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Development - Overview
1. Initial development setup
- InitialDevelopmentSetup?
2. Developer Linux box requirements
- DeveloperLinuxBoxHWRequirement?
3. Developer overview
a. High level overview of architecture. How applications are built and installed.
AXP operating system hosting environment consists of a Linux-Vserver built on top of Cisco's Linux operating system. It is a container based environment in which each application will receive a separate Vserver container called Virtual Instance (VI). The execution of an application is limited within its container. This method prevents 3rd-party software from interfering with the host operating system or other application running on the system. The vserver architecture utilizes a single kernel to be shared by all the VI, developers should make sure that its application is compatible with the linux kernel provided by AXP.
Here are some basic features of AXP:
- Prevents 3rd-party software from interfering with the host operating system.
- Creates virtual instances for application separation.
- Managed through the host operating system instead of the CLI.
- Reduced troubleshooting times
- Container based virtualization
- Broad based CPU support, good resource usage, single Linux kernel support (x86 support for AXP future releases to support additional platforms).
- 3rd-Party software cannot install kernel modules or device drivers.
- Efficient use of resources (kernel level isolation).
- Process level security.
- Processes utilize shared resources (no hard partitioning).
- Multiple 3rd-Party applications running simultaneously on a single AXP blade.
- Supports start, stop, and control for individual applications.
- Complete isolation ensures discrete health state.
- Each application runs a separate Vserver container called a Virtual Instance (VI) or Application Instance.
How to install a third party application - Overview
Third party developers will develop their application on their own linux environment. When the application is ready to be installed onto the blade, 3rd Party developers will need to obtain a development authorization from Cisco in order for their application to be installable onto AXP. The development authorization will only need to be requested once, and can be used on other applications that the 3rd party wishes to install. Cisco will provide a packaging tool that will do all the necessary work to package a 3rd party application (i.e. bundling, adding authorization ..etc) into a AXP acceptable format. The developers can then execute a command on the blade to ftp the package onto the blade and have it installed.
After an application is installed, its status and health can be monitored using AXP commands. Each application will be running in its own vserver container, and each vserver will have its own shell. Developers can use this shell to manually start their application, or they can use a start up script to start the application automatically after installation completes. AXP also provides commands to stop and/or remove the installed packages when needed.
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b. VServer overview
What is AXP virtualization used for?
1. Security Isolation between applications and between application and host: Application software will not be able to cause a crash on the host or other application. Also if one vserver is compromised by hacker, the host will be less affected.
2. Linux library independence: When porting software to run on AXP, applcation may have dependency on certain linux libraries that are not compatible with the library provided by AXP. In these circumstances, application can load up it's own guestOS environment. Decoupling the 3rd party application from the AXP guestOS environment.
3. Resource isolation: Each application is given it's own set of CPU, Memory and Disk resource limits. application running in a Virtual environment cannot use more resource than that allocated to it. This improves application stability when running in a multiple 3rd party application environment.
Description of Vserver technology
- Container based technology, making use of change root barrier and attaching security context to processes.
- Virtualization of user level processes. One signle linux kernel is used throughout the system. Which has low virtualization memory and scheduling overhead. This provides near native OS performance.
- When application software is installed under a certain directory, e.g. /home/app1. Application processes started under the context of this directory, /home/app1 becomes the root directory of for these processes. The processes can only access directories below this root; they do not have permission to escape out of /home/app1.
- Processes running in a context cannot see processes running in another Vserver context hence provide security isolation.
- Devices are not virtualized rather shared amoung vservers. Hence no addition overhead incurred for IO operation.
- Networks is not virtualized, only interface hiding is done for vserver context. Network routing tables are not vitualized, however multiple routing tables can be configured under AXP.
- The unit of vserver context is described in AXP as a Virtual Instance. This is the unit that can be installed and run under the AXP context. Application software (which can contain multiple processes and functionalities) are packaged into the slim format using the AXP packaging tool. The package is installed into the VI's root directory and run within a VI's context. (Hence a 3rd party slim package cannot run in multiple VIs).
- An application running inside a VI is provided a operating environment which is termed guestOS as opposed to the hostOS which manages all the VI in the system.
- Application can run as root within the VI context.
- To further improve security, the HostOS?'s shell environment is not available only the CLI will be provided to manage the operating environment.
- In the VI, the application developer has the choice to enable shell access to within the guestOS.
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c. Resource handling overview (disk, CPU applications, etc)
Resource Handling
- Provided to segment system resource for a Virtual Instance (VI)
- Reduce resource contention within the system, make system behave more predictably and reduce side effects (e.g. one application hogs memory causing another application to fail)
- The resources that are managed by AXP are
o CPU
o Memory
o Disk
- CPU resource limit is specified based on a CPU index. This CPU index is an arbitrary number of 10000 assigned to the 1.0 GHz Celeron M CPU used on NME_APPRE_302-K9 application runtime engine.
- Other AXP blades CPU performance will be scaled with respect to this CPU.
- The CPU index for AIM_APPRE is 3000
- A percentage CPU application usage figure can be calculated by application CPU index/platform CPU index.
- Certain CPU resource is allocated for the host operating system
o AIM APPRE module approx 8% CPU
o NME APPRE 320 module approx 5% CPU is allocated.
- APPRE as a platform does not make use of disk swapping, the amount of memory available to application is limited by the physical memory found in the system.
- The RSS parameter (Resident size) in the kernel is the parameter that gets limited per VI
- The default memory allocation behavior for linux is to allow for memory overcommit. Memory overcommit is feature of linux memory management to allow applications that are memory hungry in terms of allocation but relatively lean actual usage to run. The down side of this approach is that application that successfully allocated memory can still fail in run time. This memory overcommit mode however is necessary for application with heavy memory foot print to run.
- The "test memory" CLI allows this memory overcommit behavior to be changed or turned off. (This CLI is supposed to be hidden so it is best not to document it)
- Here is that actual description of the overcommit modes. The Linux kernel supports the following overcommit handling modes:
o 0 - Heuristic overcommit handling. Obvious overcommits of address space are refused. Used for a typical system. It ensures a seriously wild allocation fails while allowing overcommit to reduce swap usage. root is allowed to allocate slighly more memory in this mode. This is the default.
o 1 - Always overcommit. Appropriate for some scientific applications.
o 2 - Don't overcommit. The total address space commit for the system is not permitted to exceed swap + a configurable percentage (default is 50) of physical RAM. Depending on the percentage you use, in most situations this means a process will not be killed while accessing pages but will receive errors on memory allocation as appropriate.
