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Leather Keepsake Trunk
£ 199.00
This product is currently sold out.
Our conker brown leather keepsake box is the perfect little leather trunk for storing mementoes, certificates and documents. It is a fine wedding or anniversary gift for a couple.
With a handle on each end for easy movement, and strong straps with buckles for a secure closure. Plain inside and lined in a cotton fabric inner to protect the treasures stored within.
Add a personalised leather luggage tag to show a sentiment or a new name and we will enclose it with the leather keepsake trunk.
A lovely leather gift to be treasured for many years and become a family heirloom piece. Perfect for couples celebrating their third anniversary.
To keep memories safe we also would suggest also considering our leather memory box here which can have a discreet leather tag added to the inside instead.
Size approx:
L35cm x H18cm x D25cm
Weight approx: 2.2kg


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We curiously & creatively design : Packaging, Calalogue, Brochure, Poster, Flyer, Corporate identity design, logo design and brand development, T-Shirt, Calendar, Hoardings, Leaflet & Web Layouts. A fresh, sharp & Creative design company that meets all your creative communication needs.
As an experienced graphic design company our website design, logo design and graphic design services ensure we'll captivate your target market. Our graphic design team are a talented, resourceful bunch. Offering artistic disciplines, from illustration to animation, photography to freehand drawing, web site design to print. We will add depth and breadth to your marketing strategies with our intelligent graphic design solutions.
Brochure and Literature design is a traditional way to communicate your business's brand, values and qualities. At Space & Time Design we value the effect great design can have on the impact of your brochure.
Your brochure should shout about your business and what you do, be interesting to read and difficult to put down. Having the right mix of information and visual stimulation is impreative to hold peoples attention and engage with them.Contact Now

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The first one is using the Gottacraft January Kit with Jenni Bowling papers and is of Fraser "watering" his sister in the bath with a red watering can. I thought the papers were perfect for the picture.
The third layout is of my son Fraser sitting in a large wicker chair at his Gran's - everytime they went to visit one or other of the cousins always wanted to sit in this chair to have their photo taken. I sued the Echo Park In the summertime papers for this as I thought the bright colours matched his bright simle and his tee shirt
And the last one for now is a piccie of Fraser and Fiona playing in the snow - for this one I used the December Gottacraft kit which was Echo Park papers and again which I thought were just perfect for this picture


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On Turning 27: Caring Less and Living More
For many reasons, I'm glad that the month of May is behind us. However, I had a few content ideas related to the 27th birthday I celebrated this May that I just didn't get around to writing last month. So even if I'm a bit late to the birthday post game this year, I still want to share a few thoughts on turning 27 for posterity's sake. In general, I'm a person who likes to reflect on goals, progress and what is going on in my life at two major points each year: the New Year's holiday and my birthday. While New Year's Eve tends to be a positive time for reflection and goal-setting, I haven't always felt quite so positive about my birthday… especially these past few years.
Let's face it, these birthdays between 21 and 27 haven't all been a cakewalk.
Early on in my twenties, I was constantly worrying about choosing the wrong path. There's an opportunity cost related to pursuing international trips to new countries with every spare penny: I'm still renting a tiny studio in Nashville, for one thing. I'm also 110% single at age 27: a status that, despite a few short-term changes, hasn't been seriously updated in years.
What has changed is that I don't feel guilty for saying that I wouldn't have wanted to spend my twenties any other way.
The biggest difference that I've noticed over this past year (and even over these past few months in particular) is that I'm less apologetic than I used to be about designing and living a life that makes me happy. And thank goodness for that, because it is about time.
I know from personal experience that women in their twenties are excellent at playing the comparison game (and social media makes comparing yourself to others so easy that it's difficult to avoid). Even when we're doing exactly what we want to be doing, we're worrying about what we're giving up to do that thing. If I was 22 right now, I'd probably be getting ready to head downtown with my friends who texted an invite… even if I honestly needed a night in.
Here at age just-turned 27, I'm writing blog posts on my balcony at 9:30pm, I've already washed my makeup off... and I couldn't be happier.
So far, it seems like 27 is one of those in-between years where you aren't really sure if you should still tell people that you are in your mid-twenties...
... and you aren't really sure if drinking past midnight is a good idea. You are sure of the fact that many people your age are getting pregnant on purpose, and in general things in your core group of friends are changing a lot.
I've thankfully gotten past that big push of weddings that occurred the first few years after graduating college here in the South, where it felt like almost everyone I knew was getting married. Nowadays, more of my career-driven, well-traveled best friends who spent some time (or a lot of time) in their twenties being single are planning to tie the knot in the near future.
Honestly, this set of pending weddings makes me really excited.
I think the reason I'm so excited for these girls who waited a little later to get married because they did their own thing first... and for my good friends who are pursuing graduate school in their late twenties or preparing to pursue graduate school in their thirties, and for my girls who are single because they love being single, and for my friends who are figuring out a way to buy their first piece of real estate on one income here in the hottest real estate market in America, and for my friends who are pursuing country number 20 on their list, and for those pursuing country number 1 on their list, and for those who finally landed that job that both pays the bills and makes them happy (at the same time), and for those who are picking up pieces of something they didn't expect to break, and for those that don't know where they'll be in 6 months or 1 month or next weekend but they are still pushing, still getting out of bed, still pursuing a dream… is that they are all figuring out their own ways to make this life thing work for them.
There's a lot I still haven't figured out at 27, but I have figured out that designing a life that works for you... and living that life unapologetically... is something to be seriously proud of.
In celebration of this in-between birthday, I want to share one lesson I'm happy to have finally learned:
Care less about what others think, and you'll suddenly find that you're living more.
Life may be about compromise, but you can't compromise who you are.
That aspect of life isn't up for debate.
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Laparoscopic Transabdominal Cerclage
The Laparoscopic Transabdominal Cerclage (TAC) is a surgical procedure to treat cervical insufficiency. A suture is placed around the cervix at its uppermost part near the transition with the uterine body. This level cannot be reached from the vagina hence the abdominal approach.
Cerclage, a purse string suture around the cervix, was initially proposed for the treatment of cervical insufficiency in the 1950s when the procedure was done accessing the cervix through the vagina.
The transabdominal cerclage was introduced in the 1960s as an alternative for women who could not have the transvaginal procedure. The main reasons why this can be the case are women who had surgery where large portions of the cervix were removed or women in whom a transvaginal cerclage has failed.
The procedure was initially performed as an open Transabdominal Cerclage through an incision similar to the one used to perform a caesarean section. With the advance of new technologies and the ability to safely perform more complex laparoscopic surgery, this approach has been used to perform the Abdominal Cerclage in a less invasive and less traumatic manner. Since the late 1990s, transabdominal cerclages are being performed via laparoscopy (keyhole surgery) rather than laparotomy (open surgery).
The indications for transabdominal cerclage can vary, but it should be considered as an option in cases where:
- There is a consistent history of Cervical Insufficiency, i.e., cervical dilatation and subsequent fetal loss or premature delivery in the absence of uterine contractions.
- A Transvaginal Cerclage done in a previous pregnancy has failed.
- The cervix is short or very irregular, usually after surgical procedures such as trachelectomies or cone biopsies and/or previous transvaginal cerclages.
The surgical procedure
The procedure is performed under general anaesthesia through an operative laparoscopy with 4 incisions measuring 5 mm each, one for the camera and three for the instruments.
The surgeon identifies the bladder and the ureters and dissects the anatomical spaces around the cervix exposing the uterine arteries.
A mono-filament, non-braided polypropylene suture is then passed twice around the cervix at the level of the uterine isthmus medial to the uterine vessels to create a double loop with the knot tied at the back of the cervix. The suture is chosen because of its minimal tissue reactivity and proven durability.
The preferable time to perform the cerclage is when the woman is not pregnant. This is known as pre-pregnancy cerclage or interval procedure. The advantages of operating the non-pregnant uterus are its smaller size, fewer and smaller blood vessels and easy manipulation. In addition, there are obviously no concerns for the fetus. Some women only find out that they need a transabdominal cerclage once they are already pregnant. In this case the operation can be done during pregnancy up until around 12 weeks gestation. The surgical technique is slightly modified to account for the pregnant uterus, but the outcome is very similar.
Surgical risks and potential complications
As with any surgical procedure the main risks are: excessive bleeding, infection and damage to nearby organs such as bladder, bowel and large vessels. The possible consequences are: excessive bleeding may require a blood transfusion; an infection of the surgical incisions may require the use of antibiotics; damage to the bladder, if diagnosed and sutured during the procedure, usually heals well does not have any consequences; damage of bowel and ureters may require more surgery by a colo-rectal or urologic surgeon respectively and increased hospital stay.
Post-operative care after laparoscopic TAC
The following document outlines the post-operative care after a laparoscopic TAC.
Pregnancy management after laparoscopic TAC
The following document describes the guidelines for management of pregnancy in women who have a TAC.
Obstetric outcomes in women who had a TAC
Dr Ades introduced the laparoscopic transabdominal cerclage to the Royal Women's Hospital in 2007.
As of July 2018, he has performed more than 300 procedures, one of the largest series in the world.
The outcomes of the first 24 pregnancies was published in 2013 (Laparoscopic Transabdominal Cerclage – a 6 year experience. Ades A, May J, Cade TJ, Umstad MP. ANJOG DEC 2013 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24359150 ). The success rate of 96% baby home was very promising.
In 2015, Dr Ades and colleagues, published an article comparing the outcomes of 54 pregnancies with TAC done via laparoscopy with 30 pregnancies where the TAC was done via laparotomy (Transabdominal cervical cerclage –laparoscopy versus laparotomy. Ades A, Dobromilsky KC, Cheung KT, Umstad MP. JMIG, April 2015 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25934056 ). Both procedures reported success rates close to 100%. The women in the laparoscopy group had smaller surgical incisions, less post-operative pain, less time in hospital and faster recovery. The laparoscopy has since become the preferred option.
In two studies published in 2018, we report the outcomes of 121 pregnancies where the TAC was placed before pregnancy (Laparoscopic transabdominal cerclage: Outcomes of 121 pregnancies. Ades A, Parghi S and Aref-Adib M. ANZJOG, 2018 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29359499 ) and 19 where the TAC was placed in women who were already pregnant (Laparoscopic transabdominal cerclage in pregnancy: A single centre experience. Ades A, Aref-Adib M , Parghi S and Hong P. ANZJOG, 2018 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29984840 ). The success rates were 98.5% and 100% respectively.
There were no cases of blood transfusion, no bowel or ureteric injuries and no other major complications.
If you require the full text of any of the publications, please email us on email@example.com and we can send you a copy or check Assoc. Prof. Research and Publications Page.
Subsequent pregnancies after TAC
After the pregnancy, the TAC doesn't have to be removed and can be used again for an eventual future pregnancy.
We have now data from 19 subsequent pregnancies on the same suture. (Ades A, Hawkins D) 16 women had two pregnancies and 3 women had three pregnancies on the same suture. There was one case where the membranes came through the cervix at 17 weeks on the second pregnancy and the woman lost the baby. In all other occasions the TAC held well and the pregnancy was successful.


