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This is the year of the electric car, or so one might believe based on the headlines of recent months, with new vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and Nissan's electric Leaf racking up awards and rolling into car showrooms.
So, what should we make of this month's Chicago auto show, where potential customers will find the spotlight shining not only on the latest lithium-ion-powered wonders, but also on some of the most powerful cars ever to roll off an assembly line?
At the Chevy stand, for example, the Volt made way for the new Camaro ZL1 — a 550-horsepower version of the reborn "pony car," which General Motors' design chief Ed Welburn proclaimed "the most technically advanced Camaro ever built."
A quick walk across the vast McCormick Place convention center found Ralph Gilles, the Dodge brand's general manager, kneeling to plant a kiss on the fender of the new, 465-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT8. Gilles — who also serves as Chrysler's corporate design chief — is one of the first in line for the high-performance sedan, which traces its roots back to the pre-oil shock era of anything-goes muscle cars.
"Performance is back," Mark Reuss, GM's president of North American operations, has said on numerous occasions.
For all the attention GM has given the electric Volt, the automaker has delivered significantly more muscle car models to market over the last year, including an assortment of Camaros, and several new versions of the Cadillac V-Series, including the 550-hp CTS-V Coupe.
Indeed, the Chevy Camaro (with an EPA fuel economy rating of 19 MPG in the city and 30 MPG on the highway) was one of the hottest cars of 2010, notably knocking down the king of the pony-car hill, the Ford Mustang, for the first time in 25 years.
Ford used the Detroit auto show, last month, to reveal several new battery-based vehicles, including an electric version of its new Focus, and the C-Max Energi, a plug-in hybrid version of its new microvan. But the automaker is also burning rubber with the new Mustang GT500, which pumps out an impressive 500 hp.
Even Toyota, which used the Detroit show to reveal a new family of Prius-badged hybrids, is getting into the action. Its Lexus luxury division recently started deliveries of the LF-A supercar, and the Japanese automaker is getting ready to reveal, at next month's Geneva Motor Show, a new high-performance sports car developed in partnership with the smaller Japanese carmaker Subaru.
High-performance models like the Camaro, the Mustang, the Charger and the Challenger (another Dodge muscle car) collectively outsell hybrid-electric vehicles like the Toyota Prius and Ford Fusion Hybrid — the darlings of the environmental set.
But there's a caveat to that success. The highest horsepower offerings, such as the Camaro ZL1 and Charger SRT8, make up a relatively modest niche, as most car buyers opt for more mundane versions of these cars, such as the V6-powered Mustang.
Once derided as a "secretary's car," the Mustang's base model has only minimal muscle, yet it still delivers surprising performance — a hefty 305 hp (about 50 percent more than the top-line Mustang GT of two decades ago). But the V6-powered Mustang also gets an EPA fuel economy rating of 30 miles per gallon on the highway, which underscores some of the big changes that have occurred since the days when muscle cars ruled the road.
New technologies, like turbocharging and direct injection, make it possible for cars to churn out significant amounts of power when needed, but still maintain acceptable fuel economy. The new Charger SRT8, for example, can idle half of its cylinders when the demand for power is low, significantly reducing fuel consumption.
And that's only the beginning. Mercedes-Benz is readying a pure battery-electric version of its gull-winged SLS supercar, which will debut in 2013. And little Tesla, the Silicon Valley start-up, has already sold more than 1,000 of its two-seat Roadster sports cars.
British specialty carmaker Lotus is developing an assortment of new models that will use a special hybrid driveline — initially developed for the Formula One race circuit — to punch out some extra performance while allowing the carmaker to utilize a smaller, more fuel-efficient engine.
Porsche is taking a similar approach with its 918 sports car, a race version of which was introduced at the 2011 Detroit auto show.
And while company officials won't comment, there have been numerous reports that Ford will be bringing back the legendary GT nameplate. But the new version will supposedly use supercharging and hybrid power to help it deliver 0 to 60 acceleration in barely 3 seconds.
While it's hard to find a manufacturer these days that isn't working on a battery car, plug-in or conventional hybrid, the same can be said for performance and muscle cars.
Even Hyundai, a brand traditionally known for its low-price and high mileage, is getting in on the act. During its Chicago auto show preview this year the automaker said it would add another 51 hp to its popular Genesis sedan, bumping the numbers up to 429 hp.
And with federal mileage standards set to make some big jumps in the years ahead, automakers are under pressure to squeeze more miles out of every gallon of gas — yet the market also wants them to deliver more muscle, as this year's Chicago auto show underscores. The good news is that the latest drivetrain technology is allowing the industry to do both.


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I'm having a lovely lunch amongst the roses in the garden behind St Pauls church in Covent Garden. It's a welcome break from the basement nearby where we are working, where there are two machines, a concrete cutter and a team of guys trying to install the steel framework for a new ground floor along with building the foundations for a new staircase as the building is being refurbished. The floor of the basement is being lowered as part of the refurbishment, so we're on site excavating any surviving archaeology below the existing basement floor.
We're right in the heart of Middle Saxon London here, but most of today so far has been spent digging some 17th century pits. I'm saving up the Saxon gravel quarry pits for this afternoon! If our basement had been just a little shallower we might have had buildings and streets surviving, but all that's left of them are fragments that have slumped into the soft fills of the pits, a tantalising glimpse of the town that stood here around 1300 years ago.


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Conditions InDepth: Ovarian Cancer
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]]>Ovarian cancer]]> is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the ovaries. The ovaries are a pair of organs in the female pelvis that produce eggs and female hormones.
Cancerous Mass in the Left Ovary
Cancer occurs when cells in the body (in this case ovarian cells) divide without control or order. Normally, cells divide in a regulated manner. If cells keep dividing uncontrollably when new cells are not needed, a mass of tissue forms, called a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant tumors, which can invade nearby tissues and can spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor does not spread.
There are several cancers and several more benign tumors that may occur in the ovaries. Most cancers are called epithelial cell tumors, which are the focus of this article. These tumors may grow to a considerable size before they cause severe symptoms. Malignant ovarian tumors may spread by shedding cells into the peritoneal cavity, which then causes metastasis throughout the abdomen—making these tumors difficult to treat. Early detection is very important to help prevent the cancer from spreading.
A specific cause of ovarian cancer has not been discovered, but certain risk factors are associated with the disease. Having a family history of ovarian cancer puts you at much higher risk. Your reproductive (female) history may also affect your risk, such as the number of times you have been pregnant and when you started and stopped your periods. In addition, there may be some environmental factors, but these are not definite.
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among US women and the leading cause of death due to cancer of the gynecologic organs.
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Ovarian cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/ovarian/. Accessed April 8, 2009.
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The Inverted Tree Yogi is rooted in the belief that both in yoga and in our daily lives we benefit by moving our roots, gaining new perspectives and nourishing that which is essential to us.
Theresa Govert is a yoga instructor and feminist activist based out of East Haddam, CT. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance and is insured with Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. She has studied and practiced meditation and yoga in the USA and Southern Africa and completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India at Rishikesh Yog Peeth. Along with group classes and individual sessions, Theresa leads workshops bringing together yoga, feminism & activism and yoga hikes.
For Theresa, yoga has been a journey back into her own body- celebrating it for movement, strength and life rather than hating it for not being perfect enough. Theresa believes that yoga is for everyBODY regardless of size, gender, race, ability, etc. She's excited to make the gifts of community, connection, movement and yoga available to all.


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Spoiler alert: we made it!
Start: Destruction Bay, Yukon Territory, Canada
End: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Miles: 542 mi
TOTAL TRIP STATS: 3,700 miles / 6 days / avg. ~ 610 miles a day, or 12 hours of driving
Highlights: Seeing a grizzly bear and two cubs on the road right before the U.S. border … we couldn't stop because we were in a line of construction. Those things sure are big! Arriving back in the U.S. after five days! Cheap(er) gas prices, with no need for litre and dollar-amount conversion. Seeing not one but TWO brochures for Chicken, Alaska – and stopping to take a photo of the sign at the start of the highway up to it. Meeting a couple from Washington and seeing a moose through binoculars. Crazy wind and mountain views all along the highway to Anchorage. Driving through a winding mountain pass, with a road sort of tacked onto the side like it would fall off with a little shake. Stopping to observe a glacial stream (and learning a thing or two about property ownership in Alaska… turns out even on public roads, the land itself is owned to the centerline by the parcel owners…) Knowing this was finally, finally the last day of driving – and being able to make the push through. Returning to multi-lane highways between Palmer and Eagle River. Driving into civilization. Seeing the big "Anchorage Welcomes You" sign. Stopping. Sleeping. Not driving anymore.
Lowlights: Road quality, although it actually wasn't as bad as we had heard. The roads outside Whitehorse were almost worse, as (unlike most other times we'd driven) it had not been previously raining, so the dust kicked up in all its dusty glory. Getting to our motel room at 1 AM after unloading all my stuff and realizing there was no way we would get a good night's sleep on my empty floor.
I haven't gotten the Google map to work properly since I posted it on Day 2, but in the interim they seem to have updated the route to include that last bit of bad road between Whitehorse and Beaver Creek – before, Google directions would not even register that segment as a passable road! (And to be fair, some of it was pretty bad… full dust and gravel and major potholes). Here is a link to the overall route map, starting from the Chicago area (and not including the drive from Ithaca to Buffalo to Hilliard to Indiana). And here is the total route from Ithaca, about 4,500 miles.


