention to the stability of the welding process, welding quality is mainly related to the wire feeding speed, welding voltage, dry elongation, rear drag angle, welding walking speed of the five major welding process parameters, change any one, the remaining four parameters have to be done Corresponding adjustments.


So I was wandering through my Twitter feed when I noticed that one of the trending topics was RIP Stephen Covey and I was stunned for a moment. OK, OK, I know everyone dies but I was rather shocked that this guy had died. I was even more shocked to realize he was 79 years old! I thought he was a lot younger.
I cannot claim to know him personally but his book [amazon_link id="0684858398″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The 7 habits of Highly Effective People[/amazon_link] had really made something of an impact on my life. In fact, I just obtained another copy of it recently to help me in my current journey.
'Win-Win' – trying to find solutions that work for all parties involved in a transaction. It did not have to be 'Dog eat Dog'. Having come from a fairly aggressive African society, where the person with the loudest argument or the most guns won, it was something of a bit of fresh air.
Seek first to understand and then be understood – Again, this was a novel concept to me. I tended to talk and talk and talk over people until they had no choice but to back down unless they were a lot more 'in your face' than I was.
Paradigms – How do you view the world? That was another new concept for my younger self. It is quite surprising how different things can seem between two people with different paradigms. It affects completely the way you view the world.
Begin with the end in mind – Another big idea.
I say all this to give honour to a man who challenged a lot of people's thinking and caused a new generation of thinkers to spring from his words. If you have not read this book, then you really should get to it. It is possible that it will change the way you do things now and for the rest of your life.
Stephen Covey was a great man who managed to die surrounded by his family – To be successful and still have a family these days is something to be proud of. He has left behind him a great legacy.
Rest in Peace, Stephen Covey.


This is what it looks like , usually in an older boat that does not bring 240V aboard.
This is ONLY for 120V , not the more common today 240V. 3 internal prongs , not 4.
Good condition, never installed $85 plus postage.


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Meet Eolo, A Wind-Powered EV From Colombia
August 27, 2018 November 13, 2019 I am Renew 2 Comments EOLO, EV, Wind energy, wind power
There is an electric vehicle in the works from the most unlikely of sources. Colombia. The car is a wind-powered electric vehicle Eolo — the result of a research project carried out by a company based in the country. The 'Eolic' or wind powered car is the only wind powered car in the world currently.
The global automotive industry is pushing for development for cars that emit less to no harmful emissions, that uses alternative fuel or regenerative tech which can also bring the cost of operating the vehicle down to a minimal. This is where electric cars come in. Among several innovations, there have been those that are powered by solar energy or feature regenerative braking (generating energy every time brakes are applied). And the latest new wind is coming from South American nation of Colombia…
Pic courtesy EOLO Motors
The Eolo, Colombia's only homegrown car. It uses a new and efficient system that uses wind energy to charge its batteries. The name comes from the fact that it is the first 'eolic' car ever, meaning that it is powered by wind.
Industrial Corporation Minuto de Dios' Javier Roldán, the inventor of the system, along with project Eolo designers developed the first prototype of the electric car that recharges with wind energy. The system is based on the simple principle of a spinning wind turbine that charges the batteries which power the wheels.
Eolo features giant horizontal propellers or wind turbines on the front, which spin fast as the car moves, taking in wind and converting it into electricity to charge the batteries of the electric car.
The turbines apparently add upto 10% to Eolo's total range and it can be charged via a standard plug socket overnight. The project owners claim the car delivers 100 km of range and a top speed of 100 km/h.
Eolo, or Aeolus in English, was the keeper of the winds in Greek mythology, and was used to name the electric car with horizontal propellers, devised by Roldán.
While the technology is crude in its current format and will perhaps take a long time to be a serious contender, but it is definitely a chapter in electric car development worth noticing.
Tags: EOLO | EV | Wind energy | wind power
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Balbant Sejwal
What's the 'big idea' behind uploading a video in 'Spanish' Language which very few people in India would understand and that too without english subtitles.
Sneha Verma
Hello Balbant Sejwal, the video can have English subtitles by pressing on the settings button where you will find the button of subtitles/CC as off, press that, you will be taken to subtitles/CC options where you select the option Auto-Translate and select English. Hope this will solve the problem.
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Aaron's Law would revamp computer fraud penalties
The new legislation would prevent prosecutors from targeting computer users for terms of service violations
Grant Gross (IDG News Service) on 20 June, 2013 20:13
Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would prevent the Department of Justice from prosecuting people for violating terms of service for Web-based products, website notices or employment agreements under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
On Thursday, Representative Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, and Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, introduced Aaron's Law, a bill aimed at removing some types of prosecutions under the CFAA.
The bill is named after Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January while facing federal prosecution for allegedly hacking into a Massachusetts Institute of Technology network and downloading millions of scholarly articles from the JSTOR subscription service.
The bill would remove the charge of "exceeds authorized access" from the CFAA, instead creating a definition for "access without authorization." Access without authorization would include bypassing technology and physical measures through deception or through gaining access to an authorized person's credentials.
"Aaron's Law is not just about Aaron Swartz, but rather about refocusing the law away from common computer and Internet activity and toward damaging hacks," Lofgren and Wyden wrote in a joint statement. "It establishes a clear line that's needed for the law to distinguish the difference between common online activities and harmful attacks."
The bill would also narrow the penalty enhancement provisions in the CFAA, making it tougher for prosectors to seek enhanced penalties for crimes involving little financial gain.
Lofgren released a draft bill to amend the CFAA back in January, days after Swartz killed himself. The sponsors of the bill posted drafts on Reddit.
Digital rights groups have called on lawmakers to soften the CFAA after prosecutors in Massachusetts threatened Swartz with a lengthy jail sentence.
"In drafting Aaron's Law ... we did not opt for a quick fix of the CFAA that could bring with it unintended consequences," Wyden and Lofgren wrote. "Instead, we undertook a deliberative process for crafting this legislation. We reviewed extensive input from a broad swath of technical experts, businesses, advocacy groups, current and former government officials, and the public."
Demand Progress, the digital rights group Swartz cofounded, praised the legislation.
"Since we lost Aaron in January there have been good days and there have been bad days," David Segal, the group's executive director, said in an email. "This is a good day. When Aaron's Law is signed into law it will mean that Aaron will continue to do in death what he always did in life, protect the freedoms and rights of all people."
The Center for Democracy and Technology also applauded the bill.
"Breaking a promise is not the same as breaking into a computer, and fibbing about your age on Facebook shouldn't be a federal crime," Kevin Bankston, director of CDT's Free Expression Project, said in an email. "The courts, sensibly, have already started to reject prosecutors' attempts to charge computer crimes based on violation of a web site's terms of service or an employer's computer use policy. Aaron's Law' would eliminate any ambiguity and make those courts' decisions the law of the land."
Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is grant_gross@idg.com.
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I had an email from Pulse Cashflow Finance, one of our funding panel, that I thought raised a great point about the recent failure of Carillion. Their clients will not be suffering any bad debts.
They have included "bad debt protection" for all of their clients, including those operating within the construction sector, meaning that their clients are protected from taking a bad debt.
OK, so it was Carillion this time, but next time it could any other large construction sector company that you are dealing with - if you would like to find out how they can help your business with both cash flow and protection from customer failures, please request a call back from Pulse Cashflow Finance.
Despite this, Pulse Cashflow are pleased that they have been able to reassure their clients who are directly affected by Carillion's demise that they will not suffer any financial impact to their businesses. This is because they will benefit from the inclusive bad debt protection Pulse Cashflow offer with their finance solutions. For those clients using Pulse's funding solutions, monies owed to them by either Carillion or other businesses across Carillion's wider supply chain will be recovered through Pulse's bad debt protection. Pulse Cashflow have also committed to supporting any of their clients who may be affected by the fallout throughout Carillion's supply chain.


