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Here is our daughter as a Cabbage Patch Living Doll, wife came up with the idea and ordered yarn wig to be made and I was off to find materials. First went to local appliance store and asked for a couple appliance boxes (range box), got 2 boxes incase messed up first design. Challenge was to create a box that would go onto a stroller, so I took cardboard support that came with box and fabricated to bottom of stroller to support box on stroller. cut opening at front of box, added side supports to box to be supported by base of stroller support, Painted box with white primer, then painted gloss yellow with a roller. Printed images from computer, cut out designs and applied with glue, covered stroller seat with green cloth. Costume was made to be easily assembled and taken apart to be folded and transported by car for trick or treat.
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1,290. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingkmcferrin Aug 3, 2011 7:40 AM (in response to E.W.)
E.W. wrote:
But the main factors of purchasing is to see whether or not the company cares
and/or understands the supposed customers they sell their products to.
Judging from this thread, I'm sceptical. My company would *never* invest
that much in the infrastructure (which is why the systems are self-built
towers). Seeing so many *real world* configurations in this thread, and
looking back at the pricing/licensing pdf, I question the decision behind the
vRam entitlements. Even with Essentials, I'm only given a max of
vRAM of 144GB. 3 Hosts, that's 48GB per host. Each host having
just 1 socket. Hosting at least three VMs Does it even make sense
for me to bother with virtualizing? (Sometimes I wonder if I'm just interested
in Keeping up with the Joneses.)
No offense to anyone.
In my experieince business virtualize for a few different reasons:
1. Consolidate more hosts onto fewer hardware devices to more fully utilize the hardware you have and save on hardware costs, energy, cooling, etc.
2. To gain access to extra features like HA, vMotion, etc that make the life of the IT department a little easier when it comes to patching and keeping things running.
3. To gain access to the DR capabilities that virtualization brings.
4. To build a more dynamic data center environment.
Then there's the whole hosting company/service provider side that doesn't seem to apply to you.
My question for you is "Why do you want to virtualize? What is the ROI?" If the ROI isn't there (and there are certainly small companies for whom virtualization would be nice and helpful but doesn't offer the ROI) then you may not want to go there.
All that said, be aware that VMware isn't the only game in town when it comes to virtualization. If you don't like what you see then look at the other vendors in the space and see if their offering doesn't make more sense for you.
1,291. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingkmcferrin Aug 3, 2011 7:43 AM (in response to goppi)
goppi wrote:
We are a consultant company focused on the SMB market and the Essentials Plus Kit
was what most often fit our customer's needs.
We will not upgrade a single customer to ESX5. For most of them
we would simply not be able to do that without leaving the Essentials
Surely you will let your customers make that decision for themselves?
1,292. Re: vSphere 5 Licensinghmtk1976 Aug 3, 2011 8:28 AM (in response to kmcferrin)
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hmtk1976 wrote:
For VMware's sake I hope that cloud providers like their product lineup because for my customers the Citrix and Microsoft products are as good as vSphere. I'm going to upgrade a customers Windows Server Enterprise to Datacenter which would cost a whopping € 50 per server per year more in SA than they pay now.
I am unclear what this has to do with virtualization. Surely if they have a virtualization solution in place then they already have properly licensed their Windows Server VMs?
With the money we save on SnS we can buy SCCM VMM or System Center Essentials if we go the Microsoft way and still come out far cheaper.
1,293. Re: vSphere 5 LicensingLockAze Aug 3, 2011 8:37 AM (in response to kmcferrin)
I also work as a consultant, and from a customers view you tend to see this: Here is what we will tell you that you need. If you buy it from VMware it will cost you xxx$ but if you buy it from say Microsoft it will cost xxx$ less for you. And you won't have the memory limitation. What do you think the customer will choose?
So basicly VMware will have to give something that Citrix or Microsoft doesn't offer (that given, they do have a better product) to a price that is not so far away from say microsoft or Citrix. But when they are more expensive, and they cripple away their best selling point (overcommitment) then I can't go to the customer and say: VMware has the best solution and it's reasonally priced because of the fact that they have a great overcommitment functionality. I now would have to say: You could go with VMware, but since memory is cheap and getting cheaper by the month, maybe Microsoft or Citrix is the way to go, they're cheaper and if you need more memory just buy it and cram it in your server... Problem solved. or if you go for VMware you could first maybe buy more memory and then buy a new expencive license so that you are actually allowed to use this extra memory.
I do not now what kind of genious that thought up this idea, but from my place... It just made the competitors a lot more interesting.
1,294. Re: vSphere 5 LicensingRumple Aug 3, 2011 8:42 AM (in response to kmcferrin)
Heh..thats what I get for responding to a thread in the middle of the night, when I had better things to do, like sleep :o)
1,295. Re: vSphere 5 LicensingJAndrews42 Aug 3, 2011 8:56 AM (in response to Rumple)
Changes have been made, call your partner or check back after 2pm PDT 8/3/11
1,296. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingbobbach Aug 3, 2011 9:14 AM (in response to SuperSpike)
Unlike a lot of the folks in this thread I will come out and say I am excited about vSphere 5.
Multicore FT and Storage DRS are the cornerstone of a much more resilient platform. We have wanted these features since we started with virtualization on ESX 2.5. Much of our dual datacenter design was built knowing that these technologies would come, we have been getting ready for them for a long time. We have been telling management that their investment just keeps paying off and will continue to show value
Now that they are coming and we should be getting ready to realize a lot of the promise of ESX/vSphere, VMware has changed the rules of the game yet again. I understand that they need to keep shareholders happy even with the expanded employee base and shiny new facilities they have have to pay for. I'm also sure that they are betting that there are a lot of us out here that will stay the course, and dig deeper to pay for the promise delivered.
I'm not sure that they are right.
Shareholders understand reinvesting in a wildly sucessfull business, and customers understand when they are being pinched. Neither customers nor shareholders want to see other platforms begin to see more R&D time or production resources.
We have become used t there being a single pane to tell us what we need to know in vCenter, we have grown accustomed to supporting one virtualization vendor. But given how much memory we plan to add to our environment in the next year or two we may need to look at other solutions. Mixed environments are never perfect. Remember the Novell/Microsoft shop days or the conversion period from Token Ring to Ethernet? Neither Novell nor Token Ring faired well in the end.
Do we expect price increases? Sure we do. We expect fair increases in our maintenance costs and upward movement in initial purchases. We do not expect to be paying a new model every time a metric pushes ahead. Maybe next they'll charge us for network throughput, or virtual storage, the number of cores under FT etc.
VMware has every right in the world to charge us however they want. As custodians of our organizations data, we have an OBLIGATION to make sure that we protect and make that data accessible in as cost effective a manner as possible.
In many cases that may require the movement of test/dev to another platform. Maybe tiered virtualization platforms will take hold. As the competing technologies integrate a similar feature set they may move up a tier or two. And perhaps sooner than we like to think we'll remember VMware in the same breath as Banyan VINES.
