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Last week's Voice featured Aberdeen entertainment icon Sid Ozalid, his life, his act, his impact, the release of his new book, and news of 'not to be missed' performances in the city. Well, If you did happen to miss out on catching Sid live on Friday and Saturday, then fash yersel not – this week we present a brief account of the missed mayhem, and a poem from 'Mr Elastic Brain'.
Sid Ozalid jetted in from Sunny Amsterdam last Friday for a whistle stop tour of Aberdeen to promote his fab new book 'Mr Elastic Brain – The Life and Poems of Sid Ozalid'.
The previous week he had done three gigs in London and the week before that three gigs in Holland, so he was keen to make it a hat trick and do three gigs in Aberdeen.
This meant two gigs on Friday night and a book signing/performance at 1UP on the Sat afternoon.
Below –
Sid Ozalid performs 'Tartan Underpants' accompanied by Dave McLeod.
Lots of people made one gig, a few brave people made it along to two gigs, but apart from Sid and his lovely wife only one person made it to all three: a Mr Colin MacLean who had driven up from the Kingdom of Fife to see Sid after an absence of 26 years.
Colin and Sid had performed together in 1977 in one of Aberdeen's first punk bands, 'The Enormous Snakes,' and Colin had gone on to work with Sid as one of his All-Stars over a number of years, taking in the Edinburgh Festival and supporting The Clash at Inverness Ice Rink.
The first two gigs sizzled with professionalism, wit and dancing. The 24 year-old MC at Geesalaff Comedy Night, Miss Anna Devitt said:
"I was exhausted just watching; he was non-stop, how can someone this old have so much energy? My mum is a big fan and told me to get one of his books, the book truly is amazing, so I told mum to get her own copy."
The third gig at 1UP, the sole suppliers of Sid's book in Aberdeen, was the most surreal by far.
Sid performed 'Salvador Dali's Hat', 'Three Fat Ladies at the Bingo Hall,' and thrashed himself with a daisy — but nothing had prepared him for two drunk shoppers and a man in an electric wheel chair.
The drunk shoppers really giggled at Sid's antics, but thought nothing of standing next to him flicking through CD's and asking his opinion on Hip Hop and Jazz classics.
Sid took all of this in his stride and was set the extra challenge of being nimble on his feet when the electric wheelchair man was so taken by the performance he decided to join in, whizzing to the stage and joining Sid on the first electric wheelchair elastic brain dance routine ever seen in Aberdeen. Sid may well have been the dance teacher to the Queen at one time in his life, but nothing had prepared him for this!!
Some nice people had ordered Sid's book from Amazon and brought it along to be signed, and other nice people bought copies of the book at 1UP, and there then followed a good half hour of chatting and book signing.
A special mention must go to Fred Craig of 1UP who had brought along one of Sid's original book/records from 1982 'Songs and Stories from a Suitcase Extravaganza.' Fred wanted this signed, and in return Sid was rewarded with a well deserved cup of tea.
With all profits going to MIND for better mental health Sid was a happy man.
http://www.mind.org.uk/
Tartan Underpants
They are groovy they can dance
They can put you in a trance
That's my tartan underpants
Tartan underpants ooh
You can use them as a tent use then as a hanky
One thing is sure there's never hanky panky
In my tartan underpants
I don't drink whisky don't eat haggis
Go to bed with a girl from Paris
My pants are funky they know what to do
Goodbye boxer shorts it's the Y Front crew
I'm a boring old folk singer
Philip is my name
My mother is a miner
My sisters on the game
I've a face like a scrotum
Wear an Arran jersey
Nobody likes me
I've got bad breath
Claymore !!!
My old sheep ran away
my dog is very angry
He hasn't slept all week
And likes a drink of shandy
Ben Nevis !!!
Posted by Fred at Aberdeen Voice at 01:00 Tagged with: Aberdeen, Amazon, BBC, Blue Lamp, Book, Cellar 35, Child, Chipmunka, Comedy, Cooper, Creative, Cutler, Dance, Douglas Cairns, Entertainment, Fred Wilkinson, Geesalaff, Launch, MIND, Music, Performance, Poetry, Punk, Python, Sid Ozalid, Spike Milligan, Verse
Mr Elastic Brain – The Life And Poems Of Sid Ozalid
By Fred Wilkinson.
The year is 1979. I am at Aberdeen's 62 Club to watch a selection of local punk bands, and my attention is drawn to an unfamiliar name on the bill.
Sid Ozalid? A band? A guy? Pretty punk if slightly strange kind of a name though, which for an 18 y.o. punk diehard was somehow reassuring.
On stage appeared a tall, skinny, slightly weird-looking guy with no guitar. Not punk – not punk at all, which in the circumstances was all the more intriguing.
What happened next was somewhere between seeing the light and being scarred for life.
Out of a sudden discharge of nervous energy came an onslaught of surreal, silly verse spliced seamlessly with a bunch of broken anecdotes delivered at a pace leaving no pause for appraisal; accompanied by incongruous, disjointed, directionless dance moves which somehow worked – they must have worked, as somehow, he stayed on his feet.
Then it was over. I had not moved. I was still staring at the empty stage, and I remember thinking: "I hope no-one asks me what I made of Sid Ozalid." Devoid of reference points, my thoughts were a long time coming. Yes, I found it funny, and yes I was immensely entertained – I just didn't know why! Neither punk nor Python, neither Cutler, Cooper nor Cooper-Clarke, Sid Ozalid certainly breathed the same air, but did not walk on the same planet.
Would I perhaps find a clue to understanding what made Sid tick from his publicity around at the time? –
"Legend has it that Sid Ozalid was born sometime during an eruption of earwigs.
"Sid arrived on earth from the planet OZ in the year 1898. His spaceship was disguised as an old brown suitcase that was full of inflatable toys.
"During this period he specialised in walking backwards into hat stands.
"Six years later he split from Flying Ozalids to form Sid and Sam the Ozalid Twins. This dynamic duo thrilled audiences with their routine entitled 'The First pickled Onion in Orbit', but alas this too came to an abrupt end due to lack of cupboard space"
– Alas, No.
Fast-forward to the following evening.
Three troublesome fat ladies, a conductor named Russ and a womanising fire raising tortoise had taken up permanent residence in my consciousness, and it seemed that the only way to exorcise these delightful demons, and at the same time come to terms with the experience was via demonstration to the uninitiated.
And so there I was outside with my brothers and sister and a few chums, recounting those fragments of verse I could recall whilst attempting in vain to recreate those unique 'dance' moves.
Perhaps an observer of the 'lite' version would be better placed to help me understand what it was about Sid that had so affected me. No chance. They stood – as I had stood, and stared – as I had stared, and laughed. That evening, each time another chum arrived in our company came the call:
" Hey Fred, go dae yer Sid Ozalid, watch ess, it's really funny "
The previous evening Sid had performed for around 15 minutes. Twenty four hours later, I must have performed twice as long armed with only about 30 seconds of Sid's material. More than once, passers-by stopped on the other side of the road … then moved on when they ascertained I was not in need of medical assistance.
As I look back I realise this was a solid indication that Sid Ozalid would be around for some time to come, and would become, if not a legend, definitely an icon of the Aberdeen Entertainment scene.
I was not the only one for whom Sid Ozalid presented an enigma:
" he auditioned and was invited to perform on two different talent shows. Once again the producers liked what Sid was doing but did not know how to describe him. They settled for 'eccentric'. " – Douglas John Mclean Cairns
Thirty two years on, having enjoyed many more of Sid's performances, yet being no closer to understanding exactly how to explain what it is about Sid Ozalid's act that entertains, amuses and excites me, I find myself charged with the task of reviewing his brand new book:
"Mr Elastic Brain – The Life And Poems Of Sid Ozalid".
Having just finished reading it, I find myself desperate to tell everyone to go get themselves a copy as soon as possible, but as with my impression of that first performance, I struggle to articulate why it will be worth more to you than a tenner. But I will try.
These days, I know Sid Ozalid by his not so 'pretty punk, and kinda reassuringly strange' name Douglas Cairns …. which is actually more reassuring.
This is an autobiographical book in four parts, about Sid Ozalid, written by Douglas John McLean Cairns. Or is it? As with all things Sid Ozalid, it is the equivalent of an 'any-way-up' cup as the first part of the book demonstrates.
Even to someone as familiar with the writer as I am, It startles me to discover that the madness which fuelled the performances of Sid Ozalid and brought so much pleasure to many also had an alter ego in the shape of a mental illness which had a devastating effect on Douglas Cairns for a period in 2001 – and as a consequence, all but put an end to Sid.
"People had always told Sid he was mad. He thought they were joking until the dawning of the new millennium, suddenly he had a doctor's certificate to prove what people had been telling him for years." – Douglas John Mclean Cairns.
Here it is we find – in between some hilarious stories of Sid's outrageous antics and adventures – an honest account of the extent of Douglas' illness, punctuated by humour of a nature that can only be explained in terms of Douglas' story being written by Sid.
It is difficult to pinpoint where ownership of the pen changed, but what results is uniquely unsettling, and simultaneously entertaining. For Sid to joke about Douglas' dark and desperate situation is surely to run the risk being regarded as sick … but then, at the pertinent time, they are both sick aren't they?
I don't have the recipe, but I am pretty sure the main ingredient is his ability to appeal to our inner child.
However, at no point does the humour mask the pain, the lighter asides serving only reinforce the severity of the debilitating condition by way of contrast. It is a brave piece of writing, sandwiched between hilarious tales of the more familiar and wonderful madness of The Artist Formerly Known As Sid Ozalid.
The major portion of the book's contents is a collection of Sid's wonderfully bizarre and humorous poems and songs which were the mainstay of his act from 1977 to the present day. Similarities with this material and that of Spike Milligan are impossible to ignore. However, to leave it at that would be to compare a wedding cake with a rowie on account of their flour content.
So am I any closer to putting into words what is the magical appeal of Sid Ozalid?
Well I don't have the recipe, but I am pretty sure the main ingredient is his ability to appeal to our inner child.
Didn't we all spontaneously giggle and cackle as babes in response to the simplest and the silliest of things? A pulled face? A silly noise? The poking out of a tongue? A sudden unexpected movement or gesture? Anything at all unusual yet unthreatening? When did we stop being so spontaneously and so thoroughly amused? Did we stop giggling, or did our adult entertainers decide our needs for entertainment lay elsewhere?
If nothing else, Sid Ozalid demonstrates that our inner child is still with us and desperate for a giggle, and the mere fact he knows our tickly spot is enough to make us all the more tickly.
If there should ever be an Aberdeen Entertainers Hall of Fame, Sid Ozalid will be there. He will be neither a statue in the foyer, a framed picture on a wall, or a prized prop or instrument in a glass case. The broom cupboard will be as good a place as any to start your search, but when you track him down he will be possibly be represented by that item described within the spontaneous lyrics of a similarly strange and hilarious Scots band.
" I'll perhaps take a piece of white bread and I'll paint it brown so you think it is brown but when you toast it it's actually white for the paint falls off " ( from the album Hairy Scalloween by The Pendulums. )
Footnotes.
Mr Elastic Brain – The Life And Poems Of Sid Ozalid by Douglas John McLean Cairns is published by Chipmunka Publishing which specialises in giving a voice to people with mental health and other issues.
For the first two weeks following release, Mr Elastic Brain was listed as one of the top ten best sellers for Poetry and mental Health publications on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Elastic-Brain-Poems-Ozalid/dp/1849914745/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306141817&sr=1-1
The profits from sales of Mr Elastic Brain are being donated to MIND – a leading mental health charity.
"We campaign vigorously to create a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all – a society where people with experience of mental distress are treated fairly, positively and with respect." – http://www.mind.org.uk/
Aberdeen Voice will present a sample of Sid's poetry in the coming weeks – if that's OK with Sid, or Douglas, or both – so you can judge for yourselves should you miss all three performances in town this weekend.
Geesalaff Comedy Night
Friday, May 27 at 8:00pm
Cellar 35, Rosemount Viaduct
( Sid onstage around 21.00pm )
The Big Acoustic Night Out!/ Traditional Amplified Music Session
The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate
Book Launch and Performance !!!
Saturday, May 28 at 4:00pm
1 UP Records – 17 Belmont Street
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package.json
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  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
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Q: Apache Camel error Because of ref must be specified on: process? What I am trying to do is read an mail inbox and looking for emails where the Subject line contains the word "ERROR".
If it find an email which does not hold the word "ERROR" in the subject line, then it must go to the onException process.
It sort of work up until a point when, I think it tries to process, and then I get an error.
public class MailRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