CRM's patients benefit from the latest treatments in reproductive medicine, including a number of advanced techniques and services offered in conjunction with IVF. The most frequently utilized advanced IVF technique is intracytoplasmic sperm injection, which was developed by CRM faculty member Dr. Gianpiero Palermo.
CRM also has an extremely successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) service. PGD/PGS involves removing one or more cells from embryos or the polar bodies of oocytes (eggs) to test for genetic diseases or chromosomal abnormalities.
The EmbryoScope time-lapse system, frozen embryo transfer, microsurgical (testicular) sperm extraction, endometrial co-culture and assisted embryo hatching round out CRM's advanced IVF techniques.


I've been meaning to write this post for a while now.
Before getting my BlackBerry Torch, I'd heard the native BlackBerry task app was buried deeply within the OS and wasn't too streamlined for efficient use. So I was interested to see if that'd be my experience.
I use Lotus Notes with eProductivity, and my tasks sync seamlessly to the BlackBerry thanks to the power of BES. So at least getting the task information to and from the device is quite simple.
So is the task app buried deeply? Yes it is.
To get to it, you have to go to the Applications folder, which is itself pretty far down the icon list on the home screen. Featuring the Task app doesn't seem high on RIM's priority list, a curious decision because isn't BlackBerry's cachet all about business productivity on the go?
Anyhow, we can easily make the Task app more accessible by adding it to the Favorites menu. I had to hunt around a bit before figuring out that to add new apps to the Favorites menu, you have to press down and hold for a second on the app's icon. Then a little menu pops up asking if you'd like to mark the app as a favorite.
So I have a few days of BlackBerry Torch experience now. As I expressed in my initial post, I had good first impressions of the Torch.
I've been pleased with the speed and smoothness of the user experience. Push notifications of my emails/text messages/BB Messenger/etc is really addicting - probably too addicting!
the messaging experience. Threaded conversations for text messages and BlackBerry Messenger, a great tactile keyboard that lives up to the BlackBerry reputation, and a host of options to customize my inboxes. Plus I just really like the minimalist look of the icons and messages themselves.
1. There's no LinkedIn app yet available. This one of course is on LinkedIn and not RIM, but it's still a negative. I need the app for both work and personal network management, so I hope LinkedIn fixes this STAT. A bunch of unanswered questions (scroll down to the bottom) by users on the LinkedIn blog asking about the app isn't a good sign, although hopefully that doesn't mean much.
2. I had to figure out how to reboot the phone OS and it wasn't obvious. For all the BlackBerry veterans out there, this is probably a no-brainer. I've additionally been told that as a managed device, it makes support sense for it to be hard to reboot my Blackberry. But all I knew was that a few minor glitches - such as not being able to vertically scroll my list of installed apps - was getting in the way and that a reboot would probably fix it. Powering the phone off and on wasn't restarting the OS - arghhh.
However, once I googled for the reboot command (for the record, a soft reboot can done by pressing ALT - CAP - DELETE) and got the OS restarted, everything worked well again.
A few months ago, I engaged Darren Duke of Simplified Technology Solutions, to help me get my BES up and running and I have been hooked on my Blackberry every since. (Darren's a master at all things BES. I highly recommend him) Anyway, the ability to have everything in sync with Lotus Notes at all times is absolutely fantastic. At this year's Lotusphere, we will see RIM and IBM introduce even greater support for IBM Social apps (e.g. Connections and Quickr) on the BlackBerry. I'm told that with OS5 we will even see support for Symphony documents. Cool.
Unfortunately, as a productivity platform for messaging and task management, mobile devices leave much to be desired. As great as it is to receive email on my device, it's unproductive to process it on the device and then have to process it again when I return to my computer. David Allen has this same issue, too.
This weekend, David and I were talking about Lotus Notes and eProductivity and I gave him an overview of our roadmap for mobile and cloud computing. David shared a few thoughts about staying productive in the cloud, and he told me he wanted me to get eProductivity into the BlackBerry sooner than later.
I think David shares the sentiments of many mobile knowledge workers that want to get things done on the road. I know I look forward to the day when my productivity tools are available wherever I want to work, whether that is on my BlackBerry, at my desk, or in the cloud.
This is why I am pleased to have David collaborating with me to create such a solution. It's coming folks.
If you work with RIM and will be attending Lotusphere, I'd like to talk with you. Though much is under wraps, If you find me at Lotusphere I'll give you a quick overview.
I'm exploring an idea for a specific demo for my Lotusphere presentation with David Allen. I normally try to find my own answers before I ask others or blog. but I'm running into roadblocks trying to find the answers to my questions. With the holidays approaching, I'm also running out of time.
So, here's my question to the ND community.
$ out of my ball park for a demo.
I've sent email to one hosting company; but I have no idea of price or time to deploy.
As you can see, I know what I want to accomplish. If this were for a client, I would opt for the full enterprise sever. For my own test, demo, and development, that's a bit steep. All I really care about is the ability to use and demo this at Lotusphere. So I need to get it set up quickly, load up a few custom apps and SameTime, if at all possible) and go. I would be most appreciative to talk with some who's been down this path before and who has set up this specific type of system. Thanks folks.
BlackBerry Question: Multiple Notes Mail Boxes on BB?
As I begin the migration from my trusty Treo 755p with CommonTime mNotes to my new BlackBerry Bold 9000, the first challenge I've run into is how to get multiple Notes e-mail accounts onto the BlackBerry. In mNotes, It's possible to sync up to four separate Notes mailboxes, calendars, address books, and Journals to the Treo. So far, the best information I have found on the BlackBerry is that I will get one Mailbox synched via BES and then a few additional "internet" (e.g. POP3) mailboxes via Internet Mail. Ideally, I'd like to match what I have in CommonTime. That is, I want four distinct mailboxes (and Calendars) to appear on the device that are fully in synch with those on the server. One of these mailboxes is a team mailbox that several of us sync to.
Fortunately, the people inside the yellow bubble are some of the smartest I know; I'm sure someone's already figured out how to do this. So, I'm posting this request for assistance. If you've done something like this or have some experience to share, I'd like to hear from you.
I am preparing to write a series of posts about my 2009 Productivity Toolkit. For that adventure, I've purchased several tools for myself and my team, including the new BlackBerry Bold 9000 some new Lenovo Laptops and a variety of software applications.
Some of you may disagree with my POOR ratings. I wanted to capture my first impressions. I will continue to test and evaluate these and other features of the Bold offering. I simply wanted to capture my first impressions.
Craig Wiseman, a long-time Treo-user, ditched his Treo 680 for a BlackBerry Bold 9000. Meanwhile, Greg Eldred asks: Is there a future for Palm? and Ed Brill raves about his first 30-days with his BlackBerry Bold.
I've been a long-time fan of the Palm Treo SmartPhone due to the simplicity of its applications and the extensive integration I have done with Lotus Notes. As I look forward to 2009, I've decided to evaluate a few new mobility platforms and the Bold is at the top of the list.


