Welcome, Monster Hunter fans. No doubt you’ve heard by now that a third Monster Hunter is coming out. If you haven’t heard, here’s a brief bulletin for you: Monster Hunter Tri, also known as Monster Hunter 3, is a direct sequel to Monster Hunter 2 that was meant to be released on the PS3. Due to what’s being called budget problems, the game was instead announced as a Wii exclusive project. When some people heard the words “Wii exclusive” they threw little baby tantrums because they’re too ‘hardcore’ and ‘gay for Sony’ to be seen with a Wii anywhere in their house. Luckily for me, I LOVE the Wii, and hearing news of a Monster Hunter game for such an amazing platform forced several different kinds of fluids from several different kinds of orifices around my body. Let’s move on before I start ranting about this shit, because there’s something else I want to save my ranting for.

Now the last game, and therefore the best one so far, to come out in America was Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. In Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, you had an almost absurd amount of awesome types of weapons to choose from. In the original Monster Hunter, and it’s PSP port Monster Hunter Freedom, you had five types of weapons to choose from, each with their own unique skills, uses, abilities etc. In Freedom Unite you have all of those weapons plus secondary versions with even MORE awesome abilities and whatnot. To list them:

Great Sword and Long Sword
Sword and Shield and Dual Swords
Hammer and Hunting Horn
Lance and Gunlance
Bowgun and Bow

That’s ten, count ‘em TEN, superbly sensational and colossally crazy weapons. My favorites out of the bunch are the Great Sword, Long Sword, and Gunlance. I play Monster Hunter Freedom Unite like a madman, so I’ve gotten to be pretty familiar with these three weapons over time. I may even go as far as saying I’ve fallen with love with them.

Then comes Monster Hunter Tri. They cut down on weapon choice in this one, and with good reason I’m sure. Even though all of the previously mentioned weapons are unique and amazing in their own way, some of them are just downright extraneous. So here’s the updated list of weapons for our upcoming Wii title:

Great Sword (Of course. It’s by far the most popular weapon.)

Sword and Shield (The SnS has been around since the beginning, and it’s a very balanced weapon. Mostly used by beginners, so it’s good that they kept it.)

Hammer (I never use the Hammer much, but I know it’s got some amazing powers when it comes to knocking down Wyverns. Definitely useful, and certainly worthy of being in Monster Hunter Tri.)

Lance (The Lance is the best defensive weapon and it’s got great range. The only way it could get better is if they stick a gun on it. Oh wait, they did!)

Switch Axe (Holy smokes, a completely new weapon. I’ve never seen this in action or used it myself obviously, but it sounds pretty badass.)

Long Sword (Glad to see this weapon could stick around, even with the Great Sword stealing all of it’s glory. The Long Sword has two things the Great Sword doesn’t: speed and range. Too bad it lacks piercing power and the ability to charge.)

Bowgun (The Bowgun stands out as the most versatile weapon in the entire game. Where every other weapon makes a hunter into a Blademaster, the Bowgun defines it’s very own class of hunter: The Gunner. In previous games, including MHFU, Bowguns were created and upgraded as a whole weapon. In Tri, they are split into three different parts: Stock, Frame, and Barrel. I never use Bowguns, so I’m not going to get into the multitude of crazy ammo types right now.)

So there’s that. Seven weapons made the cut in Monster Hunter Tri. The Long Sword is no longer a sub category of the Great Sword, and the Switch Axe makes an appearance. That right there is enough to make me shell out $40, and weapons are only a small fraction of the glory of the Monster Hunter series.

But now we get to the bad part. The part where I get mad at something stupid and insignificant, then rant about it and embarrass myself on the world wide web. So let’s just get crackin; WHERE THE FUCK IS MY GUNLANCE? I don’t care if it was overpowered, I don’t care if it was an extremely unpopular weapon, I don’t care if it breaks the core values of the game, I want a lance with a bigass gun on it! I was totally looking forward to yelling “WYVERN’S FIIIIRRE!” at my TV as I blasted a sleeping Diablos to pieces with the most powerful attack in the entire game. I mean, they could just take out the Lance and put in Gunlance instead! I know the Lance has it’s own abilities that the Gunlance doesn’t, but hey, who uses a Lance anyway? Nobody.  The Lance isn’t even that badass. The Gunlance IS. It would have been so awesome to hold down the Z button on my nunchuck, then press and hold A and B at the same time, then watch as the flames from my Gunlance built up and unleashed with the  glorious blazing fury of an enraged hormonal wyvern. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME. But no. Capcom has to deprive me of that glory, and force me to keep playing Monster hunter Freedom Unite for the rest of my life so I can get my Gunlance fix.

Let’s say you have three children: You name one Great, one Long, and one Gunlance. Great and Long grow up to be fine young men who are very popular and can do lots of things. Gunlance, on the other hand, isn’t very popular, but you can tell he has vast, untapped potential that people just don’t seem to notice. Then one day a bad man by the name of Capcom comes to your house and steals Gunlance when you aren’t looking. YOUR BELOVED CHILD HAS BEEN STOLEN AWAY, AND CAPCOM IS THE CULPRIT. DO YOU FEEL MY PAIN YET?