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What is Khao San Road?
For those who aren't familiar with it, Khao San Road and the area surrounding it is a destination for independent travelers (especially backpackers) and is a carnival-like scene riddled with guest houses, street food, beer gardens, internet cafes, khao san road hotels, travel agencies, 24-hour tailors, tattoo parlors, used bookstores, souvenir sellers, hair braiders, fortune tellers, gurus, con artists, felafel stands… You probably get the picture. It is, in a word, "wonderful," and a rare enduring gem in a part of the world that is modernizing faster than I could have ever imagined.
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Dave Brubeck was energized, eager and planning ahead.
Dave Brubeck was energized, eager and planning ahead.
It was typical of the creative force that perpetually propelled the American jazz master's almost-unmatched 60-year career.
"He was great," Simon Rowe said of the seemingly tireless pianist, composer, humanist, civil rights pioneer and jazz ambassador. "He was lively. He was part of the discussion."
Rowe, Wynton Marsalis and Brubeck were sitting around Brubeck's dining room table on Nov. 15 in Wilton, Conn., discussing March's Brubeck Festival in Stockton and sketching out plans for an April 2014 tribute to Brubeck's imposing legacy in New York City.
Characteristically busy, engaged and looking forward almost to the end, Brubeck passed away from heart failure Wednesday morning at a Norwalk, Conn., hospital.
Today would have been his 92nd birthday.
"I feel extremely privileged to have seen him very recently," said Rowe, 50, who is helping perpetuate Brubeck's legacy as director of University of the Pacific's Brubeck Institute. "We're so thankful for such a wonderful productive life that touched so many people. He's a beloved member of our community and a community across the world.
"It's a rare combination of such high art during a 60-year career of such citizenship and cultural advocacy."
That career began in Stockton and encompassed the globe. Inquisitive and restlessly inventive, Brubeck - a 1942 Pacific graduate - helped transform and popularize jazz while making equally significant statements as a classical and choral music composer.
"I was able to talk to Darius (one of Brubeck's sons)," said Peter Jaffe, the Stockton Symphony conductor who collaborated with Brubeck and son Chris on orchestral projects. "They're still reeling. It had just happened.
"I count myself so lucky to view him as a friend and colleague. He's the most famous person I know who would just call me up on the phone. I will miss him sorely as a musician and colleague. I am all choked up about this."
Late Wednesday, the Brubeck family was preparing a statement to post on davebrubeck.com and his Facebook page.
Because of the 12-year-old Brubeck Institute - and its vast archival materials - Brubeck's name, artistic reputation and commitment to education and humanitarianism are closely associated with Pacific.
"Dave was an extraordinary man," Pacific President Pamela Eibeck said. "His creativity changed American music forever, and his passions for education and social justice had a powerful impact on so many lives. His imagination, wisdom and commitment inspired us all."
Brubeck's use of unconventional time signatures helped create West Coast jazz. His unerring gift for melody and interpretation established a sturdy recording career that produced 114 albums. His music and recordings continue being successfully re-packaged and re-released.
He was just as comfortable recording with the London Symphony as he was interpreting Disney songs.
He was very uncomfortable with injustice and intolerance. Early in his career, Brubeck refused to accept segregation and wouldn't perform if his bassist, Eugene Wright, was excluded.
"His greatest contribution sort of transcended music," said Patrick Langham, 42, a saxophone player and director of jazz studies at Pacific. "I mean by that, he had really strong stances on civil rights, apartheid and really, sort of higher-level causes. He was a great musician. A wonderful musician.
"I put him at the top of the list of great names. With Duke Ellington. Up there at that same level. Dave really sort of introduced a new way of playing with mixed meters."
That helped revolutionize American jazz in 1959. The quartet's "Time Out" recording - its sounds influenced by Brubeck's official ambassadorial trips to Europe - became the first million-selling jazz album and produced "Take Five," his signature hit he helped alto saxophone player Paul Desmond craft.
"That (1959) was a pivotal year in jazz," said Rowe, a native of Sydney. "There was a lot of flux in the art form. He was able to synthesize some of the innovation and forward-thinking. It's not often that some genius can pull together diverse streams and fuse them into a successful offering."
Born in Concord, Brubeck, one of three brothers, grew up on his family's cattle ranch near Ione. He attributed his fascination with exotic rhythmic patterns to the repetitive sounds of farm machinery. His mother taught piano.
Brubeck enrolled at then-College of the Pacific to study veterinary science. Quickly dissuaded, he started studying piano. His instincts for melody and counterpoint offset his inability to read music.
Meanwhile, he'd hang out at Stockton-area nightclubs, playing the jazz he adored but, at the time, was taboo at college music conservatories.
Brubeck graduated in 1942 - with the proviso he not teach - after meeting Iola Whitlock, who would become his life-long partner that year.
Drafted into service in World War II, Brubeck formed the U.S. Army's first integrated band in Europe. He also met Desmond, who would play such a pivotal role in his career.
After the war, Brubeck attended Oakland's Mills College, where he was tutored and inspired by composer-musician Darius Milhaud, who would help empower his adventurous musical instincts.
He formed the Brubeck Quartet with Desmond, Wright and drummer Joe Morello in 1951, honing their barrier-bending sound during long residencies at San Francisco clubs.
By Nov. 8, 1954, Brubeck had played his way onto Time magazine's cover ("Dave Brubeck - the Joints Are Really Jumping").
Brubeck, who still performed after turning 90, never stopped accumulating similar accolades and attention, including the Kennedy Center living legend award (on his 89th birthday in 2009) and lifetime achievement Grammy recognition in 1996.
"He was a huge figure," Rowe said. "He embodies that central current or thread that continuously remains curious and inquiring about the next possibility of how to meld this with this, jazz with classical, jazz with ballet or Middle Eastern.
"He always was looking for a way to shape his art."
Brubeck was preceded in death by his son Michael. He's survived by Iola; his sons Darius, Christopher, Daniel and Matthew; his daughter Catherine; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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If you were a Star Trek fan like myself growing up, you might remember a funny device called the Heisenberg Compensator. It was used when transporting people to account for the affects of a theory called the uncertainty principle, which basically states that the more precisely you try to determine something, the less precise it becomes. OK - the geeky mechanics lesson is over for now.
In the field of Information Technology, this is commonly extrapolated as the Observer Effect. In essence, when we try to monitor and observe servers, networks, and applications, we are changing the results. This makes sense, as it does take some network bandwidth, CPU cycles, and other resources to effectively monitor an environment. However, the impact of this is highly dependent on where the monitoring takes place. Which brings me to an agent vs agentless question.
What are your thoughts on using agents for monitoring your environment? The typical argument goes something like this: Agents provide richer data streams while adding load to the application, while agentless can only pull limited data (based on the API and security access permissions) but can isolate the load to an external resource and do not impact the application as severely. Has this been your mindset / experience, or have you encountered the opposite ... or something in between?
All excellent points raised above.
From a slightly different angle we are having to go with all Agents for monitoring our servers, the networking kit will be using SNMP v3.
We have chosen Agent based polling as a whole due to a resent audit, where it was found that the account SolarWinds was using for Polling was an administrator on all machines. This is indeed needed to ensure it can collect the data that we need to ensure thorough monitoring. The problem is, the credentials are cached locally on the servers after authentication and these can be exploited by would be attackers.
So, no to WMI.
SNMP - this is becoming an issue too, Microsoft are deprecating the SNMP service from 2012 and there is no native support for V3, which we would need for security purposes.
The Agent therefore for us is the best option. It utilises less resources on the monitored node by comparison to WMI and is so much more secure than the other methods. My concern is as you have all described with it being the ideal candidate for finger pointing. But, in another company where I have used this and used SNMP polling it was still blamed for bandwidth use. It was never the problem, but was definitely first to be blamed.
I'm a fan of hyrid. WMI is incredibly leaky (I currently deploy 8 WMI related hotfixes to my windows estate) and so ageltess indirectly leaves a big memory footprint in my opinion. If you want the network QOE stuff also you need the agent. WinRM/PSRemoting has a security issues in terms of granular delegation which causes trouble with security minded folks
That said, agents require reboots sometimes and thats no good!
With agent monitoring you also can run into the issue of mult-platform compatibility. Some enviroments run several versions of hardware/software. I've seen environments ranging from Win2k, Win2k3, Win2k8, WinNT (yes, one WinNT server), multiple versions of Ubuntu, RHEL, Debian, Solaris, et. al. Getting agents to work properly across all these platforms can be a pain. Personally I am in the agentless camp - not just because of compatibility issues, but also the aforementioned resource requirements. Unfortunately some tools require the use of agents. I'm not completely anti-agent, especially when the agent plays nice, but given the choice, I like to utilize SNMP, WMI (sometimes), etc.
When polling with SNMP or WMI, UDP is commonly used. With the remote agents, a long lived TCP is used. While the agent uses less bandwidth than WMI, my WAN accelerator doesn't show the UDP traffic in connection views for the obvious reasons. What this means is that while the agents take less bandwidth than WMI, they will show up in the connection views as having the largest amount of bandwidth. This means that the agents are ideal candidates for fingers pointing.
I would love for the agents to have an option I could set which would allow the connections to end and reconnect on a schedule that I set. In my case, every 30 minutes. This would remove those single Agent connections with 7Gb of traffic over many days from ever showing up in the connection views.
There are times that appearance is more important than function.
As a service provider we have found that our customers generally don't want us installing agents on their systems which is one of the main reasons we choose Orion as our monitoring solution. In working with other products we have experienced just about all of the issues related to agents that have already been mentioned here by others. We have also found that some vendors are slow to update their agents to work on newer operating systems.
Ultimately we have found an agentless solution more flexible and more favorable with our customers.
