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Many people have been asking when the Frog Park enhancements will be ready.
While we received strong support for the enhancements, we are adjusting the design to address concerns raised by neighbors close to the park.
A goal of the enhancements is to provide additional play opportunities for toddlers and disabled children, especially via use of a swing and the spinner. Parents with mobility challenges will find the enhancements make the park more accessible.
Somehow, it happened. We became accustomed to teacher wish lists, peeling paint, extra fees for sports and music, too few (if any) counselors, and the highest student-to-teacher ratios in the nation. Budget surpluses have made things better. Proposition 30, Governor Brown's Local Control Funding Formula directs greater resources to the neediest students.
Esther Ann Hunt McFeely, believed to be the longest surviving Oakland Tech High alumna, left us quietly at age 104 on February 13, 2015, in the presence of her children gathered in the Rockridge home in which she had lived since 1920.
Esther was born in San Francisco January 19, 1911, to Howard and Cecelia Hunt and spent her early years in Nevada City where her grandfather had been a "grubstaker" during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.
For many of us, kitchens represent a major hub of activity in our homes. Not only do kitchens offer the potential for endless nourishment, they also have a way of becoming the epicenter of social interaction. Kitchens draw us in with their aromas, edible resources and technological utility. It's no surprise that the kitchen is the single most energy-intensive room in our homes, often representing as much as 15 percent of our home energy use.
"Find a need and fill it" was the slogan an Oakland cement company once painted on the sides of its mixer trucks.
The trucks are gone but the echo of the slogan infuses the spirit sustaining Rockridge today.
Knowing what Rockridge residents value most about our corner of Oakland, and what they see as priorities for the future can help the neighborhood meet the challenges of change.
Bosko's Framing Gallery is starting its 70th year in business at the southeast corner of College and Armanino Court. Currently in the display windows at Bosko's are a colorful variety of objets d'art: paintings by Lynne Bostick, Jason Schoner, and Rip Matteson, watercolors by Wendy Yoshimura, giclee prints by Lois Wachner-Solomon, and vintage pottery.
Although the College Avenue Safeway has opened, there are a number of items that do not yet comply with either the use permit conditions or the settlement agreement with community groups. The groups are submitting a list of uncompleted items to Safeway and Terramar (the new owner of the retail building), as is the city. The groups plan to meet with Safeway in February to resolve those items not yet completed. Please e-mail information about issues you have with the project to email@example.com.
Transports was started by Kei Kodani in 1982 in a small space above Barclay's Pub. Kei began the business selling camping and hiking equipment, and it seemed to complement the adjacent store that focused on running shoes. However, when that store went out of business, the salesmen providing that inventory convinced Kei, himself a runner, to carry their lines. Shortly thereafter, Kei moved a few doors up the street and next to the then-location of the Sierra Club bookstore where he remained for 20 years.
Gone are the days of the school PTA when bake sales funded "bells and whistles" for our schools. As OUSD budgets continue their downward trend, more community resources are needed to bridge the public funding shortfall.
Oakland Tech is Oakland's top-scoring public high school, and this year is extra special because it's our centennial year.
The January openings of Cole Hardware, just south of BART, and the new version of Safeway at Claremont and College definitely cut the post-holiday gloom.
Finally we have a hardware store on College! For more than 30 years, when friends would comment how lucky we were to live near so many great restaurants and shops, my response was always the same: "But we don't have a neighborhood hardware store."
The Friends of the Rockridge Library (FORL) is looking for candidates to fill open seats on our board. Our all-volunteer board collaborates with library management and staff to fund programs and resources not covered under the library budget.
The view entering Rockridge is much nicer these days for motorists exiting Hwy 24 at Claremont Avenue: New shrubs line the ramp; new trees line nearby sidewalks; the DaVita Dialysis facility on the corner of Clifton has been transformed.
But travel up Claremont Avenue, as most guests approaching the historic Claremont Hotel do, and you'll find the area near the highway underpass needs sprucing up. Scenic Streets thinks the huge median in the middle of the street would be a smart place to start.
Early in January, the venerable Kingfish pub - in its lower Claremont Avenue location since 1922 - was moved to the now-vacant fabled Soul Brothers Kitchen site on Telegraph Avenue next to the Temescal Branch Library. The vacated Claremont Avenue space will be filled with a planned townhouse development.
The familiar sign-off to announcements of DMV Neighbors Association-sponsored cleanup days along Temescal Creek - ÒMeet at the big eucalyptus at the corner of Cavour and RedondoÓ - will change soon. As I write, the city is in process of removing the venerable giant. While it's sad for many reasons, the tree is diseased, damaged, and dangerous. Over the past couple of years, huge limbs have fallen on the lawn and adjacent trees, and the nearby sidewalk has just about been destroyed by the tree's roots.
The spirit of community support runs long and deep in Rockridge. The Vernon Rock-Ridge Hall, pictured below, can be seen as a first link in a direct line of community service persistent in Rockridge today. As described more fully below and here, funding for the hall's construction came from the sale of shares among community members. Furthermore, "the facility served as a clubhouse for community events and as a children's center," according to web references.
Though the anticipated tour date of Sunday, September 20, 2015, may seem far away, any chef will tell you that success lies in planning ahead and assembling the best ingredients. To that end, the 2015 Rockridge Kitchen Tour planning committee is beginning its search for beautifully remodeled Rockridge kitchens. Kitchens can be classic, contemporary, modern or traditional.
Were you able to attend an RCPC Town Hall meeting last year? If so, you may have noticed that the RCPC board was experimenting with new practices to make it easier for folks to attend: for example, opening at 7 p.m. and serving Jules Pizza to help tide folks over who come straight from work without grabbing dinner.
You may also have noticed RCPC put more emphasis on broadly publicizing the meetings to increase awareness of them among residents who may not see the announcements in The Rockridge News.
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Put you shades on for the colour finale to our Summer Swaparama fabulously hosted by our Super Shauna. Thank you Everyone who joined in and allowed so many people to enjoy and be inspired by your artistic creations. How different they all are. This theme was to use the hot combo of pink and orange. Its Summertime!!!
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After about a year long break from films, Kareena Kapoor will return to the silver screen with Lovely Singh's Kya Love Story Hai. Kareena has done a special item number for the film. Incidentally, around the same time last year, she was shooting for the song Yeh Mera Dil from Farhan Akhtar's Don. It's ironic that she started her break and ended it with dance numbers.Kareena's track in the film, It's Rocking Yaara Ishq To Karo is sung by Alisha Chenoi. The video was shot at Filmistan Studio in Mumbai. Returning after her year long break, Kareena has lost oodles of weight and is looking very gorgeous. She reveals that the reason for her looks and curvaceous body is yoga, which she has been practicing religious for quite a while now.
Kareena has done this dance number for free as a friendly gesture for Lovely Singh. She has known Lovely from the time when he was an assistant to Satish Kaushik. And now that he is debuting with his first film, Kareena is supporting his venture with her dance sequence. This will be the opening track of the film.
Kareena says that this will be her most glamorous dance sequence till date. They have worked very hard on it she adds.You must have checked Kareena Kapoor sizzle in the item number "It's Rocking Yaara Kabhi Ishq To Karo". Now view behind the scenes clips and pictures of the song from Kya Love Story Hai.
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Did you ever though of doing any science fiction and fantasy related business activity? For example, organizing conventions (cons) or craft fairs; opening a futuristic art cafe or a gallery; putting together an art exhibition; creating futuristic interiors; starting a space-future-fantasy related tourism and travel business; crafting costumes, sets or props; doing make up and face painting; independent film and game-making; leading nerd-fitness-style exercise groups?
As a person who is interested in almost all of this I would love to discuss ideas and plant seeds of future collaborations.
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Something clicked this morning and I started making phone calls for the purpose of making appointments.
Doctor (fasting blood draw and basic).
Opthamologist (eye check and new Rx for new contacts).
Dentist (cleaning, X-rays and exam).
I figured that between my this and that, I would likely get all of this accomplished before the holidays kick into full swing.
I am only about a month late on the doctor appointment. No worries there. It has been nearly two years on the eyes and that means it's time. The dentist…well…it has been a very long time.
The dentist had a last-minute cancellation and so I went this afternoon. I go back in three weeks to spend a few hours dealing aggressively with the two issues that showed on the X-rays/exam.
I'll have the blood draw in the morning tomorrow and then go back for the rest in on week.
I'm still waiting to hear from the opthamologist. I didn't call there, I requested the appointment via their website. Hey, I had to try to see if that worked. Theoretically it should be easy. Like I said, we'll see.
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Max Gruenig is the President of Ecologic Institute US and has been with Ecologic Institute Berlin since 2007. His research at Ecologic Institute Berlin focused on the transformation of the transport and energy sectors, as well as urban sustainability and resilient cities. Within Ecologic Institute, he coordinated the European Union (EU) research activities, in particular for the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) and for Horizon 2020. Max Grünig is a native speaker of German, is fluent in English and French, and has a basic knowledge of Russian, Japanese, and Icelandic.
Max Grünig coordinated the FP7 research project Post Carbon Cities of Tomorrow (POCACITO). His research in energy and transportation covered both technological and behavioral aspects, including smart grids, smart home technology, electric mobility, car labeling, and sustainable urban mobility.
In 2004, Max Grünig received his degree in economics from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin, Germany). The main focus of his studies was natural resource economics and auction theory.
Max Grünig has lived and worked in Germany, the United States, Iceland, and Japan. He is a founding member of the European Institute for Sustainable Transport (EURIST) and a member of the Consumer Research Network run by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV).