Probably not, because you most likely never use the Gunlance. What if they took out the Great Sword? Would you feel bad then? What if they took out the Long Sword? The Long Sword and Gunlance were both in the same boat: they were both sub weapons. The Long Sword had just as good a chance of being thrown out as the Gunlance. What if they had gotten rid of that instead? You’d want to kick Capcom in the teeth, for sure. And the Long Sword doesn’t even have Wyvern’s Fire. God, I’m going to miss Wyvern’s Fire…

Leave me now to mourn the loss of one of my favorite weapons, and look out for more informational blogs on Monster Hunter Tri until it comes out next April.

Daerah Ubaya emang sudah masyur dengan fakta kalo gampang banget banjir waktu hujan, dan kemarin, aku membuktikan kebenarannya. *ah kata2nya sok banget*

Hujan kali ini dueres nya mintak ampun belom ditambah angin. Galeri FBE aja sampe basah di mana-mana. Daerah keringnya cuman sebagian kecil galeri dan ruangan-ruangan yang terlindung. Karena hujan , akhirnya aku nggak jadi ikut traktirannya Tri, soalnya kalo ikut pun, harus mengarungi banjir dengan kaki telanjang..klo ndak gitu, ga sempet soale udah jam nya dijemput. T__T akhirnya bella, vincent, sama tri tak angkut ke tempat makannya trus aku pulang.

Selama nunggu jemputan papa, kami berempat menyempatkan diri untuk foto-foto..wkwwk.. pdhl itu posisi udah aneh banget. 4 orang berdiri di trotoar sambil berpayung, melihat orang-orang lain berusaha menyelamatkan diri atau malah ikut menceburkan kaki ke genangan air hujan yang mulai melaut. Ini beberapa foto yang kuambil :

trotoar dan permukaan air yang mepet sekali

Mana kali, mana jalan?

Selamat berhujan-hujan teman ^^ tp jangan sakit ya!

Tri did great during his WOD, but tweaked his upper back a bit when he got home. As his cousin and as a trainer, I’m concerned for him, especially since I know how much back problems can ruin your day. I don’t think it was from bad form, but probably more due to some deconditioned imbalances in his back where doing active shoulders may have twisted a tendon. With some massage techniques taught to me by my Taekwondo master, I think we can untwist it relatively easily and get Tri back into the game.

“Safety is the overriding priority.” But, like any physical endeavor, there are some risks. We’ll address them and move forward.

Buy in:
2x CFWU

WOD:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Push Presses, 30lbs
Deadlifts, 25lbs
Tri = 7:38

Cash out:
Cable push ups

By Ellina Badri, The Edge

Former MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BHD [registerQuotes("MAS", "MAS_span");] (MAS) chairman Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli has been ordered by the High Court here to settle a total of RM589.14 million plus interest to Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd (Danaharta) in a civil case that began in 2006.

The case has its roots back in 1994 when Tajudin, the former protege of ex-finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, took loans totalling RM1.79 billion from several banks towards acquiring a 32% stake in MAS.

Tajudin defaulted on the loans, which turned non-performing after he failed to service it between 1994 and 1998, and the debts were eventually taken over by the national asset management company.

Tajudin had claimed that he had bought the MAS stake from the government at the behest of then prime minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad and Daim under the administration’s privatisation initiatives. The privatisation of MAS largely failed as losses were a perennial problem.

In the early 2001, the government bought back the MAS shares that were held via Naluri Bhd, which was under Tajudin’s control, at RM8 per share for a total of RM1.79 billion. The decision created an uproar as the national carrier’s share price was only RM2.75 per share on the open market.

Danaharta was set up by the government in 1998 following the Asian financial crisis to buy NPLs from financial institutions and maximise their recovery value.

In a statement, Prokhas Sdn Bhd said the High Court here had yesterday awarded summary judgment in Danaharta’s favour and two of its subsidiaries against Tajuddin for RM589.14 million as at December 2005, together with interest at the rate of 2% above the BLR of MALAYAN BANKING BHD [registerQuotes("MAYBANK", "MAYBANK_span");] until the date of full realisation.

Prokhas, which is under Minister of Finance, Inc, has been entrusted with managing Danaharta companies’ residual recovery assets since Jan 1, 2006.

Tajudin

It said Tajuddin’s lawyer had indicated their intention to file an appeal to the Court of Appeal. Prokhas’ statement yesterday was released together with the written judgment of Judicial Commissioner K Anantham, who made the order against Tajudin.

Prokhas said prior to the latest development, the KL High Court had also approved Danaharta’s application on the striking out of Tajuddin’s counterclaim of damages against the three Danaharta companies and 23 other defendants, as well as its appeals against the amendment and joinder of the 14 additional defendants to the counterclaim made by Tajuddin.

In June 2006, Tajudin had counterclaimed for a total of RM13.46 billion in relief from the government, Danaharta, TELEKOM MALAYSIA BHD [registerQuotes("TM", "TM_span");], Telekom Enterprise Sdn Bhd, TRI and other parties. Tajudin was the former chairman of TRI and Celcom, and was ousted after TM took control of TRI pursuant to the merger between Celcom and TM’s subsidiary, TM Cellular Sdn Bhd in 2002.