I for one hope that they see the error of their way. They can fix this.
Hopefully they have still have the vision and the corporate will to do so.
1,297. Re: vSphere 5 Licensinggoppi Aug 3, 2011 9:25 AM (in response to kmcferrin)
Surely you will let your customers make that decision for themselves?
Of course.
But customers nearly always follow our recommendations.
And if we present the costs (meaning to leave the Essential path) I have no question
that most of them are not willing to go that route.
In SMB things are a bit different.
Virtualization is nice and gives flexibility but it is not essential
and from a ROI point of view it is no that convincing either.
We will keep our customers on 4.1 and meanwhile take the time
to look for alternatives.
In our business we try to focus on a single product for every aspect
to be able to offer high quality services and to be economic. As
the price gap between VMware and the competitors is getting quite
large our competitors which offer different solutions are getting
a competitive advantage.
1,298. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingtomaddox Aug 3, 2011 9:50 AM (in response to SuperSpike)
I haven't seen the official announcement, but VMware has apparently changed the licensing model slightly, incorporating these two changes:
1) vRAM entitlement is doubled per license level (96 GB for Enterprise Plus).
2) Individual VMs can never consume more than 96 GB of license cost.
So, we're still being shafted, just not as hard.
On the hilarious side, my VMware rep tried to sell the new licensing model as an advantage since it allows us to pool all of our licenses. As I explained to him, any licensing change which requires more work from me is not an improvement, no matter how they try to sell it.
The urgency of considering an alternative virtualization platform has been somewhat reduced, but we will still, in all likelihood, be moving our desktop virtualization initiatives to the Citrix Xen suite to ease our vSphere licensing.
To those who say that VMware needs to increase their prices to stay competitive, I would offer the following feedback:
1) They just brought in record profits based on the old licensing model.
2) If my company told our clients that we were going to increase their costs by 50-200% without a commensurate improvement in their return on investment, we would quickly find ourselves without clients. If we told them that it's because we need to maintain our level of profitability to satisfy our shareholders, I believe that we would hear the sounds of the worlds smallest violins playing just for us, because that's what I'm playing for VMware.
1,299. Re: vSphere 5 Licensinghmtk1976 Aug 3, 2011 11:16 AM (in response to tomaddox)
Is there an official announcement?
1,300. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingtomaddox Aug 3, 2011 11:43 AM (in response to hmtk1976)
There's supposed to be one this week.
1,301. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingbobbach Aug 3, 2011 12:25 PM (in response to tomaddox)
I think they are still missing the point.
This scheme is trouble in as much as it is overpriced.
In their brave new world if we continue to run VMware, we will run VMs memory constrained and only add memory as a last ditch alternative.
So what should be a modest increase in operational expense for a maintenance price hike becomes a capital expenditure for more licensing. Furthermore, we will now be ordering servers with the minimum amount of RAM and then buying more when the need arises incurring yet more work and less flexibility.
The scheme is the problem almost as much as the price is.
Doubling the RAM now is akin to boiling a frog. Raise the heat a little now and a little more later. Before you know it the frog is boiled, or in the case of VMware, the customer fleeced.
Go back to the drawing board VMware, and beat the person who came up with this hairbrained idea about the head and shoulders with said drawing board.
1,302. Re: vSphere 5 LicensingBobEadie Aug 3, 2011 12:32 PM (in response to bobbach)
"Maybe tiered virtualization platforms . . . "
I like that idea – VMWare for Tier 1 production, and 'other' cheaper products for our 'other' servers.
But I would prefer to keep it all VMWare.
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1,303. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingbobbach Aug 3, 2011 12:51 PM (in response to BobEadie)
'But I would prefer to keep it all VMWare.'
So would I Bob.
I really wish this whole problem would go away and I could go back to beating the drum for vSphere.
-- Bob
1,304. Re: vSphere 5 Licensingkmcferrin Aug 3, 2011 12:51 PM (in response to BobEadie)
BobEadie wrote:
"Maybe tiered virtualization platforms . . . "
I like that idea – VMWare for Tier 1 production, and 'other' cheaper products for our 'other' servers.
But I would prefer to keep it all VMWare.
I've had other vendors actually suggest that as a sales technique, and for some businesses that might make sense. But then you get into the inevitable situation of having to support two different platforms, so it doesn't work quite as well in practice UNLESS you are planning to switch platforms and are simply starting with non-prod environments.
The other issue is that in larger environments I would be cautious in having dev/test/qa environments running on a different platform than the intended prod environment. If they aren't configured identically then how sure can you be that the behavior (and interaction of device drivers, integration components, etc) is equivalent?


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Skip to 0 minutes and 13 seconds The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is a massive site in the heart of Berlin, and is sometimes simply referred to as the 'Holocaust Memorial'. As an academic, I am fascinated by it as a symbol of how Germany chooses to remember the exceptionally difficult parts of its national past. The monument consists of around 19,000 square metres of land covered with concrete columns of varying heights, and it was finally opened after long and sometimes bitter debates in 2005. Of course, there had been many earlier memorials all over Germany to honour victims of the Holocaust.
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Skip to 1 minute and 29 seconds of Hitler's policies, they were excluded from this memorial: these groups would have to wait for their own separate memorials in Berlin. Secondly, even with this exclusive focus on Jewish victims, there was still the question of how any single memorial could convey the magnitude of the Holocaust and the resulting sense of loss. Thirdly, concerns were raised that such a grandiose gesture might suggest that Germany was attempting finally to 'draw a line' under its past. It was felt that whatever form the memorial took, it should not be something that would simply blend into the background like so many monuments; rather it should continue to provoke debate.
Skip to 2 minutes and 6 seconds And finally there were concerns arising from the unusual situation of a 'perpetrator nation' erecting a monument to its victims. Some German politicians and public intellectuals suggested that whereas 'normal' nations erect monuments to commemorate their positive achievements, Germany risked reducing its own history to the Holocaust and thus creating a negative national identity. The design finally chosen in 1997 is highly abstract. Unlike a traditional memorial, there is minimal information at the site to tell you what its function is. And if you do not know what the site commemorates before you visit it, you won't get any real clues just from its form.
Skip to 2 minutes and 45 seconds Eisenman emphasised that his work had no 'message' and there was no 'right' way to engage with it - there is no obvious entrance or exit, and visitors have to find their own way through the site, putting the responsibility for what they experience or learn from it firmly onto each individual. Certainly the site's open form is an invitation to engage with it quite differently from the way you might behave at a more traditional memorial; people frequently sit on the lower stelae eating lunch, chatting, making phone calls and even sunbathing; teenagers enjoy the (strictly forbidden!) challenge of leaping between columns, and younger children love playing hide and seek in what looks to them like a giant maze.