The overcommit policy is set via the sysctl `vm.overcommit_memory'.
The overcommit percentage is set via `vm.overcommit_ratio'.
The current overcommit limit and amount committed are viewable in /proc/meminfo as CommitLimit and Committed_AS respectively.
Gotchas -------
The C language stack growth does an implicit mremap. If you want absolute guarantees and run close to the edge you MUST mmap your stack for the largest size you think you will need. For typical stack usage this does not matter much but it's a corner case if you really really care
In mode 2 the MAP_NORESERVE flag is ignored.
How It Works ------------
The overcommit is based on the following rules
For a file backed map
SHARED or READ-only - 0 cost (the file is the map not swap)
PRIVATE WRITABLE - size of mapping per instance
For an anonymous or /dev/zero map
SHARED - size of mapping
PRIVATE READ-only - 0 cost (but of little use)
PRIVATE WRITABLE - size of mapping per instance
Additional accounting
Pages made writable copies by mmap
shmfs memory drawn from the same pool
Status ------
o We account mmap memory mappings
o We account mprotect changes in commit
o We account mremap changes in size
o We account brk
o We account munmap
o We report the commit status in /proc
o Account and check on fork o Review stack handling/building on exec
o SHMfs accounting
o Implement actual limit enforcement
To Do -----
o Account ptrace pages (this is hard)
When out of memory occurs, the linux kernel employs the oom_kill (out of memory kill) function to figure out a process to kill to maintain system's operation.
In the Vsever context, specify memory limit specifies the maximum memory available for each VI conext. When memory overcomit is enabled, when total memory usage within the VI exceeds that specified by the limit, processes within the VI will get killed.
When specifying memory limit the granularity is in MB.
- Disk space limit, limits the maximum disk space that can be used by the VI.
- Specified in MB
Packaging Time Resource Specifications
- Since the application developer is the best judge of maximum resource usage by an application. The control is given to the application developer to specify application resource usage during packaging time.
- see packaging tool syntax for resource limit specification.
Install Time Resource Management
- The APPRE system keep track of resource usage by the HostOS?, and all installed VI's
- During installation time when requested resource specified by the package cannot be met, the software will not be allowed to install.
Run time Resource Limit Enforcement
- APPRE make use of linux-vserver's resource limit capability to enforce runtime resource limits for CPU, memory and disk.
- For CPU limit enforcement the linux-vserver has a token bucket based scheme to schedule CPU time for the entire Virtual Instance (VI).
- When a VI has run out of CPU time, based on the token bucket algorithm, the process priority of the VI are set to a lower priority.
- The priority scheduler allows CPU usage to be regulated amount the host and VI's. It also elimiate wastage of CPU time when the hostOS or a VI does not make use of it's allocated amount.
- For Phase II deliverable, the CPU and disk paremater can be altered through CLI after installation. This provides flexibility to adjust these parameters in the field. However, due to the sensitivity of the out of memory issue, there is no CLI to modify the memory limit.
4. SDK overview
AXP provides Software Development kit (SDK) to the 3rd party Developers for Linux environment. The SDK provides the following types of tools:
- Packaging utility tools (Phase 1)
o A packaging tool, pkg_build.sh, is provided to the 3rd party developer to bundle and sign the application package. This tool will require that application vendor has development authorization from Cisco and access to private keys that will be used in signing application.
o A bundling tool, pkg_bundle.sh, is used to compile multiple packages into a single bundle
o Two interfaces will be supported for these tools: command arguments and interactive command line interface
o Refer to SFS section 3.4.8, Packaging Tools, for details and examples (Merwan/John) - Utility tools (phase 2)
o Library Dependency Checker tool, pkg_check.sh, is used checks and verifies the library dependency on a specified package (*.pkg)
+ Note See SFS 3.4.12 to provide more detail and example (Merwan/John)
o Package Info Tool, pkg_info.sh, is used to display package information
o RPM extractor too, rpm_extractor.sh, is used to extract content from a RPM package. - CLI plugin tility tools and APIs
o AXP provides a mechanism for third party applications CLIs to be integrated into the AXP CLI environment.
o A set of tools are provided to third party developers during their development time to validate, process and package the CLI plugin along with their main application
o See SFS section 3.4.2 for more detail and sample (Merwan/John)
- Value-added service APIs
o AXP provides various service APIs to allow 3rd parties to programmatically access, manage and augment existing features available within IOS. The SDK includes the necessary libraries, APIs and/or their associated header files for each supported languages. This allows developer be able to compile and/or link their applications in their desktop.
o The implementation of these value-added services are provided via AXP infrastructure add-on packages. During application packaging, the dependency on the associated infrastructure add-on package needs to be specified if that application depends upon that service.
o Both infrastructure add-on package and application package need to be installed for that service to be enabled for the application.
o The following are the list of value-added services provided: (Mostly in phase 2)
+ IOS Service APIs
+ Event Notification APIs
+ Serial device APIs
+ AXP Service APIs
+ SNMP APIs (phase 1)
+ packet service - (phase 1) This one uses standard library (see its section in SFS)
+ refer to SFS for more detail description for reference (Merwan/John)
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a. Installing the SDK
AXP SDK, appre-sdk.nme.[APPLICATIONEXTENSIONPLATFORM:version].tar.gz, is provided with compressed tarball in gzip format.
1. Place the tarball in a direcoty.
- cp appre-sdk.nme.[APPLICATIONEXTENSIONPLATFORM:versin].tar.gz /source/workspace/sdk
2. Unzip and untar the package into desired directory - bash> tar xvfz appre-sdk.nme.[APPLICATIONEXTENSIONPLATFORM:version].tar.gz OR
- bash> gunzip appre-sdk.nme.[APPLICATIONEXTENSIONPLATFORM:version].tar.gz
- bash> tar xvf appre-sdk.nme.[APPLICATIONEXTENSIONPLATFORM:version].tar
3. This will populate appre-sdk.nme.[APPLICATIONEXTENSIONPLATFORM:version] directory
4. cd /source/workspace/sdk/appre-sdk.nme.[APPLICATIONEXTENSIONPLATFORM:version]
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b. Directories of the SDK and source tree
AXP SDK provides packaging tools, Service API's include header files as well as libraries/modules, which can be used to build, compile, and link AXP service enabled third party applications. The SDK has the following hierarchical structure:
include Contains header files to C/C++ API
jar Contains JAVA jar files
lib Contains library files used for linkage
perl Contains Perl modules files
python2.3 Contains Python module files
tools Contains packaging and CLI plugin tools
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c. Which scripts are provided.