We actually moved from Tivoli to Orion recently. Tivoli was agent based. From a cost perspective, IBM charges maintenance and a fee for each agent, therefore there was a decision to be made with each purchase. That left us with only monitoring 1/3 of our servers.
A big positive of the agent was no need to "login" every two minutes to look at a log, or check processes etc. The agent never lost connection, and the agent was very easy to setup for logs and text file monitoring in real time.
Orion or agentless technology has been great due to the freedom it gives. I am not limited by what the agent can do. I do not have to wait to upgrade, or test new versions. We have over 700 servers and testing before you use against all those application would be impossible.
Cost, innovation and freedom are we moved to Orion.... and we have few regrets (Unix log monitoring 😞 )
That's a really good point, I didn't even think of the cost implications and the ease of "upgrading" (swap out one monitor vs XX # of agents).
I was in the same boat when I worked for an MSP. No agents allowed. We had to setup VPN tunnels to our clients for monitoring.
I think the only reason to have an agent would be to accomplish some type of self healing without relying on the remote server to do it, or make it easier to monitor through a firewall. I think the hybrid approach is best course for a software company because you don't limit anyone and you can just stand back and say, yeah we can do the way you want, but we'll leave you to argue about which way is better.
I'm a fan of the hybrid offering model. There are use cases for both agent and agentless. I know that typically an agent may be required if there is a security concern (such as a policy that prevents opening ports) or WAN bandwidth (where the collector is at the main site and wants to monitor a remote site).
I hope that my input will be found valuable even though I must admit I am not a Star Trek fan.
The use of agents for monitoring should always be avoided at any price. Adding an agent complicates things in that you need to understand what the agent does, how it runs, what are its requirements, how to fix it if it crashes and how to update it. These are just 5 basic things out of a possible <enter number here> variables. Add that agent on 5 systems and you have 5 agents you need to run and 5x5 "variables" that you need to be prepared for, which add up to a total of 30 possible factors that may and eventually WILL need addressing at some point and likely very often if the agent hasn't been coded to be self healing or the listener server doesn't care if the agent hasn't reported back with a status and won't report on it.
Apart from the above mentioned implications that you need to be prepared for - before even deploying an agent, there's the resource consumption bit that you need to pay attention as well. You can't expect to deploy an agent and think that its resource footprint is so tiny that it wouldn't matter to sacrifice extra CPU cycles, extra memory pool and what else gets affected by running a process with several handles. Even if it only required a handle to run once every hour then that would be one handle too much as the operating system needs to stop what its doing, listen for the annoying little call from that agent, address requirements and dependencies <a whole set of other things> then make room in line for that little agent to run whatever needs to be run. All this has a greater effect on the system since said agent is making calls and requirements to other system resources and handles that make it possible for the agent to function.
Lastly, and in the end, agent.exe would have increased running system resource consumption every hour for that one task it has to run. If it crashes you'd have to stop what you're doing to fix it. In my eyes that is not an acceptable tradeoff no matter how much more data i can get by using an agent. That has always been a problem since resources (system memory and CPU) were things you had to keep a close eye on and avoid "spillage". This has been highlighted by the trends nowadays, what with cost savings and running everything virtual to save on expenses, mainly the running ones that won't go away: administration and maintenance. Man is a resource too, but one that should be put to use more efficiently.
Death to agents!
I agree with most of what Deltona has said but I will add one point. Agents get blamed for everything. As long as they are there they are a suspect for every potential issue that occurs on a box regardless of how big or small.
Kirk out
Agents do tend to get the brunt of the blame. One of the interesting trends we've seen over time is the proliferation of virtualization vs. the cost of hardware. For a while, we went along with single server = single piece of hardware and hardware started to get super cheap! So awesome! Ahh, those were the days. There was no point in operating your triple channel backplane with 3GB RAM, your minimum was at least 6GB, if not 24GB - big jump for low cost. The OS ran smooth, performance was a non-issue (usually, though it did encourage running multi-purpose systems to make use of hardware).
Enter.......... virtualization. Now I can maximize that hardware by running a NUMBER of servers on the same hardware, I just have to give it more disk (and disk is relatively cheap, especially compared to 5 years ago). Resource pooling & sharing combine with a tendency to experiment - it's really hard to measure EXACTLY how much CPU or RAM any application/system needs, so it's a guess that depends a lot on your environment and observation; now you can see how Virtualization Manager was born . Anyway, in this situation, every piece of critical vs. non-critical software running on a system comes back into light, and agents can become an issue where they weren't before.
Purists always hated agents, but now there's a performance reason, too. In my experience, systems that are running right on the edge (in other words, effectively maximizing cost vs. performance) can have their balance tipped by an agent. Thankfully, resources are still relatively plentiful in a lot of environments, but who wants to be the guy (or gal) that has to go justify more resources because of an agent? Now your whole value proposition is called into question.
There's also a bit of "six of one, half-dozen of the other" (maybe more dozen of one, baker's dozen of another) - in the agentless world, you're counting on a single well-provisioned system to monitor X number of systems, vs. distributing the load X times to individual systems. The data stream might not be as rich and technically you are still paying for those resources, they are just centralized. Chances are the X resources ONCE is a lower cost than the resources X times, though - whether that justifies the X number of resources is dependent on a lot of things.
There absolutely does need to be value in the agent in order to justify it. If vendors don't have a solid justification for using an agent, and/or aren't moving toward hybrid options, we just aren't doing our jobs.
One of my favorite Transporter quotes is from TNG (slightly blasphemous to cross references from TOS with TNG, but...).
Picard: "If this hadn't worked, it would have been necessary to beam your energy into empty space…"
Pulaski: "… and spread my atoms across the galaxy!"
Picard: "Yes, I'm sorry, it…"
Pulaski: "No, no, don't be sorry. Every time I get into the damn thing I'm convinced that's what's going to happen."
Beam me up
Haha, sadly (or maybe not so sadly) I do recall that scene. Good points, too.
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The Best Potato Chip You've Never Had
In the northeastern corner of South Dakota sits a small city, bisected by US Highway 212, called Clark. It's home to about a thousand people and appears on satellite maps as a postage stamp-size grid of streets set against an expansive green and tan quilt. There in Clark, amongst fertile potato fields and prized hunting grounds, 12 dedicated people make some of the best potato chips I've ever tasted, under a brand called Dakota Style. They've been doing God's chip work since 1985 but I tried them for the first time this past weekend. And I'm very upset about the lost time.
If not for my good buddy (and real South Dakotan) Nick Iverson, I'd still be ignorant of Dakota Style chips. Thank you, Nick. Now, I wish to be your Nick Iverson and introduce you to the charming world of Dakota Style.
The company advertises the chips as "Industrial Strength" and goes on to explain their production process:
"Dakota Style potato chips are sliced extra thick. Then we open kettle cook them in cottonseed oil to toughen 'em up. By the time we're through, you could shingle your roof with these son-of-a-guns."
The running joke on the Dakota Style website is that the chips are tough. Really tough. Fans are even encouraged to send in testimonials about other uses they've found for the sturdy spuds. Some current anecdotes liken them to ice scrapers, poker chips, and indoor mini frisbees.
So, are they thick as cardboard and hard as nails? Not even close. They are, in my mind, just perfectly executed kettle chips: hard at first blush but quick to shatter, never giving the impression of toughness. In fact, they register as a bit more delicate than Kettle Brand chips, which I find to be more resilient, with a harder crunch. Dakota Style chips retain a thin layer of fry oil (a good thing) which acts like glue for the maker's liberal use of salt and seasonings.
The Flavors
Aggressively seasoned, attractively gnarled, and perfectly fried. I love these chips.
Salt and Vinegar
These are brash, salty, and easily in the top 5 percent of their chip class.
Mesquite Bar-B-Q
I'm starting to think that I might just not be a big BBQ chip guy. These are arguably a nice example of the genre, featuring a balance of sweet, spice, and clear mesquite smoke, but for me they land squarely at the bottom of this (albeit stellar) group.
Honey Mustard
You don't see a ton of honey mustard chips and one bite of these really makes you wonder why that is. We're not talking spicy Dijon here, but rather the yellow hot dog stuff plus a touch of sweetness.
Easily the best jalapeño chip I've ever had (true, I haven't tried all that many) with lots of grassy green pepper flavor up front and subtle heat on the back end.
I didn't get to try their Salt & Pepper, Spicy Ranch, Sour Cream & Cheddar Cheese, or Dill Pickle flavors but based on this experience I'm just going to assume they are all good to absolutely delicious. Dakota Style sell their chips online and seem to ship to most any place that there are people. These are real chips that you can eat, folks. Make it so.
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This is for new users or users who are not familiar with the current work that is ongoing in the Development ClanLib ( https://github.com/sphair/ClanLib )
ClanLib 4.0 aim is to become a slim portable game SDK using the latest programming techniques.
With the release of C++#11 Standard Library, many of our existing classes were made obsolete. These classes have now been removed (with the exception of a couple, that are not yet fully supported by modern compilers).
We have also removed the Physics engines and Database Library out of ClanLib. They were just basically a wrapper to another library.
The added benefit to this change is that ClanLib should become even easier to port to other platforms, if somebody desires to do so.
Once everyone is happy that all the examples and tests are working to how they should, we will be ready for a release.
Please don't report "Examples/Blah doesn't compile" or "Class:func_to_amazing_stuff()" core dumps! Instead, ask on IRC and attempt to fix it yourself. ( #clanlib on irc.freenode.net ) (See http://www.clanlib.org/development.html )
At the time of writing this, all examples that use ClanGUI have not yet been converted to use clanUI. This should be a simple task, however time consuming.


