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Shumlins appointment of Racine was clearly a political one for a highly political position as were many other appointments. If Tom King is correct, his statement Mr. Racine must take ultimate responsibility is far less appropriate than the governor must take ultimate responsibility. The governor knew Mr. Racines background extremely well.
As for the way the firing was handled if it was reported accurately pretty shabby for a guy who has done as much as Mr. Racine has.
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Sebastien Stormacq's Weblog Some thoughts and comments about the Java world https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/feed/entries/atom 2014-12-30T05:39:04+00:00 Apache Roller https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/closing_this_blog Closing this blog sebsto 2010-06-10T03:57:00+00:00 2010-06-10T21:09:38+00:00
In a couple of weeks, I will be a Oracle employee. Integration is planned for July, 1st in Belgium and Luxembourg.

As I have the perception that Oracle executives are not as encouraging as Sun was letting employees blog about their work, I decided to move this blog to a private space instead.

No new entries will be posted here. I will use my personal blog at www.stormacq.com for new posts about the Java (and IT) world.

I guess these entries will stay here for later references. But, just in case, I also moved all content to my personal web site.

I am proud for having (modestly) contributed to Sun and Open Source communities and I will continue to do so on www.stormacq.com

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/bye_bye_sun Bye bye Sun sebsto 2010-01-21T08:04:29+00:00 2010-01-21T16:06:11+00:00

This is the end. Let a new adventure begin !

I am looking forward new challenges, new adventures, new innovations ....

(thanks jag for the artwork)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/do_more_with_less Do More with Less sebsto 2009-10-11T23:52:28+00:00 2009-10-12T06:52:37+00:00
Sun-Oracle TPC-C benchmark result announcement is loud and clear :

8x less hardware

4x less power

= 16x better performance
 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/java_caps_received_swift_certification Java CAPS received Swift Certification 2009 sebsto 2009-07-24T01:08:36+00:00 2009-07-24T08:15:09+00:00
Java CAPS, Sun's SOA platform has been certified by Swift for 2009. We passed the very strict Swift test suite and received the much convoyed "Financial EAI 2009" Swift label.

Java CAPS has received this certification for eleven (11) years in a row !

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/21000_virtual_desktops_distributed_at 21000 virtual desktops distributed at JavaONE sebsto 2009-06-03T10:03:14+00:00 2009-06-03T17:04:51+00:00
As every year, JavaONE attendees have access to a public set of SunRay thin clients for Internet access.

This year however, the user experience is different. Attendees do receive access to a full, dedicated virtual machine with their OS of choice : OpenSolaris, Ubuntu or Windows Vista.

When the attendee inserts its conference card into the SunRay, he is prompted to choose a desktop, the desktop is booted in a virtual machine on one of our servers and delivered to the thin client in a couple of seconds.

When the attendee removes the smart card from the SunRay, the virtual machine is suspended and stored for later usage, the day after or later.

Each time the attendee reconnects the smart card in any of the 200 available SunRays thin clients, it receives back its very own personal virtual machine.

Wonder about the infrastructure we deployed to provide this service ? Check out this article which goes pretty much into all the details.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/javaone_2009 JavaONE 2009 sebsto 2009-04-02T08:06:46+00:00 2009-04-28T13:56:31+00:00
 Lab 5557 : Building JavaFX clients for RESTful and JSON based web services.

 Rich Internet Applications - RIA - do require a strong service access and data access layer located on the back-end, just as traditional or web based applications. It is therefore essential to combine desktop technologies and server technologies in order to provide fast, efficient and secure access to your data.

 This lab will teach students how to combine desktop technologies, such as JavaFX™ technologies, and back-end technologies, like web services and REST based services to build state of the art desktop applications.

 This lab will go through a very simple example of REST data retrieval and a Java FX graphical representation of these data.

 This lab will use the following technologies :

RESTful web service and JSR 310 (Jersey) API on the server side

JavaFX on the client side

 The JavaFX application will asynchronously poll RESTful web services to collect data that will be used to dynamicaly update the client rich UI.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/patience_is_a_vertue_and Patience is a vertue .... and it pays ! sebsto 2009-03-24T23:29:47+00:00 2009-03-25T06:29:48+00:00
Since several years, Solaris x86 (and now OpenSolaris) users are complaining about the lack of a decent PDF viewer for our platform. Surprisingly Adobe maintained up-to-date it's SPARC version, but not the x86 version.