Helper scripts are provided as part of the Software Development Kit and can be found in tools directory.
gen_auth.sh Certification Authorization Tool
This tools will generate Javelin Authorization files (.jvln) and Certification files (.key)
Note::Do NOT show in devloper's Guide. It is internal usage and only available in engineer build.
See SFS 3.4.16 to provide more detail and example (Merwan/John)
pkg_build.sh SLIM Packaging Utility
This tool will generate a installation package for a specific application
Note See SFS 3.4.8 to provide more detail and example (Merwan/John)
pkg_bundle.sh SLIM Bundle Utility
This tool will bundle multiple packages together into one single install package
Note See SFS 3.4.8 to provide more detail and example (Merwan/John)
pkg_check.sh Library Dependency Checker Utility
This tools checks and verifies the library dependency on a specified package (*.pkg)
Note See SFS 3.4.12 to provide more detail and example (Merwan/John)
pkg_info.sh Package Info Utility
Displays package information
rpm_extractor.sh RPM Extractor
This tool extracts content from a RPM package. User can specify directories for storing scripts, dependencies and other files
Note See SFS 3.4.13 to provide more detail and example (Merwan/John)
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d. Multiple package support
1. Dependency management
2. Host vs. Guest OS packages
- Artem PackageSupport?
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e. Development Flow
There are different ways the developer can approach the application development. There is a variety of criteria that can affect the method the developer will adopt as development flow. Some of those criteria are:
- complexity of the application
- whether the developer starts the application from scratch or from existing code
- software dependencies this application might have (RPMs)
Whether the application is developed from scratch or the developer is required to port an existing application to the network-module, the basic recommended work flow should be similar. Since the workstation is a similar runtime environment to the network-module, the developer can do some minor testing on the workstation if wanted.
Here is a recommended work-flow to build an application:
1. First Time Setup:
- Workstation setup:
o SDK installation, workspace preparation, sync repository
o Create an empty application, package it and install on network-module, this is needed to get access to the linux shell in the vserver - Network-module installation and configuration
- Export Directory structure from network-module to the workstation using rsync CLI
2. Main development iteration loop: - Add/modify software such as executable and scripts as required to the workstation sync repository
o Only the binary are needed to be placed in the sync directory (not the source code)
o Use the RPM Extraction Tool to extract any RPM your application may require - Import back the changes to the network-module
- Test changes
- Developer can modify files on the network-module as well, if this is the case, make sure to sync from the network-module to the workstation so that those changes are not lost.
3. Package And Test - Package Application - Make sure to remove unwanted files that might have been exported to the workstation such as temp files.
- Run the LDD Checker tool - this will help verify that all libraries required by the application were bundled in the package.
- Install packaged Application for testing
- Test Application
In the previous development flow, there are some reference to tools. Those tools are either part of the SDK or available at runtime on the network-module (such as rsync CLI).
RPM Extraction Tool
One shortcoming of the Application Runtime Environment is that it does not support the installation of RPMs. The developer might face this issue if its application depends on RPM(s). If this is the case, the developer must bundle the RPM content and its script setup as part of its application.
To help the developer extracting the RPM, the SDK provides a tool to ease this extraction process.
- Note to Writer: There should be a reference here to the section where RPM Extraction Tool is covered in detail.
Another tool provided is the rsync cli (available from the application debug package). This CLI allows the synchronization of the VServer/Application content between the network-module and the workstation workspace repository. This tool was made available to ease the development cycle. This is achieved by bypassing the packaging and installation steps of the application. This way, modification can easily be done on the workstation and be updated to the network-module.
LDD Checker
LDD Checker is an executable that validates if all the libraries have been packages in your application. This is used to validate that the application will have the full set of libraries once installed.


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Zucchini Soup With Parmigiano-Reggiano and Basil
Makes about 6 3/4 cups (4 to 6 servings)
This recipe dispenses a goodly amount of summer's prolific vegetable: lightly caramelized, then simmered and pulverized. The result is almost too thick and chunky to be called a soup, but that means it's substantial enough to serve for dinner.
You can top it with cooked, shredded chicken and a dollop of pesto for the very hungry omnivores among you. The quantity makes next-day leftovers a reality.
Serve with crusty bread. Adapted from "Franny's: Simple Seasonal Italian," by Andrew Feinberg, Francine Stephens and Melissa Clark (Artisan, 2013).
8 medium zucchini
1 medium Spanish onion
6 to 8 scallions
Leaves from 4 to 6 stems flat-leaf parsley
3 cloves garlic
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more as needed
3/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
About 6 large basil leaves, plus more for garnish
2 cups water, or more as needed
Freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for garnish
Trim the zucchini ends, then cut each vegetable into chunks. Finely chop the onion, scallions, parsley and garlic; piling them together is okay.
Heat 1/4 cup of the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add one-third of the zucchini chunks and stir to coat. Cook for a few minutes, just until the bottom side is golden and lightly caramelized, then transfer to a mixing bowl. Repeat two more times (no need to add more oil) to use of all the zucchini.
Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to the pot. Once it shimmers, add the onion-scallion mixture and stir to coat. Season with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper. Reduce the heat to medium; cover and cook for about 8 minutes, so the vegetables soften.
Coarsely chop the 6 basil leaves.
Return the zucchini to the pot, then season with the remaining teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Stir in the water, which will not quite cover the zucchini. Increase the heat to high and cook just until bubbles form at the edges, then reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and cook for about 12 minutes. The zucchini should be soft but not disintegrating. Stir in the chopped basil.
Use an immersion (stick) blender to puree the mixture into a thick soup that retains some small chunks of zucchini. If it's too thick for your liking, add water as needed. Remove from the heat. Taste, and adjust seasoning as needed.
Divide among individual bowls or deep cups. Tear a few basil leaves over each portion, then grate a little Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese over each one as well. Serve warm or at room temperature.
NUTRITION Per serving: 180 calories, 4 g protein, 12 g carbohydrates, 14 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 430 mg sodium, 4 g dietary fiber, 6 g sugar
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So im looking to get a Diablo 3 capable rig working for my daughter. I have laying around: Q9450/EP45 DS4P cpu +mobo and 4 x 1GB OCZ Reaper ram. The parts im needing are PSU, HDD, GFX, case, and a network card. Her main uses on the PC will be school or research, but i would like the gfx capable enough for BF3 on Med settings for when my friends are over. I would like to keep prices to a minimum if posible, say no more than $100 for anything i need. Any and all suggestions are welcomed.