   @Autowired
   ExceptionMailProcessor exceptionMailProcessor;

   @Override
   public void configure() throws Exception {
      String mailRouteStr = "imap://host.......";

      List<String> tmpKeywords = new ArrayList<>();
      tmpKeywords.add("ERROR"):

      onException(MailRouteException.class, RuntimeException.class).log(LoggingLevel.ERROR, "EXCEPTION in MAIL")
                .process(exceptionMailProcessor)
                .end();

      from(mailRouteStr).routeId("mymail")
             .validate(header("subject").in(tmpKeywords))
             .log("Sending to Mail Queue")
             .to("{{jmsMailIn}}")
             .log("Done with Mail Queue")
             .end();
    }
.
.
.

My ExceptionMailProcessor class.
@Component
public class ExceptionMailProcessor implements Processor {

    @Override
    public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {

        String messageBody;
        Exception e = exchange.getProperty(Exchange.EXCEPTION_CAUGHT, Exception.class);

    }
}

The error:
org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRouteException: Failed to create route mymail at: >>> OnException[[class MailRouteException, class java.lang.RuntimeException] -> [Log[EXCEPTION in MAIL], process[Processor@0x0]]] <<< in route: Route(mymail)[[From[imap://mai... because of ref must be specified on: process[Processor@0x0]
    at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.addRoutes(RouteDefinition.java:1352)
    at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.addRoutes(RouteDefinition.java:212)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.startRoute(DefaultCamelContext.java:1140)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.startRouteDefinitions(DefaultCamelContext.java:3735)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.addRouteDefinitions(DefaultCamelContext.java:1072)
    at org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder.populateRoutes(RouteBuilder.java:478)
    at org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder.addRoutesToCamelContext(RouteBuilder.java:391)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext$3.call(DefaultCamelContext.java:1024)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext$3.call(DefaultCamelContext.java:1021)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.doWithDefinedClassLoader(DefaultCamelContext.java:3267)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.addRoutes(DefaultCamelContext.java:1021)
    at com.agile.net.international.mc360.routing.routebuilder.process.mail.MailRouteProcess.lambda$checkMailDataSourceRoutes$0(MailRouteProcess.java:135)
    at java.util.HashMap.forEach(HashMap.java:1289)
    at com.agile.net.international.mc360.routing.routebuilder.process.mail.MailRouteProcess.checkMailDataSourceRoutes(MailRouteProcess.java:131)
    at com.agile.net.international.mc360.routing.routebuilder.process.mail.MailRouteProcess.process(MailRouteProcess.java:60)
    at org.apache.camel.processor.DelegateSyncProcessor.process(DelegateSyncProcessor.java:63)
    at org.apache.camel.processor.RedeliveryErrorHandler.process(RedeliveryErrorHandler.java:548)
    at org.apache.camel.processor.CamelInternalProcessor.process(CamelInternalProcessor.java:201)
    at org.apache.camel.processor.CamelInternalProcessor.process(CamelInternalProcessor.java:201)
    at org.apache.camel.component.timer.TimerConsumer.sendTimerExchange(TimerConsumer.java:197)
    at org.apache.camel.component.timer.TimerConsumer$1.run(TimerConsumer.java:79)
    at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:555)
    at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: ref must be specified on: process[Processor@0x0]
    at org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper.notNull(ObjectHelper.java:340)
    at org.apache.camel.model.ProcessDefinition.createProcessor(ProcessDefinition.java:99)
    at org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.createProcessor(ProcessorDefinition.java:518)
    at org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.createOutputsProcessorImpl(ProcessorDefinition.java:481)
    at org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.createOutputsProcessor(ProcessorDefinition.java:448)
    at org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition.createOutputsProcessor(ProcessorDefinition.java:186)
    at org.apache.camel.model.OnExceptionDefinition.addRoutes(OnExceptionDefinition.java:210)
    at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.addRoutes(RouteDefinition.java:1349)
    ... 22 more

The class MailRouteProcess in the error is just where I build my imap string and adding it to the camel context.
All I want is for when the Route fails that it goes to the ExceptionMailProcessor. There I will do some stuff and the actual mail message must be marked as READ and not processed again.