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Dynatrace OneAgent discovers all processes you have running on the host. OneAgent automatically activates instrumentation of deployed applications, including monitoring end-user experience in the browser. New applications and microservices get auto-instrumented on the fly. When your environment scales, Dynatrace automatically scales with it.
- Other APM vendors make you install multiple agents per host based on what you want to monitor.
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- Gain monitoring insights into all Cloud Foundry components, including Diego Cells, Cloud Controller, Gorouter, and more
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Built-in auto-injection for Garden-runC containers enables the Dynatrace OneAgent to auto-detect each application that's deployed to Cloud Foundry and automatically initiates deep application monitoring.
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Amrita Shergil
Hello its Shabbal here, hope you enjoyed my last post about my favourite artists.
I wanted to make this post to celebrate the artist which I enjoy the most of all, you may remember her name from my last post Amrita Shergil. This is a brief history of her life.
As I had mentioned in my previous post, I found I connected to her work more than any other. She was not very old when she died in 1941 at not even 30 years of age but she has left a big legacy with the world of art. She was born to a Punjabi Sikh father and Hungarian Jewish mother. Her birth place was not actually India as she was born in Budapest, Hungary and that's where much of her early child-hood was spent. She is regarded as the most important Indian women painter in the whole of the 20th century. Her works also fetch the highest prices at auction of any other Indian painter.
It was only at around 8 years old that she then moved with her family to Shimla, India. It was when she was 16 that she sailed to Paris with her mother to learn how to paint. Her early paintings show Western influence. It was in 1936 when she returned to India. From the and up until her death she focused on rediscovering her Indian routes through her art. In 1941, days before the opening of her first major solo show in Lahore, she became very ill and went into a coma, later dying. She was only young but left a huge body of work and has gone down as a true legend of Indian Art.


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MRE Meal Purchasing Guide – What To Look For
Currently there are people all over the world who are in search of Meals-Ready-to-Eat or MREs, such as one from XMRE. Given the fact that those meals cannot be found in regular grocery stores, it isn't as easy to purchase those kits as most other types of meal options. Before you go out in search of MREs, be sure to be well informed first by making good use of the information we will providing to you here.
Be sure to read the fine print at all times on any meal you are thinking about purchasing. You need to ensure that it is real, military-grade MRE. Some companies are producing unofficial MREs these days. Usually they will state that they aren't authentic in their descriptions. That is why you need to read the fine print and review all information that is available before making any purchases.
Be sure to make price comparisons and shop around to make certain you get the best deal. Purchasing MREs in bulk is usually the best way of getting a reduced price. However, if you purchase from the wrong vendor you could end up wasting money even when you buy in bulk. Before you decide which place is offering the best price, be sure to check around at 3 or 4 different stores first.
Don't ever buy MREs online if product images are not provided by the seller. Unfortunately there are dishonest individuals who will claim they are offering what you are searching for, and then ship out something that is entirely different at a cheap price. Although there might be a chance of an individual posting one image and then switching to a different product, it is less of a chance. It is always a good idea to see the produce before buying it.
Whether you are wanting to purchase MREs to stockpile in the event of a disaster, or are curious to see how they taste, it is critical to have the right information. It will help to ensure that make good use of your money, and end up with a high quality MRE at a fair price.


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The Uncollectible Judgment - Thinking outside the box
While today's fractured economy has produced more judgments than ever before, a higher number of those judgments are uncollectible. Just when is a judgment uncollectible? That line is blurred with the right set of circumstances and some thinking 'outside the box'.
As a case in point, several years ago I received a judgment from a physician who had been duped out of her savings by a boyfriend. A wage garnishment was served upon the boyfriend's shell corporation. The corporation indicated the debtor was not employed. I had solid information about the debtor's employment, so I sued the corporation. Having successfully prevailed on the creditor's suit, judgment was now entered against the corporation.
I subsequently discovered that the corporation was entangled in federal litigation over patent rights in which it was the plaintiff. The defendant was a high-profile software company. I immediately filed a lien in the case; however a review of the case file was disappointing. I did not think the debtor would prevail. In fact, it appeared the case was frivolous. As a lien holder, I would receive monies only if the debtor was triumphant. This was not going to happen.
It soon became apparent to me that the debtor firm conducted no actual business other than frivolous litigation on its one (nearly defunct) patent.The debtor nonetheless was able to retain a major law firm on a contingency. This firm was aggressively pursuing the deep-pocket defendant, causing that firm to incur substantial legal fees. I put in a call to the attorney for the software company and inquired if the client might be interested in putting an end to the litigation. An idea was floated to him. I would go back to court and obtain an order transferring all of the debtor's patent rights to me in order to satisfy the judgment. Once the order was obtained, the judgment was for sale – for the full amount of the judgment. As the new owner of the patent, the software company would be able to shut down the federal litigation. There was silence on the other end until it finally hit him what I was suggesting. "Oh…. I see what you're doing…." He indicated the idea 'had merit' but he would need to speak with his client.
The client gave the go-ahead. I filed and successfully prevailed on the necessary motions to seize the debtor's patent which was the core of the federal lawsuit. As it turned out, however, somebody beat the software firm to the punch. The victory in court smoked out the law firm for the debtor. To protect its interest in the case, the firm satisfied their client's judgment.
So what was the outcome of the patent litigation? As I correctly surmised, the debtor could not prove its case in court. Moreover, it was ordered to pay the defendant's legal fees. Unfortunately, the debtor's law firm was out hundreds of hours on their contingency agreement….. as well as the $35,000 they paid to me.
Ramona Featherby is a judgment recovery specialist in San Diego, California and past President of the California Association of Judgment Professionals.
Copyright 2011, Ramona Featherby