I would say a used 6850 (seen some for around 100$ shipped), a Corsair CX500 PSU, WD Blue 500GB 7,200RPM Pretty much done
gfx wise, im partially thinking dropping my 6870 in and grabbing a 7850/70 for myself. Sort of need to buy new to as the wife is particular about receipts and such. @brandon, i was thinknig in that range for psus, no more than 650 watts but im not too partial on the CX series. edit: im seeing a sapphire 6950 for $220 at my local store, this model http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1041&pid=1530&psn=&lid=1&leg=0 idk if the shaders are unlockable, but its still almost $50 cheaper than a 7850.
I don't know the resolution, but it souns like a Radeon 5770/6770/equivalent 7xxx might be good enough (or a GTS450/550). I assume "medium" means direct3D 10, in case of BF3?
A 6870 is a happy medium. Then you can upgrade your own rig and still have a plenty quick one for your daughter. Sounds like a win-win to me.


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- Address:
- 17810 E. Thirteen Mile, Roseville, MI
- Phone:
- 586-533-2256
- Overall User Rating:
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- Hours:
- 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Mon.-Sat. and noon-2 a.m. Sun.
- Official Web Site:
- http://hangoverbarandgrill.com/
Status: Unlike its 2009 Blockbuster comedy namesake, chances of multiple blunders will doubtless be rare at the Hangover Bar & Grill.
The eastside bar is located in Augusta Plaza in Roseville and prides itself on its welcoming staff and atmosphere. It opened after a six-month remodel transformed it from a saloon called Mothers.
"They needed a nice cozy bar in the area," says first-time bar owner Al Lentini who opened Hangover around Labor Day weekend. Lentini, who also owns Pino & Sons Cement in Warren, said he hopes to expand the bar within the year and turn it into a nightclub.
Gear: No one sported the just-rolled-out-of-bed look Saturday night, but the theme for the night was ultra casual.
"You can come in ragtags and flip flops for all we care. As long as you have a smile on your face, we're happy," says general manager TJ Pierfelice.
The female bar staff show off their stems in black shorts, and their tees and tanks ask the question "What happened last night?"
Mood: "I guess you can call us a community bar," says Pierfelice, a 27-year-old Roseville resident.
The likelihood of losing a friend at this easygoing, 100-person bar is about as slim as finding a tiger in your bathtub (watch the movie and you'll understand), but the odds of finding a new friend are significantly greater.
"We want everybody to feel like it's home," Pierfelice says. "Hangover is a Roseville meeting place. We're just here for anybody that wants to come have some fun. We are the newest toy in the toy box in Roseville right now. There's no identity here."
"I got finer service here in two minutes than I did at" a fine dining restaurant, said 42-year-old Tony Leone of St. Clair Shores. "I walked in and they took care of me, so for me, that's good service."
White Christmas lights decorate a black ceiling and tables, which seat 82 take up the majority of the real estate on the carpeted floor. Families are welcome, and Saturday, a couple pre-teen girls played pool while their parents relaxed nearby.
Pick me up: One word. Saganaki. This delightfully simple Greek dish steals the show at Hangover. Not only is it tasty, but when a customer orders the Greek cheese, they'll get a show as the server lights it on fire at the table.
"It's a casual neighborhood-type of place," and "the Saganaki was so good," raved Gabrielle King of New Baltimore as she celebrated a friend's birthday one Saturday night.
Items on the food menu range from $1.75 for a hotdog to $3.85 for a hamburger to just under $9 for a one-pound corned beer sandwich. Saganaki is $5.25. Beer rings up at a modest $2 and mixed drinks run about $4.
Entertainment: There are two pool tables and six televisions always tuned to sports. DJ Jose of Jam Productions helps entertain the crowds behind the decks and on the dance floor Friday and Saturday nights.
"He plays to the crowd," Pierfelice said. "Anything that gets you moving, he does."
When the DJ comes in, the tables are cleared out to make room for dancing.


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Our Saturday club is aimed at younger riders who range from 5 years upwards
It runs from 10.00am to 2:00pm and riders get the chance to have a lesson, learn new stable management skills and just enjoy being around the ponies in the fresh air!
Check out the pictures from our Pony Club Camp
Barguse is thrilled to learn that we have been awarded Clubmark status.
We are not only the first riding school in Cornwall to have achieved this accreditation but also currently one of only 24 establishments in the whole of the UK to have received Clubmark approval.
We are pleased to be able to offer regular feldenkrais sessions at Barguse, Feldenkrais offers a unique and practical way to realise our potential more fully.
It is an educational method focusing on learning and movement, which can bring about improved movement and enhanced functioning.
Current championship standings for our summer competition series.
Congratulations to the following riders who all passed the following tests and achievement badges!
Barguse is thrilled to host jumping clinics with Richard Waygood MBE. Richard will be holding regular jumping clinics at Barguse starting on Sun 10th October 2010
Our winter dressage series begins again, see events calendar page for dates.
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The latest edition to the Hertel food scene is "To Pie For Pizzeria & Deli", located adjacent to the Hertel Lounge bar. Serving up Buffalo favorites pizza, wings & subs, To Pie For is a welcome stop in North Buffalo. We had the opportunity to sample this delicious steak and stuffed hot pepper pizza with sesame crust-amazing! And, since it was Friday we also ordered the 12 oz hand battered fish fry. Everything was expertly prepared with fresh ingredients-delicious. This will be our new favorite pizza stop on Hertel. And check out these daily specials (subject to change) To Pie For Pizzeria & Deli1673 Hertel AveBuffalo, NY 14216(716) 835-1111 Mondays: Buy any sub & get 2nd sub half off Tuesdays: Large pizza & 20 wings $21.99 Wednesdays: Large pizza $9.99 Fridays: Fish Fry (10-12 oz served with cole slaw & fries) only $8 Click Here For The Rest.
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67 West celebrates their two year anniversary under new ownership. Check out the photos here. Click Here For The Rest.
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Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Hands down the coolest homemade costume... at Buffalo's legendary 4th annual Monster's Ball, capping off a week of Halloween festivities, parties, contest & drink specials brought to you by Duke's Bohemian Grove Bar on Allen! Click Here For The Rest.
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Halloween celebration and pumpkin carving contest at Savoy on Elmwood. Click Here For The Rest.