A: Rather than trying to Autowire in an instance of your ExceptionMailProcessor, try referencing it as a bean in the DSL.  Normally for my processors in Camel, I use a Spring Configuration class to register the processors as beans and then reference them in the DSL:
@Configuration
public class AppConfig {

  @Bean(name = "ExceptionMailProcessor ")
  public ExceptionMailProcessor exceptionMailProcessor() {
    return new ExceptionMailProcessor();
  }
}

Then in your Camel DSL you can reference it like this:
onException(MailRouteException.class, RuntimeException.class).log(LoggingLevel.ERROR, "EXCEPTION in MAIL")
                .to("bean:ExceptionMailProcessor")
                .end();

A: What works for me and needs less code, is to use Constructor injection (its also better practice):
public class MailRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {

   private final ExceptionMailProcessor exceptionMailProcessor;

   public MailRouteBuilder(ExceptionMailProcessor exceptionMailProcessor){
       this.exceptionMailProcessor = exceptionMailProcessor;
   }

   @Override
   public void configure() throws Exception {
      String mailRouteStr = "imap://host.......";

      List<String> tmpKeywords = new ArrayList<>();
      tmpKeywords.add("ERROR"):

      onException(MailRouteException.class, RuntimeException.class).log(LoggingLevel.ERROR, "EXCEPTION in MAIL")
                .process(exceptionMailProcessor)
                .end();

      from(mailRouteStr).routeId("mymail")
             .validate(header("subject").in(tmpKeywords))
             .log("Sending to Mail Queue")
             .to("{{jmsMailIn}}")
             .log("Done with Mail Queue")
             .end();
    }
 ...
}

Spring will imply the Autowire here (no need to add). Because of this and if you use Lombok you can omit the ctor and just add @RequiredArgsConstructor at class. this will add a ctor for every final field (what is good practice for all injected stuff).
Actually i came here because i stumbled across this error because i forgot to add "final" at processor field and thus Lombok didn't add it to ctor.


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Q: python convert from unknown format I am using python to convert a rtf file to plain text.  I am using pyth to convert it, but it ends up in a format that I don't recognize.
Here is my input python script:
from pyth.plugins.rtf15.reader import Rtf15Reader
from pyth.plugins.plaintext.writer import PlaintextWriter
import sys

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    filename = sys.argv[1]
else:
    filename = "C:\localdata\logbook.rtf"

doc = Rtf15Reader.read(open(filename, "rb"))

y = [x.content for x in doc.content]
for j in y:
    print j

Here is what the ouput looks like:
[Text('[AJAJ]' {})]
[Text('[07:30 - Setup IP address]' {})]
[Text('[copied DM Queue and recipies from AYT404]' {})]
[Text('[07:50 - Backed up system pre SP7]' {})]
[Text('[08:00 - Installing SP7]' {})]
[Text('[08:15 - Startup Drivers -> OK]' {})]

Does anyone know what format this is and how can I convert this to something more readable?

A: It might be easier just to write a simple filter to get what you want.  From the sample you've posted, it looks like you just have to drop the first 8 characters and the last 7 characters (if I've counted correctly). So instead of print j you'd have
print str(j)[8:-7]

The reason you need the str is that the object is the list y are apparently not strings.  I'm not familiar with these modules, so I can't say what kind of objects they are, but their string representation is what we see printed.  (Every python object has a string representation of some sort, which is why you can call print on anything.)  So, whatever kind of object j actually is, str(j) is its string representation, and we can slice it.


It was a little different approaching this exam – on the one hand it isn't really SharePoint per se so it may seem a little out of our collective comfort zones. For me however, it's what I've been doing for a fair while now so I went in to it with confidence. Before going into the resources I used to pass this I thought it worth noting that while I did very well, it was one of the longest exams I feel I've sat for – I think it was important to carefully read the questions and work through the answers more than usual, or maybe that was just me. Just a heads up anyway that it probably paid to be a little more careful than usual.
So on to the resources out there to help you pass. To be honest, there is a lot. I was quite impressed with the range of options available – maybe because this was a more generic topic, the range of people completing it (and blogging about it) was greater. Perhaps it's just because it's a pretty interesting topic and enjoyable to comprehensively study for.
I took a couple of different angles at it. Firstly I read the articles linked to by Microsoft themselves in the skills measured section of the page I linked to previously. My first impression was that the content was pretty thin, until I got to the CSS section! In hindsight though I think rather than thin it is actually quite targeted – perhaps not comprehensive enough to guarantee a pass, but it covers enough of the topics that you can expect to come up against. I'd suggest they're worth reading, which is good to know seeing it was the first time I've relied on the links provided by Microsoft for a study plan.
The other resource I used was the training videos created by Jeremy Foster and Michael Palermo – Developing HTML5 Apps Jump Start. I couldn't recommend these highly enough – they were interesting, fun to watch and weren't ridiculously long (the jump start training series based on these videos can also be completed here). It helped reinforce that the articles linked to above were actually well targeted, and also touched on a wider spread of content, most of it still particularly relevant. Seeing I had a bit of time after I also read Matthew Hughes' accompanying blog series to which you can find all the links on Michael's page HTML5 Apps 70-480. I'd suggest it's particularly wise to read up further on some of the more complex topics you'll find in the last post – Matthew does a good job linking to extra resources worth reading.
That's about did it – I found that was a decent amount of study to target my learning to the exam and pass relatively comfortably. I do have a fair bit of experience in these technologies however, so anyone with less may be interested in delving into the topics further using the resources below.
So that about covers it – as you can see there is no shortage of quality resources for this exam, and the content is actually quite interesting and enjoyable to learn so I'd encourage you to dive right into it, play around and complete the exam with a pretty short turn around time. Until next time – good luck!
How many hours did you spend studying for this exam?
Hey there. It was a while ago that I sat for this so it's hard to remember exactly. If I had to have a stab in the dark around how long I studied for it i'd say between 10-15h – probably closer to 10. Much less than I generally study for other SP-related exams that's for sure. I was pretty confident going in though because I thought I would know the content and pass. Good luck!
how many questions will be there in exam and any idea on duration?
Hey Kat. It's been a while since I sat this one, but like most of the MS exams I believe this one was around the 40-50 question mark. You generally get around 2-2.5h or so to sit them but they rarely take that long to complete.
I took the exam recently. There were 49 questions with 150 minute time limit. I completed the test in 1 hour 10 mins itself.
Are they sufficient? or should i've to find any other sources for this exam..
Actually i want to become a web developer and i want to learn php,.net later mastering the above..
Hey Kumar. I'd suggest reading those 2 books would be enough preparation, especially if you've had hands on experience with the technologies. I'd also recommend watching the videos linked to on this page – they're interesting enough to power through them and hopefully keep you interested.
You're kidding, surely. If you want to read the book you should buy it, it's only $30 or so. I just searched for it to find the price, and the first link was the book itself, go figure.
Do you remenber what link that was?
The Exam Ref: 70-480 book does not come out untill 28th of July 2014 (will probably get posponed again). I've been searching for the book as wel and the only reason I would like a free download for is to get it before its release date.
I don't realy understand why it takes so long to publisch that book. it's initial release date was november 2013. Amazon doesn't have it either but in some special way is is availeble second- hand on amazon.
Did you study Node.JS for the exam…? Node.JS is in the training manual but not in the exam Ref 70-480..
Do you know of any practice labs that will help…?
measureup.com. In my case, many questions came from this practice test as it is. Now I feel that I wasted efforts spending 3 months to learn the subject, where as I could have done just measureup.com tests and pass the exam in 10 days.
Hi Krishna, have to disagree with you there – learning the subject is not wasted effort. Passing an exam without learning the content would be wasted time and money. The certifications, aside from helping your company achieve competencies and looking semi-shiny on your resume, are otherwise essentially pointless unless you use them as a tool to focus your own learning and actually understand what you're studying.
Hi there! I'm planning to take this exams in February. Please what is the pass mark?
Hey matt, i have experience in html and css but i have bee studying js only froom books and tutotials.
is it ok for me to give exam 70-480, as i have to upgrade my skills.
Will i be able to pass it ?
great details, thanks for sharing.
I am a groovy grails developer. Is this purely HTML, css3 related or Microsoft related stuff is also there.
It's been a while since I took this one, but from memory it was agnostic. Someone else may be able to correct me there. But if you know the topics independent of Microsoft my guess is you'd pass.
Thanks for all the suggestions here. A lot of the people I have read put a ton (30+) of hours into studying this and did really well. Glad to hear you put about the same effort as me and did as well as you did. Did you find the questions emphasized knowing specific method names? If so, were they usually obscure or more common? Or was it more like, 'how would you work this'?
Has been a long time since I took this exam! From my (vague) memory I don't believe you'd need to remember exact method names – you'd need to be able to recognize them though. You'll often get multi-choice code snippets and have to choose the right ones in Microsoft exams.
Can you please suggest for SharePoint 2013 administration certificate, what exam should i write?
Thank you for being kind enough to place these materials for studying and giving your experiences. HTML5 is pretty good and is easy enough to learn. It's really a matter of being able to remember most of the content for the exam topics.These materials just simply enhance your skills which is more important. Once the skills are there, the exam is just a matter of getting acquainted with the content and topics. But you should mention practice tests. They will be a good way of testing your skills. I just wanted to thank you for the time and effort you put into helping other. Good work.