In the judgment, Anantham also ordered Tajuddin to pay the plaintiffs -  Danaharta, Danaharta Urus Sdn Bhd and Danaharta Managers Sdn Bhd – costs of RM350.

Right from its taking over the debts, Danaharta had pursued collection of the debt owing by Tajudin but had failed to receive payment from him. The two parties subsequently reached a settlement agreement on Oct 8, 2001 that included a RM468.18 million “hair cut”.

Tajudin had pledged 130.44 million shares, then representing a 17.27% stake in TECHNOLOGY [registerQuotes("TECHNOLOGY", "TECHNOLOGY_span");] Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) shares, 309.65 million shares or a 44.84% stake in Naluri Corp Bhd; and 45.2 million or an 80% stake in Promet (Langkawi) Resorts Sdn Bhd.

The judicial commissioner found that under that agreement, the amount originally owing to Danahart totalled RM1.4 billion. Tajudin was to have paid but failed to settle the reduced debt of RM942 million in four installments over three years, with interest payable quarterly, in the interim.

Tajuddin defaulted on his first quarterly interest payment, leading Danaharta to issue a demand letter in Feb 2001, after which he filed for a permanent injunction to restrain Danaharta from enforcing the settlement agreement and selling his shares.

In April 2002, Danaharta terminated the agreement and demanded Tajuddin pay RM1.61 billion. It subsequently raised RM717.39 million from the sale of his pledged shares in TRI. It also disposed of his 45% stake in Naluri.

On May 11, 2006, Danaharta commenced its action to recover the amount outstanding as of Dec 31, 2005 of RM589.14 million.

Contrary to Tajudin’s counsels’ contention, the judicial commissioner was of the view that Danaharta was not negligent in disposing of the pledged securities, but had instead acted in a professional manner.

“The sale proceeds of RM717.39 million in respect of the TRI shares were far in excess of the defendant’s (Tajudin) valuation. The sale proceeds derived from the sale of the Naluri shares were marginally lower only than the valuation of the defendant. The difference is too minimal to attribute any negligence upon the plaintiffs,” he said.

Ok, so it wasn’t too frightful…but it was snowy and cold!!!! And it’s been more than a week since I’ve written, I know…but…that’s life.

And I was inside. Sick. More on that later. Let’s get down to it, shall we?

The Work Week:

Mmm, not a whole lot to report. I DID get my H1N1 vaccine though!!! I was so excited!!!! No flu for MEEEEEE!! Now I just have to get the regular flu shot and I’ll be set.

Thanksgiving was a blur, not enough time off!! Then last week…nothing to report really. It was work. So we’ll move on.

The Workout Week:

Well…I kind of sort of not really re-started P90X.

Kinda.

I managed to remember to bring it down with me after Thanksgiving. I did 2 days of it, then got a head cold of sorts. I’m thinking I’m going to do bits and pieces of it. It’s a very intense program, and I need to build back up to that level.

I also need to get back to training for a real race!!!! AND I want to do a few tri’s in the spring…and HOPEFULLY I’ve talked a few people in to doing them with me! *looks at her people* YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!!!!!

Also this week…I changed my first bike tire!!!

*bows*

Yes, yes, SO PROUD!!!

Well, I changed the tube. I’d never changed a tire on ANYTHING so this was an accomplishment for me!

First, I had to get the wheel OFF the bike…that wasn’t too bad.

Changing the bike tire.

Then…taking out the old tube and replacing it with the new one.

Ok...I can do this...

All in all, it wasn’t that bad. In fact, it was a heck of a lot easier than replacing strings on a string instrument….we’ll get to that in a bit. That involved puncture wounds. Not ok. *shakes head*

Tomorrow I’m hoping to get some yoga in, and later this week a run or two before the Jingle Bell 5K on Saturday.

Then on the 19th there’s ANOTHER 5K so I’ll get my 9 races in 09!!!! WHOOO!!!! Speaking of which, I need to update the Race Rollcall page.

Moving on…

The Knitting Week:

Not a lot happened over break. I looked at my projects. I glared at my projects. But I didn’t really do much on them.

I did re-start the gray scarf for Aunt Cynthia….I got mad at it.

Evil Scarf....

The old one is on the straight needle. I can’t do straight needles anymore, especially when purling!!! I wanted to rip my fingers off every time. So…I’m switching to Addi’s and doing a straight knit. It’ll go faster, because let’s face it, Christmas is COMING!!!

Then Aunt Sarah’s hat is coming along nicely. I don’t think I’m doing the decreases exactly right…because my number ended up a little off….but…I’m just going with it. It’ll be a beret, and she’ll like it no matter what.

It's almost done!!

Other than that…I worked a little on Aunt Connie’s socks…toe up for the first time. On DPN’s. Not so sure how that’s gonna go…

Now it’s time for this week’s….

Favorite:

I’m going to have to go with a good, wet, sticking SNOW. Just like the one we got this week!