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The Common Room≥Student Living≥'In the end, we had an amazing week': Kathryn on freshers expectations and realities
'In the end, we had an amazing week': Kathryn on freshers expectations and realities
By Kathryn W., Student at Northumbria University
Moving into student halls, I was feeling a great mix of emotions: excited, nervous, and ready to grasp my new-found freedom away from home. Most of my friends had moved to university the year before and, having taken a third year of sixth form, I was ready to go.
My friends had all had greatly different experiences of their first year at university, and I was eager to see what mine would be like.
#Flatmates#Freshers#Living together#New student#Student writer#Student Yearbook 2019
More articles from this author:
Walk this way: Kathryn on the simple joys of a daily stroll in Newcastle
How I manage my downtime and stay fresh during exams
Living with a health condition at uni: 'It turned out to be hugely freeing'
Here's how I found my first week at uni.
Meeting new people is a great experience for some, but a daunting prospect for others. I'd already spoken to my flatmates in numerous group chats, but it was nice to put names to faces when we all arrived. Being friendly and approachable is a great way to bond with your new neighbours, and we chatted about our favourite music and where we were from, before dishing out compliments to those who'd gotten ready to go out clubbing on the first night.
University culture is seen as synonymous with alcohol and I knew my flatmates had planned to go to bar crawls, pub quizzes, and club nights. But like a growing number of students, I choose not to drink and at home I had never been out to a nightclub - it isn't really my scene.
So the first two nights in student halls were difficult as my flatmates would only come together for nights out and pre-drinks. You can read all about how I found my feet as a teetotal student but, in short, I felt a little isolated as a non-drinker in those first few nights.
But as the week progressed, I spent more time with my flatmates and joined them when I felt comfortable to do so. In the end we had an amazing week, ordered pizza, went to a pub quiz, and cooked meals together. Cooking away from home in a busy kitchen for the first time isn't the easiest, but it was a great way to laugh and spend time together.
A part of freshers' week that's discussed far less than the bar crawls and club nights is your university induction sessions. My university had scheduled seven individual sessions for my course, ranging from a library, careers and student union talk to a meeting with our personal tutors.
I'd applied to my course through clearing, having changed my mind about what I wanted to study after my A2 exams. Apart from reading course guides online, I had very little idea about the content of my degree and was nervous going in for the first time. Many people on my course had been on open days and course-specific applicant days, but there were also others in my situation who had been unable to visit, or applied too late to do so.
Starting university, it's easy to imagine yourself as being the only one feeling a certain way about something. But it's likely that you're surrounded by people who feel the same way, whether that be homesick, apprehensive about meeting new people, or concerned about living in student halls as a teetotal student.
Everyone's experience of university (and freshers' week) is different and you don't know how yours will be until you live it. But my advice is to take part and get involved. I met some wonderful people during my first week at university and it made me so excited about what the rest of the year would bring.
By Kathryn W.
I'm a first year Film and TV Production student and I love all things cats, comedy and crime drama. You'll usually find me cradling a mug of tea (and a cat when I'm at home) and binge watching my favourite crime shows on Netflix. I'm a keen volunteer and a member of the Drama and M.A.D (Making a Difference) societies. at Northumbria University
'Different but I love it': Vlogger Ruby on adjusting to uni
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'Scary and exciting!': YouTuber Eve on waiting to start uni
By Eve B.


A unit in Toronto's troubled Trump Hotel up for auction Sunday only received one bid and below the minimum offer.
Kashif Khan, managing director of Toronto-based Ritchies Auctioneers, said the $550,000 bid will be taken to the owner of the unit."
The owner of the unit, a local real estate broker, commissioned Ritchies weeks ago to sell the suite at a 30 per cent or more discount after seeing about a dozen other units in the hotel stalled on MLS for months. A similar unit in the tower, located on the corner of Bay and Adelaide Sts., is currently listed by developer Talon International at $1.6 million.
Earlier this week, a number of people expected to make an offer on the 950-sq-ft hotel suite, but Khan said the last-minute location change of the auction saw their anticipated number drop by two-thirds.
The auction was supposed to take place in the hotel's ballroom, but Trump executives said they didn't want a sale of a unit in the building to happen on site.


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Q: Minify Js and CSS files using Nginx and angular 1 I have my backend server in django rest framework and front end in angular 1. I have nginx installed on aws ec2 which redirects request to corresponding server. Nginx also takes care of front end repo. I have git as version control system for front end. Now, I want to minify all the css and js files in my front end code. I want to know the best practice to do that. Since for front end I just used to specify my source directory in nginx, so I don't have any build system or build directory for front end. Since, I have read we don't push minify files in github, then how to do that.

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Of the many churches P.J.H. Cuypers designed and built during his long career, this is the oldest survivor. Cuypers designed it by commission of Josephina, baroness van Dorth tot Medler, as a replacement for a church built in 1834. It is a three-aisled cruciform basilican church with a choir with three-sided closure. The tower was a preliminary study for that of the St. Martinus in Maastricht, which was completed two years later. The church was not consecrated until 1867. The interior was completely changed in 1965 and 1970, during waves of modernization. It was closed for services years ago, and has been a museum of religious sculpture since.