Since it is my purpose in this review to examine possible reasons why Lois Lowry's Newbery award-winning novel, THE GIVER, has been banned in many schools and libraries, I want to make it clear that there are a number of SPOILERS in this post.
Now. Let's dive in, shall we?
Jonas is, in so many ways, a normal, twelve-year-old boy. He is certainly a boy readers can relate to, even if those who read THE GIVER are female. He teases his sister, plays games with his friends, rides his bike, and attends school. But Jonas lives in an unusual community.
** Young people who begin to have sexual "stirrings" are required to take a pill that suppresses those feelings.
** At the age of twelve, children, who have been watched by a career-selection committee, are told what their careers will be. They begin to train. Some careers (such as birthmother) hold very little honor, but all are considered essential.
** When an adult desires to be married, he or she applies to be "matched." A council selects a suitable spouse for the applicant, taking into account all the important factors, such as disposition and intelligence when making their decision.
** Every December, children who were born the previous year turn one year old, are given a name rather than just a number, and are given to parents who have been approved to form a family unit. A family can have only two children: one boy and one girl. If identical twins are born to a birthmother, the smallest of the twins is "released" to Elsewhere—a place Jonas knows very little about, but imagines must lie somewhere beyond the community.
** Anyone can apply to be "released" at any time.
For Jonas, none of the above is unusual—until he becomes the next Receiver of Memories. Under the guidance of the old Receiver (whom I will refer to from now on as "The Giver") and through a kind of memory transfer, Jonas begins to see in color, learns the pain and sorrow of war, experiences love, and even tastes snow on his tongue for the very first time. He begins to see how truly horrifying his community is, because he is exposed to memories of how the world used to be before "Sameness." And when The Giver has him watch a video of his father (who is a nurturer of babies) "releasing" a new baby, Jonas is horrified. He learns that being "released" means being killed, by injection. In this scene, Jonas's father acts in a way that I think any reader will see as shockingly callous. What's tricky about this scene is that we learn that Jonas's father truly does not realize the wickedness of what he is doing. In fact, Jonas only realizes it because of the training he is going through with The Giver.
I think what is so disturbing about THE GIVER is that the characters (aside from Jonas and The Giver) are all very content with their lives, though we, the readers who live in the real world, know they shouldn't be! We know that the "Sameness" the leaders of Jonas's community speak of sounds too much like Hitler's racist Aryanism. We know that humans have certain inalienable rights. Jonas's world, which is so accepted by the characters in it, feels so unethical and corrupt to the reader. We long for Jonas to get out of there! It is a very bad place, and while many of the characters in the book don't realize that, the reader always does. There is never any question whether or not Jonas's world is ideal. So why has this book been banned?
I did a bit of research on the internet and found references to the book being banned because of the "stirrings" that are mentioned. In my opinion, that would be a ridiculous reason for banning this book. The references to "stirrings" are milder than mild. I found other references stating that this book promotes euthanasia. This book does not show euthanasia in a positive light.
I don't believe this book should be banned. I do believe that parents and teachers should read it with their children and be prepared to talk about it, because of its themes. I also believe it should be given to mature readers who can handle intense or violent scenes. As an adult reader, I was rather disturbed by the scene where Jonas's father releases the baby. It is an intense book, overall. Jonas's world is twisted and horrifying. But there is so much to talk about when reading this book, and it is so well written!
Mature Themes: See above review!
I agree that many of the scenes in this book fall in the disturbing category, but the way it is written, it's very powerful and even life changing. Or at least, it changes the way you think about life.
This is truly one of the best books I've ever read, and it's a shame that it's been banned for only speaking honestly about how UN-perfect a "perfect" society would be.
I didn't find this book until I was an adult, so I never thought about being a child reading it -- or about schools trying to ban it. I loved it.
It's been a long time since I've read The Giver. I think I'm due to revisit it.
One of the greatest benefits of good literature is that it can explore -- really *expose* -- some of humanity's darker impulses in a safe way, so that we can avoid the consequences of acting out on them. It's a bummer that some folks miss the simple nuance that the presence of difficult content doesn't necessarily constitute the advocacy of it.
I first read this book for an assignment in a college English class and then again for book club about a year ago. I enjoyed everything except the obscure ending. I wanted to know what happened to Jonas. You can imagine my joy when I found out there was a sequel, Gathering Blue. Then you can imagine my great disappointment when there was no mention of Jonas and only another, extremely annoying, obscure ending.
Lynn, there's a third book in this series, too! It's called MESSENGER. I haven't read GATHERING BLUE, but I'm going to give it and MESSENGER a try.
"Those of you who hoped that I would stand here tonight and reveal the "true" ending, the "right" interpretation of the ending, will be disappointed.
There isn't one. There's a right one for each of us, and it depends on our own beliefs, our own hopes.
Let me tell you a few endings which are the 'right' endings for a few children out of the many who have written to me.
Very few find it a bumer. Most of the young readers who have written to me have perceived the magic of the circular journey. The truth that we go out and come back, and that what we come back to is changed, and so are we."
Thanks Kim. I actually did know that she did it on purpose so as to leave it to the imagination of the reader but still... I must not have a very good imagination.


