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All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
Decred (DCR) is a new open, progressive, and self-funding crypto currency with a system of community-based governance integrated into its blockchain. At its core is a hybridized proof-of-work proof-of-stake (PoW/PoS) consensus system that aims to strike a balance between PoW miners and PoS voters to create a more robust notion of consensus. The project is a result of the theoretical proposals brought by proof-of-activity (PoA) and MC2 in 2013. Decred development started in April, 2014 with a single developer and expanded to include developers from btcsuite shortly thereafter.
Decred is currently running on testnet preparing for the launch of the mainnet on 12:00 PM CST February 8th, 2016. There crypto currency uses Blake256 14-rounds algorithm for mining and there is a cgminer fork (source) already available for testing, though currently only getwork is supported and not stratum. The cgminer for Decred GPU mining is available below compiled for 64-bit Windows ready for testing on some of the few currently available mining pools that also run on the testnet (will be switching to mainnet after the official launch). The cgminer works on both AMD and Nvidia GPUs as the currently available ccMiner forks from tpruvot and sp do not currently work with Decred even though they do have support for Blake256 14-rounds mining.
Trying out the cgminer for Decred (DRC) on an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 has shown an average hashrate of about 1.3 GHS and trying the miner on an AMD Radeon R9 280X has shown a hashrate of about 1.3 GHs as well with both runningn at stock frequencies. There is already quite a lot of interest and a large community forming around the Decred crypto currency even before the official launch, so this is something that is worth checking out if you still have not heard about it. Also make sure you get ready for the official launch of the coin on Monday.
– Download and try the cgminer fork for mining Decred on Windows (64-bit miner)…


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Newsletters and RSS feeds are great for Sunday-afternoon browsing and bookmarking to Instapaper, and I will then (hope to) read them over the week on the iPad, or on the Kindle, where my Instapaper account sends a daily digest. What a fantastic toolset of apps and devices we have.
Here are some of my favourite newsletters:
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AQUA architecture|design, Kensington, London
Main people: Alia Beyg Javed
Founded: October 2012
Where have you come from? After graduating from the Bartlett, Javed established her career in London. She moved to Dubai in 2007, joining Atkins Global to work on projects in the Middle East before returning to London in 2012.
What work do you have? We take a fresh and fluid approach to architecture; bringing together highly skilled, sector-specific, UK-based firms to create multidisciplinary collaborations to bid for projects which focus largely on international locations and emerging markets. Teams vary according to need; from economists to golf course designers. The key is local partnership to add relevance and context to the design and delivery. The firm is bidding for masterplanning projects in the Middle East, while in the UK the focus is on residential and commercial developments.
Scale is not an issue.
What are your ambitions? To evolve and create a brand which emphasises healthy and vibrant places – to think and work sustainably. Other strands include research projects looking at environmental apps and development projects in distressed communities.
What are the biggest challenges facing you as a start-up? The biggest concern is to not drift into extensions and refurbishments. Establishing a good UK reputation is challenging as clients go with names and people that they know.
How are you marketing yourselves? Networking internationally with RIBA and UKTI events. Personal contacts, social networks and researching property linked websites are our main source of marketing,
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How Come People Rarely Die of Dementia in Poor Countries?
When I was a young doctor working in poor countries, I made a casual observation that old people in them did not seem to suffer very often from dementia. It occurred to me that properly conducted surveys, of the kind that I was not suited to performing, might be valuable, because a difference in the incidence and prevalence of dementia in various countries might offer a clue to the cause of the disease. As populations throughout the world age, this is a matter of increasing importance.
But was my initial casual observation true? And, if true, might the explanation not be that people who survived to old age in poor countries were simply the kind of people who, in richer countries, would not have got the disease anyway?
A survey has been published recently in the Lancet, in which researchers interviewed and tested 12,887 people over the age of 65 in various locations in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, and China. Rather strangely, they write that "11,718 were dementia-free," rather than that 1,169 showed signs of dementia. This means that 9.1 percent of their initial sample showed such signs, and oddly enough the authors do not attempt to answer the rather obvious question of whether this percentage is higher or lower than you would have expected of a similar sample taken in richer countries.
They did, however, note that the death rate among those who initially showed signs of dementia during a 3-5 year period of follow-up was 1.56 to 5.69 times as high as among those with no such signs. The relative risk of death for people with dementia in poor countries was higher than that in richer countries; not altogether surprisingly, since it is likely that the medical treatment for the intercurrent but curable illnesses to which the demented are prone would be less assiduously treated in poor countries.
The researchers followed up 69 percent of their initial cohort who showed no signs of dementia for between 3 and 5 years (31 percent were lost to follow-up), to establish a rate at which dementia developed, and also to try to identify what factors, if any, protected against it.


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Gitmo jury sentences driver to 66 months
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- In a stunning rebuke, a six-member U.S. military jury Thursday ignored a Pentagon prosecutor's plea for a 30 years-plus term and sentenced Osama bin Laden's driver to 66 months in prison.
With credit for time served given by the judge, that means Salim Hamdan, 40, of Yemen will be sent back to the general detainee population of Camp Delta by January, and eligible to return home.
Choked with emotion on hearing the sentence, Hamdan stood and addressed the jury, unscripted, and twice more apologized for any pain his work as a $200-a-month driver had caused.
''And I would like to thank you for what you have done for me,'' he said.
The jury's decision, after just 70 minutes of deliberation, was a huge rebuke to the U.S. government, which had insisted that on his conviction for material support for terror no less than 30 years confinement would suffice.