Mmmm snow!

Big, fat, HUGE flakes. The kind that’s PERFECT for making snow men. The kind that’s great for sledding…the kind that gets you out of school. Mmm, snow.

I didn’t get to go sledding, or make snow men, but I did spend the day watching it snow from the coffee shop window with the BFF. We had a good time even though we didn’t play outside much!

Other Junk:

Well, over Thanksgiving I did get to see my best friend and new new baby boy. I took them out for her birthday lunch so that was nice.

During the week I did manage to get some work done in my house. I hung up some pictures finally!

Yeah, they are cheap frames from Walmart...but hey, for thirteen bucks...I'll take it!

Then I spent some time this weekend with Carly and Calypso…

Mom, I don't trust you...

And, upon coming home to see Tracy Friday night…I found this.

What's in that case???

FIDDLE!!!!!!!!

Yeah. I nearly screamed. He traded his guitar in to buy me a fiddle. I am still in shock.

So the fiddle caused me to also want my dulcimer. So that meant a trip to the music store to get strings since one was broken…and of course since we were at the music store, I had to buy a fiddle book!!! And some picks. And a mute for the fiddle (Which I cannot for the LIFE of me figure out how to put on…any suggestions?!?!) and other randomness.

Remember how I said changing a bike tire is easier than changing strings?

Yeah.

So I brought the dulcimer and fiddle home….much to the cat’s dismay…

Tomorrow, there WILL be a hairball on this, you do understand that, yes?

And I replaced the one broken string on the dulcimer.

And while tuning it…I broke another.

Good thing I bought a pack of strings at the store!!!

Now all the strings are replaced, and I’m working on remembering how to play. So far I can play a mean “Hot Cross Buns” and a pathetic first line of “O Little Town of Bethlehem”…

I haven’t done much on the fiddle yet. I can make it make a noise that doesn’t send animals and small children in to tears. That, I think, is progress.

That and my request for lessons from a local music school.

So now we shall close with our

Stellar Snowy Shoutout:

This week’s shoutout goes to Miss Chrissy….who has expressed a mild interest in doing a triathlon and I am using this shoutout as a shamless attempt to twist her arm in to joining me in April and doing a tri!!!

Chrissy you do NOT need someone there kicking your butt to do it. YOU can kick your own butt. I will be your online support system…but YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

DO IT!!!!!!!!!

Ok, have a great day/holiday/week/whatever everyone!!!!!!!!

Paul Boyd has been rigging my characters faster than I can model them.  That’s probably why he’s off to join the gang down at Double Negative next week.  So having jumped ship on the course Paul has worked tirelessly to finish his commitments to any projects he’s involved with!

Thats why my unfinished robot can pull moves like this:

So all the best to Paul and his Soho adventures!

Cheers

Arron

Il y a deux types de personnes dans ce monde, et le plus tôt vous le comprenez, plus vite vous vous sentirez heureux, épanoui, efficace – même si cela signifie devoir vous séparer de votre meilleur ami, voisin, voire même, oui même, de votre mère.
Le premier type, positif, vous apporte de l’énergie. Ce sont les personnes qui vous motivent, vous donnent de la force, vous donnent envie de devenir une personne meilleure, vous inspirent, vous font vous sentir bien dans votre vie, vous encouragent à prendre des risques, et vous aident à atteindre vos but et réaliser vos rêves.
Le second type, négatif, ce sont les sangsues. Ce sont les personnes qui drainent votre énergie, qui vous font vous sentir mal dans votre peau et dans votre vie, se plaignent sans cesse, sont négatives, répandent des commérages, vous parlent pour ne rien dire, et vous démotivent.
Qui que ce soit, au sein de votre entourage, famille, voisinage, au boulot peut être classé dans l’un ou l’autre catégorie. Plus de temps vous passez en compagnie des négatifs, plus vous devenez malheureux. Mais savez-vous comment dire qui est positif ou négatif?

Voici comment vous pouvez faire:

• 1ère étape. Faites une liste de tous vos amis, collègues, associés, membres de la famille, et des personnes avec qui vous êtes régulièrement en contact.

• 2ème étape. Maintenant mettez un + devant chaque personne positive, et un - devant chaque personne négative (vous pouvez tout aussi bien mettre un sourire ou une grimace à la place, ou tout autre signe expressif à votre convenance). Pour 95 pour cent de votre liste, il sera plutôt facile d’identifier qui vous transmet de l’énergie et qui vous en pompe. Les 5 derniers pour cent seront un peu plus difficiles à définir, ils peuvent avoir une attitude variable, tantôt positive, tantôt négative. Alors comment les classifier ? Fermez vos yeux, imaginez-les. Que ressentez vous au fond de vous? Positif ou Négatif?

Maintenant que vous avez classé chacun selon ses mérites, il est temps de faire le ménage : sortir les négatifs de votre vie. Pensez à ces personnes comme à une vilaine dangereuse et contagieuse maladie. Votre but est d’éviter ces personnes à tout prix.