It's been a few weeks since we first released the RPR Content License Agreement, and if you follow such things, you will have noted that it attracted a good deal of public attention, and much more private discussion. In the public arena, there were thoughtful checklists of issues to consider with regard to our agreement (and beyond) posted by Mike Audet of WAV Group, and by John Rees. And over at MLS Tesseract, Brian Larson made a series of posts expressing consternation and a certain amount of contention with the contents of the agreement itself.
While Brian may have been disappointed by the document, he has approached both the legal and business issues in good faith and with equanimity, and gave us a lot to chew on. Perhaps more importantly, however, he elicited a decent amount of public reaction, and offered to create a forum for those who wished to speak anonymously. While I'll admit to having been naive about the reasons why smart people with opinions would be nervous about expressing them in public, Brian did us all a favor by offering them a place to speak behind the screen.
In addition to everything happening online, we have now handed the agreement out to more than 150 MLSs which requested it and have begun to receive their feedback as well – both individually and from certain collectives. A few themes emerged – ranging from technical to broader business and policy issues. And there was enough consensus on many of them to merit a revision of our template, which we have done and which is linked from this post for you to see in comparison form to the earlier document so that you can easily make note of all of the changes.
Made explicit that the RPR Website will be made available for free to all of the Participants and Subscribers of a Licensor's MLS.
Added further definition of the user access policies governing what content non-Subscribers to a Licensor's MLS will see, and what Participants/Subscribers who are not NAR members will see.
Provided options for Licensors to open up or restrict their content differently than called for under the user access policies.
Made explicit that there is no consumer access to RPR, except through reports that can be created by an authorized user.
Added language on security measures RPR will take to protect the licensed content.
Clarified the designation of confidential MLS information and stated that it will not be used on the RPR Website (unless requested by a Provider).
Made explicit that broker consent, if required, must be obtained by Provider.
Added specific and clear definitions of the analytics products that will be produced by RPR, specifically: the "RVM" and address file matching services.
Added express restrictions of any analytics product that: i) could result in the sale of the Licensed Content back to a Realtor, ii) could result in the marketing of services to a Realtor, or iii) could result in the marketing of services to a consumer.
Provided an option to restrict RVM sales to county assessors.
Made explicit that all analytics work will be performed exclusively on RPR infrastructure, and that Licensed Content will not be exported.
Added clarifying language regarding the destruction of all Licensed Content upon termination.
Extended the offer not to compete with MLS providers to three years if RPR terminates the agreement.
Made explicit that Licensed Content will not be used to compete with Providers should they terminate the agreement.
Added provisions for first-level end-user support, and tier-2 support of Providers.
Clarified that roster fields are only required insofar as they are already supported by a Provider's MLS.
Clarified that provider may determine the method of data access.
Provided a reasonable standard for suspension or termination if the Provider believes the data is being misused by RPR.
No less importantly, what has not changed: there is no formula for revenue sharing with an MLS provider. While the reasons for this have been described and discussed in dozens of forums since RPR was first announced, our thinking behind this remains that as a NAR member benefit, in which NAR members have already invested, it is critical that RPR be able to sustain the services that we will provide to the members without charging them for access, enhancements, advertising, or services. Recently, we have begun to engage large brokers – both individually, and in several brainstorming groups – who have generally supported the rationale behind this approach. Also, there is now a competitive offering which compensates the MLS providers without offering anything to the members, and we are pleased for the line between the two to have been drawn as brightly as it has been.
Finally, our own discussions with MLS providers large and small about the original agreement confirmed that the key issue for many, if not most, was not actually licensing revenue, but the use of the data once it has been licensed to RPR. That has now been addressed through specific and narrow definitions of the RPR offerings in the revised template that we have included in this post.
While ordinarily it might seem a bit strange to post revisions to a contract out in the open, it made sense to us given the level and tone of the debate over the past few weeks. We hope it is helpful both as a show of responsiveness and in terms of opening up the discussion even further, and we look forward to knowing your thoughts about these changes.
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Thanks for the kind comments! I'm looking forward to reviewing the changes that you've implemented.
I hope those who wish to speak up publicly will continue, and that those who are 'shy' – for whatever reason – will feel comfortable sharing through channels like MLST.
Great job of filling in many of the gaps that were causing so many questions.
We really appreciate having access to this blog to get the facts about development and refinement of business rules and terms that affect RPR so that everyone can have specific insight into the many complicated issues that surround the product.
Thanks again for keeping us all informed.
I attended the COVE meeting in Scottsdale last month as a representative of my regional provider, I saw that meeting as a forum for the RPR to learn about deeper concerns and use that information to further build out the RPR business model. I want to congratulate all the members of that forum and the RPR on listening and working together to make the proposed changes. This type of collaboration will go along way to build a better and useful REALTOR tool. The evolution of the industry is about to take a quantum leap. Let us all leverage the opportunity carefully and with consideration for each party.
In section 1(v), county assessors are excluded form the definition of RPR Customer(s). Why is the exclusion limited to "County" assessors and not inclusive of all governmental assessors, including town assessors?
Mike – Thanks for your question. We were asked specifically about county assessors in the initial feedback we gathered. But we want to make clear that we would be happy to consider other requests as they come up through our conversations with MLSs.
Blog says there are (were?) 7 responses, but I only see 5? Is this a glitch, or selective editing by RPR?
VERY IMPORTANT: The number of responses displayed on each post is the number of comments + the trackbacks/pingbacks.
As for the commenter "Nate Nichols"…this person left 3 comments in a row and used a different name and email for each. The person was in clear violation of our comment policy. Notice all 3 comments have the same IP address, yet have different names and email addresses.
"…As for the commenter "Nate Nichols"…this person left 3 comments in a row and used a different name and email for each. The person was in clear violation of our comment policy. Notice all 3 comments have the same IP address, yet have different names and email addresses.
From a technical standpoint, and not related to the individual(s) or specific comments, please consider this.
As I'm sure you're aware, an IP address can be, and usually is, shared by all computers at a particular location. So, it's very possible that the posts in question were actually made by different individuals who work at a particular real estate office.
You should always be wary of making assumptions based on an IP address, particularly in situations where your readers are more likely to be working in an office that shares its IP address among all computers.
Hello, your articles here Updates to the RPR Content License Agreement – Realtors Property Resource® (RPR) to write well, thanks for sharing!


You feel out of control around food; you nibble, eat without being hungry or binge.
You are always on or off diets, but nothing works for long.
Eating rules your life; at times whatever you eat, it's never enough. You think about food and worry about eating a great deal.
You eat sensibly in public but on your own it goes out of control. You eat a lot in secret.
You may promise to stop compulsive eating, but it somehow doesn't happen. You think that if people knew how you eat they wouldn't want to know you.
Food feels like a friend and an enemy at the same time, your cravings feel like an addiction where certain foods are concerned.
You have mood swings, often for no reason; you feel depressed, alone and in despair.
You wish you could just take food or leave it but it's never enough.
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How Labor wins
Pundits want Anthony Albanese to talk big. But is that the way Labor takes government?
Brett Evans 5 November 2021 857 words
Man of the moment? Opposition leader Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in mid October. Lukas Coch/AAP Image
Newspoll, the nation's most closely watched opinion poll, has been telling a sorry tale about the Morrison government for a few months now.
During the first half of the year, it had the Coalition and Labor running neck-and-neck on the two-party-preferred vote. Over the same period, the Coalition's primary vote averaged a healthy 40 per cent.
From the middle of the year, though, the Coalition's primary vote started to fall. In the latest Newspoll — released on 24 October — the government's primary vote had fallen to 35 per cent.
More significantly, the two-party-preferred vote has been 53 or 54 per cent for Labor since July, and 46 or 47 per cent for the Coalition. That's six Newspolls in a row, and a possible electoral wipe-out for the Morrison government.
But strangely — because journalists ordinarily love polls — this hasn't turned into much of a media story. It hasn't been "factored into the narrative," as the cliché goes. So why haven't we been reading headlines like "Poll Pressure Has Morrison in Policy Panic"?
First up, Newspoll is published in Rupert Murdoch's anti-Labor flagship the Australian. If Newspoll had found that Anthony Albanese's Labor Party was generating opinion poll numbers like Scott Morrison's government, I think we might have heard more about it.
Picture the front page of the Daily Telegraph: "Albo's Poll Agony Continues."
And second, the polls, including Newspoll, got the 2019 election wrong. Journalists have been a bit gun-shy about highlighting good figures for Labor since Morrison's "miracle" election victory that year.
Opinion polls ain't elections, of course. They are fallible snapshots of voting intentions taken at a particular time in the electoral cycle. But as long as you don't imbue them with mystical powers they're useful tools to make guesstimates about what's going on in Voterland. My guesstimate is that Anthony Albanese is doing something right and, more importantly, Scott Morrison is doing an awful lot wrong.
In just four months' time we're likely to be in the middle of an election campaign. In the meantime, Anthony Albanese is receiving plenty of gratuitous strategic advice from media commentators. And some of them are very unhappy about his small-target strategy.
Conventional wisdom asserts that Labor only wins government with a hefty program of reforming policies. But what does history say?
In the postwar period Labor has won government from opposition just three times: in 1972 under Whitlam, in 1983 under Hawke, and in 2007 with Kevin Rudd as leader.
Whitlam had the famous program, but he also faced the egregious Billy McMahon, whose government had already taken a battering in 1969. Whenever Australian prime ministers are ranked in order of greatness McMahon always comes stone motherless last.
When Hawke won office in 1983, he brought with him the Accord agreement with the unions. But he also had an opponent in Malcolm Fraser who was struggling with a recession, growing unemployment and record interest rates.
When Rudd prevailed in 2007, he won against a prime minister who had been in office for eleven years, had provoked all-out warfare with the union movement and had run out of tricks. John Howard, locked in interminable battle with his treasurer Peter Costello, even lost his own seat.
It's true that Whitlam and Hawke were charismatic, reforming leaders who ran on ambitious policies voters recognised were necessary. But Rudd's big carrot for the voters was a promise to spend less than John Howard.
So what do our three Labor heroes have in common? They faced tired, dysfunctional Coalition governments. Are the Newspolls telling us that Morrison has hit the wall? When Australians voted for him in 2019, they didn't really know him. Now they do.
Albanese would probably agree he's no Whitlam or Hawke, but he's as experienced as Kevin Rudd, and without the obvious flaws. He was one of the few senior Labor figures, for example, to come out of the destructive Gillard–Rudd years with his standing enhanced. Though he opposed the coup against Rudd, he then dedicated himself to making the whole sorry mess work.
It looks like we're in for an election substantially about climate change. Morrison has placed his cards on the table: he says he'll get to net zero by 2050 basically by crossing our fingers.
Albanese has yet to declare his hand. And why should he? The Murdoch press will go berserk no matter what he comes up with.
But we already know the key question facing voters at the coming election: who are you going to trust to bring Australia through the tricky transition to a decarbonised economy?
If Albanese can paint Morrison as a fabulist on climate change policy and make a credible case that Labor will help those affected by these essential changes to our economy, he's in with a very strong chance. And if there is a hung parliament, he's better placed than Morrison to make it work.
Scott Morrison has just arrived home after the most disastrous prime ministerial trip since Robert Menzies went to Egypt in 1956 and failed to solve the Suez Crisis. Meanwhile, the next Newspoll looms large. •
Brett Evans
Brett Evans is a Sydney-based writer.
Topics: elections | Labor Party | politics
Summer reading from the archive
Inventing "ScoMo"
Sean Kelly
The prime minister set his own test for success — authenticity — and then went about passing it
Lifelong supporter? Scott Morrison at a rugby league match between the Sharks and the Panthers during the 2019 federal election campaign. Dean Lewins/AAP Image