He is the first war-on-terror captive convicted at the first contested U.S. war crimes tribunal since World War II.
In response to a question sent to the judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the jury knew before handing down the sentence that he had already gotten credit toward his conviction for 61 months and eight days.
A day earlier, the panel convicted the father of two with a fourth-grade education of providing material support for terror as Osama bin Laden's driver and bodyguard from 1996 to his capture in Afghanistan in 2001.
There was no immediate comment from the prosecutors, a mix of Defense Department and Justice Department lawyers. Prosecutor John Murphy had earlier in the day described Hamdan as a dangerous, ideological al Qaeda warrior who should be locked up for life.
Defense lawyers had consistently argued for years that the U.S. had made a scapegoat of the driver because his employer was still at large.
Pro-bono defense attorney Harry Schneider of Seattle told reporters moments after the sentence that guards took Hamdan to call his wife in Yemen, and give her the news.
''I think that will be a much easier phone call,'' Schneider said, than ``some folks will have to make to Washington, D.C.''
In court, Hamdan's longest-serving defense attorney, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Swift, clasped the more diminutive Yemeni in a bearhug and both men openly wept.
Afterwards, Swift vowed that lawyers would work to send Hamdan home to his wife and two daughters by January. Lawyers were prepared to go straight to federal court with a habeas corpus petition, he said, were the U.S. to seek to continue to hold the driver after the sentence were done.
''What happened -- despite the system -- is justice,'' said Swift.
Defense lawyers calculated that Hamdan would be entitled to release before a new president takes the oath of office.
The jury was made up of senior U.S. military officers, among them an Apache helicopter pilot with battlefield experience, and included two colonels and three lieutenant colonels.
Led by a U.S. Navy captain, its most senior member, the jury acquitted him of a second charge of conspiracy alleging he was responsible for al Qaeda mayhem from the 1998 U.S. embassies bombings to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Allred had been inquiring into the circumstances of Hamdan's confinement at this sprawling offshore detention center for months. Defense lawyers said that ever since Hamdan was designated in July 2003 to face one of the very first trials, he had been separated from other detainees, in virtual solitary confinement with long periods of no sunshine.
Prosecutors and prison camps officials say there is no such thing as solitary confinement at Guantánamo.
Allred was still considering a motion for greater credit on Thursday even as the sentence was handed down.
After the jury's verdict, the judge turned to the convicted terrorist and said:
``I wish you godspeed, Mr. Hamdan. I hope the day comes when you return to your wife and your daughters and your country.''
''God willing,'' the man in traditional Yemeni robe and head scarf replied in Arabic, interrupting.
The judge continued: ``And I hope that you are able to be a father, and a provider, and a husband in the best sense of the word.''
Then the detainee said it again: ``Inshallah.''
Allred replied in Arabic. ``Inshallah.''
As of Thursday, the Defense Department reported it held ''approximately 265'' detainees at this remote U.S. Navy base in Cuba -- about 250 run-of-the-mill enemy combatants; 16 ''high-value detainees,'' meaning they were once held by the CIA and are in segregation at Camp 7, and one convict.
As the lone convict, his defense attorney told the judge, Hamdan was put in his own separate wing of Camp 5 Wednesday night.
Moments later, as he was led out of the courtroom by military guards, he turned to the spectators gallery, waved both hands in the air, and called out, ``Bye-bye, everybody.''


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Rebuilding/Renewing Social Norms
I've just been reading about the nanny state over at skepticlawyer1. In her post, Helen (who I've just discovered has a Wikipedia entry) included a video by Drew Carey about how the US Government, or it's many state Governments, have a particular penchant for banning things. Much like the Australian Governments of recent times. Although I wouldn't agree with everything in the Drew Carey video being 'un-banned', it does make a great point. Helen has made the even better point that the law entering the fray where social norms used to do the job quite nicely is not the best solution or a good use of public resources.
I love the idea that the social fabric could be renewed2 in line with more modern social ideologies. But how? What needs to change, and who's going to start changing it? I suspect the key is education, but I've nothing to back that up and no idea how to convince the powers that be to work hard(er) at improving educational outcomes3.
The following is a little off topic for the post at SL, and why I decided to make this into a post rather than a comment over there. The UK (and London in particular) seems to be going through somewhat of a knife crime epidemic of late. Having been here only a short time I'm still not sure if this is something new or rapidly escalating as the papers make it out to be, or if that's just the media doing its thing. However, I do suspect it's escalating. For those unfamiliar with the situation, there have been 18 teenage murders (mostly stabbings and mostly perpetrated by young people as well) this year. That's more than one per fortnight. The cause of the escalation doesn't seem to be clear. Some, though seemingly not the majority, are probably gang related. I'm sure I've got no real capability to understand their motive, but some of the perpetrators seem to be committing these horrible crimes at a whim. As though it's just what people do.
These are horrible crimes which require and deserve the full force of the law (as opposed to a ban on break-dancing in Trafalgar Square4 or a ban on annoying behaviour5, neither of which should require the law at all). However, the escalation in these crimes is in part, I suspect, the extreme end of the loss of 'social glue' touched on by scepticlawyer. What I don't understand, and maybe someone can explain it to me, is why these kids don't understand that if you kill someone it will ruin your life. Even if you're not caught (which you almost certainly will be in this kind of murder), there will be other consequences which will change you forever.