This is probably a sign of the OpenSolaris adoption rate : Adobe just released Acrobat Reader 9 for Solaris and OpenSolaris on x86 platforms.

Brian has the installation procedure.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/community_one_conference_northen_europe Community ONE Conference - Northen Europe sebsto 2009-03-17T02:52:40+00:00 2009-03-17T09:52:41+00:00
Registration is now open for Community ONE conference in europe !

Join us for a jam-packed day of education, innovation, and exchange. Come together with fellow developers and technologists to evaluate dozens of open-source projects currently powering leading Web companies, transforming enterprise IT, and enabling next-generation computing.

I will present a JavaFX application and demonstrate how to communicate between JavaFX and REST based web services.

Seeing you in Olso !

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/virtual_box_in_headless_mode Virtual Box in Headless Mode, RDP, Sun Rays, Mac .... sebsto 2008-09-16T23:00:00+00:00 2008-09-17T06:00:00+00:00
I am at SIBOS this week, on Sun's booth, demonstrating our Open Suite for Swift Solution to customers and prospects.

The demo has been prepared by Patrice in a Virtual Box image and requires significant resources to run as it includes, Java CAPS, Directory Server, Oracle XE, Microsoft MQ, Websphere MQ etc ...

Our initial plans was to install that demo on our booth's Sun Ray server but the machine was not sized appropriately to handle a dozen Sun Ray clients running Star Office, Firefox and, at the same time, our huge Swift demo VM.

The solution was :

Start the VM on my own laptop, in headless mode (my laptop acting as a Virtual Server)

On the Sun Ray, start our RDP client to connect to running VM, over the air

The full picture is then

Sun Ray device ---> Sun Ray Server ---> RDP Client ---> Virtual Box ---> Swift Demo

This setup works great ! People are always quite impressed when I plug my Sun Badge in a Sun Ray client and instantly receive my Windows screen running in a VM on another machine.

It is important to understand that Virtual box \*is\* the RDP server here, independently of any OS running as guest. This setup will also work with Linux or Solaris guest. Read this article to find more about Virtual Box's headless capabilities.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/sun_ray_branding Sun Ray Branding sebsto 2008-09-16T00:26:15+00:00 2008-09-16T13:56:58+00:00

SunRays are our ultra thin desktop clients, part of our Desktop Virtualization solution.

These little business oriented devices generaly adopt a sobre grey look but do you know they can be custom branded too ?
This is what we did for ING Netherlands, currently adopting these desktop devices to reduce their maintenance costs, simplify the desktop administration and meet their CO2 objectives by significantly reducing power and cooling needs.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/seeing_you_in_wonderland Seeing you in Wonderland sebsto 2008-08-26T23:00:00+00:00 2008-08-27T07:30:43+00:00

  	  We just recorded a small demo of Wonderland collaboration.
Wonderland is a 3D world allowing for team collaboration.

 You can see and ear other people in the same room, they can see and ear you as well

You can see applications (Slideshow, PDF, Office, ...) running on the server or on your desktop

Anyone can take control of an application to show something to others

As soon as the screencast we've recorded is ready, I will post the link. Jason's blog has more details, including the screencast we've recorded.

The best part is that Wonderland server is open-source under a GPL license, you can download it and start experimenting with it (available for Solaris, Mac, Linux and Windows).

 Enjoy ! https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/0xcafebabe 0XCAFEBABE sebsto 2007-11-03T02:38:24+00:00 2007-11-03T09:38:25+00:00
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Not entirely clear ? Check the explanations here.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/my_worst_travel_experience_ever My worst travel experience ... ever ! sebsto 2007-09-06T06:11:36+00:00 2007-12-15T11:10:53+00:00
I had to attend a meeting in our premises in Linlithgow, nearby Edinburgh in Scotland.
Going to there was .... well ... my worst travel experience ever.