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BlogPGA Preview and Picks
July 28th – July 31st, 2016
Baltusrol G.C.
Springfield, N.J.
Par: 70 / Yardage: 7,428
Purse: $10 million
with $1,800,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
by Sal Johnson
Founder, Chief Data Officer, GOLFstats
sal@golfstats.com
This week's field includes:
As of this minute when I write this on Monday morning, the field includes 113 of the top 115 in the latest Official World Rankings. Those not playing are #69 Jaco Van Zyl, who feels he can get ready for the Olympics at home instead of playing in this event and #94 Ian Poulter who is hurt.
This year they were able to get 98 of the top-100, last year they could only get 96 of the top-100
The field includes all 25 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2016 are in the field.
The field includes 25 players in the top 25 on this year's PGA Tour money list.
The field includes 32 players that have won 37 of the 37 events on the PGA Tour this year: Emiliano Grillo (Frys.Com); Smylie Kaufman (Shriners Hospitals); Justin Thomas (CIMB Classic); Russell Knox (WGC-HSBC Champions); Peter Malnati (Sanderson Farms); Graeme McDowell (OHL Classic at Mayakoba); Kevin Kisner (McGladrey Classic); Jordan Spieth (Hyundai T of C, Dean & DeLuca); Fabian Gomez (Sony Open from Hawaii); Jason Dufner (Humana Challenge); Brandt Snedeker (Farmers Insurance); Hideki Matsuyama (WM Phoenix); Vaughn Taylor (AT&T Pebble Beach); Bubba Watson (Northern Trust); Adam Scott (Honda & WGC-Cadillac); Brian Stuard (Zurich); Charl Schwartzel (Valspar Championship); Jason Day (Palmer, WGC-Dell Match Play & Players); Tony Finau (Puerto Rico); Jim Herman (Shell Houston); Danny Willett (Masters); Branden Grace (RBC Heritage); Charley Hoffman (Valero Texas); James Hahn (Wells Fargo) Sergio Garcia (Byron Nelson); William McGirt (Memorial), Dustin Johnson (U.S. Open & WGC Bridgestone); Daniel Berger (FedEx St. Jude); Billy Hurley III (Quick Loans National); Greg Chalmers (Barracuda), Henrik Stenson (British Open) and Jhonattan Vegas (RBC Candian Open)
The field includes 13 past champions: Jason Day (2015), Rory McIlroy (2014 & '12), Jason Dufner (2013), Keegan Bradley (2011), Martin Kaymer (2010), Y.E. Yang (2009), Padraig Harrington (2008), Phil Mickelson (2005), Vijay Singh (2004 & 1998), Shaun Micheel (2003), Rick Beem (2002), David Toms (2001) and John Daly (1991).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the PGA Championship field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the PGA Championship field in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the PGA Championship field.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
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Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
Who's Hot in the field for the PGA Championship
Memorial Tournament
Quick Loans National
FedEx St. Jude Classic
RBC Canadian Open
Lyoness Open
Aberdeen Asset Scottish Open
WGC – Bridgestone Invitational
(551.33 pts) 3
(30) DNP 5
(23.33) T2
(100) DNP DNP Win
(176) T9
(90) DNP DNP DNP DNP Win
(382.33 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP WD
(-6.67) Win
(264) DNP Win
(88) DNP T13
(37) DNP
(290 pts) T20
(10) DNP T2
(33.33) DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-13.33) 2
(200) DNP DNP DNP T13
(37) T27
(280 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T5
(140) DNP T5
(46.67) DNP DNP DNP
(256.33 pts) T27
(7.67) DNP DNP T14
(36) DNP DNP T8
(66.67) T22
(56) DNP DNP DNP DNP T3
Tyrrell Hatton
(244.67 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T5
(140) DNP CUT
(-6.67) T33
(11.33) 2
(100) DNP
Andy Sullivan
(238 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T23
(222.33 pts) DNP DNP T2
(33.33) DNP DNP DNP DNP 4
Scott Piercy
(0) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T2
(133.33) CUT
(-20) DNP DNP DNP DNP 2
(213.33 pts) T4
(26.67) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-13.33) T5
(140) DNP DNP 3
(60) DNP DNP
Jhonattan Vegas
(212.67 pts) CUT
(4) DNP Win
(132) T53
(0) T4
(80) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
J.B. Holmes
(180) DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-10) T27
(0) T21
(19.33) DNP 13
(133.33) T59
(0) DNP DNP DNP DNP T42
(19.33) CUT
(-3.33) DNP 2
(66.67) DNP DNP T12
(76) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
(182.67 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T8
(76) DNP DNP DNP DNP T10
(175 pts) T4
(26.67) DNP DNP T9
(45) DNP DNP T46
(5.33) T46
(8) DNP DNP DNP DNP T3
Aaron Baddeley
(-3.33) DNP T17
(22) Win
(132) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
(13) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T23
Alex Noren
(160 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-13.33) T46
(8) DNP DNP 8
(33.33) Win
Bill Haas
(-3.33) T3
Branden Grace
(0) DNP DNP DNP T29
Kevin Na
(0) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 7
(0) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T37
Thongchai Jaidee
(142 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T22
(8) Win
(88) CUT
(-10) DNP
(141.67 pts) DNP DNP DNP T5
(70) DNP DNP CUT
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who's Not Hot in the field for the PGA Championship
Matthew Fitzpatrick
(-46.67 pts) DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-10) DNP DNP T54
(0) CUT
(-20) DNP DNP CUT
(-6.67) CUT
Kristoffer Broberg
(-36.67 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-20) CUT
(-6.67) DNP DNP
Rikard Karlberg
(-20) DNP CUT
Peter Malnati
(-33.33 pts) CUT
(-10) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Jamie Lovemark
(-30 pts) T52
(0) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-20) DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-3.33) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-13.33) CUT
(-20) DNP DNP DNP DNP T42
Soomin Lee
(-23.33 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T79
(0) DNP CUT
Jamie Donaldson
(-22 pts) DNP DNP T26
(8) DNP DNP DNP CUT
(0) DNP DNP CUT
(-20 pts) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
(-20) DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
(-20) DNP DNP 66
(0) DNP DNP
The Buzz:
Unfortunately Olympic news may take over the early part of the week, as it becomes obvious that with the Olympics in August, you just can't play a British Open, WGC-Bridgestone, PGA Championship, Four FedEx Cup playoffs, Ryder Cup and the Olympics in this short time period. If the Olympics were in October everything would be ok, but something has to give and as we see by the players that won't play in the Olympics, those other events are important for them.
The PGA returns to Baltusrol the site of the 2005 PGA and Phil Mickelson winning his first major championship. The course is great, because of it's design it won't be overpowered as some other courses are and we will see some good golf. The player that hits it straight and far will be the winner this week.
Tournament information:
This is the 98th PGA Championship. The plans for the PGA Championship were created on January 16, 1916 at a meeting of a group of PGA Tour professionals including Walter Hagen. Their vision was to create a national championship that would rival the U.S. Open in terms of importance. Just months later, their vision came to reality as the first PGA Championship Match Play event was played at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, NY that year. Englishman Jim Barnes took home the inaugural crown.
After the inaugural tournament, the event took a two-year break from 1917 to 1918 because of World War I. The break in action didn't phase Jim Barnes, as he went on to win the PGA Championship in its return to the Tour in 1919. Since the two-year hiatus, The PGA Championship has only seen one other break, that being in 1943 due to World War II. The biggest change in the event's history occurred in 1958, when the format of the event was changed from Match Play to 72-hole stroke play.