- Run by Helen Dale and Legal Eagle, skepticlawyer is an Australia/UK based legal/political/social type blog well worth following. [↩]
- As opposed to 're-built' because I don't want to sound stupidly conservative, which I'm not. [↩]
- Let's hope Andrew Leigh is able to exert some of his influence during his secondment to the Australian Treasury. [↩]
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Does the world really need another Robin Hood movie? The question's moot because Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett have made another one. What were they thinking? All right, we know there are always beautiful people to play Robin and Marian (and the costumes and hairstyles are fun to look at). But there are at least 10 movies about the legendary hero, and the originality has generally gone down with newer versions. All of this doesn't matter to big Hollywood egos who think they can do it better this time around! Maybe they'll succeed since this one's a prequel to the standard legend!
Check out the rankings of the other Robin Hoods at amazon.com Listmania. Or maybe you don't care! Whatever… here's the best to worst, according to writeractorboy:
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) with Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland. "The greatest swashbuckler in film history."
- The Story of Robin Hood (1952). "Perhaps the closest to the original stories."
- Robin Hood (1997) from the Disney Gold Classic Collection. Can you believe a cartoon rates third?
- Robin Hood (1922). A silent movie starring Douglas Fairbanks, a "very athletic Robin Hood."
- Robin and Marian (1976). Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. Note Audrey's do. Would the first Marian wear a '70s hairstyle?
- Robin Hood – Prince of Thieves (1991). Who can forget Kevin Costner's horrible accent? Yet… writeractorboy says it's "undeniably entertaining."
- Dark Robin Hood (1991). Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman. "Dark interpretation. Quite good but overshadowed by Kevin's re-make."
- Robin of Sherwood (1983). A "brilliant" TV series but there's only one episode available: Robin Hood the Legend – Robin Hood and the Sorcerer.
- Robin Hood – Men in Tights (1993). One of Mel Brooks' dumber movies…. Redeeming quality: the gorgeous Cary Elwes (who stopped our hearts in Princess Bride).
- Challenge for Robin Hood (1968). A so-so low budget film.
In the end, none of this matters… It HAS gotten good reviews AND it gives us a good reason to escape for a couple of hours!


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On Widowhood, After One Year
"But 46 percent of the widows and widowers in this study reported that they had satisfying marriages. They believed that life is fair and they accepted that death is a part of life." Deborah Carr
My sister's husband was killed in a plane crash last July. Forget about lucky 7/7/7, to us 7/16/06 will forever be a seriously unlucky day. And it's back in the news this year too.
Judy has shared some thoughts on widowhood with us during the past year. I asked if she had anything to say about the one-year anniversary of Bob's death.
Oh boy, did she.
If you know a widow--or are one--maybe these thoughts and feelings will help you. And if you have anything to share, please add a comment.
Clearly, Judy's still a fighter. No matter what our status in life, we can all learn from her.
A year. A widow. A WHAT??? So hard to believe it's been a year since I got the call my husband's airplane had crashed at an air show in Hillsboro, Oregon. Life, as I had known it, was gone forever. I became someone else through all the emotional ups and downs.
Bob and I had been together for 21 years. We had so much fun and he gave me so much: travel, skiing, diving, his great intellect, his humorous habits. I even got my own pilot rating so we could share his passion for flying.
Legend has it that when you receive news of this sort, a tsunami of grief knocks you down and takes you away. Not me. Instead, there were fuzzy, muddled thoughts... trying to digest what had happened... figuring out what to do now... back to what had happened... on to how do I spend the rest of my life.
And worse, feeling so in sync with Bob, imagining the sheer terror he must have felt as the ground came up to meet him way too fast. Wondering how his perfect airplane--the other love of his life--cared for so efficiently and completely could have let him down.
Legend also has it that people often turn strange in the wake of a personal tragedy. My plans for a memorial service were bucked along the way by Bob's son from a previous marriage. It surprised me since we always got along so well.
When we finally came to terms with help from my sister Sally, it was a great memorial. A celebration of Bob, crowded with camaraderie. Bob's friends meeting Bob's friends and so many Bob stories evoking smiles and laughter. He was one of a kind, this strange ranger. MY strange ranger.
The year has been a roller coaster. I have therapeutically thrown myself into my work which gets me up early and lasts until late. I await the day when they figure out I do it with mirrors. Sometimes I feel very incompetent but Bob was always so encouraging, I still turn to him -- inside my head.
I find escape and relaxation going to a movie alone, so I've seen nearly everything worth seeing and defended myself to no one.
I have also found that while Bob used to be the prominent elephant in the room, that has diminished and not everyone whispers his name any more.
There have been low moments, too. I wept at photographs. I choked up as I drove past 'our' places. I thought I would never travel again because I had lost the best trip planner and traveling companion.
I still wonder if I'll every ski or dive again, but it isn't critically important any more. I've had the experiences and I'll always have the memories. So I just wait and see where life takes me.
For the memorial we made large posters of the final pictures of Bob and they now grace my living room walls. Sometimes we chat. Strange, talking to a wall but it makes me think more clearly. I realized I'm beginning to forget how he felt and smelt, but with a little effort I can conjure him up and that feels pretty good.
April brought both his birthday and tax time. To celebrate, the tax man was Pac Man, munching up a big chunk of his estate. Those two events, followed by a Blue Angel crashing in South Carolina dumped me into a deep hole. I got some help and while I'm still occasionally on the ledge, for the most part I am living my own life.
I still travel. My most recent overseas nursing venture was a trip to Vietnam for two weeks of operations on needy children and adults, an activity that always impressed Bob. I have visited my scattered family several times.
I'll go back east in October for my XXth high school reunion. I hope to continue on to visit family in Israel, where I've never been and Bob had no desire to go. He won ... then. Now it's my time.