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Thank You Fire Fighters // The Woolsey Fire
I am so grateful to be back home, and loved coming back and seeing all these signs put up by the community. I am so grateful to all the fire fighter heroes for their amazing efforts in fighting this fire and saving our homes, animals, land, and businesses.
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Feb.2. Living Downstream, Sarratt Cinema.
Presenters/organizers: Carwil Bjork-James and Sophie Bjork-James (Eos Fellows, Anthropology), email@example.com, email@example.com
Presented in collaboration with the Eos Project and Environmental and Sustainability Studies.
Biologist Sandra Steingraber defines "understanding the public story of cancer" as her life's work. She calls public attention to the role of environmental pollutants in causing cancer even as she confronts her own diagnosis with the disease in a compelling environmental documentary that interrelates the personal, the scientific, and the political.
Director: Chanda Chevannes. English. USA/Argentina. Unrated. 85 minutes. DVD.


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To unlock a tablet that's using the Android operating system, bypass the pattern lock, enter the username and password for your Google Account, and choose a new lock option. To unlock a tablet that runs on iOS, restore the device via recovery mode.
When the lock screen appears on an Android device, draw the pattern incorrectly five times and tap Next once the warning pops up. If you added a security question during the initial setup of the tablet, tap the Answer Question option and type the answer in the appropriate field. Alternatively, select the Enter Google Account Details option, tap Next, type the username and password, and tap Sign in. After logging in, draw a new lock pattern or select a new code.
If you forgot the password or the PIN, access the Android Device Manager utility via Android.com and log in with the Google account that you use for the tablet. Click on Lock, enter a temporary password on the website and then enter that password on the tablet. Access the Settings menu and select the Screen Lock option in the Security menu. Enter the temporary password again and follow the instructions to reset the screen lock.
For iPad, disconnect the cable from the tablet and turn it off. Press and hold down the Home button and then connect the tablet to your computer. Hold down the Home button while opening iTunes on the computer. Click OK to restore the device.


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Master's Degrees
Master's Degree in Educational Innovation and Research
General Information
- Teaching Languages:
- Spanish
- Places:
- 100
- Duration:
- 1 year and a half (90 ECTS credits)
- Precio orientativo:
- €31.38/credit
- Access Requirements:
In order to register in an official Master's Degree, it is mandatory to have completed an official degree in Spain or in any higher education institution of a member state of the European Union integrated in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that allows students to take a Master's Degree. Students who have obtained their degree outside the EHEA can be admitted as long as the University can verify that these qualifications have a similar level to the corresponding degrees in Spain and they permit graduates to take a Master's Course.
- Modality:
- Distance learning (some hours of tutored work and practicum sessions will be held face to face)
- Schedule:
Dada la naturaleza a distancia del Máster, el horario de presencia será específico para cada Universidad de referencia
- Teaching Center:
Through the Virtual Campus of the University of Oviedo
Professional Opportunities
Teaching at University:
- Teachers with interest in improving their work and in developing educational innovation.
- Teachers who train other teachers (Faculties or Schools of Education or Pedagogy, Higher Schools and Higher Pedagogical Schools).
- University teachers or teachers who wants to carry out their work in universities who wish to access PhD studies in the field of education.
General teaching:
- Teachers working in any level of the education system or in an institution that is not a University who are concerned for the quality of teaching and its improvement.
- Teachers who want to apply for job positions in Latin America as directors of educational institutions or educational inspectors and need a Master's Degree in Education in order to do so.
- Non-university teachers who want to access PhD studies.
- Non-university teachers who want to start teaching at university level.
- Neurological, biological, psychological and sociological basis of education
- Curriculum and Didactics
- Educational Innovation
- Media and Information and Communication Technologies in educational processes
- Educational Research: models and techniques
Optional Modules. Students must choose one of the two modules:
Innovation and research in University Education (27 ECTS).
- Current Context of Higher Education
- University teachers and students
- University Teaching and Learning Environments
- Innovation in University Teaching
- Evaluación en la educación superior
Innovation and research in non-University Education (27 ECTS)
- Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education and its management
- Agents in the educational process. The teacher-student-family triad
- Teaching and Learning Environments
- Educational innovation
- Tests and assessment in non-university education
Practicum (12 ECTS). A compulsory internship period:
- If the student is an employed teacher: He will develop an innovative project based on his own teaching experiences, after carrying out a diagnosis to figure out needs and room for improvement.
- If the student does not have experience in teaching: He will carry out an internship in an educational institution in order to elaborate and develop an educational and innovative proposal.
Master's Thesis (18 ECTS)
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Storage, I/O and server virtualization turn on the juice for electrical distributor
Electrical distributor combines Compellent storage virtualization, Xsigo I/O virtualization and VMware server virtualization to reduce infrastructure costs.
When Houston-based electrical equipment distributor Wholesale Electric Supply Co. decided to centralize management of server resources by virtualizing with VMware, it also needed to install a storage-area network (SAN) and I/O virtualization switch to keep infrastructure costs from spiraling.
Bill Fife, director of IT at Wholesale Electric Supply, said he managed to get funding for a new Compellent Technologies Inc. Storage Center storage system and a Xsigo Systems Inc. I/O Director despite the economic downturn last fall.
"A SAN is necessary for [server] virtualization," he said, adding that server virtualization is necessary for cost-effective data center management.
Fife first checked out an EMC Corp. SAN, but found EMC storage too expensive. "I couldn't convince myself EMC was a good financial move so I certainly couldn't convince my boss," he said. Reseller CDW Corp. wanted him to talk to a representative from Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co.'s LeftHand Networks, but Fife said he didn't like that LeftHand's iSCSI SAN is based on server hardware.
Compellent, which Fife encountered at a midsized enterprise IT conference, turned his head with its Data Progression, thin provisioning, snapshots and replication software. "That eliminates my need to have third-party [host-based replication] apps replicating database updates between two separate SANs," he said.
The distributor is now running 1U diskless physical servers that boot from SANs at the company's primary location as well as at a secondary DR site. "We can build an ESX boot image, do a local replay and boot almost an infinite number of ESX servers from that," Fife said.
Xsigo I/O virtualization to storage cuts down power and cooling
Wholesale Electric Supply also consolidated the number of I/O cards installed in each physical server to cut down on power. Xsigo's I/O Director sits between physical hosts and the SAN switch. Instead of installing separate physical network interface cards (NICs) for Ethernet and host bus adapters (HBAs) for Fibre Channel (FC), the Xsigo director uses dual InfiniBand adapters to present virtual NICs and FC HBAs to each host.
"For a lot of people who have VMware, one or two network cards aren't enough," said Brian Trudeau, president at Wholesale Electric Supply's local solutions provider, Tradentrix Inc., which helped with the Compellent and Xsigo installations. "I've seen all the way up to six or eight network cards in bigger servers."
The I/O Directors give Wholesale Electric Supply 16 virtual NICs available for virtual servers. "You can logically add or remove them through the Xsigo interface and never have to touch the physical box ever again," Trudeau said. "You couldn't present that many physical NICs with a 1U device. You'd probably need maybe a 3U or 4U server, more rackspace and more heat to contend with."
Wholesale Electric Supply still needs to use Cisco Systems Inc. FC switches, but Xsigo helps them get more bang for the buck out of the 4 Gbps FC MDS switches.
" "Instead of having each server with a 4 gig Fibre Channel port, why not try to run as much I/O down the same Fibre Channel port as possible?" Trudeau asked. "Otherwise you're just managing bandwidth with a 1:1 relationship and it gets expensive."
With dual Xsigo directors and dual MDS switches, along with MPIO from each host to the network, Wholesale Electric Supply has four paths from each server through each volume on the SAN. "The costs of trying to do that in the physical world would just be … expensive is probably an understatement," Fife said.
However, it's been tougher to convince application administrators than upper management when it comes to the benefits of consolidation and virtualization, Fife said. That's the main reason just 1 TB of the company's roughly 5 TB of Windows databases has been migrated to the Compellent SAN.
"Even though they see that it works, and the SAN gets much faster throughput and IOPS, it's unfamiliar," Fife said. "They've had a long history in IT, and they like to be able to walk over and touch things. The concept of putting it on a SAN where they really don't know where it is and showing a chart with data progression, this is in tier 1 and this is in tier 3, they can look at it and get kind of cross-eyed. It's just a totally new way of thinking about things."