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Skip to 4 minutes and 11 seconds This provides extensive documentary material about the events of the Holocaust, but especially about the fates of many named individuals, which encourages the visitor to engage with the memorial quite differently when they reemerge. The seriousness with which German politicians and public debated the need for this memorial and the form it should take over many years was perhaps the best evidence of just how far Germany had come in dealing with this dark chapter in its national past. Indeed, some academics felt that the debate itself - which is documented in this massive tome! - was actually the best possible memorial. But Eisenman's creation has marked an important watershed.
Skip to 4 minutes and 52 seconds Its location in the heart of Berlin, where it functions as a site of remembrance and mourning, a tourist site, and even a short cut to work, suggests that an awareness of this past is now securely integrated in the national consciousness, not to make Germans who had nothing to do with these events feel eternally guilty, but as a marker of what was lost from both Germany and Europe in the Holocaust, an invitation to reflect on the meaning of that loss, and a warning to generations - not just German generations - to come.
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Britney Spears' new song "Make Me" is something sensational.
Britney Spears' new song "Make Me" is something sensational.
Hearing a lead single from the undisputed princess of pop is rare, mystical and in many ways life changing. There are only a dozen pop artists or so that garner followings with massive influence, and Britney is one of them. The innocent turned not-that-innocent seductress rose from the ashes after a very public downfall, and her fans watched every step of the way. The dark days are behind us, and our musical idol is in fighting form, releasing a new single titled "Make Me" feating G-Eazy from her upcoming ninth studio album. We're invested.
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Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.
From cradle to grave this problem of running order through chaos, direction through space, discipline through freedom, unity through multiplicity, has always been, and must always be, the task of education.
The purpose of this discipline is to bring man into the habit of applying the insight that has come to him as the result of the preceding disciplines. When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not on one's relation to the act, or its character or value. One should think: there is walking, there is stopping, there is realizing; not, I am walking, I am doing this, it is a good thing, it is disagreeable, I am gaining merit, it is I who am realizing how wonderful it is. Thence come vagrant thoughts, feelings of elation or of failure and unhappiness. Instead of all this, one should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquillity of mind, realization, insight and Wisdom; and one should follow the practice in faith, willingness and gladness. After long practice the bondage of old habits become weakened and disappears, and in its place appear confidence, satisfaction, awareness and tranquillity. What is the Way of Wisdom designed to accomplish? There are three classes of conditions that hinder one from advancing along the path to Enlightenment. First, there are the allurements arising from the senses, from external conditions and from the discriminating mind. Second, there are the internal conditions of the mind, its thoughts, desires and mood. All these the earlier practices (ethical and mortificatory) are designed to eliminate. In the third class of impediments are placed the individual's instinctive and fundamental (and therefore most insidious and persistent) urges - the will to live and to enjoy, the will to cherish one's personality, the will to propagate, which give rise to greed and lust, fear and anger, infatuation, pride and egotism. The practice of the Wisdom Paramita is designed to control and eliminate these fundamental and instinctive hindrances.
That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlightens the mind with useful knowledge, and furnishes to it matter of enjoyment from within itself, is of more consequence to real felicity than all the provisions which we can make of the goods of fortune.
No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.
Error is discipline through which we advance.
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
The essence of all education is self-discovery and self-control. When education helps an individual to discover his own powers and limitations and, shows him how to get out of his heredity its largest and best possibilities, it will fulfill its real function, when children are taught not merely to know things but particularly to know themselves, not merely how to do things but especially how to compel themselves to do things, they may be said to be really educated. For this sort of education there is demanded rigorous discipline of the powers of observation, of the reason, and especially of the will.
Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.
In building a firm foundation for Success, here are a few stones to remember: The wisdom of preparation. The value of confidence. The worth of honesty. The privilege of working. The discipline of struggle. The magnetism of character. The radiance of health. The forcefulness of simplicity. The winsomeness of courtesy. The attractiveness of modesty. The inspiration of cleanliness. The satisfaction of serving. The power of suggestion. The buoyancy of enthusiasm. The advantage of initiative. The virtue of patience. The rewards of co-operation. The fruitfulness of perseverance. The sportsmanship of losing. The joy of winning.
Reality comes into being only when the mind is still, not made still. Therefore, there must be no disciplining of the mind to be still. When you discipline yourself, it is merely a projected desire to be in a particular state. Such a state is not the state of passivity... Liberation is from moment to moment in the understanding of what is, when the mind is free, not made free. It is only a free mind that can discover, not a mind molded by a belief or shaped according to a hypothesis. Such a mind cannot discover. There can be no freedom is there is conflict, for conflict is the fixing of the self in relationship.
It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
No discipline is immune to excess or lack of wisdom. All programs for human betterment can be undermined by ignorance, imcompetence, or moral perversity.
A great man is one who has conquered himself. He has brought order, discipline and meaning into his life and prevented it from becoming the aimless, self-centered, repulsive existence to which he is drawn by his inherited weaknesses. The process begins when a man brings a center of interest into his life. This interest must be something inspiring and elevating. If you push these requirements far enough, the center of his life can only be God.
For the learning of every virtue there is an appropriate discipline and for the learning of suspended judgment the best discipline is philosophy.
When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, "Never keep your mind alert, attend to what is before you, what has been given you." This tortures the child because it contradicts nature's purpose, and nature, the greatest of all teachers, is thwarted at every step by the human teacher who believes in machine-made lessons rather than life lessons, so that the growth of the child's mind is not only injured, but forcibly spoiled.
What is the meaning of life? The meaning may not be expressed in words. It transcends the mind and the intellect. The meaning is to be experienced, realized... It is open to everyone who would live according to certain disciplines... The discipline of duty. Life is a field of duty, not a dance of desires... The discipline of service... We are here to help others... The opposite of love is not hate but apathy... The discipline of silence... The meaning of life is to love God and to give the service of love to the suffering children of God. And to the birds and animals who are God's children as well.
There is a mistaken notion prevailing among some parents that discipline is the same thing as punishment. It is not. Discipline comes from a Latin word meaning "to teach." The best discipline is that which teaches, not the kind that hurts.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Live more closely to the rhythms of nature... To keep our priorities straight, it is helpful to live more deliberately, with enough discipline to evoke and sustain a sensitivity to the inner life. To honor the rhythms and requirements of your life, be sure that the pattern you adopt is organic and flexible, rather than arbitrary and artificial... Live each day mindfully. Spiritual life requires no strongman acts, no glittering achievements or spectacular successes, but it does require passionate fidelity to the hundred little things of mundane life.


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Tablet WeTab, jointly established Neofonie GmbH and 4tiitoo AG, will be available only in September. Recall receiving pre-orders started back in May, and production was to be held in July, but this did not happen. WeTab equipped with 11.6-inch touchscreen, built on Intel Atom N450 processor and runs under the operating system Android. Dimensions of the device is 295h195h15 mm, and weight - 800 grams (850 grams in a version with 3G).