we have sooo many guards.
"Torrence, at 6-foot-3 with a 6-foot-8 wingspan, is a true point guard."
symir getting his o.v.s out of the way early. hope that means he's aiming for an early verbal. i think he was built for jb's system.
It sounds like SU is not in the mix. I'm not sure where he would fit in at SU.
That's not a good look if true.
All about the potential reclass. If 2019, were out.
If hes deciding this weekend then in guessing hes going in the 19 class and not 20.
Butler/Marquette/cincy the top 3 here right?
What y'all think? I'd bet cincy but wouldn't bet against Marquette. They love the New York kids huh?
Why aren't we involved here?
Aren't we his dream school?
There is room. We saw how things fared with the PG injuries going into this season. The more the merrier. If Boeheim is hellbent on running this dribble-drive business then we need more speed and more ballhandling out there. Not to mention we take too many risky combo guards, IMO.


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Specialized Sequoia Elite - 2018
If you've ever felt torn between a "traditional" road bike and a dedicated touring rig, you're not alone. Now, though, the Sequoia Elite gives you both by combining the two in one genre-bending bike. It has everything you need to hit the road and not look back. The Sequoia's path to adventure starts at the frame, which Specialized constructed from Premium Cr-Mo tubing. This material is coveted for its strength, light weight, and tuned ride quality. And they took this a step further by selecting tubes that are specific to each frame size, ensuring that every frame rides exactly as intended. The Adventure Geometry is unique in that it skews the line between a traditional road bike and a dedicated touring rig. You'll find an ample wheelbase and low bottom bracket for control, but the chainstays and tube angles ensure that you'll be able to travel efficiently and quickly, regardless of whether or not your rig is loaded. A beefy FACT carbon fiber fork is sure to take the sting out of harsh roads. And when you're deep into said roads, you'll be thankful for the extra water bottle mount found on its fork leg. Digging into the details, the frame is outfitted with an ample number of mounts for water, racks, and fenders. And for the build, they included reliable parts, like a Shimano 105 groupset, powerful hydraulic disc brakes, and hand-built Hayfield wheels that are cased in wide, 2Bliss Ready tires.
If you've ever felt torn between a "traditional" road bike and a dedicated touring rig, you're not alone. Now, though, the Sequoia Elite gives you both by combining the two into one genre-bending bike. It has everything you need to hit the road and never look back. The Sequoia's path to adventure starts at the frame, which we constructed from Premium Cr-Mo tubing. This material is coveted for its strength, respectable weight, and tuned ride quality. And we took this a step further by selecting tubes that are specific to each frame size, further ensuring that every frame rides exactly as we intended. Of course, this is only a piece of the equation, with the next being its dedicated Adventure Geometry. This geometry is unique in that it skews the line between a traditional road bike and a dedicated touring rig. You'll find an ample wheelbase and low bottom bracket for control, but the chainstays and tube angles ensure that you'll be able to travel efficiently and quickly, regardless of whether or not your rig is loaded. Digging into the details, the frame is outfitted with an ample number of mounts for water, racks, and fenders. And for the build, we included a carbon fork and reliable parts, like a mix of Shimano 105 and RS505 shift levers, powerful hydraulic disc brakes, and hand-built Hayfield wheels that are cased in wide, 2Bliss Ready tires. - The Sequoia is built from our Premium Cr-Mo, size-specific tubing. This ensures that every frame is strong, light, and capable, while every frame size rides exactly as we intended. This philosophy is furthered with our Adventure Geometry that provides ample confidence over rough and smooth terrain, alike. And lastly, we equipped this frame with fender & rack mounts to make sure you'll be well equipped whenever adventure strikes. - A beefy FACT carbon fiber fork is sure to take the sting out of harsh roads. And when you're deep into said roads, you'll be thankful for the extra water bottle mount found on its fork leg. - The Sawtooth is THE adventure tire of choice, developed to handle any road surface and to be tough enough to withstand the rigors of exploration. The tread offers sharp angles and edges to hook onto any surface, while the Endurant casing reinforces the sidewall for added protection and high carrying loads.
All-City Gorilla Monsoon - 2019
Taking their love of riding drop bar bikes off-road to its logical conclusion, All-City presents you with the Gorilla Monsoon. A sweet beast whose only limits are your imagination and will power. They've taken the capabilities of their famed cross bikes and built a Monster. All-City's most densely featured bike ever, fully hitting everything on their checklist for a steed that can take you far into the unknown in comfort, style, and elegance. Want to do mixed pavement and single track rides? Put in long days off-road? Do some fire road touring? Camping? Ride across the continent? No problem. Peep the features: Front and rear thru-axles, front and rear rack and fender mounts, compatibility with Surly-8 and 24-Pack racks, stealth dropper post routing, 27.5 x 2.4" tire clearance (650b x 48 with fenders), signature All-City dropouts, E.D. coating for rust prevention, and three water bottle mounts. The Gorilla is made from All-City's 612 Select tubing and features a lovely bi-plane crown steel fork. They believe that nothing soaks up bumps or is as durable as a high quality steel fork. For on and off-road touring duties, it is the jam. Some of you will want to throw 650b x 47c's in it and that's cool. The resulting slightly lower BB gives the bike excellent manners when riding with a load and is fully endorsed by us. If you want to run a 700c tire the max is a 42mm tire which will raise your BB by 8mm. 700c x 38 keeps the BB about the same. As for building it up, there are three cable mounts on the downtube, giving you the option of adding a front derailleur or a dropper post. Here's the max ring sizes for each setup: 1X = 38T, 2X = 28/42, 3X = 26/36/48.
All-City Space Horse Disc - 2018
Even if you own a different bike for everything, it's still necessary to have one that can do it all. That bike is the Space Horse. It's become a cult favorite because of its classic styling and ability to handle just about any task or terrain. All-City's Space Horse Disc frameset allows you to build your perfect bike with the addition of all-weather control disc brakes. The geometry is a mix of traditional road and randonneur, with a relatively short rear end and a bottom bracket that's slightly lower than a standard road bike. This gives it both agile handling for riding unbridled and increased stability when loaded. This blend of geometry and 612 Select tubing create a bike that is capable of quick road centuries, gravel racing, commuting, and of course loaded touring. The frame accommodates front and rear racks, fenders, and tires up to 42c in size for the 700c bikes and 45c for the 650B version. It also utilizes a dropout with a replaceable derailleur hanger. All of the classic All-City touches are present: signature brazed-on seat collar, pantographed bottom bracket shell, pump peg, reinforcements on the bottle bosses, and a beautiful lugged crown fork. The fork sports both a double eyelet on the dropout and mid-blade mounts to allow you to use pretty much whatever front rack you wish.
Specialized Sequoia - 2018
A 100 years ago, there were no road bikes and touring bikes—there were just bikes, and that didn't stop anyone from heading out into the wilderness. With this spirit, Specialized built their groundbreaking Sequoia. The Sequoia's path to adventure starts at the frame, which Specialized constructed from Premium Cr-Mo and stainless steel tubing. These materials are coveted for their strength, respectable weight, and tuned ride quality. Of course, this is only a piece of the equation, with the next being its dedicated Adventure Geometry that provides ample confidence over rough and smooth terrain. This geometry is unique in that it skews the line between a traditional road bike and a dedicated touring rig. You'll find an ample wheelbase and low bottom bracket for control, but the chainstays and tube angles ensure that you'll be able to travel efficiently and quickly, regardless of whether or not your rig is loaded. Digging into the details, the frame is outfitted with an ample number of mounts for bottles, racks, and fenders. And for the build, Specialized included reliable parts, like a mix of sturdy Shimano components, fuss-free mechanical disc brakes, and hand-built Hayfield wheels that are cased in wide, 2Bliss Ready tires.
Specialized Diverge Expert X1
Specialized's Diverge Expert X1 can handle flying on the tarmac all day long, but it really comes to life when the adventure of leaving the pavement comes in. The light, responsive FACT 10r carbon frame boasts plenty of tire clearance for the lightweight Axis 4.0 wheels shod in 700x30/32c Specialized Roubaix Pro tires. They let you float over rough roads and poorly maintained gravel. As does the 1x11-speed SRAM Force 1 drivetrain with the ideal gear range and low weight, less parts, and locked-on chain management. For long-ride comfort, the Diverge also includes a Ti-railed Body Geometry Phenom saddle, gel-padded bar tape, and Specialized's CG-R carbon seatpost to make every mile feel just as good as the first.
Jamis Renegade Expat
The Renegade is ready for any adventure, no matter which Renegade you ride. The long and tall endurance geometry is designed specifically to ride comfortably all day on the road or in harsh conditions off-road. The steel framed Renegade Expat is buttery smooth, just what you want from an off-, on-, or any-road rig. With TRP Spyre disc brakes and the ability to mount a 40mm tire, these bikes are ready to go just about anywhere. All you need is the desire to push, pedal and explore. The Expat rocks a snappy 2x10 Shimano Tiagra drivetrain, Ritchey components, and tubeless-ready WTB rims.