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It's time for Jeff Lewis and Gage Edward to move into their new home. So that means it's also time to start epic fights with new neighbors in the driveway! On camera. Because this is Flipping Out, after all, and we would expect nothing less from our favorite OCD designer. Plus, baby Monroe's screams are about to drive this faceless neighbor to the brink of sanity, so why not start things out with a bang?
After last week's sh*tshow, Jeff and Gage are in a mildly more amicable place. Translation: Jeff has not called the lawyers to divide assets yet. We begin at Valley Vista, where dawn is breaking on the new fathers rocking their baby. Zoila Chavez is trying to help out, but she's at a loss. Jeff is at least excited about moving back to Hollywood soon, where he thinks he'll get some of his old life back. Earth to Jeff: You had a baby. You will NEVER get your "old life back," dude. Embrace the cray-cray.
There are still a thousand jobs and tasks to do before (and after) the move, and Jeff has committed to a speaking engagement in his spare time – so I guess he'll have to wait on getting that life back until further notice. His newest design project is a doozie too: Jackie Siegal, of Queen Of Versailles fame (a must-watch documentary!!!), has been led into Jeff's design world courtesy of fellow Floridian, Lea Black.
Jackie is – how do I put this? – batsh*t crazy. But she's sweet, plus she's loaded – or at least, she once was. And she's been building the monstrosity known as "the biggest house in America" for the past gazillion years. We're talking 90,000 square feet, 11 kitchens, crystal doorknobs made of angel tears…you get the picture. Jeff wonders what the hell he's gonna do with a joint like that, besides demolish all of the gold foil and install 3-inch white quartz slabs everywhere? More to come on this later…
In the mean time, it's moving day! As Jeff and Gage pack up the office, Jenni Pulos coos over Monroe's baby book. No time for that nonsense, woman! This train is leaving, even if the contractors at New Hollywood are still installing light fixtures literally at the moment the moving truck pulls in. Moving day (or days, as it were) isn't the same with a baby, as everything's gotta happen based around Monroe's nap schedule. "It's not the smartest thing to move your baby at 5 months old," admits Jeff, "but it's the smartest thing for our relationship."
The smartest thing for Jeff's relationship with his new neighbor, however, is apparently to scream at her (it's a her, right?) when she doesn't move her vehicle out of his driveway quickly enough. This comes on the heels of Jeff giving everyone in his home marching orders for EXACTLY how he'd like this move to proceed. With Monroe screaming in the background, everyone just nods yes while Jeff looks around wild-eyed but grateful that Gage will be taking Monroe in his car. (Even though Gage looks like he is going to soil his khakis while his baby rides in the backseat for the first time.) Monroe is safely tucked beside her nanny in back, but this doesn't quiet her murderous screams. Thankfully, the car and its contents all make it to Hollywood in one piece.
But Monroe is not the only child acting up – Jeff's dog, Chris, bites one of the movers while he's innocently strolling by! OMG. This moving day, much like this newborn period in Jeff and Gage's life, is giving us all PTSD. Is it not?!?! I am experiencing virtual heart palpitations just watching this nightmare from week to week.
When Jeff and Jenni arrive at New Hollywood, they find a Mercedes blocking their driveway – and it's not the first time. Jenni politely asks the owner to move it, but Jeff's not gonna be so polite. No no no. After he instructs the moving truck to pull up within literal INCHES of the Mercedes, he goes into a full bore rage on the neighbor. And in this case, I kinda get it. A blocked driveway on any day, let alone moving day (with a colicky baby and a biting dog in tow) is just not cool.
"Move your car!" screams Jeff, threatening to tow the neighbor's vehicle if she ever blocks him again. "Is this how we're going to start this relationship?" he yells after the neighbor doesn't respond to Jeff's verbal barrage by obeying quickly enough. "Welcome to the neighborhood," snarks Jeff after he's done laying into her, "You're welcome."
The poor movers are also walking on eggshells trying not to wake Monroe as they tiptoe furniture in piece by piece. I'm not sure their efforts make any sense, considering the fact that Monroe is screeching 100% of the time they're moving in.
Days after the move from hell is over, Jeff and his office staff work at their new digs in relative peace. Jeff says he is now "choosing to be happy" even though he's not feeling it. Zoila, for one, is not buying what Jeff's selling. But she's pleased to see Jeff smiling instead of barking orders at her – so, she'll take it.
At Jeff's speaking engagement, he does what he does best: Talks design and charms the crowd. He hopes to get clients and connections out of these kinds of gigs, which is just the icing on the cake after being paid for speaking in the first place. Plus, he's a giver, that Jeff Lewis! He needs to save humanity from red wood, one skinny plank floorboard at a time – whether they know it or not. When an audience member asks Jeff if his house flipping/moving will slow down now that he has a baby, he says no. The only reason he's been in a relationship with Gage this long is because he can change houses and cars. So that coping skill/escape hatch is going nowhere.
Even this recent move has worked wonders on Jeff's mood. He likes the new house, the new neighborhood, the new daily walks and routines. He and Gage are more connected now, and Monroe is calming down a bit (HOORAY!). Jeff also admits he's in a better place emotionally, so he's not "throwing gasoline on the fire" as much these days. Understanding that he has a rather large part in his home's dysfunction is an enormous milestone for Jeff and cannot be overlooked as trivial therapy talk.
At his therapist's suggestion, Jeff also willingly closes his eyes to envision his life in three years. What does he see? she wonders. He sees Monroe, another baby with Gage, a two-story house, his father and stepmom, and a birthday party. He's happy envisioning this; this is the life he wants. But can he get there? Yes, he believes he can if he works at it. Call me naive, but I do too! No matter how dark this show goes, I am always rooting for these guys. Always.
At lunch with Lea Black, Jeff, Jenni, and Megan listen to all of the reasons they should work with the Queen of Versailles. Jeff is game, even though Jackie drives around in a van with her picture painted on the side. Because she is cuckoo. It's a match made in heaven, actually!
After a slew of client calls, Jeff, Jenni, and Gage meet Jackie at Lea's home. "Jackie is wacky," Jenni muses, immediately loving the mother-of-eight billionaire. Her palace, er, house is wacky too – but so was Aaron Spelling's! And Jeff has plenty of Spelling manor photos to show Jackie, who might actually think she's looking at her own house. Because, again, she is more than a little touched in the head. After being regaled with Jackie's list of wants – including ice skating rinks and Benihana's inside of her home – Jeff cringes…yet sees dollar bills floating before his eyes. This job could mean high levels of psychotic episodes, yes. But also buckets of money!
Jeff wants to actually see the palace and get to know Jackie first before he commits to the project ahead. Not living on the same planet be damned! Jeff is willing to work with this sweet ole' space alien. And she's willing to go to bat for Jeff with her husband, who will be the real decider here. And I pray to the Bravo gods please, please, please, let this project happen on camera for all to see! It's just too good. I am ready for Versailles!!! And if Jeff is forced to design an actual Benihana's in this crazy chick's mansion, well then, I don't need any other Christmas gifts this year.
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nice iconoclastic article marred by typos.
some I noticed:
bulk load rather than single road
big-data offering Cassandra that has it's own take on columns
Mention "relational databases" and a few people's names might spring to mind: Oracle's Larry Ellison, thanks to his billions, or Monty Widenius, main author of the ferociously popular MySQL. Geekier types might plump for Oracle's former Dr DBA Ken Jacobs or open-sourcer Brian Akers, who helped architect MySQL. Michael …
Interesting article - shame it appears to have been OCR'd or copied in from a hardcopy by a very tired hack? Weird errors in the text...
The last para is very true, availability is about processes and people. Almost all the examples I know of where a large (Well designed, redundant) system went down is when a person made a mistake. Having a service delivery organisation that is continually trying to improve their processes is key and pretty rare.
So, a couple of years ago Stonebraker publishes an ACM paper saying MapReduce sucks, suddenly his new startup application implements it and he's turned round to say "MapReduce is OK"? It may be good for press coverage, but it doesn't make any friends.
If you look at what Google and Facebook want, it isn't tables, it's graphs. I don't see this product helping here.
SQL Databases are mostly used by small teams of business application developers who are not systems programmers and don't have time to become that. They are under pressure to deliver one of these half-baked in-house applications. ACID is wonderful because it protects these people and their employers from their own crap code.
On the other hand, Googlers even hack the linux kernel in a bid to extract performance and efficiency. Most of them can safely be called Systems Programmers. No wonder they created something special-purpose.
As soon as you realize Google is NOT one of these small crappy coprorate IT developer shops, you understand why they have different needs and use different approaches to tech strategy. Most corpo-developers need ACID and Java as they will otherwise destroy their employer's business.
You're rambling, dear chap. It is perfectly feasible to use MySQL in the corporate / enterprise environment. It's not "crappy", just "lightning fast", and very reliable on a server with UPS.
Many enterprises, including my own, use transactionally safe databases for back office / batch processes which just don't need that safety. Not only that, they need ten times as much hardware to run at the same speed. That's a lot of money for nothing. They need DBAs to run the things since they're ten times as complex - also a lot of money for nothing. Then they break down and take ten times as long to restore.