text: June 21, 2015 (KYIVPOST) Three U.S. senators are in Ukraine to urge the American government and its European allies to do more to support Ukraine in its defense against Russia's war in eastern Ukraine and the Kremlin's occupation of the Crimean peninsula. The Republican Party delegation was led by U.S. Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and included Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming. McCain said that he and the senators met with President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, as well as visited soldiers, volunteers and a military command center in eastern Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk, where they said they found morale high but soldiers in need of better equipment.


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I have a double array with 3 elements in it, however when I print the array it only shows the first two.
Here's my array:
private static String[][] commands = {{"commands", "new", "ls"}, {" - Lists current commands."," - Alows you to type a new password.", " - Lists currently written passwords."}}; // Array of string "commands".
Here's what it prints:
commands - Lists current commands.0 new - Alows you to type a new password.1
Here's my snippet of code:
if (cmd.equalsIgnoreCase("commands")) { System.out.println("Current Commands:"); System.out.println(commands.length); for (int i = 0; i < commands.length; i++) System.out.println(commands[0][i] + commands[1][i] + i); }
I don't see why it's doing this.


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So, the Andrew Bynum era in Philadelphia isn't exactly off to the best start. The 76ers' center, who arrived in Philly as the prized bounty of the Dwight Howard trade, has yet to play a game this season due to a bone bruise of his knee. Today, the 76ers released an update on Bynum's status, and things aren't looking good:
It was initially communicated to the Sixers that Bynum should refrain from basketball activity for a period of four weeks to allow the knee to heal. His knee was re-evaluated on October 22 by Dr. Altchek, who extended by an additional four weeks to November 19 the time for Andrew to refrain from basketball activity.
Andrew received a fresh MRI and was seen again by Dr. Altchek this past week on Monday, November 5.
At that evaluation, Dr. Altcheck extended Andrew's return date for a second time by an additional three weeks. However, in what the Sixers believe is an optimistic sign, Dr. Altchek also indicated that Andrew could immediately resume low impact exercise. Low impact exercise for a period of two weeks is to be followed by three weeks of conditioning on an anti-gravity treadmill. The doctors and the team will be closely watching how Bynum's knee responds during this five week regimen. Upon successful completion, Bynum is expected to be able to resume normal basketball activity.
If the current prognosis holds unchanged, Bynum would be cleared to resume normal basketball activity by approximately December 10. In addition, the team estimates that Bynum in turn will need an additional 1-4 weeks thereafter for conditioning, training and practice before being able to resume game play with significant minutes.
One would think that a bone bruise shouldn't be taking this long to heal, and the fact that Bynum has now twice had his return date pushed back is worrisome, as is the fact that Bynum isn't known for making it through a full season unscathed. On the bright side, this gives us all more time to play Is Andrew Bynum In Costume Or Not?


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Find the hidden comet words
See if you can find the important words. In each puzzle, the words in the list on the right are hidden in the jumble of letters. Words may be frontward, backward, upside-down, or diagonal. When you find a word, drag from the beginning of the word to select it.
Mystery stuff
Long ago, the sight of a comet frightened people. With its bright head and long, wispy tails, comets did not look like anything else in the sky. And, unlike the sun, stars, and moon, comets did not seem to appear on any schedule. Comets were a deep mystery.
We now know that comets are part of our solar system. Like the planets, they orbit the sun. Some comets, called short-period comets, take up to 200 years to make one orbit. But some comets have orbits so big and elliptical (shaped like a squashed circle) it may take millions of years to make one trip around the sun!
Comets are the icy leftovers from when our solar system formed. We can learn much about how the solar system began by studying comets.


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You are currently browsing the monthly archive for December 2011.
The solstice has passed. Daylight is creeping back. The new year is almost here.
2011 has been a pretty good and eventful year, with some big highs (graduating from planning school, moving to Alaska, meeting someone awesome) and a couple lows (mainly, driving my car into a ditch and expensively ruining it).
And reflecting on that (highs and lows) got me thinking about Alaska itself, a place with some pretty serious extremes: extreme light in the summer and darkness in the winter, extreme cold, extreme distance within its borders and from everything else, and a variety of living things (human and otherwise) that adapt to live in these extremes. I'm already adapting some coping strategies – vitamin D supplements and a "happy" light!
Things are pretty good right now, but I feel worn out by the end of this year. Working a lot, eating a lot, missing the sun a lot, woefully behind on things I want to do and keep up with regularly (like this blog). So call it a resolution if you like, I'd like to focus on achieving better balance in 2012.
At work, this means continuing to be mindful of time management among projects, and to make some time to keep up with those things which languish without good maintenance. It also means taking some time off work regularly, planning a few awesome vacations (whether or not I actually leave the city limits).
Along with keeping some boundaries around work and play, I would like to balance my time with more hours for photography, blogging, and general creative activity.
It also means balancing "inside" and "outside" time – taking more walks, in all weather … well, most weather. Maybe learning a new winter activity.
And finally, better balancing my relations with others. Making sure to spend some quality time alone, more quality time with J, to make time for new friends, and of course to make time to keep up with old friends (even if they are far away).
In general, I'd like to be more intentional about my time and how I use it, so I can stop feeling like I'm constantly fighting against the feeling that it slips away. I'd also like to have a better balance in terms of health – eat better, move better, exist better.
I won't elaborate on the many profound thoughts one can find on the subject of balance, but here's a nice one:
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within. ~ Adam Cummings
Happy New Year!