Learning the alphabet is the all-important beginning of a child's written language skills. But helping them to discover the fun of learning their letters is the really tricky part.
Enter the Learning Letters game. We found this great activity from Damaris Santos-Palmer at Kitchen Corners. It turns learning the alphabet into a fun matching game using just a few inexpensive items.
You can also teach your child how to spell words using the magnetic letters on the blank side of the baking sheet once they've mastered the alphabet. Take this activity one step further by throwing numbers into the mix! Once your kiddo hits kindergarten, you can use this activity as a visual for solving math problems.
Find full instructions over at Kitchen Corners.
Looking for more fun learning activities? Check out this colour matching game.


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"So you were here. I can't believe you're sleeping comfortably without knowing that everyone is looking for you."
El could certainly hear a familiar voice talking to her even in her sleep.
'This voice is…'
In an instant, she recognized the owner of the voice, but she couldn't wake up and said in her sleep.
"Your Highness?"
"Are you awake? Now everyone is ………."
"Did you come to find me?"
Terban lowered his body to eye level with El, whose eyes were still closed, and said.
"Yes, I came to find you…"
El laughed and opened her eyes. Then she found blue eyes smiling at her.
Meanwhile, someone had stepped into that place where Ellea was sleeping. It was Terban. The reason he had come here was simple. It was the only place in the Imperial Palace where no one else was. So when he felt suffocated, he often came here.
'It's been quite a while since I've been here.'
It was the first time Terban came here after El's death.
He hated coming here because of the memories he had with El, but when he finally saw the familiar scenery, he felt a little calmer.
Terban walked deeper into the lush expanse of grass. At the end of the path, there was a tree that was incomparably larger than the others.
As soon as he saw the tree, memories related to El naturally came to his mind.
When El was young, she often came here.
When El came to the Imperial Palace and started practicing, she seemed to have a hard time, but she didn't give up.
So he thought that she was following along reasonably well. Of course, she didn't feel that way.
Then one day, El left the training grounds in the middle of a training session, and the knight who was teaching her hurriedly informed Terban of the fact.
Then he also hurried around looking for El and found her sleeping here.
'I can't believe you asked me if I came to find you in the situation you escaped…'
She asked him as if he had wanted to find her, and Terban, who tried to scold her, had no choice but to say yes.
How could he scold her for running away from practice when she smiled brightly at his answer?
As he approached the tree, recalling those memories of El, Terban thought he had a vision.
But then he looked again and saw someone under the tree. When he approached to check, he saw that it was Ellea.
She was sleeping very soundly, unprotected on all sides. He was rather worried about the people watching her.
'Why is she sleeping here?'
And he thought it was a truly wonderful coincidence to see Ellea sleeping in the same place where El had slept.
Terban decided to wake Ellea up before anyone else saw her, since it was an open area.
Terban called out to her, however, she was in a daze as if she wasn't fully awake yet.
Seeing this, just as Terban was about to call her again, Ella murmured in a small voice.
"Did you come to find me?" (El)
At that moment, Terban couldn't move. Ellea's voice and El's voice overlapped at once. Even their appearance looked similar.
'This….'
While Terban stood still in shock, Ellea woke up fully and spontaneously stretched out both arms.
"Ah, I slept well. When did I fall asleep?"
She didn't remember the words she had said in her dream, then she looked around and spotted the shoes in front of her.
"Huh? Why are my shoes…."
With suspicion, Ellea slowly turned her gaze upwards. Her eyes passed the long legs and the jacket….then met the person's eyes.
And when she realized that the person standing in front of her was Terban, she was too surprised to even think about getting up right away.
It was only after they silently looked at each other for some time, she called him.
Ellea called loudly, and Terban finally snapped out of his old memories. He found himself looking at Ellea, who was also looking at him with a clear gaze.
"Why are you here, Your Majesty?"
Ellea's question completely freed Terban from his earlier thoughts, and he rather asked her the same thing. Because he was the one who really wanted to know that.
"That's what I want to ask. Why is the Princess sleeping here?"
"Oh, that's…."
Ellea was embarrassed, knowing Terban had seen her sleeping, came up with an excuse while avoiding his gaze.
"I found this place by accident, the weather was nice and the breeze was cool, so I guess I just fell asleep without realizing it."
"Even the Princess can sleep here, this must be the best place to sleep."
"No, nothing."
Sitting alone and awkwardly looking up at Terban, Ellea tried to get up, however before she could, he sat down some distance away.
After the banquet ended last night at the Duke of Kaicher's residence, Chaylen was working in his office. And Arun stood in front of him, reporting.
"Duke, I've taken care of what you ordered."
"You didn't get caught?"
"Of course not. I put it in a natural place, away from people's eyes. I'm sure they'll find it soon."
At Arun's reply, Chaylen smiled with amusement.
'Now, what will your reaction be?'
"He should like the gift that I carefully prepared."
At the same time, at the Duke of Raymir's residence, Raymir was hurrying to get ready to go to the Imperial Palace in the approaching afternoon.
But something didn't sit well with him.
'I thought he would be here soon after yesterday's banquet, why on earth he hasn't come?'
Raymir waited for the person he had sent to the Duke of Kaicher's mansion yesterday, but in the end, he did not come.
"What's the matter?"
When he was in the banquet hall yesterday, he kept his eyes on Chaylen until the end of the day, and Chaylen didn't seem to suspect anything.
'He didn't get caught, did he?'
While he was thinking, he heard an imminent voice with a knock on the door.
"Duke, we're in trouble."
"It's…I think you'll have to go out in person and check."
When the person had trouble speaking, Raymir came out and saw the butler standing there with a frightened expression on his face.
Puzzled by the appearance, Raymir followed the butler outside.
Soon they arrived at a deserted area behind the Duke's residence. There was an old cart sitting there.
"I was surprised to see it, so I moved it to this spot so it wouldn't be seen by anyone. Someone put it in front of the Duke's residence and the servants found it."
The look on the butler's face was anything but ordinary, so Raymir approached with caution and took off the cloth covering the top of the cart.
Then, startled by what was inside, he dropped the cloth and backed away.
"What the hell is this ……?"
What was in the cart was the body of a man. He was dead with his eyes open, covered in blood. He was surprised to see it for a moment, but when he looked closer, it was the same face he knew. It was the person he had waited so long to see in the morning.
As soon as he realized this fact, his hands began to shake as he guessed who had sent the cart.
'Duke Chaylen, how dare you?'
"Duke, what should we do with this person?"
"Get rid of it. Be careful not to be seen by others."
With that, Raymir left the corpse behind and walked away. Along with his anger at Chaylen.
'So this is how it's going to go? Well, then, I've been given a gift, and of course I have to return it many times over.'
"Your Majesty?"
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"No…..Your Majesty is sitting here."
"I gave someone my handkerchief so I don't have anything to put on the floor to sit on."
"No, that's…."
Ellea was momentarily at a loss for words when Terban mentioned the handkerchief.
When Ellea looked flustered, as expected, Terban couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.
Realizing that Terban was teasing her, Ellea raised an eyebrow.
"Are you teasing me now?"
"Then I'm leaving. I don't feel like being teased too much."
With that, Ellea got up, and Terban caught her wrist before he had time to think about it.
Ellea looked at Telvan in surprise at the cold touch she could feel for a moment, and when their eyes met, he hastily released her hand.
"No, I thought you were going to rest here."
"That's true, but……."
"Then stay. I don't want to hear that I kicked you out later."
When the words sounded like teasing again, Ellea grew stubborn instead and sat down in her original seat again.
"I can't help it, since Your Majesty says so."
As Ellea relaxed into her seat, Terban's gaze went to her feet.
"How's your wound?"
"My wound? Oh, I went to the palace doctor today to get it treated, and he told me it would be fine as long as I kept it under control. Thanks to it, I've been getting a lot of nagging from both the attendants and the palace doctor this morning."
When Ellea replied and looked up, Terban also raised his head. But all he could see was branches and leaves.
"What on earth are we looking at? I can't see the sky because the leaves are blocking it."
"The sun's rays are shining through the leaves. Isn't it rather more beautiful this way?"
When Terban looked up again, he could see the sparkling sun rays, and yes, it was beautiful.
"Indeed, it is."
"Just looking at it puts my mind at ease, and I seem to have fallen asleep without even knowing it. It's so quiet that I want to come here often."
Ellea replied to Terban's words. She thought she understood the reason for Terban's coming here at this time, so she asked.
"Did Your Majesty also come here to cool your head?"
"I suddenly remembered Bellea. Whenever Bellea feels frustrated, he rests under a tree like this."
When Terban wondered how she knew, Ellea used Bellea as an excuse.
Terban was soon convinced, and Ellea leaned against the tree and closed her eyes.
"This is the only place I can forget about everything, so I come here sometimes." (Terban)
Terban folded his arms, and closed his eyes with his legs crossed. Silence came between them again.
Chapter 22. There are no coincidences without reasons