The famed Wanamaker trophy, awarded to the winner of the PGA Championship, can trace its routes back to the beginning of golf equipment. In the early part of the 20th Century, A.G. Spalding & Bros. was the predominant maker of golf equipment; however, Rodman Wanamaker sought to create a company that would rival Spalding in the golf industry. Though his plan ultimately failed, his dream will always me remembered as he was the one that first sponsored the PGA Championship and the trophy, which today bears his name.
Course information:
Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course)
Springfield, New Jersey
7,428 yards Par 34-36–70
The club is named for a farmer, Baltus Roll, who was the victim of one of the most celebrated crimes of the 1800s. On Washington's Birthday in 1831, while his wife watched in horror, Roll was dragged from his house and beaten to death by thieves who believed cash was hidden in his house.
In 1895 Louis Keller, the man who founded the New York Social Register, bought the land and, even though he didn't play golf, started the golf club. With the help of George Hunter, they laid out a nine-hole course; in 1898, as the membership increased rapidly, Keller's original nine-hole course was expanded to 18 holes.
In 1901 Baltusrol hosted the U.S. Women's Amateur and, two years later, its first U.S. Open. In 1904 the Amateur was played at Baltusrol and was won by H. Chandler Egan.
The clubhouse was destroyed by a fire in 1909, but an amusing golf anecdote resulted from the tragedy. One of the members, an errant husband, returned to his New York home the morning after the fire. When his wife asked him where he had been he told her that he had spent the night at Baltusrol. She then handed him the newspaper reporting the destruction of the clubhouse the night before.
After a new clubhouse was built, the 1911 Women's Amateur and the 1915 U.S. Open returned to Baltusrol. The next year, Keller decided that the club needed two 18-hole courses (rumor has it that Tillinghast had a lot to do with the decision) and offered to sell them additional land; the club made the purchase. Baltusrol planned to have another 18 hole course built by A.W. Tillinghast. He told the membership that the original course was becoming obsolete and suggested building two new courses. The membership approved his plan.
Six years later, in 1922, Tillinghast completed the two new courses. Despite this prolonged period, play was never interrupted because Tillinghast built the new courses from bits of the original 18 holes.
Four years after it opened, the 1926 U.S. Amateur was played on the Lower Course. George Von Elm beat Bobby Jones 2 and 1. Ten years later the Open returned and was played on the Upper Course. In 1952 Robert Trent Jones was called in to toughen up the Course for the 1954 Open. In so doing, he stirred up some of the members, who questioned the validity of a new back tee on the fourth hole. Many believed the hole was too difficult. But, when Jones played the hole for the first time, he hit his tee shot in the hole for an ace and proclaimed, "Gentlemen, I think the hole is eminently fair."
Since then, little has changed at Baltusrol. But when the PGA of America decided to play the 2005 championship there, they added 240 yards. With this change five of the par 4s will be over 450 yards with the 3rd and 8th holes playing over 500 yards. The 17th, which is the first par 5 on the course and was impossible to reach in previous Opens has been stretched to 650 yards, the longest hole in majors. So Baltusrol will have some bite to it this year.
Let's take a look at key stats that are important for those playing at the PGA Championship:
This is based on the most vital stats from Baltusrol, based on data from the 2005 PGA Championship and using data from all the players in the field with stats from 2016.
The lower course at Baltusrol has held many major championships including 1954, '67,'80 and '93 U.S. Opens and the 2005 PGA Championship. Historically the lower course has produced the lowest scores in U.S. Open history, and that's probably why it hasn't been back since 1993. Jack Nicklaus tied the 72 hole mark when the Open was played there in 1967 and 1980 broke that mark when he shot 272. In 1980 two of the three 63s in U.S. Open history was shot in the first round and in 1993 Lee Janzen tied the 72 hole scoring record that Nicklaus accomplished in 1980. So Baltusrol has been associated with low scoring, to the point that it hasn't been mentioned for another U.S. Open since. By a fluke, the PGA Championship was played at Baltusrol, when Brookline decided not to hold the 2005 PGA Championship. It was shifted to Baltusrol and scores weren't that low even though Thomas Bjorn did shot 63 in the third round. Mickelson's 4 under par 276 winning total showed that Baltusrol did have some bite to it.
One of the reasons for the A.W. Tillinghast course being an excellent choice today is the way the greens are bunkered and the fact that from the rough, greens are impossible to hit. So it puts an importance on driving the ball into the fairways and hitting greens. Those that have played the course over this weekend report that the rough is spotty, very thick and tough to advance in areas but in some places sparse making it easy to get the ball on the green. So players that hit it long have an advantage, but the will be playing Russian Roulette if they miss the fairway. Scoring opportunities are rare as only two par 4s are under 425 yards, three of the four par 3s are over 209 yards and the two par 5s are the 17th and 18th holes so players have to hold on for dear life to get those "birdie opportunities." So a tip, look for those high up in Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green to do well
In 2005 the course played to a 72,45 average when it staged the PGA Championship, making it the 3rd hardest course on the PGA Tour that year. Another stat from 2005 the field only averaged making 2.48 birdies per round as only one course was worst, Pinehurst for the U.S. Open. So for the players this week it will be a contest on who will make the most pars and avoid any high scores.
Heat and humidity will take its toll as each day of the championship it will be in the high 80s/low 90s with high humidity and chances of afternoon thunderstorms.
So will every phase of the game be examined at Baltusrol? From tee to green yes, it will be a tough challenge. Hitting the greens will also be important, and the greens will be fast and have medium roll to them, so good putters will have an advantage. Just like any other Tillinghast course, it will be a total grind from the 1st tee to the 18th green. Yes the second hole is only 377 yards and the 8th hole is 380 yards, but even these holes are a challenge if you miss the fairway. On top of keeping it out of the rough, there are at best guess around 130 bunkers in fairways and around the greens. You better be good from sand because they will be hard to avoid over 72 holes.
So in looking at our four categories, our first is Strokes Gained Tee-to Green. This is going to be the most important item and frankly go to the top and sort through it, I would say that someone in the top-30 will win this week. Now in 2005 they didn't have Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green, so we have to look at several stats. First in 2005 at Baltusrol, it ranked T-37th in driving distance for the year, it was 10th in driving accuracy and 6th in Greens hit. As for the winner Phil Mickelson (who could be a poor example) he was 75th in driving distance, T-37th in driving accuracy and T-8th in greens hit.
Our second stat is putting inside of 10 feet; that is important because Baltusrol has some complex greens and if a player is going to win he needs to make every putt inside 10 feet. Easy greens bring in a lot more players in the equation and there is no two ways, the only way to separate them will be to see who makes all those putts inside 10 feet. If a player can make all of them then he will do well this week. In 2005 Baltusrol ranked 7th in putting average, 3rd in one-putt average and 12th in 3-putt avoidance. Winner Mickelson was T-3rd in putting average, so it proves the point that you need to make all of those putts inside 10 feet.