A couple of times in my corporate life I've witnessed the pain caused by a disk failure to an Oracle database - mainly the amount of time it takes to restore the thing - all thanks to ACID. Not to mention the DoS attack masquerading as a large update.
With MySQL, if your program gets to the end of a large series of steps without error, then they all happened as written. Period. Job done: no Java, no ACID.
"With MySQL, if your program gets to the end of a large series of steps without error, then they all happened as written. Period. Job done: no Java, no ACID."
Trouble is a lot of us have to make it get to the end - while other things are processing and updating the same data, users are operating the gui and other systems are feeding back results in some irratic manner
It might be nice to have a system which allows you to turn ACID off. Either globally, or selectively.
Basically, if you are writing up a report, you might not care about too much, once you've copied in your input data to some processing tables. You probably still need some assurance that the source data you are pulling in was consistent, but that's about it.
Turning off integrity checks at the table level (calling stub functions for example) would do it and you could just replace the whole thing with a "geez, we know we had an error just now, go clean up your tables manually and junk this batch" exception.
If it wasn't too difficult to implement, it might be a nice feature to allow more reporting outta an otherwise std sql db.
But Stonebraker has a more general point that relational databases are unwieldy beasts in some/many contexts. Self-referential parts-of-parts (i.e. modeling say a spark plug's relationship to a carb to an engine, to a car) is a standard no-go area, mostly from the querying aspect. so i welcome this kind of initiative.
However... the NoDB/Stonbraker folks could very well repeat the fragmentation of OO-databases where RDBMs kept the crown because OO databases never really standardized. That would be a shame, despite my own pay being largely based on my sql skills.
Systems programmers do a different job than application programmers. Doesn't mean app programmers are dimwits.
There is "one" Linux, "one" Windows7 (ok, in reality, there are many variants). Writing an OS takes years and years, and yes, it better be a solid underpinning for whatever comes on top. Ditto for databases. It is rocket science, but those folks sometimes work on the same code for years as well.
Next time you get hired by a startup, why don't you wait for some years while the rocket science PhDs write up a payroll for you? Or while the same geniuses do a marketing report? Tell you what, it's just not a good use of their time. And, yes, they are clever, cleverer than me.
Second, just because you think that all database work is dumb ol' selects doesn't make it true. A lot of the ORM-mediated web 2.0 stuff is really trivial database stuff, true. But try writing a complex application, like a payroll again, on top of a RDBMS. Would you be that clever yourself? Apparently not, since you don't seem to care that much about the ACID-backed integrity of things like "the hours worked by Mr. Smith in January" not changing.
Speaking of which, I think ORMs are often a safety net for people who truly don't get SQL.
One thing that has really worked well for IT is the notion of abstraction. Yes, you can manage every nitty gritty detail of your business data low-level storage, even as you try to use that data. Or you can rely on a reliable back end to handle that storage correctly.
Should I type more slowly?
Also, many applications don't need high integrity levels. If some obscure website disappears from the Google Index, not much damage is done. It will be back on the next indexing run.
If your bank account disappears, it is a completely different story. If your 5000 dollar health bill disappears, your insurance company will be hurt.
Banks and similar companies need ACID. Google doesn't. Facebook doesn't. Fartmail.com doesn't. MyDiscussionForumAboutDancingMonkeys.de doesn't. That's why the crappy and lightning-fast MyISAM storage engine of MySQL was so successful. Many people simply don't need the safety of ACID.
Until such time as any of them start processing transactions... oh, hang on - Google Checkout perhaps? Facebook adverts maybe.
Even a discussion forum about dancing monkeys would be helped by a relational model - it makes (safely) deleting threads that much easier. How many forums (fora?) have you known "fall over" and loose big chunks of data because they're just sat on top of something like MyISAM - I can think of at least three that I use in recent years.
Nowadays, if you're using MySQL, there's not _much_ of a performance hit to using the InnoDB engine which allows for relationships. However - as with most things in life - there's the "horses for courses" proviso.
If you're using your database basically as unstructured document storage, there's no great advantage to InnoDB BUT there is an advantage to using MyISAM - FullText searches. Of course, you could hold an indexing system in InnoDB whilst keeping the documents in MyISAM tables inside MySQL. - then the only trick is keeping them in synch.
> Also, many applications don't need high integrity levels.
Most of those aren't harmed by the overhead of a proper database either.
On the other hand, a proper standardized algebra with some built in safety and recovery features comes in handy for other boundary conditions besides raw performance. It's not just about speed and most apps really don't need to be fixated on speed to the exclusion of all else.
Skimping on the data engine can cause other issues in the future.
"And as this pioneer from the past keeps working, he's come into conflict with those on today's leading edge – the NoSQL movement"
Sigh me a river. The only thing the NoSQL 'movement' are on the leading edge of is the NoSQL movement.
And FFS why does it need to be a movement ? I have no problem with some bunch of kids of coming up with a solution in their particular problem domain and being chuffed about it. Look at this, isn't it neat ? Sure kid, have a dime bar.
Where it starts to go horribly wrong is where the happy shine in their geeky little eyes becomes glassy and evil and they run around like peasants with torches trying to burn everything that isn't their solution and shouting "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE PROBLEM DOMAIN!" and completely missing the point.
Lets face it, when Twitter's data store craps on itself and dies, a million asshats don't get to find out that Stephen Fry just had a dump and no one who matters gives a fuck. People doing enterprise OLAP have a fundamentally different relationship with their data and a completely different attitude regarding it's value and what trade offs they are prepared to make to achieve their goals.
But what the hell, MongoDB is web scale : http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6995033/
No mention that Postgres was a follow-on to Ingres, and was much more successful, although let's not forget that Ingres-powered Datallegro was acquired by Microsoft...and may one day re-appear as SQL Server parallel edition.
"Stonebraker finally thinks it's no longer a "one-size-fits-all" world".
How could one size fit all? Teradata is 25 years old. It would have died at birth if a general purpose DBMS could be used for OLTP and BI. Want to see a system that loads 20 billion CDRs a day? It won't be general purpose.
Scientific data may not lend itself to row-based relational tables, and scientists may not need ACID-compliance, but that doesn't really signify the end of the DBMS or SQL now does it?
"Postgres is no good at the data warehouse market because the science market wants arrays, they don't want tables. But arrays are impossibly slow on top of tables - Postgres has arrays but if you they were supported by blobs so weren't first-class citizens," Stonebraker said.
Netezza is worth more than $1bn and is Postgres-derived. The 'data warehouse' market and the science market are not the same thing. Of course arrays on top of tables are slow, but that's a bad implementation strategy on behalf of Postgres, no more, no less, and Postgres is not the only game in town.
"I learned if you want to advance the data warehouse market and want to go fast, you need a column store, not a row store".
Yes, if you want fast read-only queries. No, if you want fast bulk loading and update/delete capability. Take yer pick. BTW, some products like Greenplum offer both choices.
"Stonebraker reckons the relational staples such as logging, locking, latching, and buffer management that have helped pioneer and maintain a crucial feature of databases – data integrity according to the atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability (ACID) – have also become its biggest burden".
Gerneral purpose DBMS products such as Oracle will never shake off this legacy to position themselves for high-end BI as a result. Teradata know this, Netezza know this. Most clued-up DBMS folks know this. Move on.
ACID compliance matters to some folks and not others.
"Of course, Stonebraker is more than just an MIT academic. He's part businessman. He's co-founder and chief technology officer for VoltDB, and a co-founder and a board member of Vertica. That makes this more than a battle of architectures. It's a fight for customers' dollars."
True, which is why I would always question the article's motivation. Is it commercial?
"Increasingly, their answer to high-end relational processing is to boost the software by fusing it with the underlying hardware."
True enough, but until they can genuinely scale out they'll ultimately always hit the diminishing returns associated with SMP scale-up. Chucking more tin at a general purpose DBMS in the hope it will somehow shake off 20+ years of legacy is not gonna work.
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The Menghai Tea Factory, located in Mengahi, Yunnan, China, is world renowned for producing fine Pu-erh tea. Founded in 1940, this factory was one of the first two to produce shou (cooked) Pu-Erh, such as this Menghai 2012 First Grade.
Our Menghai 2012 First Grade is a great tea to compare against our 2009 Menghai Pu-Erh, so that one can notice the differences that aging of Pu-Erh introduces. The 2009 vintage gives more complexity, underlying leather taste and a longer finish, but the 2012 is still extremely smooth with slightly sweeter hints.
We recommend the below brewing process for Pu-Erh:
1. Pour boiling water over teaware to cleanse it and warm it up.
3. Use 5 grams (around 2 teaspoons) of tea leaves per 100-120 ml of water.
4. Pour boiling water over the leaves. The first brew should be around 30 seconds.
5. The first brew should be discarded as it is merely designed to wash the tea.
6. The second steep can be made after a few seconds to around 20 seconds, depending on one's taste. (The shorter the brewing time, the more steeps the tea can endure). This tea can be brewed up to 20 times.