Of the other characteristics of the tablet is worth mentioning 1 GB of RAM, up to 32 GB of flash memory, 1.3 megapixel camera and wireless modules Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and Wi-Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n). In the version with support for 3G cellular networks have WeTab provides a GPS receiver and a port HDMI. The model is equipped with two USB ports and a card slot for SD / SDHC. Cost younger version WeTab be 449 euros, and the eldest - 569 euros. Until it comes to sales in Germany, but probably will come new and in other European countries.


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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has selected Steven Holl Architects to design an expansion that will primarily hold galleries for art after 1900, the museum has announced. The project will also integrate the museum's sculpture garden, expand its art school and add a new parking area.
The new building will occupy a two-acre museum-owned site that is currently a parking lot. It will also include galleries for traveling exhibitions, educational areas, a library, lecture halls, a theater and a restaurant. Steven Holl Architects was selected in an international search over two other finalists, Snohetta and Morphosis.
The museum expects the project to cost $250 million to $350 million with the design process taking about two years, followed by five years of construction.


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The Golden Globes have given Connie Britton one more thing to be joyous about this holiday season.
The actresses' role on the ABC network show Nashville has landed her a Globe nod for her portrayal of fictional country superstar Rayna James. Also getting a nomination was Britton's co-star Hayden Panettiere, who received a supporting actress nomination.
USA Today writes that Britton was delighted for the young actress:
"I just think it's so thrilling. I feel she's incredible on the show. The whole cast is amazing. We all have a blast working together. I'm super happy for (Hayden), and I'm so excited that we're going to be able to go to the Golden Globes together. Wooo!"
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the nominations at the Beverly Hilton early this morning.
According to the LA Times, Connie Britton was alerted to the good news while she and her 22-month-old son were watching videos on her iPhone.
"We were watching videos of him and his little girlfriend and all of a sudden, on top of the screen, popped up an email from my manager. My honey let me check it," she said.
The actress added, "It's so crazy. I have to tell you, that is something I never ever thought would happen. It's the season of cool news."
This will be the first time Britton has been recognized by the Globes, though her appearances in the shows Friday Night Lights and American Horror Story have brought her Emmy nominations.
See if Connie Britton walks away with a Golden Globe statue during the January 13 live broadcast on NBC.


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And here's one full length shot of the whole shebang. It's been warm enough the last couple days to have bare legs, if only briefly. When I looked at these photos on the computer though, I thought for a second that I had tights on. My legs are THAT WHITE. Holy moly, I hope I don't instantaneously burn while I'm away!
And, GUYS! There are a whole bunch of new ladies in the lineup this week! Be sure to check them out and welcome them to the gang! And if YOU would like to join us next time, shoot any one of us an email!


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Clean, affordable energy solutions are on tap at the "country's most comprehensive" natural gas-focused research institute.
That's Stony Brook University's assessment of the Institute of Gas Innovation and Technology, which the university and National Grid officially introduced with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday.
The consortium of academic and industry leaders comprising the I-GIT will rise to meet the nation's diverse and growing energy challenges, according to SBU, which hosted SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson and National Grid NY President Ken Daly at Friday's kickoff event.
The I-GIT – based inside the Advanced Energy Research & Development Center, a New York State-designated Center of Excellence located in Stony Brook's Research and Development Park – will serve as an independent reviewer of gas technologies and related policies, focused on key areas including gas-supply diversification, safety, resiliency and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as Big Data management as related to natural gas systems.
Specifically, the I-GIT "will support advanced concepts in gas-technology development and deployment for homes and businesses, enabling a sustainable and safe environment through cross-disciplinary collaboration and academic-industry," according to SBU.
Noting the I-GIT embodies the themes of innovation, sustainability and partnership reverberating through her first State of the University System address earlier this year, Johnson said the strategic partnership between SBU and National Grid would prove to be a bastion of "sustainable energy usage innovation."
"All parties are coming to this venture with an open mind to what can be accomplished for the communities we serve," the SUNY chancellor said, saluting "the researchers, faculty and students who will come through these doors, and future partnerships."
Daly said National Grid was proud to be a founding partner of an institute focused on clean gas tech, non-pipe alternatives, resiliency investments and educational collaborations geared toward workforce development, all among the innovative initiatives planned for the I-GIT.
"The consortium's innovative approach will help provide our customers and the local communities that we proudly serve with a 21st century clean-energy economy," the National Grid NY president said Friday.
Stony Brook University President Samuel Stanley, who welcomed a VIP guest list of regional science and business leaders to Friday's opening, called the I-GIT "a promising home for the hands-on implementation of innovative ideas," with nothing less than the "development of the world's next generation of clean-energy resources" in the offing.
"Collaboration between Stony Brook University engineering researchers and National Grid, as well as other leaders in several industries, is an exciting prospect and we look forward to watching the consortium grow," Stanley noted.
The I-GIT's activities will be overseen by a to-be-announced Advisory Board comprising representatives of the founding organizations and "university scholars," according to SBU. With a dual focus of industry-driven R&D and "intellectual curiosity," the institute will seek "additional founding members and second-tier funding," the university said.
The I-GIT expects to build "a global reach with national and international industry collaborators" within 12 months, SBU added, by "bring(ing) together business and government leaders, policymakers and researchers in developing innovative programs to deploy advanced gas-energy technologies."
Through I-GIT will be directed by chemical engineering professor Devinder Mahajan, graduate program director in SBU's Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Department.
The accomplished clean-energy researcher, who brings 30-plus years of research experience the job, says the I-GIT arrives at "a crucial time, as there are more and more energy choices and demands on the world's energy systems."
"In the United States alone, there are more than 5 million miles of natural gas pipe and 132 million buildings connected to the natural-gas system, with declining carbon intensity," Mahajan said Friday. "This system also represents a large opportunity to bring emerging technologies to our societies on a very large scale."


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For Worldwide Release: August 2015
Release Number: 251PR15
Caterpillar is taking the paper out of the machine inspection process with Cat® Inspect, an easy-to-use mobile application that allows users to download machine-specific inspection forms and capture actionable information during their walkarounds.
Inspection types include Technical Analysis (TA1) inspection forms and Preventive Maintenance (PM) checklists. The checklists are serial-number specific, which gives users guidance specific to the Cat equipment they depend on every day.
Users can add ratings, make comments and take pictures during the inspection. Subsequent inspection reports lists items requiring attention, from immediate to normal. If users are inspecting machines with optional equipment not listed on their checklists, they can document that equipment and add the information to the form.
Besides eliminating the need for paper, Cat Inspect allows typed or dictated notes, off-line inspections, forwarding to the Cat dealer, and PDF distribution. Important alerts are also sent to VisionLink®, so users can get an even better overall view of their fleets.
Cat dealers and technicians have tested, improved and used Cat Inspect over the past year, ensuring an outstanding experience for all customers, especially those using a mobile device on inspections for the first time.