All of the above notwithstanding, I miss him terribly. I wish he was here. There are so many things, big and small which catch me up.
I take a perverse pleasure in getting my own way without 'the look.' But I miss it anyway.
I still sleep on my side of the bed.
I still occasionally stumble into what used to be 'my' bathroom.
I can't bring myself to go through the box of 'our' personal items.
I have one of his flight suits hanging in the closet that was 'his' and is now mine.
I've kept his blue blazer with the Harvard buttons and a ski jacket there too.
My favorite is the Hawaiian shirt he wore when we went to Maui ... and the last picture of US in which he's wearing it.
I got rid of a few pieces of furniture he liked and I didn't, but I haven't bought anything new. Except the new bed we had already chosen. It's comfortable. But emptier now.
I found I don't have to explain myself to anyone, I really can do anything I want, I can manage Bob's estate just fine with some expert help, and I'm doing okay.
I don't minimize the depth and importance of our relationship, but I have come to grips with reality.
He isn't here, I am -- moping my way through life accomplishes nothing.
Thank you, 'Dith. Keep fighting. We've got your back.
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I've been asked recently what documentation and other information is available for System Center Essentials 2007. Accordingly, I have pulled together a short list of some good places to look for information. Of course, there are the Migration and Operations Guides: Migration Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9A7D0A52-4380-46A8-BA80-729AE2CC8CBA&displaylang=en Operations Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DBF51282-1784-4B9F-ABD1-E2B5CB12F1A8&displaylang=en The online Help that is installed with Essentials…
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Members of Essentials product team are attending the IT Forum in Barcelona this week (12-16 Nov 2007). Be sure to stop by the Essentials booth in the pavilion or attend one of the sessions to chat with Dustin, David or Yi. Dustin
System Center Essentials 2007 Post Release Hotfix Rollup Available!
To provide an easy experience for applying the latest hotfixes for Essentials 2007, we've released a hotfix rollup that applies the hotfixes directly to the Essentials 2007 RTM media. The hotfix rollup then starts Essentials setup, giving you an updated Essentials installation as soon as setup finishes. The hotfix rollup contains these important post-release…
Essentials 2007 Migration and Operations Guides available!
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Essentials team at TechEd 2007!
The Essentials team is at TechEd 2007! Come visit our booth at the yellow Technical Learning Session – or catch one of our breakouts or chalk talks!
Monitoring Windows Vista with System Center Essentials 2007
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Prince (Getty Images/Kevin Winter)
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Some of the pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, an official close to the investigation said Sunday.
The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said nearly two dozen pills found in one Aleve bottle were falsely labeled as "Watson 385." According to Drugs.com, that stamp is used to identify pills containing a mix of acetaminophen and hydrocodone, but the official said at least one of the pills tested positive for fentanyl.
Autopsy results released in June show Prince died April 21 of an accidental fentanyl overdose. The official who spoke to the AP said records show the 57-year-old Prince had no prescription for any controlled substances in the state of Minnesota in the 12 months before he died.
Authorities are still investigating how Prince obtained the drugs.
Fentanyl has been responsible for a surge in overdose deaths in some parts of the country. When made into counterfeit pills, users don't always know they're taking fentanyl, increasing the risk of fatal overdose.
The Star Tribune first reported about the mislabeled pills in a story published on its website late Saturday.
Some of the dozens of pills seized from Paisley Park were found to have other drugs in them, some were oxycodone or codeine, and some were not controlled substances.
About a dozen tablets were found in a dressing room at Paisley Park, but the vast majority was in bottles of aspirin and Vitamin C that had been tucked inside a suitcase and bags — including one Prince often carried with him. Some pills were also found loose in the bag, the official said.
One pill with the "Watson 385" stamp tested positive for fentanyl, lidocaine and another drug. Officials found nearly two dozen pills similar to the one that was tested, the official said.
Another aspirin bottle had more than 60 counterfeit tablets in it.
Some pills that were analyzed contained fentanyl, lidocaine and U-4770 — a synthetic drug that is eight times more powerful than morphine.
Authorities also found a prescription bottle in someone else's name that contained 10 oxycodone pills, the official said, without revealing who was listed on the prescription.
The official said Prince had many of these pills with him on April 15 when the airplane he was on made an emergency stop in Moline, Illinois, after he fell ill from a suspected drug overdose as he was heading home from a performance in Atlanta. Prince was given two doses of Narcan, an antidote used to reverse suspected opioid overdoses, the official said.
U-4770 can be tested for in toxicology screens, but is not done routinely because it is a relatively new chemical. Presence of the drug was not tested in Prince's case, but the levels of fentanyl in his system were more than enough to be toxic, the official said.
Tests on Prince prior to his death did not show fentanyl in his system, which means he wasn't a long-time abuser of that drug, but likely took the fatal dose sometime in the 24 hours before he died, the official said.
The official did not elaborate on those tests. But at least one doctor, Michael Todd Schulenberg, saw Prince on April 7 and again on April 20, the day before he died. According to a search warrant, he told a detective he had ordered tests for Prince and prescribed medications. Schulenberg's attorney, Amy Conners, has said patient-privacy laws do not allow her to say what the prescriptions were.
The autopsy report also shows Prince had diazepam, lidocaine and hydrocodone acids in his body, the official said. Diazepam is an anti-anxiety pill sold as Valium. It's a sedative and can also be used to control seizures, which Prince suffered from as a child. Lidocaine is a local anesthetic.
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1. Put the morels in a bowl and pour hot water over them. Place small lid over the morels to keep them submerged and let stand until softened, about 20 minutes.