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The Grand Opening party at Military Tavern, near Military & Grant, across from the new Showplace Theatre and just a few blocks from Buffalo State College, featuring daily drink specials. Click Here For The Rest.
Live music by the South Carolina rock band WPOS at Cobblestone Bar before the Pearl Jam show. Cobblestone is the best place downtown to party before or after all the events at First Niagara Center (the arena). Get to Cobblestone early before Sabres games, bandits games, or concerts to get the best parking and enjoy great food & drinks before walking next door to the game or the show. Click Here For The Rest.
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Get your sexy Halloween costumes at Xsentuals lingerie & adult store on Transit Rd. The owner, Sharon will hook you up with a hot outfit and all the accessories to make your Halloween a sexcess! Xsentuals has sexy nurse costumes, police woman costumes, playboy bunny costumes and many more to choose from. You can also get accessories such as sexy fishnet stockings, shoes, boots and wigs to complete your costume. Xsentuals also has $20 and $30 sexy Halloween costume specials. Be sure to stop in at Xsentuals on Transit Rd before their all sold out! Our hottest deal is Buy One Get One HALF OFF on Halloween Costumes as well as on Lingerie, Clubwear & Corsets (can't be combined with other offers). Get it while it lasts! Click Here For The Rest.
Check out photos from the newly opened Military Tavern, near Buff State College. Great drink prices & specials, open daily, darts, pool & video games. Great place to meet for happy hour or watch the game, within a mile of Buff State! Official grand opening party coming October 15th with complimentary food, prizes & giveaways. And also coming soon: Pizza, Wings & Subs from VIPizzeria! Check out Military Tavern & let them know that Buffalobarfly.com sent you! Click Here For The Rest.
Another step in the West Side Renaissance on Grant Street is The Gypsy Parlor. With a great selection of craft beers served alongside an eclectic menu of regional fare, Gypsy Parlor seems set to transform Grant Street. Gypsy Parlor also promises to bring fresh entertainment including local Indy Rock bands and DJ's along with cool concepts like Buffalo B Movie Nights. If opening night is any indication, Gypsy Parlor should do great things on the West Side. They're open daily for dinner. Stop down & let them know Buffalobarfly.com sent you! Click Here For The Rest.
Open mic & live music hosted by Bobby Angel every Tuesday night at The Bend on Allen. Last week, Michael Bly performed a rare Wednesday night show at The Bend. And don't forget that Thursday is Karaoke night and the weekends feature live DJ's spinning the best from old school to electronic dance music. Click Here For The Rest.
The new location of Rock N Roll Heaven is now open! Last weekend, Rock N Roll Heaven kicked off a new era of rock n roll in the location of the old Fusion Nightclub (also formerly Roxbury) with live music by local rock bands: Stealin', Nobody's Chyld, and hard rockin' alternative band, Suckerpunch! Check out the packed calendar for upcoming local & national rock acts as well as a local original night coming soon. And if you're hungry, be sure to try some pizza & wings from TNT Pizza inside the club. That's right! Rock n Roll Heaven is serving food during the shows! So, get out to West Seneca this Friday and check out the All New Rock N Roll Heaven on Seneca Street. It's only Rock n Roll But I Like It! Click Here For The Rest.
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We were recently treated to a "Sneak Preview" of downtown's newest dining experience, The Lodge on Chippewa. Billed as the "Grand Unveil Gala" at The Lodge Bar and Grill, Buffalo's newest dining and nightlife destination, this event offered a limited number of patrons exclusive access to view, taste and celebrate all that The Lodge has to offer before the establishment opens its doors to the general public. Hosted by Co-Owner Peter Altholz, this "Sneak Preview" gave a select few the chance to experience this upscale, yet relaxed atmosphere and exciting new menu by Head Chef Fortune Macri. We sampled original appetizers such as the Venison Skewers and enjoyed cocktails on the upper level overlooking the main bar of this 6,000+ square foot newly renovated space. The all-American outdoors-themed restaurant boasts two levels and three distinct environments. In the game room, patrons can play skee-ball, billiards, bubble hockey and more. The second level also has a bar, private lounge available for parties, and an outdoor balcony overlooking Chippewa. Over $1 million has gone into transforming the space formerly occupied by party bars McMonkeez and Bayou into a brand new dining experience that could help transform Chippewa. The Lodge is now open daily at 11am for lunch & dinner. Click Here For The Rest.
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It's the legendary Lance Diamond Show appearing at Milkie's on Elmwood (formerly The Elmwood Lounge) every Saturday night! Lance's show includes lots of the classic funk that you've come to know & love. But you'll also hear everything from Prince & Michael Jackson to Knarles Barkley and Black Eyed Peas. Lance's energy is boundless and his sense of timing & style are impeccable. Check out our calendar for more performances around the Buffalo area. And click here to find out how to book the Lance Diamond show for your next event, concert or club dates. Click Here For The Rest.
Allentown's dance club, Funky Monkey Nite Club recently celebrated their 1 year anniversary. The week kicked off with a VIP party and reception last Wednesday with drink specials, food & great music. All week, Funky Monkey featured great drink specials, including $5 Fishbowl Fridays, Dance Club Saturday and concluded with the 1st anniversary Sunday karaoke party. Check out all of the weekly specials & events at Funky Monkey Nite Club. And be sure to tell them Buffalobarfly.com sent you. Click Here For The Rest.
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Few games will tell you how to write compelling adventures for your game. All too often, people think that they're not allowed to create adventures; that they have to use adventures that the publisher of the game provides.
Mike Conway sets out to prove that, while it may not be the easiest thing in the world to make adventures, it's quite simple to do so. Excerpted from his now-defunct ... [click here for more]
Damico is a game designer, but when he's shot in the head by a loony fan, he finds himself whisked away to a world of horrid gaming. Can he get out before it's too late?
A comedy in d10 parts.
Note: This is a special, double-length episode.
Episode #000, Introduction
Part 1: What is the White Wolf Blogcast?
Part 2: A little about Eddy
Part 3: Outro
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Episode #002, Luck of the Irish
What's Cool: Night Stalkers (Hunter: The Vigil)
CCP Culture: St. Patrick's Day
My Thoughts: The future of print-on-demand
Housekeeping: Where's the Atomic Array Scion episode? Geist fiction.
Scion episode: http://atomicarray.com/scion-aa016
Episode #003, Geist Fiction
Not a joke, we swear, but a short audio fiction piece taken from an early draft of the fiction for Geist: The Sin-Eaters.