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Ease of use
Easy navigation
Fast loading
Fonts and typeface that's easy on the eyes
Pleasant color-contrasts
Posted by Amrita at Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Labels: Just thinking
I love the layout of your blog and how you use bigger fonts. It's easy to read and pretty to look at! I'm also grateful to have you as a friend in the blogosphere and look forward to getting to know you better. It's nice to know we will meet one day, even if it's on the other side of this life.
Hi Amrita
Your reflection is same for all, and the interests of each one us is different most times, because, we are all same and different!
The friendship is virtue and bridge that links persons and populations!
I wish you a Happy New Year!
Dear Amrita... I like personal blogs too..friends are worth far more than gold and prayer support and talking of the Lord even worth more.....Love Terry
Hi Amrita,
Thanks for the advice on the font size--it never occurred to me before...and I am so glad God introduced us..my life, my worldview has been enriched with you in my life and I mean that from the bottom of my heart..thank you..love you, my friend...
I agree that it is about the people. I enjoy learning about other cultures, and looking at beautiful, funny or creatvie pictures. I am glad I found your blog. I have enjoyed it! :)
Hi Amrita,
Please come over to my blog- How's Your Blog. I featured your blog- Yesu Garden in my blog. I hope you like it. God bless you always.
Your blog is readable, interesting, and very warm and personal. I'm glad I found your blog, Amrita.
Thank you for kindness my dear friends. I am so blessed by you all.
Dear Amrita,
I have been busy this morning catching up on the posts you've made since the new year began. My ... you've had some interesting activities going on here. The bull was probably the most frightening one. The vertigo ... stress can do that to you (I know from personal experience/stress) ... I like your new blog design/layout ... and will check out the link you've provided. Hoping you have a good day. May the Lord Jesus bless you and your family in the new year.
Hugs from the North Woods,
you have a very sweet thoughts for posting your appreciation on these blogs.. I got your link from Mel's Blog. Worth the time visiting you
Embracing Health
All Natural Comsetics 4u
Health Blog
nice blog layout... and your tips are great, thanks for your interest 4 my mom, she is ok now...
here is my FROZEN ICE and sky www.joannwalraven.blogspot.com
greetings JoAnn/Holland
Wow, I like what you've done with the place (blog.)
And that second comic is hilarious. I use that line too, on occasion.
hello there im bluedreamer and i just saw you as mr mel avila alarilla reviewed your blog
and i think he's all right for all the wonderful information that he shared to us about your blog
its nice to be here at your blog
have a great day amrita
the jokes made me smile ...
and your blog makes me think and uplifts me ... all at the same time!
blessings on you!
Those suggestions are really good.


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The Yreka Chargers Youth Football teams were at home on Saturday for five games against Central Valley.
Below is a game recap provided by the Chargers Jr. Pee Wee team. In the Midget game, the Chargers won 30-0 while the Jr. Midget team earned a 19-0 win. In the Pee Wee contest, the Chargers lost 31-0. Recaps of the other games may run this week. depending if the teams provide them to the paper.
This Saturday, the Chargers teams are hosting University Prep at Miner Stadium in Yreka.
Jr. Pee Wee Game
The Yreka Charger Jr Pee Wee team played at home this past weekend.
The Chargers took on the Central Valley Falcons. The Chargers forced the Falcons to punt the ball on their first drive. With the chargers taking over on their own 20-yard line they marched down the field with some great runs by Logan Setzer and Daniel Case.
Anthony Roads used some great footwork to get away from the defending Falcons he dove in to the in zone for the first Charger touchdown of the game. Nick McCullife showed off his speed when ran in two touchdowns for the Chargers. The Chargers also had some hard runs by Payton Rodriguez and Anderson Croy, who also had a run for a touchdown.
The Charger defense played great, giving up no points with some terrific tackles by Anthony Roads, Nelson Randolph, and Trenton Hogge.
Henry Case and Merick Christy also played great on defense.
Yreka Chargers Jr. Pee Wee Football: Chargers squad earns a W
The Yreka Chargers Youth Football teams were at home on Saturday for five games against Central Valley.


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Is Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH being conciliatory? Or does he have some devious plan in mind for dealing with the state budget?
Is Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH being conciliatory? Or does he have some devious plan in mind for dealing with the state budget?
About the best anyone had to say about Blagojevich's budget speech last week was that it was short — 22 minutes. It is believed to be a new record.
Other than that, there was griping that it lacked even the minimal detail of his previous budget speeches. The whole thing — the speech, the supporting budget documents, everything — had the feel of a school term paper tossed together the night before it was due. Blagojevich might as well have cut his speech to three lines: "I'm required to give you a budget. Here it is. I'm outta here."
For once, Blagojevich didn't use the speech to demonize anyone. He didn't toss out any instantly controversial ideas, such as last year's gross-receipts tax. He even reached out to the business community, which is one of his favorite whipping boys.
Some lawmakers took it as a sign Blagojevich is trying to make amends after a particularly nasty year. If he is, said House Minority Leader TOM CROSS, R-Oswego, good for him, but it will take a lot more than one speech to do the job.
Another view is that given the current climate in the General Assembly, Blagojevich knew his budget would be a non-starter. So why worry about details?
Now he just sits back and waits for lawmakers to do what they were going to do anyway, which is craft their own spending plan. If gridlock sets in again, Blagojevich rides in with a grand scheme to salvage things. If gridlock doesn't set in and a budget gets passed, Blagojevich still gets a whack at it with his veto pen.
The problem is, lawmakers are pretty fed up with Blagojevich's grandstanding. They're likely to just ignore any attempt by him to play White Knight in a budget deadlock. And if he vetoes a budget they approve, it will probably take them about five minutes to override.
*It's bad enough that the administration offered precious few details of its budget plan, but some of the details they gave were flat wrong.
In one part of the budget documents, there's a reference to charging higher tolls for heavy trucks on Illinois' tollways. Questioned about it, the administration said it was included by mistake.
There's something in the Department of Natural Resources budget called a "new environmental regulatory fee." DNR says the budget materials are wrong, that it is an old fee the state wants to increase.
Another packet of materials shows budget and headcount numbers for several state agencies. It came with a disclaimer that none of the numbers reflect the 3 percent across-the-board cuts Blagojevich says he needs to balance the budget. Completely useless.
You can't very well expect anyone to take your budget seriously when it's riddled with errors.
*One part of the speech was vintage Blagojevich. That was the tax breaks — $300 per child for families and a 20 percent reduction for businesses that pay the state's corporate income tax. The family tax break is just the kind of thing that Blagojevich can run all over the state touting. You can already hear his line. "I want to give money to hard-working men and women" blah, blah, blah.
How to pay for the tax breaks is also vintage Blagojevich. He basically wants to borrow against future state revenue used to pay for health-care programs. It's not clear how that money will be replaced.
Oh, and did we mention that the borrowing will pay for a one-time-only tax break? It does.
*Some reaction to the speech:
"We can always count on Governor Blagojevich to give a fine speech." — House Speaker MICHAEL MADIGAN, D-Chicago, tongue planted firmly in cheek.
"Short and shallow." — Illinois Chamber of Commerce president DOUG WHITLEY.
"It was superfluous." — Sen. Mike Jacobs, D-East Moline. That was a criticism.
*Blagojevich coincidentally delivered his speech on Hoodie-Hoo Day.
That's the day people are supposed to go outside at noon and shout "Hoodie Hoo" to drive away winter.
Given the reaction to his speech, Blagojevich would have been just as effective yelling hoodie hoo for 20 minutes outside the Capitol.
Doug Finke can be reached at (217) 788-1527 or email@example.com.


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The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz, is an online directory that lists good web sites based on their subject. Web sites are listed in categories on this project. Each category is linked to relevant categories; the categories have a tree-like structure too.


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The Somerset School Hills District recognizes the importance of developing life-long reading habits in its students. High aptitude in reading can be correlated with academic achievement, particularly high achievement on state and national standardized tests. The Somerset Hills English department seeks, through its literacy program, to provide its students with on-going, authentic reading experiences that are both personally enriching and academically challenging.
Bernards High School
Click Here to view the BHS English Course of Studies
The English department also encourages all of its students to read extensively beyond the required texts and to be mindful of the Commission on Reading's recommendation that a minimum of two hours of sustained silent reading a week is necessary to develop and maintain the reading stamina necessary for academic success.
Bernardsville Middle School
Reading Goals
The four primary objectives of the Somerset Hills English department's reading program are
1. Reading for Enjoyment
2. Reading to Develop and Maintain Textual Stamina
3. Reading to Acquire Knowledge, Develop Vocabulary, and Build Author Familiarity
4. Reading to Cultivate a Reading Life
Each of these objectives supports individual students' academic success and aligns with the larger goals of the English department which are to develop engaged students who are able to understand, appreciate, and communicate ideas effectively. The English department seeks to graduate students who, through reading, writing, and speaking, powerfully and critically examine texts to better understand themselves and the world in which they live.
Bedwell Elementary School
Information about our K-8 English Language Arts curriculum may be found on the Columbia University Teachers College Reading & Writing Project website.
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The Somerset Hills School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. The lack of English language skills shall not be a barrier to admission or participation in the district's activities and programs. Somerset Hills School District also does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.