2. Lift the morels from the soaking liquid and rinse them of any grit. Reserve the liquid. Roughly chop any large morels.
3. Melt 2 Tablespoons of butter in a skillet. Add the cremini mushrooms, season with salt and white pepper and cook over moderate heat until browned, about 5 minutes.
4. Add the morels and cook, stirring, until they start to darken, about 3 minutes. Add wine and simmer over moderately high heat until reduced, about 3 minutes.
5. Add the stock and slowly pour in the reserved morel soaking liquid. Simmer until reduced by two-thirds, about 6 minutes. Add the cream and tarragon and simmer until thickened, about 4 minutes. Add the lemon juice and season the sauce with salt and pepper.
6. In a large, nonstick skillet, melt the remaining 2 Tablespoons. Season the salmon fillets with salt and white pepper and add them to the skillet, skin side down.
7. Cook over high heat for 5 minutes then reduce heat to medium and cook until the skin is browned and very crisp, about 12 minutes longer.


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Dig My Rig, August 2012
I have a couple of Ampeg setups for smaller venues, but my biggest amp is this 1200-watt Carvin BX1200 head/4x10/1x15 stack, which I've never been able to turn up past "3." What generates the thunder? Th e 5-string basses, which I made myself from one solid plank of hardwood. The one on the left, made from solid cocobolo rosewood, has a 37"-scale and weighs 15 lbs! Th e middle one is solid bubinga, and although it's as small as a 34"-scale bass can be, it plays the clearest and loudest. The bass on the right is made from solid quilted maple, and it has a multi-scale setup. The E and B strings have a deep, clear growl that only a super-long scale can provide. I did all the pearl inlay on them, too. Almost every time I play out, someone comes up and asks, "What kind of bass is that?" I'm always proud to say, "I made it."


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I had no idea how dynamic the cloud movement was (or could be!) until the resulting picture appeared in my camera's LCD, 2.5-minutes after firing the shutter button.
The low fog layer hanging out on ground-level is what compelled me to stop at 3am on the way to find a secluded place to sleep.


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The Leadership Initiative
What I learn in class today, I apply to my work tomorrow - from leadership skills to strategic planning. I'm already a better manager, with a deeper impact on the success of my company.
At UNC Kenan-Flagler, we believe that our graduates learn how to lead by participating, practicing and evaluating. That's why we developed leadership programs based on our continuous learning model of principles, practice, feedback and reflection to help you develop and enhance the leadership skills that are critical for business success.
The UNC Kenan-Flagler Leadership Initiative transforms the model into a customized, actionable leadership and career development plan for MBA@UNC students. As an MBA@UNC student, you will have the opportunity to graduate with a unique Leadership designation and — more importantly — be prepared to translate practice into real-life success.
Below are examples of the activities included in the UNC Kenan-Flagler Leadership Initiative for MBA@UNC:
Case Competitions & Consulting Opportunities
- Immersion Case Competition
- VCIC – Venture Capital Investment Competition
- STAR – Domestic Business Project
- GBP – Global Business Project
Executive Coaching
- One-on-One Career & Leadership Sessions with MBA@UNC Staff
- Assessment Debrief and Coaching
- Mock Interview Practice
- Business Communication Center Coaching
Assessment Tools
- Career Leader Self-Assessment
- 360 Multi-Rater Leader Assessment
- Hogan Derailers Self-Assessment
MBA@UNC Courses
- Developing Leadership & Managerial Skills Core Course
- Business Communication Core Course
- Business Strategy Elective Course
- Corporate Strategy Elective Course
Immersion Sessions
- Derailers & Success Immersion Session
- Performing Under Pressure – New Leader Simulation Immersion Session
Student Involvement
- Active Chair of an MBA@UNC Student Social Group
- Active Member of a Kenan-Flagler Council
- Active MBA@UNC Ambassador
Webinars and Events
- Lessons of Experience Webinars
- Managing Your Career Webinars
- Kenan-Flagler Speaker Events


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Stolmy Pimentel had familiarity on his side in his brief stint with the Texas Rangers, seeing as how he'd previously pitched in the Pirates' bullpen when Rangers skipper Jeff Banister was the Pirates' bench coach.
But Pimentel was a casualty of Banister's re-working of the Rangers bullpen and designated for assignment a couple of weeks ago. He ended up clearing waivers and accepting an assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Now in his new locale, Pimentel will be shifting to the starting rotation, according to the Dallas Morning News, where he spent most of his career until last season when he came up with Pittsburgh.
In Pimentel's minor league career, he's made 159 appearances dating back to his debut in 2007, and 150 of those were as a starting pitcher with a career ERA as a minor leaguer of 4.10 from low-A all the way up to Triple-A in Pittsburgh's and Boston's organizations.
His best season at a high level came in 2013 when he split time between Double-A and Triple-A and had a combined ERA of 3.35 in 27 starts.
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Some 2016 goalsJanuary 3rd, 2016 at 08:39 pm
It has been a while since I last wrote. I did update my side bar goals for 2016 but have been thinking about what I would like to do this year.
I managed to save $2100 for my IRA in 2015. I hope to make it $3000 in 2016.
I have enjoyed the mystery shopping for the grocery stores I did the past few months. The surveys take 5-10 minutes and the payment is only $5 but the reimbursements range from $17-20. That is a nice bonus for something I have to do anyway. My goal is to earn $150/month from reimbursements/survey payments in 2016. I already have $132 scheduled and it is only the 3rd. I completed three already, have four more scheduled and that is only through the 16th.