Cat Inspect is available at no charge for Android devices through Google Play, for Apple iPhones and iPads through the App Store on iTunes and for Windows 8.1 tablets through the Windows Store.
For more information about Cat Inspect, visit www.cat.com/catinspect. To get login instructions once you've downloaded the app, contact your local Cat dealer.
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Fred: peace
Lund: grove, small forest
Hus: house
I'm Jeni, I'm a married Christian artist mother of three young wild children, learning the smallholding life in an old farmhouse in Denmark built at the end of the 1900s. We're still trying to find out if it used to have a name of its own, or if the legally protected area of woodland (fredskov) that belongs to it has a name as well.
We moved in just before Christmas of 2017: Stephen, myself, and our three children who were 9, 6 and not-quite-2 at the time.
We've called it Fredlundhus. It's our little bit of sanctuary, peace: our peaceful woodland home.
I've set up this blog to record bits and pieces of daily life, the changing of seasons, and how living here is changing us and challenging us and our thinking.


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The Apocalypse World Tour: The Ultimate Zombie Experience will happen at Maui Paintball on Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12. The tour has been traveling the U.S. and will stop on the Valley Isle to give you a chance to hunt zombies. Zombie fanatics will start in a mini-escape room, which you'll need to survive before you can enter the apocalyptic nightmare. Then you'll navigate through a wasteland–armed with an infrared military training weapon–while shooting your way out through a horde of flesh hungry zombies. Ticket price includes 500 rounds of ammunition. $34.99. Maui Paintball, (814 Honoapi'ilani Hwy., Olowalu); 808-866-7034; Apocalypseworldtour.com
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#YaJagoffPodcast | A Podcast all about Pittsburgh
If you don't see the player bar below, LISTEN to the Podcast show right here or on iTunes, Soundcloud and TuneIn via "Pittsburgh Podcast Network"
Episode 13 line-up: "Farm To Podcast" (Recorded Live at Farm To Table Event)
Episode Music: Bastard Bearded Irishmen, "Bartender's Friend"
00:50 Opening, John and Craig at the Farm to Table event, Pittsburgh Convention Center. John reveals that Jackie Cain, WTAE, took Craig's place last episode.
02:55 Welcome Erin Hart, American-HealthCare.net, which is the organization who organizes the event. This is the 10th year.
09:31 Charlotte… the youngest person we've interviewed on the podcast to date. She has all the right answers!
10:58 Craig gives our secret away as to why the podcast recording is going so well. Thanks to Jenny from Boyd and Blair Potato Vodka
11:10 Marissa & Sean (the winners of The Food Tasters giveaway for The Stone House Inn wine dinner & overnight stay)
Did they see any ghosts?
The steak, the scallops, the enchiladas and the Shepard's Pie
Dinner while talking to John..(might have been the longest night of their lives)
We talk sonic waves, wine making and stuff
Follow Marissa's blog Ampersand.co
18:26 Rent the Chicken?????? Yes, Phil, from Rent the Chicken has all the answers to Craig's questions about being a pseudo chicken farmer. FRESH EGGS
22:35 Community Kitchen Pittsburgh…you have to hear John Peck talk about Project Lunch Tray! Kids learning how to make healthy school meals!
25:35 Wendy and John Cibula, owners of the Franklin Inn Mexican Restaurant
There's already a connection between Wendy, John and Craig…2 degrees of separation thanks to Rose Ravasio!
The Franklin Inn had a Mexican menu long before it was cool to have a Mexican Menu. Their salad dressing is John's father's long-standing recipe.
31:03 John and Craig wrap-up.
Big thank to Erin Hart for letting us record the podcast. We did our best not to embarrass her although there were a few times we came close! See the pics on Instagram!
Don't forget, we have a phone number, i.e. a heckling line. Call us 412-444-8JAG
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It's Not About Pretty: A Book About Radical Skater Girls
Pro Skateboarder & Founder of Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word, Cindy Whitehead, Releases the First Comprehensive Photography Book About Female Skateboarders.
Female empowerment, social equality and a male dominated sport. It all boils down to one thing. Girls who skateboard are becoming more popular than ever in mainstream media, but until now there has never been a book showing just how unique these skater girls really are.
The new photography book, "It's Not About Pretty" showcases the female empowerment skateboarding brings to girls and women, alike. The book reminds us that girls are not just pretty faces and should strive for so much more in today's world.
These girls are RAD. They are renegades, and they are fearless. They have consciously decided that it doesn't matter what age or gender you are, you go after what you love. They fall hard, and they get back up. They keep pushing and they never give up. As skateboarders, it's ingrained in them. They don't skate for the medals, trophies or public acclaim. They do it because it's who they are. These girls are smashing gender stereotypes into tiny bits, hitting glass ceilings so hard they shatter into a million pieces and they are kicking ass and taking names. They are authentic and real and don't take no for an answer. For these girls it's not about being pretty, it's about being pretty radical.
"It's Not About Pretty" is the FIRST comprehensive photography book to be published on girls skateboarding. The 8×10 hardcover book is 144 pages and features 65 different skater girls, from age five to just over fifty years old. From pool riding, park, street, downhill, vert and cruising, to pro female skateboarders and soul skaters – this book covers it all.
"When girls pick up a book about skateboarding, I don't want them to see just guys; I want them to see smart, talented, ambitious girls who are doing things they love and kicking the ass out of social norms." – Cindy Whitehead
Author Cindy Whitehead, has led the fight for women's equality in skateboarding ever since she conquered the male-dominated profession of pro-vert skateboarding in the 70's. To this day, she is still the only female to be featured in the centerfold of a skateboarding magazine with a two-page article, her skateboard history has been taken into the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Sports History collections, and her TEDx talk has empowered girls everywhere. Cindy was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame on May 13, 2016 with an introduction by legendary feminist, and Rock & Roll icon, Joan Jett. Cindy is also the founder of the movement "Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word" whose goal is to give girls in action sports the same opportunities and recognition as their male counterparts.
Watch Cindy's TEDxYouth Talk here:
The book is illustrated throughout, with powerful imagery by award-winning photographer Ian Logan, and graphic design by Elise Crigar.
Each book comes sealed, with a beautiful dust jacket, and a 15×19 poster inside featuring 1 of 4-skater girls.
A portion of the books proceeds give back to 501c3 non-profits that create exposure and opportunities for girls in skateboarding.
The "It's Not About Pretty" book will be available in bookstores everywhere, as well as on Amazon.com. The book retails for $35.00 USD
Buy It's Not About Pretty here.


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Australia's controversial refugee deal with the United States has been thrown into disarray following a single tense phone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull.
For the past 17 years Australia has intensely debated how it manages refugees and asylum seekers trying to get to Australia, with a particular emphasis on so-called 'boat people' -- people trying to arrive over the sea.
Tough political rhetoric and failed proposals to manage about 2000 asylum seekers held in Australian centres recently led to a deal with the United States to offload a large part of the group.