Our third stat is scrambling, lot's of players will miss greens at Baltusrol and will have to get it up and down. In 2005 the course ranked 4th in scrambling while Hamilton was 60th (yes, hard to believe that number from him). Our fourth category is birdies, in 2005 the course ranked 3rd in hardest of making birdies as only 2.48 were made by the field for the week. Mickelson was T-2nd in birdie average making 4 birdies per round.
So you can see Baltusrol will be very special, and you can eliminate about 110 of the 156 players, I see only about 46 players having any chance of winning.
Now remember the PGA Championship is an international event and open to 20 club pros that won't qualify for stats, so this chart only has 93 players on it. That's because the other 63 players don't play full time on the PGA Tour and have not played enough rounds to qualify for stats.
*Strokes Gained tee-to-green: Course may have only been 25th hardest on tour, but you need to hit it long and straight along with hitting lot's of greens. So this is important to find a player that will do this
*Putting inside 10 feet: Very easy, counts every putt from ten feet in to see who makes the most.
*Scrambling: The percent of time a player misses the green in regulation, but still makes par or better.
*Birdie Average: The number of birdies made during a round.
Players from this year's field with stats from 2016:
Click any column title in the table header to sort columns.
Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green
Putting inside of 10 feet
Birdie Average
Total Rank
1 Phil Mickelson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 16 2 4 7 29 10200
2 Matt Kuchar (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 12 27 15 17 71 8600
3 Rickie Fowler (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 6 34 47 19 106 9200
4 Jason Day (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 17 50 34 8 109 11700
5 Jordan Spieth (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 21 88 18 3 130 11100
6 Brandt Snedeker (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 42 51 27 27 147 7500
7 Charles Howell III (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 40 37 42 33 152 8200
8 Patrick Reed (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 38 45 8 67 158 8100
9 William McGirt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 36 25 41 65 167 7000
10 Gary Woodland (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) 14 29 70 55 168 6700
For the rest of the players, hit this link:
Here are some of the secrets of what it takes to play well at the PGA Championship:
Key stat of the week
Hit it long and straight, avoid the 130 of bunkers and putt well making all your putts inside of ten feet.
Here are some more key stats to look to for this week:
Important to see who is the best total driver of the ball going into the week and then checking to see who hits the most greens on the PGA Tour.
Since the greens have some roll in them, it will also be tough to not only hit the green but get it close. Sharp iron play will also help along with the imagination when you do get in trouble. But as we have seen in the last decade of PGAs with winners as diverse as Jason Day, Jason Dufner Y.E. Yang, Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Rory McIlroy, Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and Tiger Woods anything can happen. The key is to be peaking about Wedneday right before the start of the championship. That's what happened to Dufner, Beem, Micheel, Singh, Mickelson, Harrington and Woods so look for someone that is playing well.
Scrambling will be at a premium, look for good chippers like Phil Mickelson or a Jim Furyk to have a great advantage here. On this year's scrambling list, Mickelson, Aaron Baddeley, Patrick Reed and Luke Donald are in the top-ten for 2016 so these are folks to watch this week.
Putting is always a key in winning but this year with greens being big three putting will be easy.
There is also the unknown factor in which the course could yield low scores to an unknown player. In 15 of the last 24 PGAs, the winner has claimed his first major in the PGA Championship like Jason Day did last year. So this could be a good omen for a Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar or Rickie Fowler. Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel weren't household names when they won, so you never know if that will get repeated.
Need for patience. This is one of those courses that par is your friend, so don't look for low scoring.
Who to watch for at the PGA Championship
Best Bets:
18 2 T72 T36 T19 T12 73 T7 T32 T16 Win T6
Full PGA Championship RecordFull 8 year glance at his record
No I haven't made a mistake, think that he is the best player to win this week. Showed us a lot of heart at Troon a ten days ago and if you look at his stats, he has what it will take to win. So pick him without worrying because he can win this week.
2 CUT CUT
This course is good for him and I can see him breaking out and having a great week.
7 T8 T48 CUT T5 T10
Even when he plays average like last week in Canada, it still means a top-10 finish. This course has a lot of the same kind of features that Oakmont had so I can see Dustin doing it again this week.
Best of the rest:
54 T35 T61 CUT T12 CUT CUT T2 WD T3 T23 CUT
He has been sticking around in all of the majors, this could be a very good course for him. He did finish T-23rd at Baltusrol in 2005 so maybe this is a good course for him. I still hold out hope for him winning a major, most of the first time major winners comes at the PGA Championship so I can see him doing well this week.
17 Win T8 Win T64 T3 T3
If he can hit it straight and putt well he could win his third PGA Championship. He likes the course and he will showed that this week.
CUT T15 T5 T11 7 T39 CUT CUT T12 T3 T40 T9
This is a course that favors those that are shot makers, you don't get a better shot-maker than Scott.
Win T15 T8 CUT CUT T10
He hasn't played well since the Players Championship, have to wonder if we should just let him go this week because he seems to be missing on big item, hitting that big shot at a key time.
30 T58
He has the game and Baltusrol could be good for him.
Solid contenders
25 T3 3 CUT T6 T4 CUT T14 T47
I really think that his British Open win will open the flood gates, but not this week. It's always hard to win the British and win the PGA Championship in the same year, Rory did it and so did Tiger. But I just think it's too close to the British and he needs some time to come down from his high from winning at Troon in such a great way.
30 T3 T19 CUT T51 T58
Has made a mess of the big tournaments this year, he could erase that with a win this week.
12 T13 T66 CUT CUT T39 CUT T24 T18
Watch him, once he gets on a roll he usually keeps the ball rolling. I can see him winning this week, the course is right up his alley.
30 T5 2 T42 T39 T24 T63 T29 CUT T29 T34 CUT
Another player that could do very well this week. I think he has a win in him coming real soon, could be this week.
7 T22 CUT T19 T10 CUT
Another straight hitter who could do well this week.
Long shots that could come through:
30 T7 T12 T7 T12 T18 CUT T39 T23 T7
Has played well at times, just worried that he can't put together four solid rounds.
A lot of people think he can do well and possibly win a major this week.
48 CUT T5 T48 T26
Showed a lot at both the U.S. Open and Bridgestone, can he keep the streak of good play together?
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This on a HP workstation that worked well in the past.
In my case It turned out  that the downloaded radio interface node configuration (usbradio.conf) is not correct.
It used to work OK up till last week.
What I did, even if you see the above errors coming on the screen, login as root and run astdn.sh to kill asterisk, that stopped the messages.
Then I manually updated the config files in /etc/asterisk and after a reboot everything worked OK.
If I run nodesetup.sh the files get downloaded from allstarlink.org and after reboot the same problem starts again because the usbradio.conf file is incorrect.