For each shop we need to buy something large under the basket: a case of water, fire wood, paper towels, TP, etc. When I buy something under the cart I plan to donate it to the women's domestic violence shelter in my small hometown. Every little bit helps and if I can donate 4-6 packages of paper towels and TP each month it is great.
Income from house sitting goal: $10,000 this year.
25% to IRA,
10% business expenses
15% debt payments
50% savings/maintenance
Rent collected goal:
House maintenance savings: $250
debt payments: $450
Total utility payments:
Electricity/natural gas: under $500/year for each.
I am not sure what else I am planning for the year.
I need to figure out what house items I want to accomplish this year: flooring, painting, the hard water whole house filter, a whole house fan? what else?
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Sample Cover letter for Help Desk Analyst
What to say in cover letter? You will find answer to this question in the below mentioned sample of cover letter for Help Desk Analyst. Apart from this you need to make out, how to write cover letter? Appearance and content are two things which can make your letter marvelous.
(Write your name and address)
Jason Davis
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Phone: 614-205-6203
(Write Employer's name and address)
Kent Hicks
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
1085 Tori Lane
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Date: 11-11-2010
Dear Mr.Hicks,
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Today there are many advertisements coming out for the Help Desk Analyst but they are not as challenging as of those mentioned by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. at Columbus. When I came to know about vacancy of this post via JobCentral.com , I was completely thrilled.
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- Providing hands on support – With the shifting and movement of IT equipment around the office
- Troubleshooting software and hardware faults and providing appropriate resolutions at first point of contact.
- Dealing with telephone and network cabling.
- Installation of printers and computers on to the network
- Ensuring the ongoing maintenance of computer equipment which at times included installing new graphic cards, inserting additional RAM or just simply ensuring all necessary upgrades are done.
(In third paragraph, thanks the employer and include the information about how you follow up)
To know further details about me and my working skills you people can contact me at the mentioned email address and phone number. I might not be the best but definitely I have ability to prove myself to be the best by your guidance.
Yours Sincerely
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For GSS Climate Change chapter 4. [note: findings from 5th Report of the IPCC have now been added to GSS chapter 7 and chapter 8] Excerpt: BERKELEY — The release today (Friday, Sept. 27) of Assessment Report 5, a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), bolsters the conclusions of its 2007 report that humans are responsible for global warming, and it highlights the need for immediate action to reduce carbon emissions. [The report is at http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1] ...said Inez Fung, professor of earth and planetary science and a coauthor of the 2007 report "Now CO2 is nearly 400 parts per million, and temperatures have been increasing steadily, decade by decade, and cannot be explained by natural fluctuations of the climate system. We now have definitive evidence that the upper 700 meters of the ocean have been warming, and that the oceans have become more acidic because of the invasion of anthropogenic CO2. ...Two other reports on mitigation and adaptation are expected to be released next year. The IPCC was formed in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to assess the evidence for climate change and predict the consequences.... http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/09/27/newly-released-climate-change-report-reinforces-need-for-action/. Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News Center.
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We have three fabulous blog posts for you all, being delivered today and next Sunday 11th march. The subject is all about how to get yourselves published in magazines.
First up we have Tanya, editor and all round style guru of the most fantastic online magazine "tickle the imagination" Tickle is a new, independent e-mag, celebrating the handmade and creative community in Australia. Released bi-monthly, tickle the imagination aims to inspire creativity, showcasing talented artists, crafters and designers, discovering emerging talent and sharing real-life stories and diy projects.
Over to Tanya, from tickle the imagination......
tips for getting your small creative business featured in a magazine......
First up we have Tanya, editor and all round style guru of the most fantastic online magazine "tickle the imagination" Tickle is a new, independent e-mag, celebrating the handmade and creative community in Australia. Released bi-monthly, tickle the imagination aims to inspire creativity, showcasing talented artists, crafters and designers, discovering emerging talent and sharing real-life stories and diy projects.
After Tanya, we have Thea from Thea and Sami, Thea designs and hand prints natural and organic fabrics in her studio in Brisbane, Australia. She also creates fabulous homewares, including a limited edition range of quality linen homeware and accessories. Thea has recently been published in Home Beautiful and has written about the experience.
Over to Tanya, from tickle the imagination......
tips for getting your small creative business featured in a magazine......
Getting featured in a magazine is a fantastic way to introduce your business to a new audience, and also gives you a nice little confidence boost.
It can be daunting approaching a magazine the first time... but don't let that stop you. Editors are just people too, so don't be scared to submit an idea...the worst thing that can happen is that you receive a 'no thank you'. And if you don't get it quite right the first time...try again!
Here are a few tips...
perfect match
It may sound a little obvious, but magazines look for content that will appeal to their readers.
Every magazine is different and has its own unique audience. For tickle the imagination it's Australian women aged 25-45 who are lovers of handmade and/or own a small creative business.
It makes sense to find a magazine that has a similar target audience to your own. You understand their interests, your products will appeal to them and you therefore stand a much better chance of having your product or business featured.
pitch an idea
If you have an idea for an article or feature, don't be shy, email the editor.
Try to find the name of the person you will be submitting your idea to, it's nice to address the email personally. Look for submission information on the magazine's website. If it's not there, simply email and ask for their submission guidelines or media kit.
Before clicking send make sure that double check the content (grammar and spelling) and that you attach or embed images that support your pitch.
be timely
Most magazines will have an editorial calendar outlining their themes or topics and deadlines for upcoming issues.