But following a heated phone call between Trump and Turnbull, that deal may be off, and pundits are still trying to determine if Australia's long term and unwavering alliance with the U.S. may need to change course.
Here are some of the events and statements that led Australia into a quagmire of immigration policy.
In August 2001, the 'Tampa' affair set the scene for 17 years of intense immigration debate in Australia.
"The Pacific solution was a cynical, costly and ultimately unsuccessful exercise..." Labor Immigration Minister Chris Evans, February 2008
A new Labor government largely dismantled the Howard-era immigration scheme.
By July 2011, the Labor Government of Julia Gillard signed a deal with the Malaysian -- dubbed the 'Malaysian Solution' -- a proposal where by Australia would swap 800 asylum seekers held in detention centres for 4000 refugees waiting in Malaysia for resettlement.
By November that year the high court ruled the proposal to send unwanted asylum seekers to Malaysia was illegal.
Labor gets tougher on Immigration and begins reintroducing stronger language and measures after a government-appointed expert panel recommended a number of policy changes, including reintroducing the 'Pacific Solution.'
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, pictured above shortly after reclaiming the office of Prime Minister from colleague Julia Gillard, Rudd announces tougher measures during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Papua New Guinea.
Between 2008 and July 2013 close to 900 asylum seekers reportedly died -- 15 committed suicide or died of natural causes in detention centres, while about 860 died trying to get to the Australian mainland.
"This is one of the most serious external situations that we have faced in many a long year."Tony Abbott, 2013
Tony Abbott, in 2013, appointed three star General Angus Campbell to head Operation Sovereign Borders By January 2014, less than six months into Operation Sovereign borders, the government is faced criticism over its 'secretive' methods.
By September 2014 the Abbott Government signed another controversial refugee swap deal with Cambodia. Ultimately it is not successful and costs the taxpayer $55 million while three of the five refugees who arrived in Cambodia under the deal returned to their countries of origin.
In August of 2016, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea rules the Manus Island detention centre is breaches a constitutional right to liberty. PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the Manus Island regional processing centre will be closed.
The Federal government says it will not interfere with its agreement with Papua New Guinea, and removes the "detention" component of the facility. Asylum seekers who cannot work on the Island are "free to come and go".
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton -- who had his title changed to Minister of Immigration and Border Protection following the 2013 election that saw the coalition come to power -- sparked controversy in November 2016 by targeting Lebanese Muslims during parliamentary question time.
That same month, he and Turnbull announced a one off deal with the outgoing administration of Barack Obama for the U.S. to take 1250 refugees living on Nauru and Manus Island.
Two weeks into his first term, U.S. President Donald Trump and Turnbull had a row over the deal while on the phone.
Turnbull said Trump will honour the deal, but Trump tweeted that while he'll study it, he thinks it's "dumb".
As with all things involving President Trump, the future remains uncertain.


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Weather Underground is making changes to their API to pull data off their site. While this will not affect any normal users who use a browser, it will affect anyone who uses 3rd party apps and programs to pull data off Weather Underground. After the change, anyone who uses the API to create programs and apps that pulls data from Weather Underground must pay a license fee. The cost is unknown. However the users who upload their own data gets FREE access to their own data - What a deal!
How will this affect tiffinweather.com? Based on what information is currently available, Personal Weather Station (PWS) owners will still be able to send data to WU, and pull their own data from WU. However they will be unable to make use of the easy-to-use systems to pull data for elsewhere unless they pay a monthly license. Program & app developers will have to pay a hefty fee to make use of the new API and that will probably price them out of existence. "Enterprise Grade" API and related buzzwords are always expensive. As a result on my next maintenance run, I will be terminating the WU feed entirely.
This doesnt bode well for anyone who doesn't work for, or have a hand in a multi-million dollar company. Little people like us as usual will get left at the side of the road. That's my take on it, and you can read the announcement at https://apicommunity.wunderground.com/weatherapi/topics/end-of-service-for-the-weather-underground-api.
Updated March 7, 2019Turns out to have access to the data this site previously used would require purchasing an API key for the low price of $400.00 USD a month, more advanced functions would require a more expensive key upwards of $2,000 USD a month. Not going to happen. I expected pricing like this given the words "Enterprise Grade" and the lack of additional details. tiffinweather.com makes $-31 year for domain registration, and hosting and thats ignoring power cost for the local server and hardware required to keep the system online.
There was an ongoing issue with the rain collector that ended up resolving itself after contacting Davis for troubleshooting, and being sent replacement parts. If the issue reoccurs, I'll replace the rain collector switch.
I have also relocated the station to an alternate location to see how it improves readings. There should be some improvement to the overall readings. I cant guarantee perfect conditions because we are surrounded by many tall large trees.
Yes, tiffinweather.com is back. I've managed to fix and address all the remote feeds to accommodate NWS, USGS, etc data feeds no longer working. I had to employ several different changes to the weather subsystem for it to work. This required a fair amount of work which I didn't have time for given my full-time schedule while we were incredibly busy.
Funny enough in the first 11 hours the site was online, there were 2 different hack attempts. 184.108.40.206, & 188.8.131.52. Strangely these IPs belong to Google, which leads me to believe a compromised machine or a malicious hosting account under Google's IP space. Stuff like this is what leads to data leaks, and breaches. Lax internet security. Stay safe out there.
The first phase of the upgrade has been completed. Most of the initial changes will not be visible to end-users. Some framework is now in place that allows me to add functionality and visual adjustments to the site as needed. Because of the software upgrade, some pages will need adjustments to visually match the rest of the system.
Phase 2 of the upgrades will continue into the week regarding the weather server. This will only affect uploading current conditions. Radar, Forecast and all other systems will remain operational.
October 30, 2016Advisories have been fixed.
Due to yesterdays eventful night, I was alerted that the advisories alerts are no longer showing up. I am looking into the issue and hope to have a solution soon.
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Mitsui & Co., Ltd ("Mitsui") (Head Office: Tokyo; CEO: Masami Iijima) and Hyflux Ltd. ("Hyflux") (Head Office: Singapore; CEO: Olivia Lum), the leading provider of integrated water management and environmental solutions headquartered in Singapore, have signed a joint venture agreement on August 2, 2010, to deploy large scale water infrastructure business in China.
The joint venture company, Galaxy NewSpring Pte. Ltd. ("Galaxy") (Head Office: Singapore) has been established as a 50-50 joint venture, and plans to acquire 4 water treatment plant operation assets ("4 Operation Assets") owned by Hyflux, and 18 water treatment plant operation assets ("18 Operation Assets") owned by Hyflux Water Trust ("HWT").
The acquisition of the 4 Operation Assets is scheduled to be completed by the end of September or October 2010, by purchasing the shares of the holding companies of the 4 Operation Assets from Hyflux.