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I've been having a very strange thing start happening to me today. I'll find myself thinking that I'm not allowed to do other, basic, things.
Things like: reading blogs, listening to music, using my computer, and eating.
Yep, I was about to get some snacks from my drawer at work (yep, I have a snack drawer) when I stopped and thought "Oh right, I'm not eating this week." And then realized how ludicrious that thought was.
But it's really made me ponder what the role of video is in my life. It's definitely become something that's nearly unconcious for me, so much so that I equate it to some of the typical pieces of my daily routine. That scares me a little.
Has video really crossed the line to ubiquity? Are we a culture that is so innundated that we don't even know that we're soaking it all in?


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Davinson Sanchez, Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-Min scored the goals as Tottenham earned a 3-1 victory over Leicester, with Jamie Vardy missing a penalty for the visitors with his first touch before pulling a goal back.
Still without Harry Kane and Dele Alli, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino once again turned to Fernando Llorente in attack, while the Leicester manager Claude Puel took the surprise decision to start with Vardy on the bench.
This was Tottenham's fourth victory in a row despite Kane's absence and this run has allowed them open up a 10 point lead over fifth place Chelsea before their trip to Manchester City on Sunday.
There was an early talking point as Son was booked for diving after he went down inside the box following a challenge by Harry Maguire.
Leicester, who have beaten City at home and Chelsea away, while also taking points off Liverpool, impressed in the opening half an hour and with January signing Youri Tielemans showing some good touches on his debut.
But they were behind on 33 minutes when Sanchez headed Eriksen's cross past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel from just inside the six yard box.
The game's biggest talking point came on the hour mark when, with Vardy ready to come on, referee Michael Oliver awarded Leicester a penalty after Jan Vertonghen was adjudged to have brought down James Maddison in the area.
Maddison picked the ball up, ready to take the spot kick, but Puel immediately sent Vardy on in place of Demarai Gray to take the penalty, and Leicester's top scorer saw his powerful effort saved by Hugo Lloris.
It proved a key moment as Eriksen doubled Tottenham's lead just three minutes later as he picked up Llorente's lay-off on the edge of the box and curled an inch-perfect effort into the corner past Schmeichel.
Vardy did pull one back for Leicester on 76 minutes to make it 100 goals in senior football, but Son scored a breakaway third in stoppage time to make the result safe.
The defeat means Puel's men have now picked up just a single point from their past five games, with the pressure on the Frenchman increasing as they stay in 12th place.
Tottenham, meanwhile, remain third but moved to within five points of leaders Liverpool.


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A man in a scream mask caused mayhem in Blackpool when he ran amok on Halloween.
Andrew Penney ended up dripping with blood after barging his way into a hotel and smashing a window in the front door.
Don't tell me what to do or I'll kick your head in
His nightmare behaviour included yelling at the hotel owner "don't tell me what to do or I'll kick your head in", threatened to do police officers and smashing his head against the police van.
He was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital where his frightening conduct continued. He kicked a treatment trolley, scaring staff, swore at a doctor, screamed and had to be put in leg restraints.
Penney, an unemployed 27-year-old father-of-two, of Denbury Mount, Bradford, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening manner with the intention of causing someone to believe violence would be used, causing damage and being in breach of a suspended prison sentence for an offence of affray.
He was refused bail and remanded in custody to appear at Preston Crown Court on November 25 by Blackpool magistrates.