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Panto review: Surreal and silly - but Dick Whittington is a delight
PUBLISHED: 15:00 03 December 2019
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In the first of our east London panto reviews, we sent reporter Andrew Brookes to Theatre Royal Stratford East to experience a traditional Christmas show for the first time.
Bored of life on his Romford turnip patch, Dick Whittington hits the road and follows his dreams to the greener pastures of London.
Much like the titular character setting off on his adventure, I wandered into Theatre Royal Stratford East to see my first pantomime wide-eyed, brimming with anticipation but not entirely sure what to expect.
Having grown up in Australia, I was only vaguely familiar with the concept of a panto and had never even heard the name Dick Whittington.
This is a wacky world where folklore gets the modern treatment and the fourth wall doesn't exist.
Indeed, it seems raucous audience participation - whether shouting helpful advice like 'he's behind you!' to our hero, booing dastardly villain King Rat whenever he appears, or being dragged up on stage to demonstrate ice-cream sculpting - is key to cracking panto.
Severine Howell-Meri plays Dick (though he prefers Richard), whose attempts to learn the unique dialect of young Londoners brings plenty of laughs early on.
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He's accompanied for much of his journey by Harry Jardine's Nathaniel, a cat who identifies as a dog and boasts impressive rap skills.
They eventually reach rat-infested London and the ice cream parlour of Lady Lush - played by a scene-stealing Vedi Roy resplendent in some outrageous costumes - where the young Alice (Francesca Zoutewelle) catches Dick's eye.
Gleeful silliness ensues as Dick attempts to foil the evil plot of King Rat (Tom Giles).
His scheme is inadvertently enabled by the mayor of London - a bumbling, floppy haired buffoon, played by Lizzie Winkler, who is all too eager to sign an ill-advised contract in an attempt to be seen as the people's hero (sound familiar?).
Directed by John Haidar and written by David Watson and Robert Hyman, the show brilliantly balances entertaining the enthusiastic children with slapstick whilst amusing the older audience members with popular culture references and modern day satire - though with less innuendo and double entendres than one might expect.
It's surreal and rather silly, frisky and quite fun, and I walked out with an irrepressible grin on my face - which, unless I've got this panto lark all wrong, is precisely the point.
Dick Whittington runs at Theatre Royal Stratford East until January 11.
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Innovation Awards 2020
Finalists Announced
EDGE 2020 Goes Virtual