It all started with a one hour delay for my connecting flight in London Gatwick. Ok, I have to admit this is not so bad ... yet ... delayed flights are far more frequent these days and we should rather blog about flights being on time rather than delayed flights

When I finally make it to Edinburgh, It was to realize than my luggage did not follow me when I was at London ... here I am in Scotland with just my laptop and mobile phone.

After having filled-in the required forms and complaint about the missing luggage, I learned that taxis seems to avoid the airport area at night ... there was a queue of 20-30 persons waiting and ... no taxi at all !

After 30-35 minutes, when enough taxis arrived to serve everyone, I though my journey was almost over. But it was without knowing that my taxi driver had no clue about where my hotel was ... 20 minutes later, we were lost in the middle of nowhere and had to stop twice to ask for directions.

The fun continued at the reception desk of the hotel ... no booking whatsoever ... For this, I was (almost) entirely responsible. We had to change our hotel booking quite late and, ... guess what ? I went to the wrong hotel !

40 minutes after, and having met another taxi driver, I finally arrived to the hotel where a room was indeed booked for me.

I will just pass quickly on the other little annoyances, like no wifi access in my room (most of my colleagues' rooms were ok), the TV set not working at all, and the alarm clock from my Palm that did not function properly the next morning .... causing me to arrive a little bit late at the meeting.

All together it was quite an interesting travel experience. Next time I will take care Mr Murphy will not travel with me.

I finally received my luggage 24 hours later and everything got back to normal...

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/thunderbird_plugin_for_calendar_server Thunderbird plugin for Calendar Server sebsto 2006-10-22T23:10:17+00:00 2006-10-23T06:17:00+00:00 The mozilla team released last week release 0.3 of Lightning, the Calendar plugin for Mozilla's Thunderbird email client.

Thanks to the help of Sun, there is also a version embedding a WCAP client. WCAP is the http-based protocol allowing to access Sun's Calendar Server.

End-result is here : we now have a calendar fat client, fully integrated with the mail client.

Check it out ! https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/cec_day_3 CEC Day #3 sebsto 2006-10-04T09:40:05+00:00 2006-10-04T16:50:24+00:00 Today is CEC's last day.

Tech sessions I was participating this morning were related to :

 Best practices for grid deployment of Web Services on T1000 and T2000 machines (Niagara systems). A nice case study about German's Fiducia deployment.

 Open-source philosophy and strategy @ Sun, and, in particular, the future of open-source Java.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/cec_day_2 CEC Day #2 sebsto 2006-10-04T09:24:07+00:00 2006-10-04T16:36:48+00:00 CEC day #2 ended with a memorable attendee party, very well organized, with great buffet, bar and fun games and shows. It's been years since I last played Galaxy on an arcade machine :-)

Before the party, the day was full of interesting tech sessions, I mostly spent my time exchanging information about :

 SOA Governance, and particularly, the Sun-Seebeyond SOA Governance Framework,

 Java Enterprise System's future. Some great news are support for sparse zones install in the next release and the possibility to have self-contained directory deployment for future versions (after release 5)

 Java System Portal 7 and its communities features

 Biometric authentication and single sign-on with Java Enterprise System and Access Manager

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/cec_day_1 CEC Day #1 sebsto 2006-10-03T10:01:08+00:00 2006-10-03T17:13:18+00:00 CEC is the Sun-internal Customer Engineering Conference, a full three days of technical content, meet the experts, networking with peers and ... lot of fun in San Francisco !

I spent most of my time yesterday in software related sessions : all about Composite Application Suite and Identity Management.

We had some great exchanges on

 Web services security and how it is implemented in Netbeans 5.5 Enterprise Pack.

 SOA Governance and how it will help organization to deploy and manage large scale, enterprise level, service oriented architectures

 Access Manager 7.x, OpenSSO and how they relate to Liberty specification today and in the future

 How to use SPML and Java API to remote provision user accounts with Identity Manager, ideal to include Identity-related functionalities in your portal or other in-house applications.