Que faire si vous ne pouvez les éviter? Que faire si vous devez travailler avec ces personnes? Tant que vous ne pouvez les éviter totalement, essayez au moins de passer le moins de temps possible en leur compagnie. Quand vont-ils manger? Allez-y à un autre moment. Ne vous engagez pas dans les projets où ils sont impliqués.
Il y a un parent facheux, qui ne fait que se plaindre, à chaque fois que vous le rencontrez devant le club de sport où vous déposez vos enfants? Déposez vos enfants ou plus tôt ou plus tard. Soyez créatif. Préparez-vous une liste de réponses automatiques que vous pouvez sortir quand vous n’avez pas le temps de leur parler. Voici quelques exemples:

J’attends un appel urgent.

J’aimerai beaucoup deviser en votre compagnie sur l’état du monde, mais je dois vous quitter précipitamment pour résoudre une affaire de la plus haute importance. Je vous en prie, n’hésitez pas à m’envoyer un mel.

Bon, d’accord, ce dernier est un peu poussé. Quoique…

Vous ne pouvez pas éliminer toutes les personnes négatives de votre vie, mais vous pouvez limiter très sérieusement le temps que vous devez passer en leur compagnie et donc les dommages qu’ils peuvent vous causer. Mais, que faire s’il s’agit de votre épouse, enfant majeur et adulte, père, sœur, grand mère, petite amie, cousin, voisin, meilleur ami, ou mère? Sortez-les de votre vie! S’ils vous démoralisent, vous prennent votre énergie, vous font sentir minable, virez les.
Ça vous paraît extrême? Faux. La vie est trop courte pour devoir subir une telle nuisance. Vous pouvez être forcé de travailler avec des sangsues, mais ce que vous faites en dehors du bureau vous appartient. Vous pouvez choisir avec qui passer ces précieuses heures. Ne vous sentez pas coupable ou obligé de vous lier ou de parler avec qui que ce soit qui ne vous encourage pas. Demandez plus aux personnes qui partagent votre vie.
Votre mission est de passer au moins une heure cette semaine avec une personne positive, et de virer une sangsue de votre vie. Coupez le cordon.

Alors, qui allez-vous virer?

J’ai pensé que cela pouvais vous interesser. Si vous trouvez là une aide, vous aurez peut être à coeur de me le faire savoir en faisant une donation.

openSUSE ships with rather limited codec support, primarily because of restrictions imposed by U.S. software patents and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Out of the box only free, open, non-patent encumbered formats such as Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora and Flac are supported.

1-Click Codec Installation

Click on the button below to install multmedia codecs – including support for DVD playback – via 1-click install.

This will give you support for virtually all multimedia formats in Amarok (audio player) and Kaffeine (video player) including *.mp3, *.flv, *.mov, *.wmv, *.wma, etc. However *.aac, *.wma and *.wmv files with DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) won’t work.

Note, you’ll get a warning dialog like this. Don’t panic! Simply select the top option, to allow changing the vendor for some packages from ‘openSUSE’ to ‘Packman’, then click on ‘OK — Try Again’.

Manual Codec Installation

Alternatively you can install the packages manually instead if you prefer. Install the following packages (‘Packman Repository’ required):

• libxine1-codecs
• ffmpeg
• w32codec-all
• k3b-codecs
• lame

visit here!

Tri - Globe - Travaux - Orange - Plombier - Cheveux

Et bon dimanche…

(PS : Les travaux c’est à l’agence. Le plombier c’est chez moi…)

Hello again I, myself have been working on Tri Cubed’s new domain tri-cubed.co.cc and yes, the layout is way different than previous versions from the tri-connect and tribuddies websites. Just to get it out there all of the old e-mails and address will continue to be active (There is a section of the site called “Old Skool” and you can access all of them there). In addition there is a new service provided by Windows Live that we are going to use to provide Tri Cubed e-mails and various other services.
Looking foreward to the Site launch!
)-)B(-(

link

Verizon Wireless has just agreed to pay $468,600 in civil penalty to EPA for a series of violations uncovered in its corporate wide audit at 655 facilities in 42 states. Here is a link to EPA’s press release.

A corporate audit agreement is an agreement that allows corporations, universities or other organizations with many facilities to plan corporate-wide or facility-wide audits with an advance understanding between the entity and EPA regarding schedules for conducting the audit and disclosing violations. EPA factors in the companies’ cooperation and willingness to do the audit voluntarily, and the penalties are typically lower than if the same violations were discovered through enforcement.

Some of the violations that Verizon uncovered included failure to prepare SPCC plans, failure to obtain air permits and failure to file Tier II reports.

STAGE EN ARCHIVES

Bibliothèque de l’ENSTA ParisTech

La bibliothèque de l’ENSTA ParisTech (site de Paris) recherche un stagiaire en archives pour l’aider dans sa réflexion d’optimisation de la gestion des archives en vue du transfert de l’Ecole à Palaiseau, au sein d’un complexe performant d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche.

Le stagiaire travaillera en collaboration avec Lise GUENOT, Secrétaire Générale de l’Ecole et Sophie CHOUAF, Responsable du service de Documentation.