NetComm, one of Australia's leading suppliers of broadband communications and networking products has appointed OnIP as a value added distributor.

The deal gives OnIP distribution rights to a range of NetComm products, with particular focus on the specialised areas of SmartVoice VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) gateways, DSLAMs (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers) and hospitality solutions. NetComm's Managing Director David Stewart said the appointment of OnIP is a strong step forward for the organisation.

"OnIP gives us a strong presence with Service Providers and IT Integrators who are deploying high end VoIP solutions for SME, branch Offices and the Hospitality sector" said Mr Stewart.
Their understanding and depth of knowledge in the VoIP market, combined with many years of experience, is an important part of making channel partners comfortable with new technology," he said.

OnIPs' Director, Robert Hayden said: "NetComm's product range is a good fit for our reseller base, with many companies wanting gateway solutions for the edge of their networks."

"There is a fast growing need within the hospitality market for broadband solutions which are cost effective and can generate immediate and on-going revenue streams," he said. "NetComm's solutions in this area are very competitive and are backed by Australian based engineering, service & support."

About NetComm

NetComm is Australia's leading manufacturer of broadband and communications hardware with a commanding position across the key markets of DSL, VoIP, wireless, routing, high-speed networking and digital surveillance systems. The company is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: NTC).

About OnIP

OnIP specialises in distributing selected 'Next Generation' IP solutions targeting the business market. Its other focus is on tomorrow and keeping partners abreast of new developments and applications to maintain their presence at the leading edge of technology.

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Roger Bernadina Sharkarine Giveaway
Yes. Best. Giveaway. Ever. #Shark pic.twitter.com/mNBMkBxTws— Kyle Brostowitz (@KyleBrostowitz) July 10, 2013
Washington Nationals OF Roger Bernadina has one of the best nicknames in baseball, The Shark. The Nationals' Single-A team in Potomac decided to incorporate the aspect in its upcoming giveaway. On August 3, fans can take home a half-Roger Bernadina, half-shark figurine. This became even more relevant, and cooler, with the recent airing of the "Sharknado" sci-fi movie. A film you don't want to miss.
8/4 Update: Check out more photos of the Sharkarine from last night's giveaway.
#Sharkarine!! Lots of Twitter peeps here too! Now if the rain would just stop. pic.twitter.com/XTBeh4Xa6a— Lisa (@In2Nats) August 3, 2013
The Sharkarine giveaway at tonight's Potomac #Nats game. Half man, half shark. Idea for the next @SyFy movie? pic.twitter.com/jNe4l5SjrU— Jen Jarvis (@hokie98jj) August 3, 2013
#Sharkarine! Go P-Nats! pic.twitter.com/SQT6ZDW5ZL— J-Doug (@RationalPastime) August 3, 2013


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Jason Dean is a man who takes the initiative. If he wants to learn how to do something, he opens a book or goes online and teaches himself. He's spent most of his adult life constructing buildings but would rather be building robots.
When the U.S. military was losing thousands of robots disarming roadside bombs, Jason took it upon himself to design a robot that burned up bomb components using a carbon dioxide laser. Being a basement tinkerer – not a large defense contractor – his idea didn't make it very far, but he says he got noticed by some important people. So much so, he was invited to Fort Benning, Georgia to present his next idea, a robot that used suction to gently expose buried improvised explosive devices (IED), gently vacuuming away dirt and debris without putting pressure on the bomb. "They loved it," says Jason. "Once again, however, me being just one person, I couldn't develop an expensive prototype."
That's when Jason decided it was time to become a professional and that meant furthering his education. He chose ECPI University Online and quickly completed all the courses for his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. Yet, he still needed an externship to graduate. Being the curious person he is, he attended a science fair at his old high school and noticed there was something missing. "There were no robots, no electrical circuits or relays," says Jason. "I couldn't believe it!"*** So, Jason approached the school district's superintendent and talked to his program advisor and designed his own externship. He would start a robotics club which would be built into one of the school's existing technology courses. The response was immediate. Twenty students signed up and once a week, he would teach students how robots work.
Building them, on the other hand, presented a challenge. At the time, the school had no budget for the program. Being inventive, he asked his students to collect old or discarded electronic devices like DVD players, DVRs, and VHS machines. "The kids really embraced it," says Jason. "We broke everything down into individual components and got to work. They were amazed by all the things that we could make using electronic junk!"
The program was a success. Jason says the school district has allocated enough money for two classes dedicated entirely to robotics which are set to begin in the next two years. He has now earned his degree from ECPI University and is currently working on his Master's Degree in Secondary Education. "You never know where you're going to end up," says Jason. "I was planning on taking my degree and going to work for some big technology company, but after being around those kids, I knew that I was meant to teach. I had some great teachers at ECPI University and I plan on bringing their same level of enthusiasm into my own classroom very soon."
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22 % of all children are underweight for their age.
48 % of children aged 6–59 months are stunted.
81 % of Malawi's active population is involved in subsistence farming.
42% of Malawians earn less than $1 a day.
Life expectancy at birth is 41 years
An average household income in Malawi is US$ 420 per year.
Malawi's human development index ranks 165th out of 177countries.
With a population of around 14 million people, is a landlocked country just south of the equator, neighbouring Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi the 10th largest in the world. Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city; the second largest is Blantyre and the third is Mzuzu.
The name Malawi comes from the Maravi, an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The country is also nicknamed "The Warm Heart of Africa".
The area was colonized by migrating tribes of Bantu around the 10th century. In 1891 the area was colonized again, this time by the British. In 1953 Malawi, then known as Nyasaland, became part of the semi-independent Central African Federation (CAF). The Federation was dissolved in 1963 and in 1964, Nyasaland gained full independence and was renamed Malawi.
Joyce Banda is the current president and is the first female leader in Malawi. Malawi has a democratic, multi-party government that is traditionally pro-Western and includes positive diplomatic relations with most countries. more here
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nkhata bay
One of the best kept secrets on the African backpackers' trail, Nkhata Bay has a superbly lush and scenic setting, comprising a pair of bays enclosed by forested hills and separated by a long, narrow peninsula. The small town itself, nestled between the hills and lakeshore, is as charming as it's difficult to label. 413 km from Lilongwe along the lake road it's an overgrown Tonga fishing village, a venerable district capital, a bustling market port and laidback lakeside resort.
Better described as a large village rather than a town Nkhata Bay Township is home to no more than 2000 people. There are many villages nearby that make Nkhata Bay the infrastructural centre of up to 20,000 people.
It is at the most northerly point on the Lake reached by David Livingstone. Its small sheltered harbour is a focus for the Lake's fishing industry but it is also becoming increasingly important as a tourist centre. The MV Ilala Ferry stops at Nkhata Bay, one of the few ferry ports to have a proper jetty (the Ilala is currently out of service).
A big part of Nkhata Bay's appeal is the rare sense of traveller community that embraces the town in a string of popular lodges running out towards Chikale Beach. While most visitors associate Nkhata Bay with lazy days on the lakeshore, the town offers plenty of interest to more active travellers, including kayaking, snorkelling, forest walks, fish-eagle feeding, beach volleyball or simply joining in a local football match. Nkhata Bay is a lively place on Sundays and Mondays, when people from the islands and remote villages along the lake shore come into town to sell their weekly catch.
The district is mainly in the warm tropical climatic zone but a rain forest climate can be
experienced in some areas along the Viphya Plateau. Temperatures are variable in the district and influences rainfall. The average monthly temperatures range between 20°C and 28°C with the low temperatures being experienced in the months of June and July and high temperatures in the months of November and December.