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Mobile Phone Power GSM 900 Repeater is an ideal solution for providing a cost effective improvement in cellular in-building coverage of a home, office, restaurant or buildings up to 2500 sqm.
Power GSM900 repeater works on the 900MHz frequency which is by far the most common for the UK and European voice networks. It is designed to improve the call or data transmission quality of an area by receiving, amplifying and re-transmitting signals of the base station mast into a specified area up to 2500 sqm.
Installation Method:
1. Find the strongest direction and position of the received signal for mobiles at the top or the periphery of the building, as the location for installing the outdoor antenna, pay attention that the location should be paid to lightning protection. The installation height should not be higher than the lightning protection network of the building. If it is higher than the lightning protection network. If it is necessary, install a lightning rod 1 meter above the outdoor antenna and ground it well.
2. After selecting the appropriate location, fix the outdoor antenna to the wall or bracket.
3. Select an appropriate location in the relevant indoor location (close to the power supply and the outdoor antenna end, rain-proof, sunshine-proof and ventilation is best location) install indoor straight machine, and fixed to the wall or bracket.
4. Lead the outdoor antenna to the 'BTS' (outdoor) interface, and the connection between the outdoor antenna and the amplifier is completed.
5. After defining the indoor antenna installation position, fix the antenna.
6. The indoor antenna connected to the amplifier, one port connecting to the indoor antenna interface, and the other port connecting to the repeater's 'MOBILE' (indoor) port.
Frequency: GSM900MHz uplink: 890-915MHz Downlink: 935-960MHz
Max Output Power:+23dBm/±3DBM Total power
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Power Dual Band GSM900 4G1800 Cell Phone Repeater is applicable to blind spot signal amplification in various indoor places such as conference halls, hotels, and the bottom of large buildings.
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Home is where the heart is, goes a popular saying. So why not make the home the perfect place for the heart to stay? Studio Ezube, an interior designer firm in Delhi, India, designed the Chand residence by combining two elements necessary for a home -- style and comfort. Incorporating a contemporary style into the interiors and decor, the Chand residence flaunts a clean and calm design with a combination of surprising elements for an added twist. The balance between the various elements creates a harmony within the house and brings every area of the house together.
Today, we tour this beautiful house. Let's begin this virtual tour, shall we?
The clean and contemporary interiors of the living room is highlighted with a subtle backdrop and hints of bright colours. The designer has further enhanced the room by adding furnishing in four different styles with a plethora of colours, textures, and elements. Dark wooden frames, floral prints, and abstract decor accessories adds charm to the interiors of this beautiful living room.
Printed upholstered dining chairs and a stunning chandelier introduce colour and warmth to the decor of the dining room. Subtle tones dominate the backdrop and flooring of the space, bringing the furnishing and colours to the center stage. The dark wooden 6-seater dining table blends beautifully with the decor of the dining room. Large framed windows and a door face the terrace of this house for an incredible view during dinner with the family.
Have a look at these dining room designs and get inspired.
Following the contemporary theme with a twist, the kitchen features a sleek design with a vibrant touch. Light wooden cabinets with metal embellishments, black counter tops, and a brightly coloured cabinet give the kitchen space its charm. A compact design, the kitchen is designed minimally to look more spacious but provide efficiency and storage space for kitchen essentials.
The combination of warm and vibrant ones brings together the decor of the bedroom. A clean and sleek design dominates this space, giving it an organized and tidy look. An exposed brick wall wallpaper stands out against the subtle white backdrop of the room. The bedroom also features a gorgeous upholstered bed, a lush rug, and decor accessories to further accentuate the interiors of the room.
The contemporary style follows its way into the decor of the bathroom, giving the space a calm and clean feel. Stunning tiled walls and dark flooring blend beautifully with the pearl white bathroom furnishing. A walk-in glass shower stands in the corner of the bathroom with a single vanity set taking center stage.
This gorgeous open terrace marks the end of this beautiful home tour. The contemporary style features itself in the layout of the terrace. Contrasting toned benches, geometric patches of foliage, and gorgeous tiling lend charm to the decor of this terrace. This space faces the green covered landscape, making it an ideal place to relax or spend some quality time with family and loved ones.
If you enjoyed this home tour, check out this stunning Bangalore apartment for more inspiration.


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ORLANDO, FLA. (Feb. 15, 11:15 a.m. ET) — NPE2012 has landed a well-known name in both plastics and national politics to deliver the event's keynote address: Jon Huntsman Jr.
Huntsman will deliver the address April 1 in Orlando, Fla., at a gala event marking the 75th anniversary of the Society of the Plastics Industry and the 50th anniversary of the Plastics Hall of Fame.
Huntsman, formerly governor of Utah and U.S. ambassador to China, was seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. president before bowing out of the race in late January.
Huntsman's father — Jon Huntsman Sr. — founded Huntsman Corp. in 1970. Today, the firm is a global plastics and chemicals maker with annual sales of more than $9 billion. Jon Huntsman Sr. was inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame in 1994.
Jon Huntsman Jr. was named to Huntsman Corp.'s board of directors on Feb. 1.


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City need 2.76/2.82 points per game to reach 97/98 points. They've averaged 2.38 so far this season, they averaged 2.41 in the last 17 of last season (so 2.4 over their last 38 league games); 2.63 over the whole of last season.They averaged 2.81 over the first 21 games last season. That's the level they need to rediscover, now, to reach 97/98 points. They're not playing at that level; they haven't been, consistently, since the end of 2017. And when push comes to shove in their hectic schedule, the owners and manager's priority is the CL.
Brighton away isnt a gimme they are quite solid at home.
All the numbers people have put out look really positive for us. Despite that I have still bulk ordered the retinol face cream because I am certain that I will age far quicker than the normal rate over the next 5 months though.
Trent is pretty poor at free kicks. Said it for a long time. One decent free kick a few years ago and the commentators think he's Beckham
I think who drops points first could be crucial. If our lead falls to 2 or 1 you know there will be a lot of talk of feeling the pressure. If we can extend the lead back to 6 or 7 and City know they dont play us again then that might feel a tall order for them, especially with all their cup commitments.
No heavy-metal football. Uninspiring team selections. Playing like a team closer to relegation worries
This is an interesting final 4 games:April20 Cardiff City (A)27 Huddersfield Town (H)May4 Newcastle United (A)12 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)There's a very high chance Cardiff and Huddersfield will be relegated by then, and by extension Newcastle could be safe with nothing to play for. And its almost certain that Wolves will have nothing to play for on the final day (and may even go deep in the FA Cup). I don't think our final 4 fixtures could be any better.
It's why a win at brighton is potentially massive. Win there and it's straight back up to 7 points. Last time we played well in advance of city, they stumbled and I wouldn't be surprised if it happened again.
What about foam? You use foam?
We've won 18 titles, 5 European Cups, 7 FA Cups, but today must be the greatest victory of all.
Finished all me jobs at 3-30 today so sat off for an hour in me Corpy van in Everton Valley and made my predictions for us and City.. We will win the league by 4pts...
Id argue quite the opposite. Teams are a nightmare to play against when they have nothing to play for
For the club and the supporters, winning the league, for some of the players I'd say that winning the European cup is just as significant.
Marcus Christenson mentioned the jump in league points per game with 4 or more days' prep (on the Football Weekly podcast on Thursday 10th). The source was Christoffer Johansson on twitter. https://twitter.com/bojochris Specifically this thread: https://twitter.com/bojochris/status/1082330460779364352 Our points per game (based on historical stats) jumps up 0.25 when we get 4 or more prep/rest days between games, compared with games when we get 3 or fewer. The same pattern applied at Dortmund - the jump was 0.23. (I won't be crying if Bayern knock us out of the CL.)
@ Veinticinco de Mayo The way you talk to other users on this forum is something you should be ashamed of as someone who is suppose to be representing the site.
Years ago , probably mid 80's, probably Maxwell's. I remember a few of us talking about FA Cup v League Winners. Quite a few preferred the FA Cup for the glory on the day because we quite often had the league sewn up with games to go..
I've been thinking this for a while, and thanks to you, now I don't think I've been mad to think that all this time. Last 6 games could get hectic with CL Quarters & Semis & there are no guarantees in those stages.
So 22 down, 16 to go of which 9 are home and 7 away.Away we only have 2 teams in the current top 10 namely United and West Ham. The others are Everton, Fulham, Southampton, Cardiff and Newcastle.Every game has to be won and there are no easy rides but looks very promising.
If newcastle are safe Rafa will play ant and dec up front and cheryl cole in goal.
An interesting point to remember is that because Man City will be playing in the League Cup final, we will have a game advantage over them for quite a while. If they go deep in the FA Cup that could become two games. So keep winning and we will talking about stretching the gap to 10 or 13 points, which will put huge pressure on them.
Im sure it was Sir Bob who used to say he preferred having the points rather than games in hand because you still had to win your games in hand.
We will win the league comfortably I reckon
Wish I could share your level of optimism. City almost back to full strength injury wise and despite how the bookies have it, City are marginal favourites imo.
One game at a time. Palace next.
3 out of the next 4 are at home. Coupled with the win today, to be at home 3 of the next 4 at this stage is huge IMO.
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Let Battle Commence: Runescape Unleashes Evolution Of Combat Beta
Jagex, makers of the world's most popular free-to-play MMORPG – RuneScape, today announced the opening of their highly anticipated Combat Beta, Evolution of Combat. An elite band of 50,000 testers have been carefully selected from the hundreds of thousands of players who applied for access to the Beta, and have been granted the unique opportunity to shape the development of this colossal update before anyone else.
Through the Evolution of Combat, RuneScape has undergone the most significant change in its 11-year history. Rumours and speculation have been rife among the RuneScape community as players have tried to guess just what this exciting new content will contain. With the developers promising a totally revolutionary change to the game – upping the level of immersion and player involvement while, critically, retaining the features and overall charm that have made the browser-based adventure so popular – players have been rushing to sign up for the chance to take part.
"The Evolution of Combat update is the biggest change we've ever made in RuneScape's long history and we're incredibly excited to finally let our players take part." commented Mark Ogilvie, RuneScape's Lead Designer. "We really wanted to make our conflict game play more about the actual art of combat, so we've added amazing abilities which will give the player a wealth of choices to use in PvE and PvP combat, and the way those abilities relate to each other will bring a completely new sense of tactical depth to the game. We've also made huge improvements to the look and sound of combat, meaning the entire game has become a far more gritty, visceral and adrenaline pumping experience. "
The Evolution of Combat update includes a host of new features designed to add even more excitement and skill to the game. These features include the ability to dual wield weapons; the introduction of action bars; new abilities which unlock as the battle progresses and the new adrenaline bar fills; the ability to cast buffs and weaknesses on your allies and opponents respectively; the ability to produce critical hits and – finally – a whole host of new character animations.
Ogilvie continued,"The entire update has been built to play to RuneScape's strengths and has been designed to refocus combat to be more about player skill, encourage variety in combat equipment and to make combat more enjoyable and challenging. This will revolutionise the way the game is played, making the experience ultimately more rewarding, while not diverting from the essential heart of the game which has made RuneScape so hugely popular for millions around the world."
In addition to the initial 50,000 Beta entrants, all RuneScape players who have been members for the last 12 months and have signed up for access will automatically qualify to take part, and all other members will be able to access the Evolution of Combat Beta during members-only open weekends. These weekends will run from the 7th July till the end of the Beta to give all members the chance to log on and hone their skills before the new combat system is released to the wider community.
RuneScape is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most popular free-to-play massively multiplayer online game. Launched in 2001, RuneScape is played by millions of people around the world every day and is racing towards the mammoth milestone of 200 million accounts created.
With the Evolution of Combat update on the horizon, there has never been a better time to begin your RuneScape adventure. Head over to RuneScape.com and create your free account today.
About RuneScape
RuneScape is the world's most popular free-to-play massively multiplayer online adventure game (as recognised by Guinness World Records), from multiple award-winning independent British development studio Jagex. Set in a richly detailed, medieval fantasy world, RuneScape's traditional storytelling proudly draws its inspiration from classic role-playing games. RuneScape delivers a contemporary, innovative and original experience for millions of players across the globe every day. RuneScape offers a fully featured free-to-play game, with a popular subscription option of even greater scale and ambition, both running directly within almost any computer's browser.
Thanks to its character-class-free skill system and elective gameplay, there are no limits to the hero players can become, no quest you cannot complete and no requirement to collaborate with others or face them in player-versus-player combat unless you so choose. RuneScape's distinctive role-playing style rewards players who think strategically and play smartly. Its witty, intelligent tone, finely balanced gameplay, epic questing and myriad in-world diversions combine to create a game that has earned its place as the most popular free-to-play massively multiplayer online game of all time and continues to push the boundaries of online role-playing games.
About Jagex
Jagex is a multi-award winning online games developer based in Cambridge, England. Jagex specialises in the development of high quality browser-based games with supporting platform and technology. Jagex is also the largest independent games developer and publisher in the UK.
Jagex has a long-standing reputation for creating the world's best online games and for developing hugely popular, high quality, accessible, free-to-play games and for providing an unbeatable community experience for millions of players around the world. Jagex has developed and self-published over 40 online titles, including the world's most popular free multiplayer online game, RuneScape.com.