HWT is a public business trust sponsored by Hyflux which is listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, and wholly owns the 18 Operation Assets through several holding companies. Today, Galaxy has publically announced an Exit Offer to purchase the units of HWT, with the objective of acquiring the 18 Operation Assets. Currently, Hyflux owns 31.79% of HWT through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
The total purchase price for the 4 Operation Assets and for all units of HWT (which owns all equity interest of 18 Operation Assets) is approximately 20 Billion JPY.
The 4 Operation Assets and 18 Operation Assets which Galaxy plans to acquire collectively comprise, 9 tap water treatment plants, 11 wastewater treatment plants, and 2 water recycling plants in 8 provinces, such as Jiangsu, and Hebei where industrialization and urbanization are rapidly developing. The total designed capacity upon completion of the acquisition is 745,000m3/day (825,000m3/day, after expansion).
With Hyflux's innovative technology, and extensive water business operating expertise, combined with Mitsui's worldwide infrastructure business experience, extensive customer base, and business development and management capability, Galaxy intends to capture the fast growing water infrastructure demand in China, and expand its water business with new customers such as local governments and industrial parks.
Hyflux is a fast growing company in the area of water and wastewater treatment, and seawater desalination, with expanding business in China, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, North Africa, including the world's largest sea water desalination plant in Algeria, currently under construction.
Mitsui has expanded its water business over the years through various activities, such as its participation in the Water Supply BOT (Build-Own-Transfer) project in Izmit City, Turkey with Thames Water Utilities Ltd. of United Kingdom in 1995, its investment in Thai Tap Water Supply Public Co., Ltd., the largest private water operator in Thailand in 2006, and the acquisition of Atlatec, S.A. de C.V. of Mexico in 2008, which enabled Mitsui to obtain water treatment plant engineering, construction, and operation & maintenance capabilities, in addition to being awarded contracts of 3 wastewater treatment BOT projects in Mexico. This joint venture with Hyflux will further expand Mitsui's water business, and as a proactive integrated water solution provider, Mitsui will continue to help solve the various water related problems the world is facing today.
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Real property transfers are governed by Title 70 of the Montana Code of Laws. Quitclaim deeds, while valid, are not specifically defined in the statutes.
Quitclaim deeds transfer any interest in real estate the grantor may have in real estate from the grantor (seller) to the grantee (buyer) without any warranty of title. When using a quitclaim deed, there may be potential unknown claims or restrictions on the title, and the buyer accepts the risk, effectively taking the title as-is.
These deeds are frequently used in instances such as a divorce, with one spouse signing all of his or her rights in a piece of real property over to the other spouse; when there is uncertainty about the history of the property's title, and it is necessary to clear extant claims on the title; or when a current owner or buyer wishes another party with interest in the property to disclaim that interest.
A lawful quitclaim deed includes the names and addresses of each grantor and grantee and a complete legal description of the property. Include the preparer's name, address, and signature as well (7-4-2618, 7-4-2636, MCA). Besides these requirements, the form must meet all state and local standards for recorded documents.
All recorded documents or documents affecting a change in property ownership must contain information on how the property will be vested. For Montana residential property, the primary methods for holding title are tenancy in common and joint tenancy. A grant of ownership of real estate to two or more persons is presumed to create a tenancy in common, unless otherwise stated in the conveyance (70-1-307, 70-1-314, MCA).
Include all relevant documents, affidavits, forms, and fees along with the deed for recording. Any party transferring real property is required to file a Realty Transfer Certificate. File the form with the County Clerk and Recorder. Montana law requires this form be completed and may impose up to a $500 penalty for failure to file (15-7-304--310, MCA).
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#VMworld T-shirt Review Part 2
First up in this review is the T-shirt from Veeam
Name: Veeam
Model: American Apparel 100% combed Cotton
Size: 2XL
Quality: A pretty standard black material, that has held its shape very nicely after being washed.
Print: Veeam has chosen a spoof over the hit series Orange is the new Black with their own Green is the new Black. The back has a kinda big print about availability.
Score: 6/10
Conclusion: Had Veeam kept this to the front logo and a small Veeam logo on the back or on the sleeve I would have rated it higher. It however feels very nice and I have worn this in public.
Drop The Box is the next shirt up.
Name: Drop the Box
Model: Port and Company 100% Preshrunk Cotton
Size: XXL
Quality: The quality of this shirt was somewhat stiff, and was one of the shirts I gave away to the Homeless in San Francisco
Print: A fairly big logo on the front and a plain green back.
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Conclusion: Sorry VMUG, but I really dislike this green colur, and the stiffness of the shirt made me give it away.
Name: Rightscale
Model: Next Level apparel XXL ,100% Cotton
Size: XXL
Quality: Again a very nice quality shirt from Next Level, and it holds up its shape very nicely after being washed.
Print: A big Right Scale logo on the front, and a nice small print on the back
Score: 7/10
Conclusion: Not too flashy, and a good quality shirt. And also one I would wear in public.
VMturbo is the last one in this review
Name: VMturbo
Model: Port and Company 100% Preshrunk Cotton
Size: XXL
Quality: A shirt that I never even considered taking home with me. Felt quite ok.
Print: A weird message on the front and an odd looking spaceship on the back, with text stating you must learn control
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It's been a busy year for the owners of Pomo, the three-year-old, certified authentic Neapolitan pizzeria from executive chef Matteo Schiavone and partners Stefano Fabbri and Mark Proto.
Since losing their restaurant's home at The Borgata of Scottsdale shopping center early this year, the Italian trio not only made plans to re-locate Pomo, they expanded it as well -- first with a downtown location that opened in May, and now with a location in Scottsdale's Gainey Village that opens at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 30.
And this time, Pomo's got a tasty partner in tow.
See also: Scottsdale's Grassroots Kitchen & Tap Adding Second Location in Phoenix
Along with its top-notch pizzas, the 5,000-square-foot Pomo will house fresh-baked breads and Italian grocery items under the name of Forno Fabbri Italian Market & Mozzarella Bar, a new concept that pays homage to owner Stefano Fabbri's family's over 60-year-old bread-baking history in Sant'Agata Feltria, Italy.
"The ability to combine fantastic pizza, exquisitely baked bread, and Italian delicacies under one roof is a dream come true," says Fabbri. "We've tried to create a restaurant that will serve a variety of tastes, all by maintaining Italian authenticity in every menu item and beverage, décor, and presentation."
Forno Fabbri will include an on-site bread-baking facility that will offer a variety of breads and baked goods sold from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily as well as a selection of coffees, croissants, brioche, panini, salads, and soups. From 3 to 9 p.m., Forno's all about Italian cheeses and wines under the supervision of sommelier Luca Todini. There also will be a Sogno Toscano olive oil boutique, where guests can purchase the same premium Tuscan olive oil Pomo uses in its pizza and other menu items.
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As for the pizzeria, the new space will feature Pomo's massive wood-fired pizza oven, a wrap-around 2,000-square-foot patio and bar with a fire pit, and décor touches such as dark wood floors, high ceilings, and red and gray padded chairs.
Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana 8977 North Scottsdale Road (corner of East Doubletree Ranch Road) 480-998-1366 www.pomopizzeria.com
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Zoning review: Locations for medical marihuana production facilities
As part of the federal government's country-wide consultation on proposed new rules governing medical marihuana use, production and distribution, the City provided comments to Health Canada on February 28, 2013. Also in February 2013, City Council directed staff to review all available regulatory tools relevant to the establishment of medical marihuana production facilities in Ottawa and report back to Planning Committee and Council as appropriate.
As of September 9, 2013, draft recommendations will be posted online at http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/planning-and-infrastructure/zoning-review-locations-medical-marihuana. At that time geoOttawa, the City's online mapping application (http://maps.ottawa.ca/geoOttawa/), will be updated to indicate the locations of those zones that would be proposed to permit a Medical Marihuana Production Facility.
All community groups are encouraged to review the draft recommendations once they are available online. Comments on the draft recommendations will be welcomed until Monday, September 30, 2013 after which time the recommendations will be finalized within a report to Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Planning Committee, and City Council.


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There are times as a parent when it is best to do nothing. The crazy thing is that the form of "nothing" I am talking about is one of the hardest things for parents to do. This "nothing" definitely feels like "something." In this respect, doing nothing means putting off the lecture, releasing the death grip and letting go of control.
1. When you are about to explode
"Don't you ever touch my van again!" I remember this sentence as if it were seared into my conscience with a hot branding iron. My little brother, for reasons I have never understood, took a 16 penny nail and scraped a distinct line along the side of my parent's new van. I remember watching this and thinking, "Oh man, Mom's gonna kill you." Well, Mom didn't kill him, but I'm pretty sure she wanted to when she found out. He was just about to drag the point of the nail down the other side of the van when my mother peaked curiously through the front window of the house. She burst out the front door and seized the nail from his little fingers. I remember my mom squatting down next to my brother and saying in a frazzled voice, "Don't you ever touch my van again!" She said nothing else. She stood with the nail grasped tightly in her fist, turned around like a military man doing an about face and briskly walked in the house.
Since becoming a parent myself and working with countless other parents, I admire my mother's self control in that moment. I have witnessed far more harsh scolding and punishments come from parents for far less destructive acts.
It's difficult when your son has done that thing you told him not to do, again. You see him from across the room and give the order, "put down the marker, now!" To which he gives a defiant grin and proceeds to scribble on the wall. It feels for many parents like a volcano of words coupled with a tornado of action are just below the surface and the barrier won't hold for long.
When you are gripped by anger and you can feel the yell rising in your throat, its best to do and say nothing. You may need to remove a nail or a marker from the child, but the more you do and say out of fury and anger, the less effective your discipline and relationship will be. Remember that people and relationships are more valuable than things. That doesn't mean that consequences won't follow. It simply means that refraining from saying or doing anything in a moment of explosive anger allows us to provide opportunities for the child to learn and make restitution without destroying the relationship in the process.
2. When you are in rescue mode
Grandpa needed his lawn mower back, but it wouldn't start, and my two oldest sons had that guilty look on their faces. My father in law had allowed us to borrow his riding lawn mower for most of the summer due to our lack of a working mower. It had been sitting in our garage between mowing and the kids had been informed that they were not to play on or near the mower. However, when Grandpa came to get the mower, he noticed the gas cap was barely on and there were fresh blades of grass decorating the opening. He said, "Did you guys put grass in the gas tank?" They apparently thought it was a grass tank rather than a gas tank. They confessed with downcast eyes. Grandpa announced, "OK, you guys need to come down and help me clean it out and get it running again. You may have to use some of your lego money to get some new parts if we need them." The kids looked up at my wife and me with looks that screamed, "You can't let Grandpa bankrupt our lego accounts."
A big part of me thought, "Well maybe I'm responsible, I shouldn't have let them put grass in the tank." Another part thought, "They're just kids. They didn't know what they were doing. They don't have enough money. I should just take care of it." Luckily, I didn't and neither did their mother. This would have robbed them of learning great lessons that day that no punishment we could have given would have taught.
Not only did they learn that it may be wise to refrain from playing with things Mom and Dad ask them not to play with. They also learned that mowers don't run on grass and had a lesson on how to take a lawnmower apart and put it back together. They learned to take responsibility for their own actions.
I've found in my counseling experience that it is often hard for parents to refrain from rescuing their kids from the natural consequences of their actions. When kids procrastinate a project and they announce, "I forgot I have a project due tomorrow," parents will bail them out. Other parents will find ways to blame the teacher when their child gets a poor grade.
There are moments when our children need a rescue but when it comes to school, solving daily problems, overcoming conflicts with other kids, and so many other things, there is no need to solve the problems for them.
Sometimes we rescue simply to save face. It's more about "not looking like a bad parent" than it is about helping our children learn and grow. We also may worry about the consequences being more than our kids can handle. Don't allow these fears to destroy these natural learning opportunities.
3. When your kids confide in you
The garbage can was full of wet pull-ups, but their seven year old boy had been reporting no nighttime accidents for over a week. When it came time to take the garbage's out however my friend's son knew he couldn't conceal his secret any longer. As he and his mom walked to his room, he was a couple steps ahead of her. Just before they got to the garbage can he broke down and confessed. He had been wetting the bed almost every night but felt ashamed about it and so he lied and hid the evidence.
I've worked with parents that would have gone crazy and ranted over lying about such a silly thing, or maybe would have punished him for wetting the bed and lying about it. However, that's not what this mom did. She did nothing; nothing but listen and hug him as he cried in embarrassment. She let her son do everything. When he had composed himself, they tied up the garbage bag and took it out together. There were no comments, no lectures, no plans. There was only a feeling that he could trust his mom with his emotions and with the things he was embarrassed about. He realized he didn't need to lie.
As kids grow up they run into new challenges and struggles, some bigger than others. I know a young man that at a young age was exposed to pornography and by the age of thirteen or fourteen felt terrible about viewing the explicit material. He told his parents in hopes that they would help him quit. The parents "freaked out." They were upset and punished him for his behavior, which drove a significant wedge between them. They pushed and he pushed back. The result was a lot of pain and heart ache for both the parents and the son. On the other hand, I know a family that faced the exact same problem, but when their son confided in them, they extended open arms and thanked him for trusting them to help him. He got the help he needed and the experience brought him and his parents together.
I guess doing nothing is not nothing after all.
Sometimes it is best to wait to respond. Sometimes it is best to either remove yourself or quietly move towards your child without forcing it. Sometimes it can be better to simply hold your ground and let the child move. When you start to feel the anger boil within you, when you feel that urge to rescue or when you hear something come out of your child's mouth that is given in strict confidence, remember that the best thing you can do, just might be to do nothing.
Question: What is one of your best "do nothing" moments?
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