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Over the past few years, as Amazon's distribution network has grown at a near-exponential pace, so has its workforce. As the chart below shows, starting in 2010 and continuing through the third quarter, Amazon has seen a staggering increase in its mostly part-time employment: from 28,300 to over 306,000.
However, always seeking ways to cut a few basis points from its razor thin retail margins, Jeff Bezos has discovered that many, if not all, of these part-time laborers, minimum wage as they may be, are expendable, and the company is actively growing its robotic "workforce" in preparation for the moment when most of those 300,000+ workers become fully redundant.
As the Seattle Times reports, Amazon now has some 45,000 robots across 20 fulfillment centers. That's a bigger headcount than the armed forces of the Netherlands. It's also a 50% increase from last year's holiday season, when the company had 30,000 robots working alongside 230,000 humans. For now, the growth rate is keeping pace with that of human additions: from Q4 of 2015 through Q3 of 2016, Amazon reported a 46%, 12-month increase on average in staffers. However, as the pace of carbon-based employment eventually plateaus, that of new robot recruits will only continue to rise.
As the Times notes, the surge in Amazon's robots showcases the company's love for automation. In 2012 the company bought Kiva Systems, a Boston-area robotics firm that invented the flat, toaster-like warehouse robots that now populate Amazon's warehouses. There are also other kinds of automata, such as arms that carry pallets.
For now, the 300K+ workers are mostly safe as much of the stowing and picking of items, which require fine motor skills and discernment, is done by human brains and hands. That is changing, however, as robots become increasingly more sophisticated.
"We've changed, again, the automation, the size, the scale many times, and we continue to learn and grow there," Amazon Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky said of the robots in a conference call last April. The executive said he couldn't point to any "general trends" in the adoption of robotics, because some fulfillment centers are clearly "fully outfitted" in robots and "some don't for economic reasons — maybe the volume's not perfect for robot volume." However, as minimum wages continue creeping higher, the "economic reasons" to boost robotic volumes will dominate, and most if not all fulfillment centers will become "fully outfitted."
Of course, warehouse automation is just a part of Amazon's grand vision of maximizing logistical and supply-chain efficiencies, as well as eventually doing away with bothersome paychecks for employees. Several weeks ago, Amazon announced that it had made its first automated drone delivery in the UK. More recently, the company obtained a patent for an "airborne fulfillment center utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles for item delivery", i.e., a giant flying drone mothership zeppelin warehouse.
By now, it is becoming clear that Bezos will not stop until Amazon is one giant, automated, and fully self-contained system, along the lines of the following video showcasing how early-generation Kiva robots have already displaced thousands of human workers. Within a few years, expect all of Amazon's warehouses to look virtually the same.


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(Don't) Bother
Claudia Massie
'Against guitar solos, against any kind of sedative art, against conservation of art in museums, reconstruction against any individual retrospective now and in the future' Kroot Juurak, Naked.
Kroot Juurak is part of the Chicks on Speed collective, currently enjoying their first major solo exhibition in the UK. The show is called Don't Art Fashion Music and it can be found at Dundee Contemporary Arts until the 8th August. Juurak's words are at at the top of the exhibition's programme so we can be confident that she speaks for the collective when she makes her ungrammatical attack on the traditional art establishment but in preceding this anti-art thing with the guitar solo nod she lets us know that they're not entirely serious you know. This is in keeping with the ethos of Chicks on Speed who are an ever changing mix of mostly European ladies dedicated to railing against all sorts of things under a crudely constructed pseudo feminist-anarchist banner. Banners actually play a big part in the show, daubed with peculiar slogans like 'click click, foucka, foucka'. The ever popular 'Kunst' gets a run out too.
On your right as you enter the gallery is a sheet hung from the ceiling on which is shown a twitchy video of Chicks taking odd outfits on and off to a musical accompaniment: Fashion is For Fashion People. There is something in the aesthetic, if not in the spirit, of this piece that is reminiscent of the old films of the dancer Margaret Morris doing her exercises that can be seen down the road at The Fergusson Gallery in Perth. In the centre of the main exhibition space are a large stage and, beside it, a loom; on the walls are the aforementioned banners and a large, crude (no, it's Pop Art!) painting. On the stage films of the Chicks doing Performances are projected. The loom, which is at times manned by an actual weaver (the Chicks can't themselves weave of course), makes a textile with a weave actually 'generated from a pattern created by an audio installation.' A little side room boasts a selection of 'The world's first wireless guitar stilettos' which, we are told in the programme, 're-appropriate the guitar – a masculine icon in popular culture – and replace it with the stiletto shoe, a playful reference to the fetishisation of fashion commodities and a reminder that the Chicks 'don't play guitars".
The curious thing about all this is that, despite the self confessed 'playfulness', we are expected to take Chicks on Speed seriously. DCA are trying very hard to promote this as Counter-Culture Feminist Art with a lineage stretching back to Dada, the Surrealists and the Bauhaus, mixed up with a dash of Agit-Prop, Situationists and so on (and on). Hanging a hat on quite so many pegs at once is not an easy trick to pull off. Probably the most depressing thing about this show is the claim of feminism, for if this is the face of New Feminist Art then something has gone very, very wrong. From the poster (above) onwards the apparent feminism is undermined by lazy cliché (we've got our boobs and fannies out, we don't care if you think we're fat!) and a relentless refusal to engage in any actual skilled artistry.
There is an issue about whether the use of traditionally feminist materials and mediums equates to making feminist art and it applies to this show. Does the presence of a loom or a stiletto shoe mean anything at all? The shoes were actually designed by a man, Max Kibardin, and loom operators in the real world are as likely to be male as they are female. The artists here have made nothing beyond the sketchy concepts which could have been stolen from a brainstorming session in a first-year social studies seminar. Referencing the hugely influential German design school, the Bauhaus, is especially odd when you consider the Chicks' determined anti-craft, anti-skill ethos (hey, it's punk!).
The paucity of actual thought and skill in this show does a disservice to the concept of feminist art and its potential power to highlight genuine discrimination and inequality. This vacuous flapping about fashion and music and self important techno-art like amplifying hats (again, made by a man) is far removed from the work of the 1970s feminist vanguard, such as the performances by Suzanne Lacey and Judy Chicago which involved naked women caked in blood, eggs, mud, writhing about to a tape of first hand accounts of rape. This is not something most sane people would actually want to watch but, of course, that was the point; there was an issue here that people didn't want to confront at the time.
Could it be however, that there is simply no need nowadays for a real feminism in art or anywhere else? Could it be that we have achieved an absolute equality of the sexes and so we should all just kick back and enjoy the liberty to get our tits out while making crass statements about the relevance of random institutions, objects, tools, whatever and dressing it up as neo-feminism? This seems unlikely as long as discrimination and violence continue to be issues across the world. These subjects will be addressed by artists, just not by these artists.
Claudia Massie is an artist and writer based in Perthshire, Scotland. She is co-editor of NLP and also contributes to Touching From a Distance, the Spectator Magazine Arts Blog.