Formation souhaitée : licence professionnelle, master 1, master 2 ou DESS spécialité Archives ou toute autre formation archivistique (conventionnée).

Qualités requises : autonomie, qualités relationnelles, sens de la communication, rigueur, organisation, sens de l’initiative, curiosité.

Maîtrise des outils informatiques (Word/Excel).

Durée du stage : entre 3 et 6 mois en fonction du cursus universitaire

Période : entre février et mai 2010.

Missions : dans le cadre de la préparation de l’optimisation de l’archivage en vue du transfert de l’Ecole à Palaiseau, le stagiaire sera chargé de :

1. trier, classer les archives des différents services ;

2. mettre en œuvre des outils de gestion d’archives (élaboration de tableaux de gestion…) ;

3. rédiger et mettre en place des procédures et bonnes pratiques archivistiques ;

4. réfléchir sur l’informatisation des archives.

Lieu du stage : ENSTA ParisTech, 32 bvd Victor, 75739 Paris cedex 15.

Modalités de candidature :

Merci d’adresser lettres de candidatures et CV, par courriel ou par

courrier postal à :

Mme Sophie CHOUAF

Tél. 0145525510

E-mail : sophie.chouaf@ensta.fr

Club president Sean Rubino and vice president Stephen Morse kicked off the 2009-2010 Golden Eagle tri season at the University of Redlands Bulldog Triathlon.

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Every Sunday morning, I have my regular long run or run-bike training. During my runs, I started to have this habit of praying, day dreaming and practice-preaching.

Praying of course is great! I’m thankful that I’m able to spend time with God that way.

Day dreaming make me look like crazy especially when I smile or smirk while running.

Practice-preaching saves me time by helping me multi-task.  On the other hand, I look insane and like a lunatic when bit of gestures show up when the preaching flow is “on a roll” in my mind!

Last Sunday I was thinking of WORK as I was about to preach it that day. And here’s the thing I realized about it which was not part of the preaching…

PEOPLE RUN THE PROGRAMS, NOT PROGRAMS RUNNING THE PEOPLE

I am wired administratively, I like activating people to work and I think strategically.  I fully believe in systems, procedures, processes and policies. I breathe it.

But at end of the day, all these things are made possible by people.  Programs, processes, systems, procedures & policies should not dictate how “people” should do things , rather it should help them do greater things if they utilize it.  Programs for people not people for programs.

There has been a lot of progress lately.  I’ve been holding off posting because the new stuff is very similar to what I’ve shown already.  I’m waiting to post an update that will hopefully show a marked improvement over my work so far.

Here’s a pic of a slightly disgruntled Taren.  Her hair shader needs work but just playing

Thanks for checking by.

Cheers

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Qui a dit que la tisane était une habitude de mamies (et je reste poli, on a entendu pire) ?

La preuve que la tisane mène à tout, notre plugin PMB/SPIP toujours en développement toujours en amélioration (ne soyons pas modeste), et qui renvoie les résultats suivants dans cet ordre quand on a tapé “tisane” dans l’espace de recherche.

Étonnant, non ?

D’où vient cette bizarrerie ? Elle s’explique par deux raisons :

1. le parti pris assumé d’utiliser la troncature (à gauche et à droite, en l’occurrence ici c’est la troncature à gauche qui explique ce résultat). On peut le contester mais en attendant de faire mieux dans les modules de recherche de nos catalogues, je privilégie cette option sur une petite base, où le bruit vaut mieux que le silence.
2. la fonction du web services PMB qui renvoie le résultat de recherche semble renvoyer les résultats dans un tri différent de celui effectué par PMB (ou plutôt est-ce un non-tri…). La preuve si on interroge directement l’OPAC natif de PMB pour notre catalogue avec ce même mot de “tisane”, le tri est meilleur et on retrouve la notion de “pertinence”, puisque les documents sur les tisanes arrivent en tête.

Pour donner un exemple de “tisane” qui renvoie “partisane”, je ne résiste pas au plaisir de vous montrer cette notice :

Et surtout le commentaire laissé par un internaute inconnu mais qui m’a beaucoup plu, le site lui proposant de donner son avis :

aucune idée, vu que je ne l’ai pas lu. Mais je trouve très amusant de tomber sur cette référence en faisant la recherche “tisanes”. Il y a, dans le résumé, le mot “partisanes”. Ce livre serait il aussi utile qu’une tisane pour s’endormir ?

Bon, cela nous rappelle que tout cela est en développement, que nous ne sommes qu’un petit territoire rural avec des moyens très limités et donc qu’il faudra quelques mois pour arriver à une interface stable, totalement cohérente et avec de meilleures performances en temps de réponse.

Mais c’est pas grave, c’est déjà ça et c’est quand même le premier et unique plugin PMB/SPIP, alors on va pas bouder notre plaisir ! Merci donc à Florent et Erwann chez PMB Services et Arnault chez OpenStudio pour leur écoute et réactivité constantes pour mettre en place ce plugin.

Je vous rassure : on a prévu d’améliorer ce tri dans le plugin et de ne pas laisser ce bug en l’état, patience donc… A la semaine prochaine !