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We've been working on some new demand generation campaigns at NewsGator, and our friends at Faction Media presented the first of three concepts this week. The ideas (all of which I liked) ranged from edgy messaging highlighting the downside of not using enterprise social software to an approach that looked more at future trends around how social software will impact work. I won't tell you which one we picked, but this conversation did get me thinking; when do you use "fear" to drive demand?
The first idea caused a bit of a debate around this topic. Some in the room felt that you shouldn't lead with fear, while others saw this as a chance to be more aggressive and lead people to success. Which is better? You tell me.
Remember Y2K? Boy did lots of companies make money on fear. It was a bit hard to find commercials on YouTube from 1999, but I did come across this Polaroid one you might remember.
When we went through Y2K, there was the opportunity to play off of the fear of the unknown. Today, we live in a world where new disruptive technologies are introduced so often that you could argue the same opportunity exists. I don't have an answer, but what I do know is that we have the chance to figure it out.
Marketing is real time, so rather than making a final decision one way or another, you can test flavors and let the buyer tell you what resonates best. But what do you feel is the best way to market disruptive technologies?
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this is me with my angry face, giving my pg-rated finger to the ridiculous grade a ridiculous professor gave me on a ridiculous midterm:
Monday, November 30, 2009
you wouldn't like me when i'm angry
this is me with my angry face, giving my pg-rated finger to the ridiculous grade a ridiculous professor gave me on a ridiculous midterm:
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Friday, November 27, 2009
i have a family
and this is my dad's side (well, most of them). my three favorite things from the picture:
1. uncle joe's fangs
2. cousin charlie's mustache
3. brother-in-law nate's hiding from the camera
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
three pictures
i'm in The Land of the North right now, visiting both my distant and all-too-close relatives for thanksgiving. yesterday during the drive, we drove through jack in the box for lunch, and the total came to $20.04. mom said, "does anyone have four cents?" to which dad replied "does anyone have 20 bucks?" Andy™ and i laughed at the thought of paying for a meal when mom and dad were there.
mom's been taking a ton of pictures all day, so as soon as i get my mitts on them i'll put them up. until then, i've just got these three.
this is me and liv:
liv's good at a lot of things, such as (1) being cute, (2) drooling, and (3) creating/distributing absurdly disgusting smells. at 6 months old, she's only 13 pounds. by comparison, when chiP was 6 months old, he weighed about 42 pounds and ate his weight in food every day.
here are hunter and aiden:
hunter and aiden are two dudes after my own oreo-eating heart. hunter, on the left, is a simple soul, content with just enjoying his oreos while unwinding from a long day. notice his body language: relaxed but alert, taking the time to split his oreos in twain before consuming them. aiden, by contrast, is much more aggressive in his oreo consumption, as evidenced by the menacing look on his face and the 3 full double stufs he's chewing at the moment this picture was taken.
lastly, my new hat that my astoundingly terrific aunti terri, who lives in seattle and has a birthday on may 28, gave me:
i know that you're jealous, because right now i have on a limited edition HALO3 hat, which shows my support of and participation in the galaxy-saving strategic missions of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC). b-b-b-booyah.
happy thanksgiving, people.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
a new home for my bottom
since i'm now a big-shot law student, i decided that it was high time to spoil myself. up until earlier today, the only pieces of furniture in my apartment were a computer chair, computer desk, non-computer desk, and card table, which should really be called a things table, because it's where i put my things, not my cards.
i needed a couch. you know, something on which to sit and think law school thoughts, like what the rules of discovery are, the original intent of the Framers in constructing the Bill of Rights, and how if you place the delicious icing layers of 4 oreos within the boundaries of the delicious cookie layers of 1 oreo, you create something so beautiful and deliciousy that it makes you wet your pants out of anticipation of consumption.
so i went out and found the most expensive, luxurious, refined, comfortable, and distinguished couch in my parent's garage, and it was delivered to me today. the first picture is of me playing COD:MW2 as i try to stay awake despite the couch's best efforts to convince me that it was sleepytyme. the second picture is of me having succumbed to the will of my new love seat. the second picture is also of my disproportionately long left leg which would falsely suggest that i am over 7 feet tall.
my radass little brother Andy™ is staying the night, and tomorrow we're heading out with my parents to visit our Family To The North. Andy™ and i watched the first half of The Jerk, during which time i spilled crumbs into the crevassesess of the couch, which is my way of marking my new territory. i also peed a little on one of the cushions just so any dogs that happen to visit will know what belongs to me.
p.s. this is the first blog post, but hopefully not the last, where i mention urinating TWO TIMES.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
this is my nephew, chiP, and i don't think there's anything quite as awesome as his little man-boobs.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
just to clear things up
i know that there have been some rumors about my personal life swirling around both of the internets. i don't normally divulge many aspects of my personal life online, but for this particular matter i'm going to make an exception. i'm here tonight to just cut through the bologna and attempt to set the record straight.
yes, it's true that i once tried to eat a small child while he wasn't looking.
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i'd wanna be in the cavalry
i wouldn't say that i'm a lover of horses, and i think that is evidenced by the fact that my last encounter with a horse was a frikandel i had whilst living in the netherlands. however, this truly phenomenal song leads me to believe that if i were to be sent off to war, i would also want to be in the cavalry.
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today started off with such great potential. i woke up at 9:30, all pumped up to get stuff done. i was committed to getting all of my crap finished so that i can have a nice, relaxing evening. this is how the day has progressed so far:
9:30 - exited my slumber, all pumped up
9:30-9:45 - laid there, felt "pumped up" quickly replaced by lethargy
9:45-9:50 - made a cup of herbal tea and a bowl of marshmallow mateys
9:50-10:05 - ate my cereal. slowly.
10:05-10:10 - forced myself to make a list of all the things i need to do today
10:10-present - promptly ignored list, began watching videos my friend sent me of an Asian woman spectacularly folding t-shirts
i'm just as excited as everyone else to see exactly where this day is going to take me.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
you growds up and you growds up
being a grown up is the best. i get to do whatever i want, like eat cookies for dinner, stay up as late as i want, and leave the heat off in this frickin' freezing weather because i'm saving my money for ammo.
here's me taking a break from my big research paper.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
marshmallows for lunch
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
i have not changed significantly since then
most people have no idea how much i loved atari, how good i was at showing off my legs, how round my stomach was, or how much kelly and i had the same chin, when i was little. hopefully these pictures will put all that to rest.
i'm pretty sure that first sentence had horrific grammar, but i ain't gonna fix it.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
the death of TheHolyBeardedOne.com
as i'm sure two or three of you noticed, TheHolyBeardedOne.com no longer exists. it was a tough decision to not renew it, and after having it for 4 years, it's been kind of sad not owning it anymore. i didn't renew it because life is just too busy to maintain it properly - that, and the fact that i spent my $60 for renewal on a hat and marshmallows instead.
that's it for now.
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I recently stumbled across this print ad:
It's unique in that the creator, Ogilvy Brasil, embedded salt particles into the ad's paper. This change in thought – the alteration in creativity – produced an interactive print advertisement. The final product is one to file under "useful print advertising" – readers are instructed to soak the ad in water, wrap it around a beer and stick it in the freezer. The beer will be chilled in half the time it normally takes thanks to the second largest advertising agency in Brazil's ingenious thinking.
And just like that, I want a Glacial Beer…
Not only did this get me thinking about a good brew, this small two-page magazine spread also sparked thought about innovation in large format printing. It's no secret that the research and development process is an important step in the printing world. However, many designers and development teams disregard the process as too costly or time consuming.
Perhaps it's your 2017 business resolution: you'll capture the attention of your audience with your print media. Maybe you're experiencing competition from the business next door. Whatever the case may be, if you're serious about drawing customers into your goods or services, it is a must to have a conversation with a research and development team about interactive print media.
When you're not immersed in the world of print, you might think that a banner or sign will do. I can attest from experience that when companies want to draw attention to their brand, they will use interactive print media or signs with substance (think large format printing.)
At Custom Color, we combine both interactive print media and substance to create cost-effective solutions to print problems. As a researcher and developer, I have created products that not only attract the eyes, but also appeal to the senses.
Tower of Power:
These branding cubes capture attention with height and messaging. Each side of the tower features its own message and focuses on different products; this encourages consumers to walk around the display to see the different offerings. Adding baskets of products directly onto the display can transform the blocks from an informative piece into a point-of-purchase display.
Wheel of Choices:
Upselling has never been so easy. With cost-effective construction and interaction in mind, the wheel of choices was born. This spinning interactive wheel suggests drinks based on sandwich offerings, and vise versa. This b-flute print product focuses on the consumer's buying journey. Pancakes and chocolate milk, anyone?
Musical Flooring:
Combining print with other sensory-engaging methods is another way to guarantee a memorable experience. Recently we worked with Graphic Image Flooring to produce G-Floor for the Miami Children's Museum – after install, the G-Floor has transformed into a surface for interaction. Weight-activated technology triggers sound and light to play music and illuminate the surface of the flooring. Brainstorming the combination of medias is one thing that we do best.
When making your print plans for the upcoming year, remember that interactive large format printing is a trend that is here to stay. Whether you're looking to make your prints interactive or combine printing with other technologies, an initial research and development meeting is your best bet.
Want to talk about your research and development strategy for interactive print? Drop us a line!
Brett Saunders is the Vice President of Finance and Development at Custom Color Corp. Brett spends part of his days wondering how to combine his loves of product research and development, Haribo gummy bears, large format printing, and all things Disney. The rest of his time he oversees the company finances and productivity. Connect with him on LinkedIn.


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General Information About New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico Tech is an institute of higher learning that serves the diverse population of New Mexico by integrating education, research, public service, and economic development through emphasis on science, engineering, and natural resources. Its mission is multi-fold: 1. helping students learn creative approaches to addressing complex issues; 2. acknowledging state and national diversity of students and developing an inclusive learning environment; 3. creating and communicating knowledge; and 4. solving technical and scientific problems.
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
Institution Type
- 4-year, Public
Special Learning Opportunities
- Teacher certification
- Distance learning opportunities
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Student Services
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- Academic/career counseling service
- Employment services for students
- Placement services for completers
- On-campus day care for students' children
Credit Accepted
- Advanced placement (AP) credits
- The acceptance of credits for work experience or military experience are subject to review by the school and cannot be guaranteed.
Religious Affiliation
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Federal Aid
- Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans).
Degrees/Certificates offered
- Associate's degree
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Admission Total Applicants 445 Percent Admitted 79% Men Admitted 79% Women Admitted 79% Full Time Retention Rate 71%
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25th Percentile Score 75th Percentile Score Critical Reading 530 660 Math 550 680
25th Percentile Score 75th Percentile Score Composite 23 29 English 22 29 Math 24 29 Writing 0 0
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Get them a capsule speaker!
Capsule speakers are a tiny portable speaker in a variety of colors with enhanced bass and expansion systems that gives 360-degree sound. It's size makes it compact and portable and it has a long-lasting rechargeable battery that allows 12+ hours of continuous playback on one charge. Capsule speakers are universally compatible with all audio aux cables that are equipped with phones, tablets, mp3 players, CD players (Yes people still have them), PC's, laptops, etc.