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You can drop off cash or checks during our Sunday morning services. Checks can be made payable to "The Rock" and mailed to the below address. Please include Attn: Finance Department on the envelope.
You can donate once or in a recurring fashion. Additionally, you will be able to track any online contributions you've made to date. To give online, an account is required for security purposes. Please note, we have a new giving platform as of August 7th, so you will need to create a new profile before giving for the first time.
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This is a degree programme validated by the University of Glasgow.
The BTh is designed to provide vocational training for those preparing for pastoral ministry and other forms of full-time Christian service. It also provides a good foundation for post-graduate theological study and a career in theological education.
If you would like a stimulating, challenging, comprehensive, in-depth education in Biblical Studies, Christian Theology and related disciplines, we can offer you a well-designed curriculum, excellent facilities and first-class tuition. As you progress through your studies, you will rub shoulders with a student body which is remarkably cosmopolitan in composition, making lifelong friendships that will span the globe.
Alongside the BTh, it is possible to undertake additional church ministry training. The Presbyterian Church Ministry Module is offered to meet contemporary needs within a Presbyterian tradition. We are also pleased to offer an Independent Church Ministry Module to meet the needs of those who belong to an independent tradition. This is delivered in association with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), and is ideal for those entering ministry or leadership in independent church backgrounds - e.g. Baptist, Pentecostal, Brethren.
Fuller detail may be found in the Bachelor of Theology Course Contents (PDF)
Check out this video, where ETS Principal Iver Martin and BTh graduate Andy Roberston explain to prospective students what the Bachelor of Theology programme involves.
Interested in the Bachelor of Theology with Greek and Hebrew?
In this video, BTh graduate Thomas Davis encourages the study of the Biblical languages.
Part-Time Study
This programme can be completed part-time from start to finish in such a way that permits students to study two days a week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays or Thursdays and Fridays) and complete the course in anything up to six years.
This enables students to combine practical ministry experience with their theological studies. We already have a number of students doing this, and it is certainly a growing market.
(Find out more under the 'Programme Duration' tab.)
Equipped for Mission
Whether you feel called to mission here in Scotland or elsewhere in the world, we can now offer students excellent preparation and mentoring for mission through the newly established ETS Centre for Mission. The Centre is currently being developed with the aim of providing tailored, practical training to all those who are about to embark on mission.
Distance Learning
This programme may also be taken with a Distance Learning options.
For more information, see Bachelor of Theology with Distance Learning.
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While there's plenty of opportunities to catch some really amazing Westchester food events, I'd like to bring a new one to your attention. Every Wednesday, the White Plains Farmer's Market sets up shop from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Court St. between Martine Ave. and Main St. There are several vendors selling everything from fruits and vegetables to homemade lemonade to oysters to pickles.
If you're feeling a little overwhelmed by the whirlwind of recipes that come to mind with the smells of fresh produce hanging in the air, you may want to head over to the lobby of the Ritz Carlton first. At 2 p.m., Executive Sous Chef Kennardo Holder will take foodies over to the market for an exclusive walk through of the vendors. This one-on-one experience is free and open to the public.
It's a great opportunity to not only learn about what chefs look for in local produce, but you can also pick up some recipes and cooking tips on what to do with your bounty when you get home. Check out the video from yesterday's walk through, where Chef Holder explains the best way to grill corn to a fellow foodie.
So what's Chef Holder making with his purchases? The chef picked up some corn and celery to make a corn bisque (giving quite a few tips on how to prepare the soup along the way). He also brought home a few peaches.
"This trip will help educate people on scouting out the freshest fruits and veggies while produce shopping," said Chef Holder. "We are here to provide guidance on what to buy and share endless farmer's market secrets."
The event will run every Wednesday until the last day of the market on November 20th.


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Heating and Cooling Gulfport MS
Here's our 7 tips to reduce cooling costs this summer.
1. Buy an Energy Efficient Air Conditioner
If your air conditioner is ten years or older, you may want to consider having it replaced with a more efficient model. Here in the Southeast Region (Gulfport, Biloxi, Long Beach) starting Jan 1st the minimum SEER rating for an air conditioner has been changed to 14 SEER. The previous minimum rating was a 13 SEER.
SEER stands for "Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio"
The higher the SEER the more efficient and more money it will save you.
2. Programmable Thermostat
Having a programmable thermostat allows you to set the room temperature a few degrees higher while you are away at work or on vacation. These will save energy and money. Power companies recommend 78 degrees in the summer for best energy savings.
They're three kinds of programmable thermostats you can choose from.
7 day– Allows you to set different programs for each day of the week.
5+2 day– Set Monday-Friday and then different schedules for the weekend.
5+1+1 day– Allows you to set Monday-Friday and a different program for Saturday then Sunday.
Most programmable thermostats allow for four different time settings, wake, leave, arrive, sleep.
3. Keep Air Filters Clean
Making sure that your air filter is clean, by regularly replacing it, will help the air conditioning system run more efficiently. Not only will this save on energy usage but can prolong the life of the blower motor. Check filters every one to three months.
4. Fix leaking Ductwork
It's not uncommon to have a couple ducts that leak air. This is wasted conditioned air blowing in the crawlspace or attic. Have a Professional Air Conditioning Contractor check your ductwork for any leaking ductwork. Having these corrected not only saves money but may cool the structure better, depending on how bad the leaks were.
5. Block Out Direct Sun
The easiest way to do this is to use blinds or curtains on windows. You can also use lightly tinted window film to block out the sun. All three of these options are fairly cheap and easy to install yourself.
6. Use Ceiling Fans
Turn your ceiling fans on and raise the temperature up a few degrees on the thermostat. Fans will make you feel cooler at higher room temperatures and keep the air circulating.
7. Have your AC serviced regularly
Having a professional to regularly service your AC could pay for itself. If your system is low on refrigerant, it could take twice as long of a run-time than normal to cool your home. Keeping everything clean and running at peak efficiency will save energy usage and extend the life of your equipment. Most AC system failures can be attributed to a lack of maintenance.