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Anne of Green Gables is a 1934 film directed by George Nicholls, Jr., based upon the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Dawn O'Day, who portrayed the title character in the film, changed her stage name to Anne Shirley, which she was billed as for this and all subsequent roles. The film was a surprise hit, becoming one of four top-grossing films RKO made that year as noted in The R.K.O. Story, published by Arlington House.

A sequel, Anne of Windy Poplars, was released in 1940.

Plot
Anne Shirley is an orphan who has been adopted by farmer Matthew Cuthbert (O.P. Heggie) and his sister, Marilla (Helen Westley). Although the pair were expecting a young boy to help on their farm, Anne endears herself to them and to the local villagers. She befriends Diana Barry and most of the children at her school except for Gilbert Blythe after he calls her 'carrots' and she smashes her slate over his head. She and Diana have a bet that Anne can flirt with Gilbert, and he will fall head over heels in love with her. Little do they know, Gilbert overheard them and already has fallen in love with her. Anne flirts with him, which becomes unsuccessful, and Diana wins the bet. Anne lies to Gilbert that she has a boyfriend to make him jealous, but she only ends up embarrassing herself.

Shortly after, Anne is playing the Lady of Shalott when she realizes her boat is sinking, and Gilbert sees her and saves her life. She then decides to forgive him and give him a reward for saving her. She will kiss him. Gilbert is surprised. Anne thinks he doesn't want to claim his reward, but he tells her he does and that he wants her to be his girl. For three years they have a secret courtship, but Mrs. Barry spies on them and tells Marilla, who does not want Anne to even talk to Gilbert because his mother broke Matthew's heart. Anne and Gilbert are both devastated, and Matthew is upset with Marilla because it wasn't she who got her heart broken.

Anne goes to college. Diana, who now is married, visits Anne and tells her that Matthew is ill. She returns to Green Gables, finding out it's for sale to save Matthew because he needs the best doctor in Halifax. She remembers Gilbert is studying with this doctor, so she goes to see Gilbert. He tries flirting with her, and she eventually gives in and finds out that Gilbert heard about Matthew and begged the doctor to save him for free, which he did. After Marilla finds out what he had done, she forgives the Blythes and lets Anne and Gilbert see each other again.

Cast
 Anne Shirley as Anne Shirley
 Tom Brown as Gilbert Blythe
 Helen Westley as Marilla Cuthbert
 O.P. Heggie as Matthew Cuthbert
 Sara Haden as Mrs. Rachel Barry
 Murray Kinnell as Mr. Phillips, the teacher
 Gertrude Messinger as Diana Barry
 Charley Grapewin as Dr. Tatum
 Hilda Vaughn as Mrs. Blewett
 June Preston as Mrs. Blewett's daughter
 George Offerman Jr. as Herbert Root (uncredited)
 Paul Stanton as Dr. Terry (uncredited)

Reception
The film made a profit of $272,000. The film is preserved with a copy at the Library of Congress.

References

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Wordless Wednesday - Happy 9th Birthday Zack!!
Happy 9th birthday, Zack... double digits in just one year!
Good morning, Sharon Tara Happy Birthday to Zack.... love all the photos of that cute kid.... wait until he's a teen... the girls will be chasing him!
Thanks everyone! His actual birthday isn't until Monday. We have the party on Sunday and I'm looking forward to it!
What a great and wonderful collage of Zack! Happy Birthday, Zack!
Good morning Sharon and Happy Birthday Zack. Your grandchilren are so lucky you are in their lives.
Good morning, Sharon - Happy Birthday to Zack. I hope he has a happy day especially after school.
With all your grandbabies you could have a celebration every month. Happy 9th Zack.
October is my favorite month. If i had to pick a month to have a birthday, this would be it. Happy Birthday Zack.
Happy 9th Birthday to Zack!
Happy Birthday Zack! I saw the title and I knew I had to skip all of the other posts I plan on reading, haha. Such a happy kid and I can tell that he brings a smile to the face of anyone he encounters!
Time sure has a way of flying by, Sharon Tara ... doesn't seem like Zack should be 9, but 9 he is. Happy Birthday to this very cute young man!
I can't believe Zack is 9 already!! Happy Birthday Zack!!!
The years are flying by! Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Happy Birthday to Zack. I have a daughter who will have her birthday tomorrow, and another who had her's on the 11th. October is a good month to be born.