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FC: A Mother holds her Children's hands for a while... their hearts forever. | Family is Forever
1: the | to the love of my life my life .... | to my
2: Forever & For Always
3: You made me the happiest man alive on June 17, 2000. And I thank God for us. | Dear Lord: Please let today be the day we love each other the least.
4: Prom 1999 | Fall 2004 | Prom 1998 | The wonderful memories of growing up with you !!!! Thank you God for the blessings you have given me.
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8: Benjamin - born on Ash Wednesday | Our 2nd little blessing Ian Nicholas | And the good Lord completes our family with our sweet Josie | Precious Lena joined our family | Kamble's birth ... our lives are forever changed !!!
9: Lovin our new baby !!!
10: The Story of your... | Thank you God for our greatest blessings | Kamble John Paul June 27, 2001 6 lbs 10 oz 19.5" Ian Nickolas February 5, 2003 6lbs 9 oz 18" Lena Grace July 1, 2004 6 lbs 10 oz 19" Benjamin Cornelius February 21, 2007 7 lbs 15 oz 20 in Josie D'Ann December 3, 2008 6 lbs 14 oz 19.5"
11: These are the moments that make life worthwhile.
12: Blessings from above | Blessings from above
13: Our little Bundles of Joy | Our little Bundles of Joy
14: We are family !!! | There is nothing better than spending time with those that mean the most...
16: Loving my Babies !!!
17: Best Mom Ever !!
18: I love you, not only for who you are, But for who I am because of you !! | Great Wolf Lodge Summer 2011
20: Spring
21: LOVE Spring
22: Mom Loves to dress us up so we look nice.
23: We Luv the WATER!
24: Colorado is such a great time!
25: Winter Fun
26: 2004 Ice Storm
27: Corning was out of power for 5 days and some of the rural residents were out for almost a month. | The only tree that stood !!
29: Mom Loves To Decorate | Family is the Best Part of Christmas.
30: A Family is a Gift that last Forever.
31: Photo Shoot
32: Spring
33: Dad is pretty cool too!
34: Feb 27, 1981 | The girl of my dreams !!! | 2nd grade | 3rd grade | 5th grade
35: You are so Very Special to us
39: Summer Fun
40: What would summer be without running through the rain? | Sometimes miracles fall from heaven... but most of the time, they are right at our feet.
41: Corning Cougars
43: We
46: Nap | Time | Its Fun to be Lazy every now and then!
47: I'm not really napping I'm refueling !!!
48: We enjoy Ice Skating Together
49: Family Time is Fun Time!
50: Great things happen when we all pitch in and work together
51: Dad loves to build and we love to help! We are such good helpers!
52: What a beautiful bunch We are so blessed
54: Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. Its up to us to make them memories.
57: We Love to! | be outside | !
58: What a Wonderful Day! | Bubbles are awesome!
59: There's a whole lot of FUN going on
60: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away!!
62: Kamble John Paul
64: Ian the BullDog
65: Gotta Luv Those Freckles
66: Lena the Love Bug
68: Ben The Brute
70: Josie our Sweet Baby
71: Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she can conquer the world.
72: The Girls
74: Boys are rough and tough on the outside, but tender hearted inside!
76: All things grow better with love.
79: The love of a family is life's greatest blessing.
81: When you look at your life, the greatest happiness's are family and happiness.
82: We may not have it all together but together we have it all!
83: Family is a gift that last FOREVER!
84: Like branches on a tree, our lives may grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.
86: I'll love you for ever and for always !!!
87: It doesn't matter where you go in life or what you do... It's who you have beside you.
89: Nickie, who would of thought fifteen years ago we would be this lucky. My life with you has been more than I would have ever dreamed. You have been such a great friend and wife. You have always been there for me in good times and in bad! When we first met I was attracted to your beautiful eyes and bright smile, and wouldn't you know it, they still get me every time! Your loud laughter and orneriness always makes me smile! I look forward to spending the rest of my life with you. Thanks again for all that you do and thanks for always being there. I Love You, Travis
90: I asked the kids "What do you love most about mom?" They responded: Kamble: "She is encouraging and kind" Ian: Looks at me in confusion, "What?, I love everything about her!" Lena: Shrugs her shoulders first, "I love her big hugs!" Ben: Pauses in confusion, "I love that she loves me." Josie: "Huh?" So I repeat the question, "Huh?" she says again. Repeating this and explaining the question, she finally says, "Her likes to swing me." "A mom's hug lasts long after she lets go." Author Unknown Nickie, this book is small token of our appreciation for you. You don't know how special you are to these kids and me! You are such a wonderful mother and friend to them, we are very lucky and blessed! Your warm hugs and kisses can make any bad day into a great one. The way you work with them and teach them the small things in life. The way you encourage them to do their best. You are to thank for many of their fine characteristics as kids and when they grow into young adults. Thanks for being there for us and being more than just a mom. We love you! Kamble, Ian, Lena, Ben, Josie
91: The love of a family Is life's greatest blessing ... | Together WE truly have it all !!!