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"[The general manager] as enraged," Asmar said, adding she didn't want to leave the workout area because her iPad was plugged into the elliptical machine. "I said I'd be off in a minute. He said, 'I said now.' His demeanor was very threatening. I said, 'Oh, please, please step away from me,' and he continued to say, 'No, I need you to hang up that phone now or I'm going to cancel your membership.' "This Oh, please, please step away from me lady is the owner of Santoro's Sicilian Trattoria, so going public with her dispute affects the reputation of her business. Here's a 2009 review of the place in the Boston Globe, which says it's "the sort of place that feels and smells as if you've entered your grandma's kitchen."
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By Klaira Batten and Jessica Mirasol
Title: John Duffy Papers, 1951-2012, undated
Primary Creator: Duffy, John, 1926-2015
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Arrangement: The collection is organized into eight series: Series I: Scores; Series II: Sketchbooks, Exercises, Journals and Reference Materials; Series III: Publicity, Programs and Legal; Series IV: Composers' Institute; Series V: Education, Speeches and Awards; Series VI: Contacts, Travel, Correspondence and Personal Interest; Series VII: Recordings; and Series VIII: Photographs.
Date Acquired: 01/24/2011
Subjects: Music--United States--20th century, Orchestral music--Virginia
Languages: English
John Duffy, considered "one of the great heroes of American music," has composed more than 300 works for symphony orchestra, opera, theater, television and film. He has received many awards for his contributions to music: two Emmys, an ASCAP award for special recognition in film and television music, a New York State Governor's Art Award, and the (New York City) Mayor's Award of Honor for Arts and Culture. He is also the recipient of the American Music Center's Founders' Award for Lifetime Achievement. As founder and president of Meet the Composer, an organization dedicated to the creation, performance, and recording of music by American composers, he initiated countless landmark programs to advance American music and to aid American composers.
John Duffy grew up in the Bronx, one of fourteen children of Irish immigrant parents. As a young man, he studied composition with noted composers Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Luigi Dallapiccola, Solomon Rosowsky and Herbert Zipper concurrently with his career and early successes in the theater. He credits Rosowsky for insisting uncompromisingly on learning the craft of music and developing the discipline and patience necessary to the art.
His profound regard for language, its beauties and its powers, suited him ideally for his work in theater, television and film. He acquired a reputation early on as a first-class interpreter of ideas and emotion, a brilliant orchestrator, and a sensitive colleague.
Duffy's appointment, in his twenties, to the post of music director, composer and conductor of Shakespeare under the Stars, was the first in a succession of similar posts at the Guthrie Theater, the Long Wharf Theatre, and the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, and for NBC and ABC television in New York City. The culmination was his landmark music for the production of Macbeth at John Houseman's American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut.
He composed some of his notable theater scores for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of The Ginger Man, Macbird, Mother Courage, Playboy of the Western World, and many Shakespeare plays, including his memorable collaboration with John Houseman.
Duffy also has composed distinguished concert music for a variety of commissions, among them: A Time for Remembrance (cantata for soprano, speaker and orchestra), commissioned by the U.S. Government to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor; Symphony No. 1: Utah, commissioned by the Sierra Club to draw attention to preserving and protecting public lands in southern Utah; Freedom Overture, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall; Concerto for Stan Getz and Concert Band; and the Emmy Award-winning score for the nine-hour PBS documentary, narrated by Abba Eban, "Heritage and the Jews."
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune call his music, "haunting, memorable, and brilliant." Recordings of his music appear on the CBS, Albany, L.A. TheatreWorks, and Koss labels. His most recent opera, Black Water, libretto by Joyce Carol Oates, premiered in Philadelphia in 2001, followed by performances in Los Angeles, Lincoln Center and Cooper Union Hall in New York City, as well as performances in Maine. Mark Swed, chief music critic for the L.A. Times, says, "…at some point the listener no longer feels like a bemused bystander, watching yet another episode of a Washington soap opera, and becomes caught up in a real opera of universal tragedy. The ending is devastating – an excellent tonic for the nightly news."
Duffy has been featured on the television programs, CBS Sunday Morning and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. He died at the age of 89 on December 22, 2015 in Norfolk, Virginia after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Repository: Music Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open to researchers without restrictions.
Use Restrictions: Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
Acquisition Source: John Duffy
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Soar above sunny Orlando in the experience of a lifetime! Hop aboard a hot air balloon and get ready for an unparalleled adventure. Way above Orlando, you'll be able to see all of the popular attractions, orange groves, forests, and more over the course of an hour flight. Be sure to bring your camera to remember this one-of-a-kind moment forever.
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After purchase, do I need to set-up a reservation date?
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Our flights are in the Disney area. They can take place anywhere from Disney to Highway 192 and Highway 27 depending on wind direction.
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We meet approximately one hour before sunrise. This can be anywhere from 5:30 am to 6:30 am at the intersection of Interstate 4 and Highway 27. From Interstate 4 take Highway 27 (Exit 55) and go north. Stay in the left lane and take the very first left turn towards McDonalds and Wendy's. Our location is on the right hand side just past these restaurants.
Are there any restrictions as to whom can fly?
Health restrictions are few and far between. Unfortunately, due to insurance restrictions, we cannot fly pregnant women or children under 4.
What type of weather conditions are needed to fly?
Hot Air Balloon passenger flights take place in winds less than 10 knots, with no rain or approaching storms in the immediate area. Flights also require visibility of at least 2.5 miles.
What should I wear?
Dress as if you were going on a hike in the woods. NO OPENED TOED SHOES. We always suggest practical wear, such as long pants, a light jacket, a hat and no sandals or high heels. It is not any cooler in the balloon than it is on the ground, so we suggest dressing for that particular day's weather.
What can I bring along?
Feel free to bring along a camera and binoculars to record this once in a lifetime experience. We recommend also bringing extra batteries and a protective camera case.
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Prague, 8 March, 2010 – Two detained Iranian student leaders Majid Tavakoli and Abdollah Momeni were awarded for the 2009 by Homo Homini Award. Along with the imprisoned Iranian students the organization has symbolically recognized the whole Iranian student movement. The People in Need organization annually bestows the Homo Homini Award on people who have contributed significantly to human rights protection in the World. Two delegates will collect the award at the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival opening in Prague on March 10.
"Both recipients have played an important role in the formation of the Iranian student movement that has become crucial in the promotion of freedom of expression and democracy in Iran in the past ten years," said. "Iranian students are traditionally very active in proreform protests. As a result they are exposed to monitoring, whipping and arrest and within the context of post election protests their situation has worsened".
One of the recipients, Majid Tavakoli, is a student of Amir Kabir University in Teheran. For his effort in human rights protection he was arrested twice in the past, firstly in 2006.. More recently, he was detained after a speech in which he openly criticized the Iranian regime, false imprisonment of demonstrators and other human rights abuses relating to student actions on December 7 in 2009. For his participation in the protests He was sentenced to 8 years in prison in January 2010.
After He was arrested photographs were published of him dressed in hidjab in the semi-official media Fars news and Raja news. He was charged with trying to escape the security forces from a university campus after making his speech dressed as a woman. To all appearances this was done as an attempt to on various internet websites to support him.him. After this a huge campaign started on various internet websites to support him.
The second laureate is Abdollah Momeni, one of the student leaders from 1999 when huge numbers of students protested daily against the abolition of reform newpaper. In the evening of the day when the demonstrations took place, security forces broke into the student campus of Teheran University and beat up the students. Within the next week the riots spread to the streets of Teheran and other towns and became the biggest rising since the Islamic revolution.
Abdollah Momeni worked as a longtime spokesman of the Advar-e Tahkim Vahdat organization which focuses on enforcement of democracy and human rights protection. He was arrested during protests after the election in June 2009 and later sentenced to eight years in prison for his presence at post-election gatherings and activities against national security. According to witness statements, Momeni is subject to abusive treatment in prison.
According to the latest unofficial news Abdollah Momeni was released on bail for five days on March 7 2010. Then he must return to prison. He will probably hear the news that he has won the Homo Homini Award before his return to jail.
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Digital Pre-Press Execs Plead Guilty in Employee's Death
SAN FRANCISCO—The owner and manager of Digital Pre-Press International pleaded guilty April 10 to charges stemming from the 2008 death of an employee, the Contra Costa Times reported.
Sanjay Sakhuja, owner and CEO of Digital Pre-Press International, and pressroom manager Alick Yeung pleaded guilty in San Francisco Superior Court for the death of Margarita Mojica, who was fatally injured when she became crushed by the cutter/creaser on which she was working. Prosecutors said the machine suddenly activated as she reached into it. She was also reported to be pregnant.
Sakhuja pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and five counts of willful violations of California OSHA regulations causing death or permanent injury. Yeung pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of violating the state's OSHA codes.
Court records showed that the employees were not trained on proper safety procedures, including turning off a machine's power source. The machine allegedly lacked required safety devices.