 I am really looking forward this second day for more content ! https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/changes_come_from_the_loosers Changes come from the loosers ? sebsto 2006-03-04T10:15:00+00:00 2006-03-04T18:15:53+00:00 I am somewhat amused by the blog entry : "XML was invented by loosers".
 Thanks Benoit for sending me this link.
 Sorry Tim
 The title is much eye-catching but the idea beneath is interesting. Combine this with the principle of Peter and we have no reasons to hope for a better future
 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/i_don_t_understand_marketing I don't understand Marketing sebsto 2005-11-20T11:30:00+00:00 2005-11-20T19:25:54+00:00 Recently, someone from our local marketing team asked me to remove my signature from a paper we were about to publish in the local IT press.
 The argument was that publishing my name alongside with the article is like sending my resume to a recruitment agency, something they'd like to avoid obviously.
 What about the blogs ? Aren't they much better source of information for recruiters ? And they are officially authorized by Sun !
 Honestly, I don't understand marketing... https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/blogger_add_on_for_staroffice Blogger Add-On for StarOffice 8 ? sebsto 2005-10-11T02:31:38+00:00 2005-10-11T09:31:38+00:00

Someone from our StarOffice team recently posted on an internal web site a blogger add-on for StarOffice. I could not resist to test it and pave the way to a public release of this nice piece of code. It demonstrates the flexibility and extensibility of StarOffice as I am writing these lines from Writer ... more on the subject later. Time now to hit the "post" button for the first time :-)

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/opensolaris_on_my_laptop OpenSolaris on my laptop sebsto 2005-09-01T01:15:03+00:00 2005-09-01T08:20:18+00:00 I did not post anything to this blog in the last three weeks, part of that is due to my project in Portugal that kept me busy for almost two weeks and part of that is the end of summer blues : you know : days are shorter, temperatures drop and kids go back to school.

 I recently installed  OpenSolaris on my laptop, just to see it. The installation is still tricky as the installer is not open-sourced yet.

 First step is then to install the real Solaris, using  Solaris Express to get the latest bits (Nevada build 20)

 Second step is to  get the latest binaries from OpenSolaris.

 Third and final step is to  upgrade Solaris Express to the latest OpenSolaris bits

 When you follow the exact instructions provided by the documentation, everything runs smoothly, at least it does for me.

 -bash-3.00$ cat /etc/release
Solaris 11 nv_20 X86
 Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 01 August 2005

 -bash-3.00$ uname -a
SunOS dhcppc1 5.11 opensol-20050818 i86pc i386 i86pc

 "What's the point ?" asked my a collegue of mine. None ! Just wanna see the bits in motion.

 Some of the things I enjoy :

 Solaris now uses the  grub loader, like most Linux distro, making it easier to multiboot with other OSes

 We do integrate the  Java Desktop System 3.1

 Some things I regret :

 The driver for my video chipset  is broken in this build. It will be fixed in the next build.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/china_early_signs_of_a China : early signs of a new bubble ? sebsto 2005-08-16T12:06:18+00:00 2005-08-16T17:07:26+00:00 I am traveling to Lisbon this afternoon. This gives me some extra time to read some news on real paper. My choice for this short 2h40 flight was the french paper "Le Monde". And I found out a couple of very interesting articles and editorial about the evolution of the Internet market in China. I did not translate the articles, they were definitively too long, but here is short summary.

 Is China the next Internet Eldorado ? After e-bay, Amazon, Google and MSN, it is now the turn of Yahoo! to invest in a chinese dot-com. Yahoo! announced its intent to buy 40% of Alibaba, an e-commerce web company, the deal is estimated at 1.000.000 USD.
 This is the fifth major move on the chinese .com after e-bay and eachNet (180 millions USD), Amazon and Joyo (75 millions), the MSN - Shanghai Alliance Investment agreement for a hundred millions and the Google participation in Baidu (2.6% "only" or 5 millions USD)

 As everyone knows, the Chinese market is one of the biggest, with 103 million internet users (mid-2005), China is the second country after the US. But with less than 10% person currently connected (vs. 60% in the US), this market has a tremendous growth potential.
 The market valuation of some chinese dot com companies are unrealistic and continue to increase very quickly. Sounds like "deja-vu" ? Are we seeing the beginning of a new dot com bubble ? Watch the market during the coming months.
 These investments are not irrelevant. It proves that 10 years after their creation and four years after the end of the bubble, the surviving dot-com companies are well alive and ready to grow and gain market shares again.