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I Am The Gingerbread Village Builder
Season 1 Episode 24 | 4m
850 pounds of icing, 40 houses of gingerbread and chocolate - Joe Hickel has been creating Marina's Village in the lobby of The Hotel Captain Cook for 35 years. This year's creation took six days to build and features a new country scene.
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By Michaelle Bond, Inquirer Staff WriterPosted: April 04, 2014
Lynda and Steve Farrell moved into their stone house on the side of a hill, their "nook in the woods," in Downingtown one Friday in June 1992. The next morning, they woke up to a bulldozer in the grassy field of their front yard.
"That was our first realization of what it was to have a pipeline on your land," Lynda Farrell, 63, said.
When the couple went down their long, shared driveway, they learned the crew was there to look into a potential leak in one of the three natural gas pipelines that run under the field.
Over the next couple of decades, she had several other realizations. One of the most distressing came in 2008, when the Williams energy company told the community it wanted to expand a pipeline, and Farrell and other residents did not know where to turn to learn about their rights, pipeline safety, and who regulated what.
"We were completely disenfranchised," Farrell said.
So the grandmother of two started the Pipeline Safety Coalition in 2011 to share with other people the facts she spent years learning.
The Pennsylvania nonprofit's mission is to provide neutral information and build partnerships among all those involved, said Farrell, who has held dozens of workshops throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey for residents and local officials.
"Our goal is to make sure everyone has a more level playing field," she said.
The group's latest project is an effort to improve the often-haphazard information-sharing among energy companies, residents, and local governments.
Farrell is using more than $20,000 in federal grant money to try to persuade each of Pennsylvania's 67 counties to make information about pipelines available for residents on one-stop-shopping websites. She started with Chester County, which has the third-highest percentage of pipelines in the state.
The county launched its Pipeline Information Center on chescopagreen.org on Friday, with maps, safety information, and energy company contacts.
Farrell has already contacted other county officials to follow Chester County's lead.
Poor communication
East Brandywine Township has seen up close the results of lapses in communication between energy companies and local government. Officials there received angry e-mails and calls from residents in the fall of 2012 asking why workers sent by Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. were wandering through their neighborhoods, surveying along an existing pipeline and looking at other potential sites.
"We weren't notified of that, and we have these upset residents wondering what's going on," Township Manager Scott Piersol said.
Piersol tried to call his contact at the company, but he no longer worked there. And even when the pipeline companies mail letters to notify residents before the workers arrive, Piersol said, many people think they are junk mail and toss the letters into the trash.
Farrell wants residents to stay informed by using the county websites she is working to create.
As for the energy companies, Williams and Columbia Pipeline Group said they try to inform communities as early as possible of their plans, and the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry trade group, said sharing information was a priority.
Chester County residents can give their thoughts about communication with pipeline companies next Thursday at 10 a.m. at the West Pikeland Township Building in Chester Springs.
That's when the state's Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee will hold a public meeting.
"The continued development of the Marcellus Shale will only spur more pipeline projects and widen this disconnect" between companies and communities, said Martin Indars, legislative director for State Sen. Andrew Dinniman (D., Chester). "Thus bridging it is more critical than ever."
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's special local government bond issuance will accelerate in the second half of this year, and the finance ministry will focus the "proactive" fiscal policy on cutting taxes and fees, the vice-finance minister said on Thursday.
Liu Wei said such a fiscal stance would boost jobs and resolve financing difficulties, and he pledged support to small and medium-sized companies.
China issued more than 300 billion yuan ($44.27 billion)worth of special local government bonds in the first half of the year, a pace which Liu Wei described as "slow".
China's cabinet on Monday said China would adopt a more vigorous fiscal policy to help tackle external uncertainties without resorting to strong policy stimulus.
At a briefing in Beijing, Liu stressed the need to meet local funding demand and ensure financing for government projects under construction.
"While we strictly control implicit debt and require local governments to not illegally raise debt, we must at the same time 'open the front door' for raising debt through legal means," said Liu.
Liu also called for better policy coordination among government agencies.
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College Celebrates 50 Years of What Is 'Good and Positive' to the Region
November 14, 2017
CARTERVILLE — His first desk was a card table and his first office chair was borrowed from a funeral home.
But Dr. Bill Anderson — one of John A. Logan College's first administrators — quickly brought life to the College by hiring faculty and staff who laid a strong foundation, a foundation that has held the College now for 50 years.
Bill Gayer, who had been a counselor at Zeigler-Royalton High School, was one of several hires made by Anderson. Gayer, now retired from the College, was in attendance at the College's 50th anniversary celebration Friday, Nov. 3, hearing speeches from Anderson, Dr. Bob Tarvin, the College's third president, and Harry L. Crisp II, the only surviving member of the College's charter board of trustees.
Anderson spoke of the College's "humble beginnings," noting that business offices were originally set up in an abandoned hardware store in Herrin where his office desk was a card table and he borrowed an office chair from a funeral home.
Before that, Dr. Nathan Ivey, the College's first president, set up an office in Motel Marion where Anderson was interviewed before being hired.
"Think about it," Anderson said, "this College started from nothing."
Today, the College — with its state-of-the-art facilities — includes 667,000 square-feet of buildings located on 169 acres along Route 13 in Carterville between Marion and Carbondale. The College also has extension centers in West Frankfort and DuQuoin.
What the College had in its infancy is strong leadership, just as it does today, Anderson noted. The College's charter board included Crisp, a 31-year-old Marion businessman who had served in the Marine Corps. Crisp and other board members focused on their first and most important hire, the hiring of a College president.
During a national search, Ivey, a 40-year-old educator, offered his resume. Ivey was then working in Michigan.
"Dr. Ivey was the most important hire ever made at this College," said Crisp. "His abilities and work ethic cannot be overstated. He was exactly what this College needed to get its start."
Ivey's first hire was a secretary, Ruth Scott. His second hire was Anderson.
While Anderson spoke in person during the 50th celebration, Ivey, who now lives in Texas, emailed a video that was played for the crowd's enjoyment. More than 325 persons attended the dinner.
"Nathan Ivey could get things done," Anderson said. Ivey, now 90, and his wife, Dorothy, who is 95, made incredible commitments by leaving Michigan and coming to Southern Illinois, he explained.
"The Iveys (Nathan and Dorothy) are incredible people," Anderson said. "They came to Southern Illinois to build a College from nothing and what an amazing job they did."
But the job was done with mostly local people who applied to be instructors and support personnel and worked "as closely as a family" to build the College from the ground up.
"Bill Gayer was a great teacher as was so many others we hired then," Anderson said. "Because of this, the College grew quickly."
At age 28, Tarvin would become the College's third president. Anderson was in charge of the interviews for president then and believed in Tarvin's vision for the College.
Tarvin, who served from 1974 to 1982, was hired just as the United States was ending the war in Vietnam, Watergate had rocked the nation, and inflation was booming.
"A lot of difficult things were happening in the nation at that time," Tarvin said. "It was a difficult economic time for the state and nation and that also affected the College."
Working at the College at the time of Tarvin was Dr. Ray Hancock, who would later become the College's fifth president. Tarvin and Hancock attended a conference on college planning and both leaders believed the College district needed to pass a funding referendum.
In fact, most college districts in Illinois tried to pass funding referendums at that time. Only two passed, John A. Logan College's was one of them.
"The passage of the referendum reaffirmed to me that the voters believed in us, they believed in the mission of John A. Logan College and what it meant to the district," Tarvin said. "It was a major accomplishment that I am still proud of today."
Dr. Ron House, the College's current president, had the honor of putting together the 50th celebration. He invited Anderson, Tarvin, and Crisp to speak. House opened the celebration with a welcome and introduction of Bill Kilquist, the College's current board chairman.
"Part of what we are doing here tonight is celebrating 50 years of friends and acquaintances," Kilquist said.
Nathan Arnett, associate dean for academic affairs at John A. Logan College, sang the National Anthem which was followed with a rousing applause from the crowd.
Carl Cottingham, a former dean for learning resources, offered the invocation before dinner.
In his prayer, Cottingham noted that John A. Logan College is a "very good thing."
During the dinner, the crowd watched a video about the College titled "Celebrating 50 Year of Opportunity."
Following the video, House introduced special guests, which included Bob Butler, longtime mayor of Marion; Mike Monaghan, who represents the Illinois Community College Trustees Association in Springfield; legislators Terri Bryant and Dave Severin, along with Carlo Montemagno and Brad Colwell from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
In the video sent by Ivey, Ivey praised the College's current leadership for the work they are doing and said they "should celebrate.
"It was my honor to work as the College's charter president," Ivey said. "It was for me, a work of love. It was successful because the citizens of the district really wanted the College and supported it. This College will always be close to my heart and my prayers."
In his speech, Crisp said the charter board "made the right decisions for the right reasons." One of those decisions was to hire Ivey.
It was noted that there was no job that Ivey wouldn't tackle. Even when the first desks arrived for students, Ivey put on his overalls and went to work assembling the desks and delivering them to classes.
Most of all, however, Crisp said, the success of the College was generated by "the support of the taxpayers of the College district." That support, he said, has been overwhelming since the beginning.
Following the speeches, Staci Shafer, executive director of the College's Foundation, which funded the dinner, praised Foundation directors, including Terance Henry, the Foundation's president, for their leadership, noting that the Foundation has grown considerably from $3 million to more than $8 million over the past 10 years.
In turn, the Foundation is able to provide more than 600 scholarships annually.
Shafer then played a video titled "Giving Opportunity" which highlighted the lives of a few people who have benefited from scholarships at John A. Logan College and found success because of it.
Earlier in the evening, House introduced Emalene Wilcox, a 92-year-old Herrin resident, who wrote a two-page hand-written letter to the College explaining how John A. Logan College played a central role in her life.
In his closing remarks, House pointed out that the College has celebrated its 35,000th graduate and thousands of stories of incredible success due to the laying of an unshakable foundation constructed by its early leaders and cared for so deeply by other leaders and employees throughout the past 50 years.
The House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring John A. Logan College for 50 years of success. In the resolution, the 100th General Assembly said state leaders hold the College in high esteem for its mission and work to education and give direction to so many over the past five decades.
Elaine Melby, a respected Carterville businesswoman and member of the Foundation board, offered the benediction. "Thank you, Lord, for allowing us to celebrate what is good and what is positive for the people in our region."