Ordered a T-shirt a few weeks before and was quite dissapointed with the one Ive received. Member of staff offered sending another one just to make sure ill be happy with the purchase. And OMG the second was nothing compared to the first one. Fantastic quality, great print, quick delivery and most of all friendly customer service which will resolve all the problems. Highly, highly recomended. Bang! The others should learn how to do a proper customer service!


So now that I've been back for a couple days from the ESRI UC, what do I think about what I saw and heard?
Developers are back. It had been quite some time since I really felt that ESRI was supporting developers of their software. Every couple years we get some cool new tools to play with, but they always seem to be put on the back burner to analysis. This year with EDN, developers really had a place to hang out and coupled with the Embedded, Mobile and Server Islands, most of the ESRI floorspace was devoted to developers. The first .NET Special Interest Group meeting was great because we got so many bright minds into one room (then they forgot to lock the door before I got in) and we got to talk one on one with some of the best developer minds at ESRI about what we'd like to see. I know Art wrote down quite a bit so we'll have to see how quickly any of it can be implemented (If I had to chose only two I'd would like to see the "gotdotnet" type portal for ESRI developers and a ESRI Developer Summit).
ArcWeb Services for the masses. The big stealth announcement was Public ArcWeb Services are now available. This should really start helping ESRI develop their GIS Services business, but I don't think we'll really see it take off until ArcWeb Services 2005 arrives. The demos I saw with the flash interface streaming vector files was very impressive. I've started playing with Public ArcWeb Services, but I've got no public ASP/JSP hosting site so most of this will probably just be internal or playing at work. REST support with AWS 2005 will change everything.
Common Application Development Framework (ADF). Might not seem like much to some, but this should make development much easier because we'll have one framework for all ESRI server products. Coupled with IDE integration with .NET and Java, developing applications should be much quicker and easier as we won't have to get down in the weeds programming toolbars anymore and focus on the actual application. I'm going to be counting the days until I can get my hands on ArcGIS Server and ArcIMS 9.2 Betas.
Cartography in ArcMap. In the past you could either have it one of two ways. A map in dynamic map in GIS or a cartographic map in Adobe Illustrator. The new cartographic representation in 9.2 will allow you to perform "Illustrator" enhancements right in ArcMap. The power of these cartographic representations really needs to be seen to appreciated.
Workflows, workflows, workflows. Over and over again in almost every technical workshop and even on the ESRI Showcase floor we heard about workflows. This has always been a big deal for me as I've had to manage more and more people. ESRI has listened to users and what their workflows are and made changes to the software in 9.2 to make our lives easier. A simple example would be the cartography enhancements above. Being able to leave everything in Geodatabases should save much time and not require trips between ArcMap and Illustrator anymore.
Changes to ArcSDE. I never had enough time to learn more about the specifics of the changes at 9.2 to SDE, but we will have more options rather than just the current enterprise SDE that we have at 9.1. I'm unsure of what this will mean to users, but a free SDE (I assume this is the new file Geodatabase?) should help people better understand Geodatabases and I suspect these will be adopted more readily than the Personal Geodatabase that is currently so limited.
ArcExplorer is back. Both the web based ArcExplorer (built with DHTML) and the windows version looked great. All that wonderful AJAX that makes Google Maps so easy to use is now in ESRI's web client. In fact the demos I saw blew anything that Google or MSN has with their maps. I hope the long lead time to 9.2 won't allow the competition to catch up. Many thought this was a reaction to Google or MSN and I don't think that was the case. While I'm sure ArcExplorer has been influenced by Google Maps and Earth, there is no way even ESRI could have gotten the program I saw running as well as it did. There might have been smoke and mirrors to make it run better than it did, but even though couldn't hide a mock-up and what I saw wasn't.
Sun has set on the UC? I guess the days of Sun, Oracle, Informix and Bentley having huge booths are over. The big booths these days are for GPS and Satellite Imagery companies. IBM and HP were there in force and Dell was back again after a little absence.
ESRI Image Server If you've ever had to deal with rasters in ArcSDE you'll know why this announcement is so important. I have no clue about price, but I can't imagine it costing too much as you can already do this for "free" with UMN Mapserver. RDBMS are great, but not for storing images and finally ESRI has a solution to handle them.
The Usability Release ArcGIS 9.2 is going to be one of those great ESRI software releases. Rather than cram tons of new features into ArcGIS, they are focusing on usability and bug fixes. This should make 9.2 work really well for all users. Going off what I saw, you'll want to make sure you maintenance is up to date so you'll get the 9.2 upgrade. ArcGIS 9.2 is too good to miss out on. Until then look for that service pack in the fall for 9.1!


The different sanders on the market offer different applications. We've got a traditional random orbital sander that people would use for either intermediate sanding or fine sanding. We have three sanders, the Rotex in 150ml, 125ml and a 90ml. This allows you to choose what sander you would use for the applications you need.
If are we are working on narrow material or tighter areas, we can use an RO on which we can also put a triangular delta sander, so it adds a fourth application. The 125ml is for more confined spaces, maybe under stairs where we are trying to run along treads and risers. The 150, the larger size, is going to cover applications for tables etc.
All these Rotex sanders have got a similar system as far as the interface pads. You also have different types of pads to adapt to different applications. Learning about these things should help you know which type of sander to buy.
Visit our Sanders & Polishing section.


It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 9th Taipei International Digital Earth Symposium 2014 (TIDES 2014), which will be held from May 26 to May 30, 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan. This conference is one of the most highly acclaimed meetings in the field of digital earth and it takes place biannually in Chinese Culture University, Taipei.
In 1998, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore proposed the term "Digital Earth." In the past ten years, the spatial data infrastructure construction, the application of science and technology related to spatial data, such as Google Earth, Virtue Earth, and many online Geo Browsers have been engaged to our regular daily life. The organization groups from Europe geography and environmental science fields recommend that we need to re-evaluate the perspective of digital earth, and suggest to practice low-carbon living, thinking how to deal with extreme weather, agricultural economics, water resource development, ecological protection, and new energy policies to provide answers. The application of digital technology tools of the earth, practicing Smart City, will focus on (1) digital Earth architecture; (2) global Earth Observation technologies; (3) digital Earth applications.
This time, the organizing committee has chosen " i Earth-From Local to Global " as the main theme for the conference, with a focus on the latest developments and trends, as well as future outlook of the field of digital earth and global observation.
The organizing committee is gearing up for an exciting and informative conference program including keynote speeches, symposia, and workshops on a variety of topics, poster presentations and various social programs for participants from around the world.
We invite you to join us at the TIDES 2014, where you will be sure to have a meaningful experience with scholars from around the world. All members of the TIDES 2014 organizing committee look forward to meeting you in Taipei, Taiwan.