 But beside the economics, the real question is what Internet are we offering to the chinese ? Government and local authorities control is everywhere. The city of Shanghai, like other cities, are requesting an official authentication number each time you connect (equivalent of passport number or SSN) to be able to track your online activities. Some keywords are "forgotten" by the search engines. Try a search on "democracy", "tienanmen", "independent taiwan" on a chinese search engine and you will get nothing but an empty page, while access to the original version of Google, Yahoo! and the like are denied.
 Blogging or other kind of free expression is severely controlled and some estimates indicate that at least 60 people are in jail for having expressed their political opinion on the Internet.
 All foreign dot-com companies are obliged to sign a contract with the chinese "Association for Internet Access", granting the government they will not sell or give access to "subversive information", a category that includes every politically incorrect information : from political opponent's books to pornography.

 But "business is business" for US companies and all are playing the game following the rules imposed by Beijing. How many years will be needed before the people from china will benefit for freedom of speech, freedom and choice of information on the Internet ?

 (source : "Le Monde", 14-15 aug. 2005, page 8 & 13)

 Are we starting an Internet with two different sides ? The free one and the controlled one ? What if 50% of the Internet users does not receive the same information as the other 50% ?

 https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/free_wi_fi_for_everyone Free wi-fi for everyone ? sebsto 2005-08-16T09:53:53+00:00 2005-08-16T10:06:54+00:00 Let's imagine you are walking downtown in any big (U.S.) city. You open your PDA (or cell phone)-based browser and you start browsing the Internet for free. At the same time, the ISP providing you this service is able to locate your position and send you ads for services located in your immediate proximity.

 What sounded-like sci-fi a few years ago is now technically possible and might become true in a near future : it's GoogleNet

 What worries me in this story is the ubiquitous need of Google : as of today, a web site that is not referenced by Google does not exist on the web. What if tomorrow Google controls not only the content (or at least the reference to the content) but also the transport stream (what used to be the wires - but what are wires in a wi-fi world ?) ?

Will Google be to the Net what Micosoft is to the software ?
What will be the "open-source" community of Net access ? https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/browser_market_share_on_blogs Browser market share on blogs.sun.com sebsto 2005-08-16T07:57:07+00:00 2005-08-16T08:14:02+00:00 Like all users of this web site, I regularly receive some usage stats. Interesting section is the browser identity.

 Mozilla family (Firefox, Mozilla, Camino, ...)
 	 50.5 %

 Internet Explorer
 	 40.2%

 Safari
 	 4.9%

 Netscape (pre-Mozilla)	 1.6%

 Opera
 	 1.3%

 Other
 	 1.5%

 I realize that the communities reading Sun's employees blogs are probably more Unix minded than the average Internet user, therefore yielding a higher usage of Mozilla family of browser. Howvere, I found these figures surprising : Mozilla had a 50% market share and Safari almost reached 5%.

 These stats are for the current month (first two weeks of August) and were observed for 107K unique visitors.

 I am looking forward the next stats in a couple of weeks. https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/ui_hall_of_shame UI hall of shame sebsto 2005-08-16T05:40:00+00:00 2005-08-16T07:48:32+00:00 A friend of mine recently sent me this link.
This is a blog describing all sort of "poor choice" for UI design (should I use the word "UI disaster" ?)
 Definitively a nice reading. https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/private_insurance_for_open_source Private insurance for open-source IP litigation sebsto 2005-08-16T03:35:43+00:00 2005-08-16T07:39:47+00:00 As far as I know, this is a first and an interesting sign of how open-source software is being considered by the industry.
 Llyod's of London is planning to offer insurance protection against IP litigation involving open-source software. https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/hp_calls_ibm_and_sun HP calls IBM and Sun for new open license scheme sebsto 2005-08-11T10:02:51+00:00 2005-08-11T21:00:13+00:00 I can not resist to comment on that one.
 An HP VP made a call during his yesterday's speech at LinuxWorld Conference San Francisco for  IBM and Sun to invalidate their current open-source licenses and re-publish the code under the terms of the GPL.

 I can't disagree more !