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It's been HECTIC around the L&M headquarters over the past month...no surprises there! We have new faces, both on the front desk and on the salon floor, we've been busy adding to our awards collection, and we also celebrated turning one with a big birthday bash! Read on to find out the inside scoop...
Our Team Has Grown
...came in to model for our new style bar looks and winded up with a job!
Deciding that she wanted to get back into the industry after a short spell in some stuffy office, she asked for a job and we gladly welcomed her. Cici is a qualified stylist, but we are tweaking her to the Linton & Mac way before opening her own column
...joins our front of house team and is a familiar face at Linton & Mac. She has worked alongside some of our stylists and juniors in the industry in Aberdeen, and has joined us from Ishoka.
What Have We Been Learning.....?
Cici and Jonny were down in Edinburgh at Charlie Millers learning all there is to know about colour contouring. This technique is used to enhance your features so that you can make the most of what your mama gave ya!
The duo are certainly one's to watch, as they are storming through their last parts of training in the lead up to getting their own columns soon as Graduate Stylists...WATCH THIS SPACE!
Abbie is part of the Windle & Moodie Generation NOW Team, meaning that she goes down to London a few times a year to learn all of Neil Moodie's tips and tricks on session styling.
This is a huge opportunity for Abbie and we are extremely proud of her for making the cut!
<========here's a photo of her and Neil #chums
Don't forget you can pick up your Windle & Moodie products in salon too!
Jen and Jaye were down south learning how to cut...yes, it's true - after a whole year in business and winning countless awards, the girls have finally learned how to cut!
Jokes aside, they had an amazing day down in Glasgow with Steve Rowbottom and Leanne Brown of Westrow Acadamy. This Vidal Sassoon trained duo, were teaching contemporary classics - detailed hairlines to your classic Sassoon shapes and everything in between.
Craig also headed south for Smartbond's colour training in Edinburgh...
Smartbond is proving to be a very popular choice for our clients since it was introduced last month - it is a unique system which strengthens hair through the colouring process. The results certainly speak for themselves.
Check out Craig's rose gold bombshell below...
OOPS...We Did it Again
We went down to Edinburgh on 28th August to participate in the Best in Scotland Awards where we were up for Best Business in Scotland, which was a public vote - and, WE WON!
It means so so much to us that this award was voted by the public - so thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
We just can't stop smiling :)
Meet the Stylists - Press and Journal article
We were delighted to make the press again in August - this time, our local paper, The Press and Journal quizzed Natalie and Ross on their top tips on how to create the perfect up do...
Ross and Natalie are part of our our in-house creative team and put a lot of hard work into creating our new style bar looks. Some of which you can see in the article.
In case you missed it, read it here.
On Saturday 3rd September, we marked our one year birthday, with a big party! We closed the doors for a couple of hours, filled the place with 300 balloons, candy floss, and tasty food and drink, and re-opened for an afternoon of fun with our beautiful clients, friend and family...
The night before, even saw us redecorating - thanks Jaye's mum & dad!
Big shout-outs to Ben at Porters Gin, Louise and the Fierce Beer team, Rebecca and all the girls at Pretty 52, Victoria and Holly at Propercorn, Jackie of Candy Creations, Autumn for the fab nibbles, Anne & John for wallpapering, Erin at HJC Styling, Julia and her amazing PR skills and last, but certainly not least, Natalie and the rest of our beautiful team for our lovely cake and gifts!
Some great bloggers covered the day - read Erin's experience here!
New Style Bar Looks
At our birthday bash, we officially launched our new style bar looks. We wanted a more fashion-forward and fresh look to the styles and introduced non-fussy up and down do's. We've stripped everything back to compliment the more modern approach we're taking to our express services which we offer.
Our style bar appointments are £25, and is a great choice before that special event or night out with the girls - you can book in as a group and be pampered in or lounge area with nibbles and fizz!
Our ladies style bar has proved so popular, we are now offering one for you lovely gents too. A swift 15 minute appointment where you can enjoy a beer and have your hair styled ready for your night out on the town - £12.
Book now for your upcoming Autumn/Winter events as our weekends especially are filling up fast.
Backwash Balayage.......
A technique we offer in the salon is the backwash balayage, and after some social media pictures we had a few questions as to what this actually is - so we thought we would take the opportunity to explain it here...
Backwash balayage is a technique where your colour is applied freehand at the basins - we learned this from Sophia Hilton when she trained our team earlier this year and the results are fantastic!
Here is one Jen did a couple of weeks ago - as you can see it looks oh-so-natural and divinely sun-kissed. We love it!
...and Breathe, Little Yogis
In and amongst all of the excitement and buzz around the salon, we like to make time for a little peace and relaxation. So, every Tuesday and Thursday morning before the salon opens, we do team yoga.
The gorgeous Jodi Bond puts us through our paces and offers us some much needed breathing space before what will inevitably be another busy day in the salon. This is open to all of our Linton & Mac family and everyone is free to attend.
We feel this is great for team building, but also helps to keep us focused, aware and on the ball, as well as incredibly bendy - which is great when you are working on your feet all day. We hope that this cool, calm attitude, filters through into the salon.
So, one whole year has passed in the life of Linton & Mac Salon -and Linton & Mac, would like to express our enormous gratitude!
We always believed in our vision, but have been absolutely blown away by the love and encouragement which we have received along the way. This year has been a truly awesome experience and we thank YOU - you are more than clients, you are family and friends. We are overwhelmed and humbled by your support....
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In his book
The C++ Standard Library (Second Edition) Nicolai Josuttis states that lambdas can be better optimized by the compiler than plain functions.
In addition, C++ compilers optimize lambdas better than they do ordinary functions. (Page 213)
Why is that?
I thought when it comes to inlining there shouldn't be any difference any more. The only reason I could think of is that compilers might have a better local context with lambdas and such can make more assumptions and perform more optimizations.


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For a long time now I've wanted to write a computer program which can take a film of me roaming around town and automatically produce a 3D model of the area based on the film footage alone. I found a video on Youtube where researchers did just that.
Isn't that awesome? I can write code which can do this same thing, but what I'm now wanting to know is how to separate objects one from another. For example, your mind would automatically separate the statue, sidewalk, and buildings all as separate things. To this computer algorithm, it's all connected and it's just one stream of points located in space. It doesn't "know" what those points represent. It doesn't say, "This block of points over here represents the civil engineering building, these other ones a statue, whereas these over here are the sidewalk extending toward the central park."
The more I've looked into this problem, the more difficult it becomes. For example, how would an algorithm know that the ramp in front of a building is a part of the building, or just a structure nearby? How would it know to group them together? It'd have to know the purpose of ramps, and know that humans with disabilities need those in order to get inside the building. Knowing how to separate the world out into objects will be really complicated, requiring a deep understanding of humans, their desires, and how the world works. It would require learning about objects and what role they play in life. That takes the problem to a whole new level. I still have a lot to learn about how our mind works, but I'm making progress!


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N/NE Quadrant surveys get a great response!
Thanks to all the community members who took the concept alternatives surveys!
We received a lot of valuable input, with 140 people responding to the quadrant-wide survey and between 50 and 75 responding to each of the eight subarea surveys. The project team is working on summarizing the results and will make them available on the project website soon. The results of the survey are being used to inform development of a proposed land use, urban design and local transportation concept for the quadrant, as well as recommendations on area-specific planning questions.
The Stakeholder Advisory Committee will begin discussing these proposals at their next meeting on September 29, 2011. See the calendar for more event details.