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Quebec's budget: same approach means same results, according to Équiterre
Montreal, March 22, 2022 - According to Équiterre, the Quebec government has not seized the opportunity to raise its climate ambition, choosing instead to focus on continuity. As we face a multifaceted crisis whose effects constantly grow, it is necessary to heighten our environmental and climate policies.
Équiterre acknowledges the $1 billion increase in the green economy plan and the one-time investment of $196 million into public transit, but there is no indication as to how these new funds will enable the government to reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets.
"Increasing the budgets in the Green Economy Plan will bring no change as long as we keep spending the money in the same way and in the same programs. So one can only expect the same results. It won't bring along significant behavioral change h with consequential impact on our GHG emissions," says Marc-André Viau, Director of Government Relations.
Cost of living and GHGs
To reduce the cost of living and have an impact on GHG emissions, Équiterre believes that more must be invested in public and active transportation infrastructures. However, the 2022-2023 budget excludes new investments for major public transit projects and does not prioritize active transportation.
"The absence of new public transit projects financed under the Quebec Infrastructure Plan and the persisting lack of balance between road and public transit (70%/30%) is a good indicator of the government's climate ambitions. It's a shame because the gap remains between these low-carbon transportation options and household spending on transportation," explains Marc-André Viau.
"Not only do we have nothing new, but we are deliberately delaying the existing projects, like the Quebec City tramway. It all speaks to the government's regards to climate ambition," he adds.
While Équiterre is glad to learn of the additional sums provided for in the Plan for Sustainable Agriculture and the investments announced for the bio-food policy, we remain concerned about the lack of emergency assistance for institutions, who must also deal with rising supply costs. With inflation, grocery, hospital and school bills continue to rise.
"The objectives of healthy food autonomy should be reflected in the budgetary envelopes allocated to Quebec's institutions, particularly because of their co-benefit on the health and development of young people. Unfortunately, this priority is not reflected in today's budget," concludes Marc-André Viau.
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I have had Tahoo for a couple of months now (and yes I only have one glider), she has been let out of her cage at night and has been extremely energetic, jumping back and forth on command between me and my boyfriend and to the couch, running around the condo exploring for a good while. She has always like to explore the ins and outs of the couch including underneath it. That being said, twice now over the past couple weeks she has been doing her normal night time exploring and has starting barking from up under the couch. The first time I thought she was injured so my boyfriend quickly lifted up the couch to find her on the hard wood floor perfectly still just barking. The same thing happened this past weekend and when we picked up the couch and got her she went right back to play.
Question two: Oddly enough, my sugar glider has been up most days the last two weeks when my boyfriend and/or I get home from work around 4:00PM. She is usually running around her wheel. We will typically open the cage and she hopes right on us with no hesitation. The surprising thing is she will immediately search for a place to curl up and will go right to sleep for hours!
Is it a comfort thing? Is she staying up to see us and then because she is comfortable passes out? She has never to this point had a problem sleeping most of the day in her cage, but like I said, the last couple of weeks she has been awake and as active as ever at 4:00 and then ready to pass out as soon as she gets on one of us.
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"Sugar gliders will bark very much like a little puppy when they want attention. Gliders also bark for other reasons besides attention, they possibly use it to locate other gliders in the dark and some say its a form of storytelling."
Is Tahoo eating and drinking normally?
Yeah I have read the normal reasons for barking...The timing of this is just odd, especially when she never really does it at anything point.
Yes she is eating and drinking anything and everything she can get her hands on! Ha. Feed her every night and she gets her fair share of treats throughout the day.
Hopefully someone will come along with an answer. My first thought is to get Tahoo a friend. Perhaps she is lonely? But that doesn't explain why it's happening when it is.
Thank you for your thoughts...not overly concerned as she acts perfectly fine otherwise...just more curious than anything.
My guess is that she's calling for other gliders. No matter how much time we are able to spend with them, it doesn't replace one of their own to snuggle up with. I think she's probably searching for a friend.
What is the lighting situation while you are away during the daytime?
If the house is dark while you are out, her sense of the time of day may be thrown off. When you come home and turn on the lights she may be thinking "sunrise - bedtime for me".
Gliders need light on in their environment during normal daylight hours and darkness in the evenings after sundown to regulate their internal clock.
My gliders are on a sun porch with glass windows on 3 walls. They are sound asleep by full sunrise and they wake up about an hour after full sundown.
As for the barking - gliders bark because they can. It may or may not mean anything. There may be something as simple as a loose thread hanging down under the couch that she feels the need to bark at. She may also hear something she feels is out of place - perhaps just a spring creaking in the couch if you move.
My gliders bark at things they hear outside. They always let me know when the sprinklers come on out side. Sometimes they (and my little dogs) bark when motorcycles zoom by on the road behind my house in the middle of the night - then I end up with gliders barking and the dogs barking back until I can get the dogs quiet. The gliders also let me know when my son's alarm clock goes off on the other side of the house (he leaves for work at variable times between 4 and 6 am). They are always listening and alert each other when a new sound happens at night.
I have her in the big walk through closet in the condo. It is defiantly darker than the rest of the place, even though light does slip through and obviously much brighter throughout the rest of the place...so that could be the issue for sure when she gets out of her cage and sees the sunlight.
Would definitely get a second one, but she is already messier than anticipated based on the research we did on sugar gliders and with limited space in the condo, we worry about the thought of twice the poop, pee, and tossed food... Like I said she seems pretty content and gets a ton of attention from us...we will see how things go.
You may want to utilize cage covers. I have my cages covered on three sides to reduce the mess. I have also put small carpets under the cage to protect the carpet in the apartment.
She has a sheet on the top and sides. Still manages to get food and poop outside of the cage.
Biggest issue has been the pee smell. The levels and cage don't absorb anything and even with weekly wipe downs the smell is pretty strong in there. Read where you need to clean parts of the cage at a time and never the entire cage at one time to keep the glider from combating the clean cage by overcompensating with excessive marking. We are also going to get some Clean+Green Odor Neutralizer and try that.
I have 3 intact males in the house right now, with mates, and the smell isn't overwhelming.
What diet do you have them on. If they are getting too much protein their urine will smell stronger.
Cage covers help protect the walls, a lot of mess can still end up on floor. For carpet keep a hand hold vacuum handy for quick pick ups, hard floors you have option for broom/foxtail style and dust pan, thus helps.
For drop pan, I recommend keeping bare and clean out daily, this will help reduce odors.
She gets a combo of that and a decent variety of fruits and vegetables each night (usually the equivalent of little more than an eighth of an apple). Usually a small amount of chicken once a week or so.
Thoughts? Maybe less pellets more fruits and veggies?
The pellets will not meet your glider's nutritional needs long term. Their digestive system is just not designed to process and fully absorb the highly processed dry food. Sugar Gliders digestive system includes a hind gut where food is partially fermented before passing on to the intestine.
There are many nectar like staples that will provide your glider with a well balanced feeding when fed with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.
I have links on my web page to several widely used glider feeding plans that have maintained healthy gliders for many years. My own GliderKids Feeding Plan is one of the options you might want to consider.
you do need to get your glider on a good staple diet. the pellets are used for a daytime snack only. there is a diet section on this forum, with many different diets to choose from. they need a good staple along with vegs. and fruits.
bml is a very popular staple diet and ohpw.
until you decide on what staple you choose, feed some boiled chicken or scrambled eggs (no spices) with their vegs. and fruits. use the pellets for a day time snack or get a better pellet than you are using.
gliders need a good protein source (which you are not providing) vitamins/minerals, which a good staple provides along with the vegs./fruits on the side.
also, it doesnt matter how much time you play and socialize with your lone glider, they do need their own kind.
there are studies out that prove gliders do get depressed when kept alone. i hope you do right by your baby.
as far as any mess, get a glider kitchen and put their food in there.
i do hope you take some of these suggestions, you will see a change in the smell and a much happier glider.