Episode #004, Daiwang
What's Cool: We're Not Leaving PDFs
My Thoughts: The History of ExXxalted
Episode #005, Thank You Dave
A few words on the passing of Dave Arneson.
Episode #006, Collection of Horrors Sample
A sample of the audio fiction available in the "Collection of Horrors." This piece comes from "The Man with the Gray Beard," and is voiced by Weston Reid and Rich Thomas.
Episode #007, Avast!
* What's New: Collection of Horrors
* Eddy's Thoughts: PDF Piracy
* Housekeeping: Future of the Podbean feed, and sending in emails
Episode #008, Mailbag
* What's Coming: Ancient Mysteries and Ancient Bloodlines
* CCP Culture: Agility and Spontaneous Office Move Day
* Letters!
* We're now in the iTunes store, via Feedburner.
Episode #009, How Do You Say That?
* What's Coming: Blood Drive
* CCP Culture: SpamAtlanta (with contest for free PDF!)
* Letters/My Thoughts: Bonus Material and Pronounciations
* What's Coming: Scion episode (maybe? finally?), people enjoy hearing me drunk
Episode #010, 5 vs. 13
What's Cool: Malfeas (Exalted)
My Thoughts: PDF as a separate medium
Mailbag: Why 5 clans? (with Justin Achilli), winner of SpamAtlanta contest
Episode #011, Costa Rica has a Mailbag!
I'm going to run long – consider it a special double-sized episode!
What's New: The Testament of Longinus. Fake vampire bible goodness!
My Thoughts: RPG sales in an increasingly global economy.
Letters: Lots and lots and lots of letters, and lots of me mangling people's names.
Episode #012, Too Much Transparency
What's Coming: Goblin Markets for Changeling: The Lost
My Thoughts: Social Media Transparency
Contest: Your Best WW Game Session – WIN A FREE COPY OF DREAMS OF THE FIRST AGE
Letters: More on Brazil, and the Game Design Process
BONUS: Our friends over at Flames Rising... [click here for more]
Episode #013, Bought and Broken
Show Notes Note: Sorry this is out later than usual — I ended up taking FAR longer to record this than usual, and I ended up having to do a lot of editing because I kept fucking up. But hey, that's what you get for trying something new, I guess.
Contest: NEED MORE ENTRIES. Cut-off is 7/21.
Fiction: "Bought and Brok... [click here for more]
Episode #014, Why A World of Darkness?
My Thoughts: Why we need horror gaming, and how the WoD plays into those needs. (Note: I'm in a dark mood today and this is a dark topic, so I casually discuss some extremely reprehensible topics. Just remember that this is an explicit podcast.)
Wrap-Up: Final push for the Dreams of the First Age box set contest — entries... [click here for more]
Episode #015, Dreams of Jess Hartley
* My Thoughts: Diversity (I originally say Nostalgia, but I quickly realize mid-rant that I used the wrong word — such is the way of unscripted podcasting). Also, THE WINNER (and runner-up) OF THE DREAMS OF THE FIRST AGE CONTEST!
* CCP Culture: What happens when 70% of the company leaves on holiday.
* Interview: Jess Hart... [click here for more]
Episode #016, Razor David HillInterview with David Hill about Collection of Horrors: Razorkids. (Note: The audio quality gets a bit harsh in places, and I had to play with the audio levels to keep it remotely balanced, so I apologize if it gets a bit hard to hear in places.)Next week: Chuck Wendig and I get down about Hunter: The Vigil.Promo: This Just In From GenCon! I'm even slated to ... [click here for more]
Episode #017 - Hunting Chuck Wendig* Part One of my interview with Chuck Wendig on all things Hunter-y.* Part Two (and an interview with Dean Shomshak on Scion: Ragnarok) will be available next Tuesday, as I'll be flying to GenCon on Wednesday.* Justin's post of the original Hunter: The Vigil outline: http://www.justinachilli.com/blog/2009/7/23/hunter-the-vigil-outline.html
Episode #018 - Chuck and DeanPart Two of the interview with Chuck Wendig on Hunter: The Vigil.Shadowstories: http://www.thestoryverse.com/go/Interview with Dean Shomshak on Scion: RagnarokPromo: This Just In From GenCon
Episode #019 - Where Did August Go?* What's Cool: Night Horrors: Wolfsbane* CCP Culture: Kickoff* My Thoughts: GenCon '09 Retrospective* Mailbag: Letters on collectors, bloodlines, editing and out-of-print books* What's Out There: FOUR podcast episodes that you might want to check out:City in the Sand review on "The Basics of the Game": http://jeremiahmccoy.com/2009/08/13/episode-25-the-... [click here for more]
Episode #020 - Your Game SucksWhat's Cool: Goblin Markets is now available!My Thoughts: Playstyle and Genre FidelityLetters: WoD Fiction (again). Though, I did forget to mention the Horror Recognition Guide for Hunter, because I'm an idiot.What's Out There: Two more episodes of the Darker Days podcast, featuring Stew Wilson and Chuck Wendig.Housekeeping: This Wednesday thing is just a fl... [click here for more]
An informal episode, where I take some time to explain what's going on. I do read one letter about Scion and Geist, though.
Episode #022 - How A Bill Becomes A Law
* The Process of Making a White Wolf Product
* CCP Culture: Space Crunch
* Changes in the Podcast
Episode #023 - I've Been Framed!
* Storytelling Advice: The Pitch/The Frame
* Listener Mail: EVE Stuff
* CCP Culture: Moving Around, and "Harden The Fuck Up"
* Wrap-Up: Oral Surgery, but some upcoming podcasts, so stay tuned.
* Sneaky Post-Credits Bit: Sample from "Harden The Fuck Up"
"Harden The Fuck Up" now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.... [click here for more]
Episode #024 - Preparation H
Today's Topic: Preparing for games.
Listener Mail: Some "thank you" letters.
CCP Culture: ICC was a blast.
Darker Days -- http://www.darkerdays.tk/ (Episode 13 is the one I'm referring to in this episode.)
Episode #025 - Tying Up Your Players
Today's Topic: Chronicle structure/getting your players to be more engaged with their characters
Listener Mail: Requiem: The Movie
CCP News: ICC presentations on YouTube
Wrap-Up: ICC panel audio slowly going up on the blogcast
Episode #026 - We're Not Dead Yet
Today's Topic: White Wolf isn't going away; what happened with the CCP merger; some explanations of what's going on.