 One of the essential value of open-source software is freedom, and one of the concept behind this freedom is the concept of choice. The choice a user has to choose one operating system or another, the choice the developer has to license its code using the legal framework he wants.
 I can not see the advantage of having a single open-source license for the whole community and for all pieces of code, and does not understand the value HP could have in that situation.
 The GPL is, in my opinion, a very restrictive license, obliging developers to publish any derived code under the term of the very same GPL (see section 2.b.). And although the third version of the GPL is just around the corner, I don't read any significant changes in its major directions.
 Other licenses offer more freedom of choice to the developers : Apache and the other BSD derivatives, Sun's CDDL etc ...
 Maybe I missed something in HP's strategy ? Please share your thoughts as well ! https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/us_copyright_office_asks_for US Copyright Office asks for Microsoft IE only web site ! sebsto 2005-08-11T08:23:23+00:00 2005-08-11T15:33:19+00:00 Most often, I found the US government and its agencies quite Microsoft friendly. Wanna have an example ? Here is the latest one.

 The Copyright Office invited comments on an upcoming Web service for prospective copyright owners that may launch with support for Microsoft Internet Explorer only.

 "(...) At this point in the process of developing the Copyright Office's system for online preregistration, it is not entirely clear whether the system will be compatible with Web browsers other than Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.1 and higher (...)"

 Should this be accepted, this means that people will need a Windows-based PC and IE to preregister copyrighted material in the future. https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/solaris_and_vmware_agreement Solaris and VMWare agreement sebsto 2005-08-11T05:02:56+00:00 2005-08-11T12:19:13+00:00 I like these short news that we can found here and here about Solaris. Almost every day drives its own bag of new stuffs, do we really to need to prove OpenSolaris (and, by extension, Solaris) is gaining momentum in the market place ? https://blogs.oracle.com/sebsto/entry/java_net_and_london_mood Java, .Net and London mood sebsto 2005-08-08T06:37:51+00:00 2005-08-08T13:50:19+00:00 I recently spent a couple of days in London talking to a .Net customer about Java Enterprise Edition architecture and development.

 It was really interesting to share views and experiences with these guys. I realized how much the architecture and the concepts are close to each other, altough our vocabulary differ.

One night, the customer convince us to take the tube (for US-only guys : the tube is the UK subway system) to enjoy a dinner downtown.
It's difficult to travel in there without thinking about what recently hapened but people continue to live and work as before, even at night, the car was crowded. Security is impressive as well : armed police officers and (pre-attacks) video camera are everywhere.


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I have a multisite installation. I'm trying to give Editors user management capabilities for their own site; however, there is an issue with Editors being able to make a user an Administrator.
They should only have permission to assign roles that are lower than the Editor role.
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Drafting up an email retention policy for our MS Exchange 2003 system. Curious as to what other people have as a policy -- how many days to keep online, delete, etc. Thanks!
It should be part of your overall document retention policy, not just a policy for your Exchange server. Our document retention policy (drafted by Legal) states that emails older than 90 days must be deleted. If the information in the email is required past 90 days of receipt then it is to be saved to disk (NOT a .pst file) as a file (rtf, doc, pdf, whatever) at which point it is under the governance of our document retention policy. Automated archiving mechanisms are not permitted.
EDIT: in response to Evan's comment:
There are arguable benefits to your storage solution using such a policy, even when mailbox quotas are implemented. There are still a lot of questions related to the "useless" that are being met with statments like "do it".
Legal issues aside, I am in favor of keeping emails as long as I possible can. My own email database go back about a dozen years, and it is quite useful at times to have access to that information. Disk space is cheap, and getting cheaper, and machines are getting faster and cheaper as well.
I agree with squillman in terms of addressing legality obstacles. I would talk to the legal department first and foremost to avoid any headaches later on, and for possible compliance issues (HIPAA/SOX/PCI). Seems to me that industry usually dictates compliance in tandem with legal more than anything else.
From then on I would focus on common metrics within IT such as the total number of users, avg. growth rate per hour/day/week/month, etc. etc. to determine how many days to keep online storage (if legal hasn't mandated anything). From my experience, always leave a little slack too in terms of storage for YOU, not the users. Often users will take as much email storage as they're given (especially Outlook/Exchange shops), so if money is tight and storage is at a premium, lower the retention policy a little to alleviate future financial/technical headaches.