If their next issue is all about interiors then it's the perfect time to introduce your new range of hand printed wallpaper or pitch your idea for a cushion tutorial!
Keep in mind that magazines work a few months ahead of their next issue, so take note of their deadlines before preparing a submission.
save advertising copy for…well… adverts
Blatant advertising in your submission will generally result in your article being overlooked.
great photography
Being a creative magazine, our focus is gorgeous images. We love crisp, clear photographs that show-off your creations in their best light!
Professional photography doesn't always fit into the budget of a small creative business, so here are a couple of tips for photographing your product (please note...I am only an amateur photographer and these are guidelines based on my own experience):
· styled shots can be beautiful, however if you don't have experience styling a shoot…stick to the less if more policy. A crisp white background almost always results in a lovely shot. Try using a white sheet (ironed of course!) or large sheet of card for the background, placed so that it sits underneath the item and carries on up behind the item to avoid a visible 'corner' line
· if you have a tripod...use it! If not rest your camera on a steady surface to avoid blurring
· images taken at night or in a dark room almost always result in poor quality images
· experiment with your aperture setting - a large aperture (low f-stop number) creates a shot with a shallow depth of field - meaning you can create a shot where the product is in focus, and the background is out-of-focus, while a smaller aperture (high f-stop) will result in a greater depth of field, where both the product and background can be in focus
· I have always found natural light work best for me... try taking your photo shoot outside or in a room that is filled with natural light. Direct sunlight will result in harsh shadows and/or glare on your product so overcast days are best. Afternoon light is said to have a better colour than early morning light (Although this might depend on your location!). You want a soft, even light with minimal shadows.
· try photographing your product from different angles, but be careful not to distort the perspective.
· even if you don't own an SLR, don't despair!! I have seen some amazing shots done with an i-phone camera!! don't believe me? checkout these shots by stylist Deb McLean
http://busybeingfabulous.typepad.com/busy_being_fabulous/iphone-love/!! (i-phone photographs will not have the resolution necessary for a print mag, but can certainly be used to pitch an idea)
http://busybeingfabulous.typepad.com/busy_being_fabulous/iphone-love/!! (i-phone photographs will not have the resolution necessary for a print mag, but can certainly be used to pitch an idea)
follow up
If you haven't heard back within a week, it is perfectly fine to send through a quick email to check your email was received and if any further information is required.
make it easy for the editor to say yes
Editors are busy people, and unfortunately it isn't always possible to reply to every concept and idea that is sent through. A very basic overview of what I look for as an editor...
a few links…
I love this little article on getting your indie business noticed
and here are a few links with tips for writing a press release...
Good luck,
Tanya x
and now a note from Thea, from Thea and Sami.....
and now a note from Thea, from Thea and Sami.....
Hello, I'm Thea Samios from Thea & Sami. I design and hand screen-print natural fabrics and homewares in our own studio in Brisbane. We sell our range at boutiques all around Australia and through our on-line store and in studio.
Recently, I was fortunate enough to be featured in the January issue of Home Beautiful, one of my favourite magazines. Bronwyn McNulty, was the the freelance journalist who interviewed me. She found my blog after doing a Google search for 'textile designer'. So yes, it does pay to be consistent with blogging.
As the article was part of the monthly 'Inspire - Creative Journey' series, the magazine was looking for a artisan in their studio/work space. The editor had to approve me as the subject and did so on the merit of the studio photos that I placed on my blog. So don't think that it doesn't matter if you don't have clear photography. Many journalists as well as retailers are trawling the blogs and Facebook looking for new and exciting products. It will pay you to learn some photo editing skills. It's rare for me not to touch up my photos at least a little in Photoshop.
The photo shoot and interview took place in my studio 7 months before the article was actually published! I was very nervous about having my photo taken but the photographer was nice enough to allow me to veto any images that I did not like and submitted a nice collection for the editor to choose from. It was definitely worth it as I had a surge of new customer orders and wholesale enquiries once the magazine came out. The orders have tapered off a bit now as people are always reading the latest magazine.
It probably pays to try and have continued media exposure and I am now using a professional photographer for our product shoots so will be submitting those images to the media contacts that I have made. Tanya will be able to tell you more about what magazines are looking for. Personally, I have always been contacted by media, but be aware that they will often ask for high-resolution images at a day's notice so always try to have high quality images ready to go. You will lose out if you don't have them.
thanks so much ladies..............
Next week we are continuing on with the advice about how to get published in magazines. We have guest blogger Heidi from Giddy kipper joining us. Not only has Heidi been featured in loads of magazines in the U.K, she has also been extremely busy interviewing some editors of U.K publications on our behalf, to give her blog post that extra va va vooooom!!!
Can't wait to read it Heidi!
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Have a lovely week everyone and don't forget the BIG Cheeky Pickle FB Market night next Sunday 11th March, 8pm. Lot's of my designs will be available to buy including originals and printed work.