Listener Mail: How to break down a chronicle pitch; can you Embrace a werewolf?
Wrap-Up: The last ICC panel next week; upcoming blog interview about WW new media
Episode #027 - Keeping Pace
* Main Topic: Pacing your chronicle
* Listener Mail: Accessibility EBooks and Crossover Book
* Holidays until Jan 4th -- see you in the next year!
Episode #028 - Four Times the Advice
1. Running Larger Groups
2. Time Management
3. Dealing with Rules Disagreements
4. Rolling Dice vs. Roleplay
5. What's going on with the podcast
Episode #029, And Now the News
* News!- What happened to the blogcast over the past few weeks?- Haiti promotion on DriveThruRPG- iPad and ePublishing- Changes to AP release schedule
* Listener Mail: In-character knowledge
* CCP Culture: Office Move 6
* Wrap-up
Episode #030 - Follow the Rules
Rant: Submission Guidelines
Listener Mail: How do I get my players more involved?
CCP Culture: I'm on my third computer!
Wrap-Up: Podbean feed back up
Episode #031 - Game Night
* Topic: Character sheet as a vote of interest
* Listener Email: CCP Company Gaming
* Wrap-up: Darker Days Podcast, Fear the Boot interview, running out of emails
Episode #032 - Squirming In Your Chair
* Topic: Death and Emotional Impact in Horror Games
* Listener Emails: AP Flexibility and PDF/Book Combos
* CCP Culture: St. Patrick's Day, and How My Co-Workers Are Also My Friends
* Wrap-Up
This week I'm still recovering from a terrible sinus infection, but I pull myself together long enough to babble about running one-shot games.
Episode #034 - How To Be Awesome
* I called it episode 33, because I can't count.
* WoD: Dudes of Legend Retrospective
* Why I Don't Talk Much About Other Development Stories
* Thank You For Being Awesome
* P.S.: Maybe Mexico Bonus Episode?
Fear the Boot Interview: http://www.feartheboot.com/ftb/index.php/archives/1526
Darker Days E... [click here for more]
Episode #035 - Mexico!
(Note: Apologies for the quality -- it was recorded very quickly in the middle of my living room.)
* Eddy quickly babbles a bit about his recent crunch time, the upcoming trip to Mexico, a little bit about CCP culture, and how important it is for creative professionals to hear "thank you."
Episode #036 - Triage
* Topic: Balancing workloads for creative professionals
* Listener Mail: Forgotten familiars
* CCP Culture: Recording in Mexico
* Wrap-Up: Roundtables (potentially) in the future
Episode #37 - Roundtable: Going Digital
The first of three roundtables with me, Rich Thomas and Ethan Skemp. This time, we talk about our thoughts on evolving toward digital publishing.
Episode #38 - Roundtable 2: How Times Have Changed
The second of three roundtables with myself, Rich Thomas, and Ethan Skemp. This time, we talk about how things have changed in the industry, and what benefits we've had from merging with CCP. (Note: For some reason, my mic cut out twice while Ethan was speaking, so there are a couple of jumps in the commentary.)
Episode #39 - Mailbag Catchup
* Introduction: An update on my status.
* Mailbag: A ton of emails that I've been meaning to catch up on!
* CCP Culture: Crunch and vacation
Episode #40 - Roundtable 3 - nWoD Design
The third roundtable with me, Rich Thomas, and Ethan Skemp. This time, we talk about some of the design decisions for the new World of Darkness.
Episode #41 - Transforming Media
* Transmedia Thoughts
* Listener Mail: Schedule question and a purely PDF game line
* Wrap-Up: New roundtable, possible recording at GenCon and Grand Masquerade
Episode #42 - Roundtable: Going to GenCon!
* Rich, Ethan, and I talk about our preparations for GenCon, the afterwords in Mage Chronicler's Guide and Mirrors, addressing concerns about the end of the World of Darkness, and I call Rich out about WoD: Mafia.
* At one point, I mention our panel schedule, but it slipped my mind at the time. I went ahead and posted my GenCon s... [click here for more]
Episode #43 - The More Things Change
* Back from GenCon, but GenCon thoughts will come later.
* I did record some GenCon panels, though.
* Also, my title changed.
* Listener Mail: Podcasts of WoD games, and how I got noticed by White Wolf.
* Wrap-Up: Moving to weekly for a while, with more content to come.
Episode #44 - GenCon: WoD Cage Match panel, pt. 1
Attending: Eddy Webb, Rich Thomas, Ethan Skemp, Justin Achilli
The first half of the "World of Darkness Cage Match" panel. The panel was all recorded with one microphone, so there are some audio distortions in order to pick up the various voices in the panel.
Episode #45 - Post-GenCon Roundtable
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-- doubt this week that 43 different Catholic -- cities across our nation are suing the Obama administration.
And response to the health and human services rule mandating in poor health care coverage.
Of contraception abortion inducing drugs and sterilization.
And it came with a blow as you can imagine -- the president's strength among Catholics a demographic that helped carry him to victory and 2008 so what is on the lions.
Of these Catholic entities and what is the bone that they have to pick and how far are they willing to go with this.
Joining us now is actually -- she is senior fellow at the Catholic association we're glad she's on board with us this morning actually thank you.
Think it's going to be here well -- -- -- answer my question if you will what is the purpose of doing.
Yeah I think that Catholics.
-- Catholic institution's first of all we've never seen a religious liberty lawsuit of this magnitude and United States ever before.
And I think what's happening is that these Catholic institutions are realizing they don't have time to wait they don't have time to wait for congress to act they don't have time to wait for the HHS to finish at this comment period.
The time to act is now.
We're talking about soup kitchens closing down charities closing down.
And for these institutions.
They need to serve -- -- they need to serve the needy and they can't wait so they're saying are we are religious conscience or religious rights are on the line.
And we're gonna act now OK I want -- with you because I don't want it -- -- go down a road where people don't understand when you say soup kitchens -- why these things are closing explain it to me.
Sure absolutely.
What -- -- the situation that therein is.
The Obama administration's HHS mandate which -- require religious employers Catholic institutions all religious institutions.
To essentially cover contraceptives sterilization and abortion inducing drugs.
In the health care plans and for many of these institutions that violates core religious beliefs that violates the core Catholic tenets.
Of these institutions and they are simply unwilling to violate their beliefs and they firmly believes that their first amendment rights need to be protected.
So do you see it going this far is this happening where people are not served while this argument goes on.
You know it's hard to say what's gonna happen whether or not that.