A 2,000-year-old bronze drum and statue of the sacred cow Nandin are being displayed at the Quang Tri Museum to mark the 64th anniversary of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23, 1945).

2,00-year-old bronze drum is being displayed at the Quang Tri Museum.

The drum was recently unearthed in Tra Loc village, Hai Xuan Commune, Hai Lang District in the central province of Quang Tri.

The statue of holy cow Nandin was found in an ancient Champa tower in Kim Dau village, Cam An Commune, Cam Lo District in the province.

According to the ancient Champa people, the Nandin Bull was a pure white bull that the Hindu God Shiva rode on. The sacred cow was also considered a lord of the castle.

The two antiques are now being presented to the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism for recognition as national cultural heritage items.

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Le Centre d’archives socialistes de la Fondation Jean-Jaurès (Paris 9e) propose des stages conventionnés à des étudiant-e-s en cours de formation d’archiviste, ou ayant l’intention d’intégrer ce genre de formation.

Missions :

- Tri, classement, reconditionnement et inventaire dans une base de données d’un fonds d’affiches du Parti socialiste (années 1970-2000). Cette collection pourra ultérieurement être mise en valeur par un outil de consultation sur le site Internet de la Fondation, les affiches étant déjà numérisées.

- Tri, classement, reconditionnement et inventaire dans une base de données, de fonds d’archives du Parti socialiste (années 1970-1990) ou de fonds privés en lien avec le mouvement socialiste. Ces fonds seront ensuite ouverts à la consultation dans notre salle de lecture.

Un intérêt pour les questions d’actualité et de politique et de solides connaissances en histoire contemporaine sont demandés pour la compréhension et le classement de ces fonds.

Le contenu et la durée précise de ces stages seront déterminés au cours d’un entretien individuel avec les responsables du Centre d’archives, en fonction du parcours et des attentes des candidats.

Encadrement : assuré par les responsables du Centre d’archives socialistes, Mme Emmanuelle Jouineau et M. Thierry Mérel.

Des bilans d’étape seront régulièrement effectués par les responsables du service avec les stagiaires.

Période : entre janvier 2010 et la 1ère quinzaine de juillet 2010.

Lieu des stages : dans les locaux du Centre d’archives socialistes, 6 cité Malesherbes 75009 Paris.

Indemnités : 350 euros par mois (temps plein) + ticket-restaurant par jour travaillé pour le repas du déjeuner + transport RATP ou SNCF.

Modalités de candidature :

Merci d’adresser lettres de candidatures et CV, par courriel ou par courrier postal à :

Fondation Jean-Jaurès

Centre d’archives socialistes

Emmanuelle Jouineau et Thierry Mérel

12 cité Malesherbes

75009 Paris

cas@jean-jaures.org

Source : ADBS-Info

Alors voilà, j’ai enfin décidé de faire quelque chose de mon compost ! A gauche, la version intiale, bricolée à la va-vite avec une cagette en bois, à droite, le compost de pro que je viens d’acquérir … ça me fait plus plaisir qu’une nouvelle paire de chaussures

Il a beaucoup d’avantages :

- il est haut donc il cache mes détritus qui même naturels sont quand même peu ragoutant !

- il est beau… en bois naturel certifié,

- il est pratique, on le monte facilement (merci mon chéri) à l’aide des lattes qui s’empilent, du coup on met la hauteur que l’on veut,

- il n’est pas cher : 34 euros chez Botanic.

Alors pour les débutants comme moi, rappelons qu’on ne met que des déchets végétaux dans le compost, mais aussi les serviettes en papier blanches, le thé, le café, les boites d’oeufs. Il faut 6 mois environ pour que les déchets se dégradent et se transforment en compost, sachez qu’on peut accélérer le processus avec un activateur de compost naturel sous forme de granules. Retournez régulièrement votre compost pour l’aérer, veillez à une certaine humidité. Ensuite il suffit de mélanger la matière devenue marron avec la terre du jardin ou des plantes qui se réjouiront d’avoir un terreau si riche. A vous les belles feuilles et les belles fleurs !

  Es muy buena pregunta la verdad, tanto que de seguro no te dejaba dormir. Ya están todos  los invitados a la fiesta grande que es el Mundial, próximo a celebrarse en Sudáfrica. Prepararon los bombos para ver como quedarían los grupos y viendo todos, creo que México la tendrá bien fácil… ok fuera sarcasmo. México creo que va a sufrir mucho en este mundial. ¿Por que? En primera por que todos los equipos que están ahí son una riata parada, y creo que el único que se encuentra en un nivel horrible como el de México es Argentina y dudo mucho que se les pueda ganar a los dirigidos por Diego Maracoca Maradona.

Para formar los grupos se saca uno de cada bombo, se busca evitar al máximo que dos equipos de la misma Confederación queden en un mismo grupo, excepto con los equipos europeos que siendo seis cabezas de grupo, seis sectores tendrán dos equipos del viejo continente entre sus filas.

Así puedes hacer tus combinaciones en donde se podría encontrar el peor y el mejor no tan peor de los casos en los cuales México quedaría colocado.