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Frank Scoblete – Stealing and the "Crappy Iron Cross"
Frank Scoblete – Stealing and the "Crappy Iron Cross" FROM ERNEST: I have evolved my knowledge and Love of Blackjack in a significant part from over the years reading your excellent column. Truth be told, I have guided many a player to your column if they want to be a student of the game. I also enjoy craps and again feel your great articles have played a significant role in my enjoyment of that game. Without a doubt though, blackjack is my game, but over the years, it has been nice to have Craps as an enjoyable alternative, especially during the negative blackjack streaks.My question: On a trip to play at a casino In Louisiana, I had an interesting and educational lesson that really raised many questions for me. Unfortunately, I'm not sure of the lesson learned! I am bilingual in English/Spanish and one such blackjack pit boss knows that. Late, late one evening (actually early morning) the pit boss at the request of security asked (begged) me to help security with a serious issue involving some patrons that spoke only Spanish. I was glad to help so I worked as an interpreter for casino security for an hour or more.The issue being dealt with by casino security involved basically a patron who stole a slot machine ticket from the machine that another patron was playing. Security was able to catch the person who stole the ticket cashing the ticket (it was a sizable amount) through video security cameras. According to the sheriff's department who was called in by casino security, the thieves (there were at least two scammers working together) were professional at this scam and simply just trolled the casinos looking for victims at slot machines.Here is my lesson and my questions out of this experience. After all was said and done, the poor innocent slot player who had his slot ticket stolen just flat lost his money he had won at the slot machine! The sheriff and casino security could not take the money away from the thief even though video showed her stealing the ticket and cashing it. The sheriff said the innocent patron could file charges against the thief but that's it!When playing blackjack or craps or any table game are your playing chips really protected when you leave the table for a quick restroom break and leave the chips at the table? What if you come back to find chips missing or completely gone? What then? Based on the experience I just shared above, I believe a player could be out of luck! Is this so? Based on that one experience where I assisted by interpreting, at least at this particular casino, I fear the answer is not good for the player.Thank you for any thoughts you may have to share with me and all readersof your column.FRANK RESPONDS: Even if the dealer or floor person or pit boss tells you to leave your chips on the table, they and the casino are not responsible for them. Someone comes over to steal them and does actually steal them; you are as screwed as the slot player you wrote about. This holds true for all casinos, not just the one you wrote about.By the way, you should have asked for a comp for a room and a meal since you were so helpful in giving your time. That might sound less than generous but they used your skill to help them. Now they should help you.I believe you should always take your chips with you. Leave a dollar chip (if you have to reserve a space) but color up and bring the rest with you. Those chips? That's your money. Someone steals them; they are stealing from you, not the casino. They are cash in a different form.For your great email I am sending you a copy of my book "The Virgin Kiss" and a copy of my book "I Am a Card Counter: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Blackjack"FROM GEORGE: Frank while in Vegas I recently met a player who was using a method called the "Crappy Iron Cross" I watched him play it for a while and he was wining. What are your thoughts on this strategy? This is how it works just in case, he plays $42 on the don't pass; then after the Come-Out roll he buys all the numbers across the board hedging all his bets including the field. The only thing that could hurt him was the come out roll in which I thought if you played the 7 you were covered.FRANK RESPONDS: There is a simple way to look at this method of betting. Just split all the bets among the players at the table. Will the casino have an edge or not? If not, quite quickly the casino will lose all its money.Every bet this man is making has a house edge associated with it; an edge the method cannot overcome. My advice is to stick to the best bets at the game; they give you the best chance to come out ahead. Short-term wins such as this man had are not an indication of anything but luck. He'll ultimately go down in flames.I am sending you a copy of my book "The Virgin Kiss" for your email.Frank's new book is "I Am a Dice Controller: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Blackjack." To contact Frank write to firstname.lastname@example.com article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at email@example.com.


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I bet you thought we were sensationalising this, didn't you? Well look and despair, because that's a f*cking huge lobster claw.
A fisherman in North Wales has gained international attention after part of his haul produced a rather peculiar appendage. Shaun Krijnen was shocked to find a colossal 30cm long lobster claw and a massive 18.7cm long carapace.
"I've showed it to the lads who work with me and they said they don't want to put their hands under the bags anymore knowing that might be there," Shaun told reporters and we 100% agree with those workers of his. To give a better sense of how big this creature is, here is a photo explaining what a carapace is.
So that 20cm carapace, and 30cm claw are missing the other half a metre of sheer terror. Whew nelly, that's a big lobster. Not to mention that the carapace found was a moult, which means the lobster had actually outgrown that particular bit of shell so in reality it's still only getting bigger.
Lobsters actually live indefinitely, and they keep growing as they age. So it's feasible that there are exceptionally rare but exceptionally large individuals lurking around the depths. The current record is 124cm in length which, uh…
124cm is taller than an 8-year-old child. It's bigger than a lot of dogs. And right now it might not even be the damned record anymore! Somewhere off the coast of the North of Wales is a huge Labrador-sized lobster stumbling around with claws powerful enough to snap an adult man's wrist . It's scuttling around the murky depths of ice cold Welsh waters just waiting for some poor bastard to haul it up so it can eat the skin off his face (okay we made that last part up.)
Seriously though, why do people make a big deal of sea monsters when the sea is already filled with monsters. Don't believe me!?
Why don't you check out this close up of a lobster's mouth?


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I love my mother, so I may be a bit biased, but I'm very excited for the second edition of her book, Yogaminute, coming soon to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and her own site Yoga Anita. In this trailer for the book, Anita describes her experience as an instructor, who benefits from Yoga and the book, and how to use the book. I mean, it has to be worth checking out if you can benefit from just a minute of work!
Introducing Yogaminute, the Second Edition. Do you know someone who is stressed? Or needs to relax? Overwhelmed with errands, kids, or taking care of others? Busy people of all ages need yoga! But squeezing in time might not work for your schedule. What to do? Well now there is Yogaminute - got a minute, you can do yoga! This easy to follow guide is for anyone who needs to incorporate yoga into their daily lives, one minute at a time. Simple instruction, pictures of real people, and lots of ideas make this book the one to get! Authored by Anita Perry, owner of YogaAnita.
Book will be available for purchase soon so look out!