He's he's Catholic institutions well practiced Civil Disobedience I know that if I remember us a lot of people -- -- -- trying to understand how far could this really ago.
Yes absolutely and I think you know -- now the pressure all eyes are on the Obama administration because we're facing the toughest economic times we've seen in decades.
And he's essentially saying he's willing to see these institutes.
Forced to choose between crippling finds finds.
Thousands millions of dollars worth of fines but could shut down these institutions -- I see what you're saying so different if in fact they do business the way that they feel religiously they need to do business to go forward.
They -- bent bending breaking this new mandate law and they would have to pay all these fine so essentially everybody's getting hurt is being served way because.
That money would be needed to see the forward -- Absolutely I hope it's a fine -- -- that's the situation -- they're facing right now and it's an unconscionable situation for these religious institutions to the end are right so actually again I wanna kind of telegraph down the road because we see so many fights in Washington and I'm really trying to understand.
Why this particular fight by the Catholic Church why now.
Well as as -- -- is said this is not a fight that they picked this is a fight that the Obama administration picked the Catholic church and other charitable institutions religious institutions.
Have been going about their business in this country essentially since the founding of this country.
Serving the -- serving the needy and doing so in accordance with the dictates of their conscience and for the first time out the Obama administration is essentially saying no you have to choose.
Between your conscience between carrying out what you believed to be your faithful obligations.
Or paying these crippling fines right.
You mentioned the public comment period over the health and human services rule.
-- mandating employer health care coverage of contraception you mentioned that.
How long as the public comment period that you know love and and who gets to comment is that everybody.
I believe everybody and I'm not exactly sure when it ends but you know at this isn't the first one and it's obvious that HHS is not listening because.
You know when they came out with the so called compromise if people are talking about a couple of months ago.
They ended up publishing the original rule without any regard.
For any of the common and they got thousands of comments so I think what we're seeing as HHS is not listening to -- the American people have to say.
All right last question for you and I'm looking at some of the viewers on the live chat.
Me if the political fight.
You know it's hard to say but.
One thing that we know is that the Catholic Church is the number one nongovernmental provider of education health -- and charitable services in this country.
And so if your vision of how the government should work -- that the government should be the number one provider of those services.
You know -- England had a piece in the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago essentially pointing out that this real could be a political fight -- to crowd out.
A private religious institution for providing those services to people and frankly the American that that's just not the American way.
You know these institutions these religious institutions whether they're Catholic or not has served his serve as a buffer between the people in the government and we need them and -- -- an essential part.
-- the American way of of American life as we know it.
All right.
People can read more about this on foxnews.com.
So while they're here watching this show they can mosey on over during one of the breaks don't say gone too long -- we've got a lot stuff going on.
-- click right back over but at the top of the page you'll see an opinion tab.
Click on that and you can read more about what.
Actually McGwire has actually written about she's a senior fellow with the Catholic association we appreciate her being here this morning.
Actually as this story moves forward we may ask you back.
I and I love to do a panel.
Because what I'd like to see is if this really does break out along with.
All political lines -- right now we're following the news nugget and that is that this has got to get through public comment period.
And we're gonna have to see just how far the Catholic Church we'll take it.
Last question for you -- -- that there were 43.
Catholic entities is this like the total Catholic Church coming against us.
It's not the total Catholic Church but if you look at the number of American Catholics who are represented by these different entities I mean.
Some of the biggest diocese is in this country New York Washington DC are involved in this lawsuit they represented millions of Catholics liberal Catholics conservative Catholics.
Catholics who go to mass every day Catholics who go to mass on eastern Christmas.
And at the end of the day what what is very clear about this lawsuit is that Catholics are unified -- unified behind their bishops and they are unified in opposition to this mandate whether or not.
They use contraception or not they don't like seeing.
Their church bullied around by the government -- -- bureaucracies.
Actually McGuire thank you so much we're gonna take -- break everybody.
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It's that time of year again. Spring is in the air, the clocks are moving forward, and the first of the year's major Linux conferences is kicking off in Boston, Massachusetts. LinuxWorld Expo (LWE) has rapidly become one of the most interesting and talked about mainstream Linux conventions anywhere in the world. I'm certainly not the only person who would rather fly from London to Boston than go to my local LinuxWorld and revel in a tiny convention hall filled with a few carefully chosen exhibitors. If last year's convention is anything to go by, this will be a real blast. This time last year, I hooked up with OLS organizer Andrew Hutton for a 1,000 mile road trip that took us (on a very skewed route) from Ottawa to Boston. Once we'd arrived, we enjoyed three days of hanging out with some of the more well known members of our Free Software community. People like Don Becker, who you may never have heard of, but who single handedly wrote much of the Linux networking stack. If you didn't make it to this year's convention, consider coming along in 2007. You won't be disappointed.
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The library of tracks from classic rock group Foreigner grows on August 14th, when two of the band's biggest hits come to the Rock Band Music Store! First is the popular track "I Want To Know What Love Is," from 1984's Agent Provocateur, which reached number one on charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom in the 80s! Another popular Foreigner power ballad, "Waiting for a Girl Like You," will also be available. Off of the band's fourth studio record, 1981's 4, it's one of Foreigners most well-known tracks, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100!
Finish symphonic metal group Nightwish has consistently placed among the top 10 artists in the Community Wishlist in the Rock Band Dashboard application, available now on Facebook. Harmonix is excited to have the opportunity to listen to its community, and bring this highly requested artist to Rock Band for the first time! Nightwish makes their debut in Rock Band with "Amaranth," the second single from 2007's Dark Passion Play, along with optional support for Pro Guitar and Pro Bass!
Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (August 14th, 2012):
• Foreigner – "I Want to Know What Love Is" O
• Foreigner – "Waiting for a Girl Like You" O
• Nightwish – "Amaranth" O X
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system August 15th)
Tracks marked with "O" feature support for keyboards; tracks marked with "X" will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.
$1.99 USD (160 Microsoft Points ™, 200 Wii Points™) per song
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** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
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November 25, 2013
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kirsten Bell
While Dr Shafey is on parental leave, please see Dr. Kirsten Bell for ethics-related queries and requests for education and training.
November 13, 2013
Amendment Submissions for Thesis Title Changes NOT REQUIRED
The Office of Research Ethics in consultation with the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies and The Library Thesis Office has determined that the Title of the Thesis submitted to the Library does not have to match the title of the Letter of Ethics Approval.
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November 13, 2013
Please join us in welcoming the following new members to our department:
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