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Everyone loves naming conventions and product code names :) I've see a few people mislead by blogs and so called ".com press" to the point of confusion about what Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh and Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 actually are in reality.
So let's clarify:
Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh – is the name of the refresh update to Windows Phone OS that allows for broad reach to new markets and languages, previously not supported in Windows Phone 7.5 OS. This update also provides support for market specific hardware running 256MB of RAM. Finally the 7.5 Refresh provides integration to market specific alternatives to Facebook and Twitter for regions that primarily use those instead. Outside of those updates to the feature set, this OS is identical to Windows Phone 7.5 and should not affect your current phone or it's usage.
Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Update – is the name of the update to the SDK for Windows Phone that provides emulators to test your application with new languages and regions, as well as new 256MB and 512MB emulator images as part of the Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh. Outside of those changes and some bug fixes, the SDK is feature identical to Windows Phone SDK 7.1 and most applications written with 7.1 will run on Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh OS. Few applications that have been identified as using more memory have had their developers notified by Microsoft. I encourage you to test your application yourself, just to be sure. It is your choice if you do not plan on releasing your application in Global marketplace or choose to not provide your application in markets supporting Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh or specifically identify that your application requires are high-memory device. Note that this is an Update to the 7.1 SDK, so be sure you have that installed. More Info (Also this update is needed if you are running Windows 8 Consumer Preview) If you have any questions please comment or spark a conversation on twitter @NikitaP
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Benefits to families - July 1 changes
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John Key media release, 30 June 2015
A number of government policies that come into effect tomorrow will deliver real benefits to families, Prime Minister John Key says.
From tomorrow all children under 13 will have access to free GP visits and prescriptions.
It is estimated that over 400,000 children will benefit from the scheme, taking the total number of children who are benefitting from free GP visits and prescriptions to over 750,000.
"We're committed to giving kids the best start in life and that means ensuring they are able to go to the doctor any time of the day or night without their parents worrying about the cost," says Mr Key.
"Doctor's visits and prescriptions are already free for children under the age of six and thanks to our careful management of the government's books we have been able to extend this policy to all children under 13."
Other changes that come into effect tomorrow include:
- The average ACC motor vehicle levy, including the annual licence levy and petrol levy, will fall from around $330 to $195 per year.
- Paid parental leave payments will increase with the maximum weekly rate for eligible employees and self-employed parents going from $504.10 to $516.85 gross.
- More assistance for solo parents who are studying
- Additional checks for people working with young New Zealanders
- More funding will also be made available to hospices to help them expand their community palliative services to better support terminally ill people at home and in aged-care facilities.
"These changes show how a growing and vibrant economy is delivering New Zealanders more money in their back pockets."


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Barry Bryant from Anderson, California died Sunday en route to the hospital after losing control of his race car passing the five mile mark at 200 MPH.
The accident occurred around 5:55 PM Sunday, when Byrant lost control of the car and, based on eye-witness reports, rolled multiple times, resulting in a quarter mile debris field which ended racing on the long course for the day. Emergency crews responded immediately and were forced to cut Bryant from the car and rushed him to Intermountain Medical Center which is, unfortunately, about 120 miles away. He passed away on the way to the hospital. Our condolences to the Bryant family.
Officials of the Bonneville Nationals Inc. report that Barry Bryant, 46, from Anderson, California, died after competing at the speed trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
The accident occurred at 5:55 p.m. when his racing vehicle went out of control while traveling approximately 200 mph. He was transported by ambulance off the race track to Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.
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Primarily autobiographical, Gabe Pacheco's stand-up touches on growing up in Washington DC, teaching public school in the Bronx, going to raves, dating a professional tarot card reader, and being ethnically ambiguous. Prepare to be tickled until you are uncomfortable and then delighted some more by this energetic performer. He switches up his style from conversational to theatrical, weaves in and out of stories, engages in quick-witted crowd work, and delivers surprising punchlines. In 2010 he participated in the March Madness Competition at Comix, was the recipient of the Audience Choice Award in the New York Underground Comedy Festival, and showcased in the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. After a week at Burning Man Gabe embarked on a tour across the country performing comedy in venues ranging from a Kung Fu themed coffee shops in Texas, to Las Vegas casinos, to the Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta Georgia. He also entertained audiences from coast to coast in the 2010 Costa Rican Comedy Festival. You can catch Gabe hosting his weekly show, Get Lucky, in the East Village, and monthly on his multimedia video and live comedy showcase Anecdotal Evidence at the Creek and the Cave in Long Island City. See what journalists have called his "confident delivery and infectious stage presence."
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