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The University of the Philippines (UP) Pep Squad along with members of the UP Filipiniana Dance Group bagged their first gold medal in an international cheerleading championship at the 2nd Asian Cheerleading Dancesport Championships (ACDC) at Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 26 to 27.
Representing the Philippines, the phenomenal groups garnered gold for the Mixed Group Stunts category, silver medals for the All-Female Team Cheer, Cheerdance Duo and Cheerdance Group categories and bronze medals for the All-Female Group Stunts and Mixed Team Cheer categories, according to UP Art Studies professor Dr. Eloi Hernandez who accompanied the squad during the event.
Prior to the competition, the UP Pep Squad performed their routine in a pep rally exclusively held for the group's supporters at the College of Human Kinetics, UP Diliman.
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Outdoor Ethics
The County is proud to partner with Leave No Trace Canada to promote responsible use of natural areas during outdoor recreational activities.
People enjoy the outdoors in myriad ways. We explore on foot, kayak, horseback, mountain bikes, skis and snowshoes, to name a few. While we seek to render our experiences personally satisfying, we also need to be aware of our impacts on the land, on wildlife, as well as on other visitors, present and future (Leave No Trace Canada, 2011).
At the heart of Leave No Trace are seven principles for reducing damage during recreational activities:
1. Plan and Prepare
- Know the regulations and special concerns for the area you'll visit.
- Prepare for extreme weather, hazards and emergencies.
- Schedule your trip to avoid times of high use
- Visit in small groups.
- Repackage food to minimize waste.
- Use a map and compass.
2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Durable surfaces include established trails and campsites, rock, gravel, dry grasses or snow.
- Protect riparian areas by camping at least 70 metres from lakes and streams.
- Good campsites are found not made. Altering a site is not necessary.
In popular areas:
- Concentrate use on existing trails and campsites.
- Walk single file in the middle of the trail.
- Keep campsites small. Focus on activity in areas where vegetation is absent.
In pristine areas:
- Disperse use to prevent the creation of campsites and trails.
- Avoid places where impacts are just beginning.
3. Dispose of Waste Properly
- Pack it in, pack it out. Inspect your campsite and rest areas for trash or spilled foods. Pack out all trash, leftover food, and litter.
- Deposit solid human waste in catholes dug 15-20 centimetres deep, at least 70 metres from water, camp and trails. Cover and disguise the cathole when finished.
- Pack out toilet paper and hygiene products.
- To wash yourself or your dishes, carry water 70 metres away from streams or lakes and use small amounts of biodegradable soap. Scatter strained dishwater.
4. Leave What You Find
- Preserve the past: examine, but do not touch cultural or historic structures and artifacts.
- Leave rocks, plants and other natural objects as you find them.
- Avoid introducing or transporting non-native species.
- Do not build structures, furniture, or dig trenches.
5. Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Campfires can cause lasting impacts to the backcountry. Use a light-weight stove for cooking and enjoy a candle lantern for light.
- Where fires are permitted, use established fire rings, fire pans, or mound fires.
- Keep fires small. Only use sticks from the ground that can be broken by hand.
- Burn all wood and coals to ash, put out campfires completely, then scatter cool ash.
6. Respect Wildlife
- Observe wildlife from a distance. Do not follow or approach them.
- Never feed animals. Feeding wildlife damages their health, alters natural behaviours and exposes them to predators and other dangers.
- Protect wildlife and your food by storing rations and trash securely.
- Control pets at all times, or leave them at home.
- Avoid wildlife sensitive times: mating, nesting, raising young or winter.
7. Be Considerate of Others
- Respect other visitors and protect the quality of their experience.
- Be courteous. Yield to other users on the trail.
- Take breaks and camp away from trails and other visitors.
- Let nature's sounds prevail. Avoid loud voices and noises.
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HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, today announced four new Android smartphones, including the world's first Smartphone with a unique five camera array, the Nokia 9 PureView.
With a dedication to delivering quality technology for all, the new Nokia phones are as diverse as the consumer needs they serve. From Nokia 9 PureView to the Nokia 210 – the company's most affordable internet enabled feature phone – consumers can trust there is a Nokia phone that meets their distinct needs.
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- Nokia 3.2 will be available in Pakistan from May for a retail price of PKR 27,000.
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NSPCC London to Paris Bike Ride
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Join the NSPCC for one of Europe's great cycling experiences and pedal 300 miles from capital to capital. Start the ride from the hustle and bustle of London, heads through the Kent countryside, cross the Channel and onto the quiet French roads to Paris.
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- Pedal each mile with a team of like minded cyclists
- Celebrate your accomplishment under the Eiffel Tower in the heart of Paris
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What's that buzz of excitement you can feel in the air? Forget the Brits. And it's definitely not the Oscars. No (brace yourself) The World's Original Marmalade Awards 2018 is happening on Saturday 17th March. Held at Dalemain Mansion in Cumbria, every year thousands of jars of marmalade are entered and scrutinised by a panel of formidable WI judges. The estimable aim is to encourage more people to taste, make and buy marmalade.
There are not many things I would willingly crawl out of bed for, but the bittersweet pleasure of marmalade is one of them. Paddington Bear was on to something. The perfection of golden shreds of candied citrus fruit in glistening amber jelly sat atop a slice of warm buttered toast and complemented by a nice cup of tea – could there be a greater British breakfast?
Well, actually, although this preserve has placed itself firmly amongst the likes of fish & chips and roast beef as a quintessential British favourite, its origins are somewhat more exotic. At first it was made from quinces which the Romans cooked slowly with honey until they set. In fact the name marmalade derives from 'malomellum' which is Latin for quince or sweet apple. It was only in the sixteenth century when ships began importing citrus fruits from the Mediterranean that it became the bright orange Robertsons variety we recognise today.
For me a supreme jar of marmalade has to have that dark underlying flavour of molasses balanced by bright notes of zesty citrus. Cooking time is paramount so that the peel is soft and tender but still with that bite which gives the jelly some body. The goal is a marmalade that allows you to sink a spoon in but is perky enough to hold its own on a piece of toast and not slop despondently. And of course the finest Seville oranges are essential.
I had a free afternoon last weekend and decided to dispel the winter gloom by dusting off the preserving pan and filling my kitchen with the steamy summer scent of oranges. Here is my recipe, settled upon after several winters of experimentation.
Lady Marmalade's Marmalade
Makes about 5 jars
1kg Seville oranges
2 lemons
2kg caster sugar
Cut your plump oranges and lemons in half and squeeze the juice into a bowl, being careful to pick out any pips. Then remove the peel from each half and place the remaining pith along with any pips into a muslin bag.
Slice the peel into thin strips depending on your preference of marmalade texture. Rough and ready is my preference.
Place the peel strips and juice into a large stainless steel preserving pan along with 2 litres of cold water. Tie the muslin bag with its pips and pith to the pan handle so that it dangles in the water. Bring to the boil on the hob and then lower the heat. Allow to simmer for approximately 2 hours and savour those fresh orangey aromas!
With a spoon carefully pick out a piece of peel and if it is soft to touch then you can remove the pan from the heat. Take out the muslin bag and set it to the side to cool. Add the sugar to the juice and peel and stir in. Put the pan back on a low heat stirring until all the sugar is dissolved. (A tip is to heat the sugar in the oven for 5-10 minutes first as this speeds the dissolving process). Then bring to a rolling boil and squeeze the remaining juice from the muslin bag into the pan as it contains lots of pectin, vital for a good set.
Boil hard for 10-15 minutes and then to test whether it has set spoon a small amount onto a saucer and place in the fridge for a couple of minutes. If the surface wrinkles when you draw a finger across it has set.
Using a funnel ladle the marmalade into sterilised jars and cover with a waxed seal, cling film or cloth.
I like mine unadulterated but why not experiment and try Nigel Slater's Orange, Lemon and Ginger or Lime and Lime leaf marmalade? Or once you have your cupboards stocked how about making a Marmalade Cake courtesy of Jamie Oliver or even Delia's cheat's version of duck a l'orange, Roast Seville Orange Glazed Duck with Port Wine Sauce.


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Karumah – AIDS Awareness Week
Get down to the Mater and say hello to Catherine and Adrian and support AIDS AwarenessRead more
Stop Male Suicide – Male Suicide Prevention Training
Monday 21st November 9.30am – 4.30pm at the Joy Cummings Centre, 63 Scott Street, Newcastle.
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World AIDS Day 2016 1st December
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Man Talk at the Monk Saturday November 19th
November 19th is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day – Man Talk at the Monk in the Priory Room & Courtyard – The Blind Monk – 76 Beaumont Street Hamilton from noon.
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DECA Takes On Charlottesville
DECA Field Trip to UVA
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, Midlo's avid business enthusiasts and DECA members traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia, to tour The Lawn, where the best and brightest of the University of Virginia (UVA) students live, as well as the John Paul Jones Arena (JPJ). DECA is a club that focuses on "preparing future leaders and entrepreneurs to be college and career ready," according to its website. DECA's slogan, Own your future, encompasses the goal of creating educated and sophisticated young business men and women. The energy on the bus ride over to UVA was palpable, as the students chatted about their excitement to see UVA, the basketball arena, and go to Mellow Mushroom for lunch.
As soon as the students arrived in Charlottesville, Malcom Stewart, a Midlothian High School graduate and UVA senior, greeted them and brought the students to his room on The Lawn. As attested by many of his teachers throughout his high school career, Stewart always exemplified the behaviors of an amazing student, leader, and person. According to DECA sponsor, Mrs. Carolyn Manheim, "Malcolm is an inspiration to every student at Midlothian High School. He is bright, motivated, hardworking, and people-oriented." Not only does Malcolm reside on the prestigious Lawn at UVA, he also is the lawn RA and serves as the senior class president. Stewart brought the students and chaperones, Mrs. Carolyn Manheim, Mr. Steve Hayward, Mr. Timothy King, and Mrs. Jennifer Singer, to his room and also educated everyone on the history of UVA.
Following the visit to the The Lawn. the field-trip participants ventured to John Paul Jones Arena to tour the whole building. Katharine Palmer, assistant director of operations at UVA, led the tour after a short introduction and speech about marketing college athletics from Palmer, as well as the director and assistant director of marketing at JPJ. The students got to walk on the court, sit in the stands, see the practice court and the head coach's office, as well as visiting many more exciting areas in the building. Sadly, they didn't have the opportunity to see the locker rooms because they were undergoing renovation, but standing on the court that many of their role models played on definitely made up for that. Sophomore Claire Horansky remarked, "I'm a fan of UVA, and touring JPJ was the highlight of my trip. It was awesome to see coaches on the court working plays. I also loved seeing the head coach's office; it had a beautifully painted wall. One of the speakers talked to us about their new scoreboard, which was very big and fancy. They said it was one of the nicest and most modern score boards in college basketball, so I really liked getting the opportunity to see that, along with the court, because I have never attended a UVA game."
Following the tour of the school, the students ate a spectacular lunch at Mellow Mushroom in Charlottesville, and then they shopped at Short Pump Town Center.
This year was the first year DECA traveled to UVA, and the field trip definitely met the students' expectations. The trip next year will surely attract avid sports-lovers as well.
Ashley Manheim, Editor-in-Chief, Class of 2020


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