A ver este próximo 4 de Diciembre, será el día en que hagan los grupos y se sepa quien le va a dar sus sapes a nuestra Selección, hagan sus apuestas. Awebo que le toca uno de estos.

Today’s workout was AWESOME!  A nice 13.7 miles on the bike.  It was a scenic and hilly route that exhausted my Oh S*@%, another hill supply.  I wasn’t expecting so many hills as I like to set out and make up the course as I go along.  (Not always recommended.)  I do have a general idea of the length of the ride, but I have no idea what terrain to expect.  Which, is part of the excitement of biking for me.  Being surprised and challenged really motivates me…

Before I set off, I had some bike issues.  Soft tires that I had to pump up with a hand pump!  Whoa…  That, my friends, is a great workout for the forearm, bicep and shoulder!  Who would have guessed?!  And I always thought you only worked out your lower body on a bike!  Ha.  Let your tires go soft and you have a workout for the upper body too!  After 10 minutes of pumping and cursing, I checked the breaks to make sure they were working.  (Safety first!)  The front left brake pad seemed to rub against the rim, and I (being a novice) had no idea how to fix it.  I scrutinized a few screws and a bolt, thought I could fix it, but thought better of modifying anything.  That’s a job for the bike shop…

46 degrees, partially sunny and full of energy…

I climbed my first hill just out of the driveway.  Then another less than a mile away.  And then another, and another and…  (you get the picture)  They just kept coming.  So, I made it a technical game.  To teach myself when and how to shift at different points of the hill.  I found that if I tried to rush the hill at the beginning, then I was left fatigued and my legs felt it before I peaked, forcing me to shift down to an easier gear, of which I’m certain I didn’t needed to.  In contrast, if I didn’t apply enough power and waited too long to rush, then the climb became laborious.  No doubt I worked way too hard on those hills.   And after the upteenth hill, I think that I figured out the right combination of when to power up, when to shift down and how to adjust my bum on the seat to make for an effective and “efficient” climb.

An entertaining and fun game of strategy.  Pretty soon, I’ll be popping hill pills like a real biker!   Hill repeats anyone?!

Check out Mile 13 split! Sub 3 min!! Whheeee...

After the bike ride, I hopped off, and took flight in my Brooks defyance (okay, it was more like a waddle) for one mile.  I started off real slow.  My legs felt like tree trunks and jello (if that’s possible).  Heavy to move and wobbly too!  It was a cool feeling!  I now understand at least 2/3rds of the TRI experience.  It’s way too much fun and I can’t believe how good I felt.  I finished out my run with a very respectable 8:51 min/mile pace.  Having started out with a 9:30 pace and finally falling into a comfy 7:45 min/mile pace by the end of the mile.  Running is my drug!  And it seems to be enhanced after a great hilly bike ride.

Post Bike Mile!

The smile on my face is just too big to post!  It would seriously blind you! I had a great ride and run today and I’m feeling like a mountain goat on wheels!

Ride Long, Run Happy and SMILE!!!

“You don’t suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.” —Greg LeMond

“The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination and desire. Achieving success and personal glory in athletics has less to do with wins and losses than it does with learning how to prepare yourself so that at the end of the day, whether on the track or in the office, you know that there was nothing more you could have done to reach your ultimate goal.” —Jackie Joyner-Kersee

TECHNICIEN D’ARCHIVAGE

VOUS CONTRIBUEREZ A LA CONSERVATION ET AU CLASSEMENT DES ARCHIVES : RECHERCHE ET MISE A DISPOSITION DES SERVICES, DES INFOS; PREPARATION DES DOCUMENTS, CHANGEMENT DE SUPPORT DES INFOS, SUIVI QUALITE ; SAISIE ET CONTROLE… TRAVAILLEURS HANDICAPES ET SENIORS APPRECIES.

Lieu de travail : 33 – BORDEAUX

Type et Nature du contrat : CONTRAT A DUREE INDETERMINEE / CONTRAT DE TRAVAIL

Expérience : EXIGEE DE 1 AN SUR LA MEME FONCTION

Formation et connaissances : PRATIQ. TRAIT.TEXTES EXIGE(E) PRATIQUE TABLEUR EXIGE(E) NIV. 4 (BAC) ARCHIVAGE EXIGE(E) OU NIV. 3 (BAC+2) ARCHIVAGE SOUHAITE(E) **************URGENT****************

Salaire indicatif : ANNUEL 21 121 Euros ( 138 544,68 F) SUR 14 MOIS

Horaires : 35H00 HEBDO

Si cette offre vous intéresse, veuillez adresser votre CV et une lettre de motivation, en précisant le numéro de l’offre à : CAISSE REG D’ASSURANCE MALADIE AQUITAI – Mme BACCON ALINE

80 AV DE LA JALLERE

33053 BORDEAUX CEDEX

+PHOTO ET LM MANUSCRITE OU PAR MAIL RESSOURCES.HUMAINES@CRAMAQUITAINE.FR

Source : ANPE, Numéro de l’offre 450318V