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First prizes at the youth music competition "Prima la Musica" (2011)
"For me as a second trumpet player, it is particularly important to fit in well and be able to integrate into the sound of the orchestra. In an orchestra such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, this means always being on the ball, always continuing to develop and never resting on your laurels."
Florian Pichler's musical career is rooted in the Austrian brass band tradition. Because the father played the trumpet, and he particularly liked the sound of the instrument as a child, it was natural for Florian Pichler himself to learn to play the trumpet. He began his training at the age of seven, and when he was eleven, he played in the brass band of his home town Gaishorn. While he still attended the music high school Oberschützen, he was a student of Franz Tösch at the University of the Arts Graz, and second trumpet with the ORF Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien. In 2012, Florian Pichler continued his studies at the Konservatorium Wien University under Johann Plank.
The musician, who won first prize in the Austrian youth music competition "Prima la Musica" in 2011, gained his first orchestral experiences with the orchestras of the Vienna State Opera, the Wiener Volksoper, the ORF Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien and the Grazer Philharmonische Orchester. In September 2014, at the age of only 18, Florian Pichler became a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, playing football, and fishing.


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You might know why you're stressed, but what will you do about it? Use these ideas from Dr. Erin Olivo to put your stress in check.Listen to Your Mother
Diet, sleep, exercise—all the things our mothers warn us about and directly affect our stress level.
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The new research echoes that of James Sallis, PhD, distinguished professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego. A long-time researcher on physical fitness, he reviewed the findings. "The mountain of evidence just got higher that active and fit kids perform better in school," he says.
The finding that fitness was related to both reading and math scores in both girls and boys is impressive, he says. "I hope this study convinces both parents and school administrators to increase and improve physical education, recess, classroom activity breaks, after-school physical activity and sports, and walk-to-school programs."
Sallis is a co-founder of the SPARK physical activity programs that are in place nationwide.
Lesley Cottrell, PhD, vice chair of research in pediatrics at West Virginia University, has also linked fitness with better school performance in her research. "[The current research extends] our findings by considering students' self-concept," she says.
Her advice to parents? "A healthy child is a well-rounded child. Focusing on one developmental area may neglect other, important areas. For instance, in our findings we acknowledge that we have neglected the physical activity and fitness development for our children as a whole. By doing so," she says, "we may miss an opportunity to improve or sustain their academic development."
The study was funded by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
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I am quitting soda, what is a good substitute?
I am trying to quit drinking soda, what do you think are some of the good substitute?
Water,Juices would be a good thing too, if you would like some flavor.
I have been trying to quit myself I find juices do the trick even tho its practically contains the same amount of citric acid in it and wears down teeth enamel.
water and milk is your best bad to avoid at all costs liquids containing citric acid and or too much sugar.
Tea Must Be A Southern Thing...
I cut down on sodas as well. The best thing for anyone to drink is white tea. There was a study at Pace University that said that white tea can help your body's immune system fight off viruses and dangerous infection-causing bacteria. The same study concluded that fluoride-rich white tea helps prevent the growth of dental plaque, the chief cause of tooth decay.
It also helps protect the heart and help prevent loss the of bone density and some cancers. Not to mention all the antioxidants and the fact that it's supposed to make your skin look beautiful.
But if you're just not the "tea sort of person" juices are always a good bet. Just beware of the sugar filled ones. Try going for the 100% juices. Also, pomengrate juices are the most healthful.
and juices are good, my favorites:
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2. cherry
3. pomegranate
4. cranberry
you choose :]
I've been trying to quit soda too so what i drink is water and juices i sometimes drink nescafe too
Water, Sparkling water, Vitamin water, and green tea :]
I was never really addicted to soda (Hate the taste. All but rootbeer and Cherry Coke) Anyway, I drink fruit smoothies, chocolate milk, regular milk, seltzer water <3 (basically is soda without taste. Awesome substitute and my favorite drink) and LOTS of tea. Tea is simply wonderful.
For everyday drinking during work, water and tea are good; they do their job and hydrate you. I find that these two are the only drinks that truly satisfy my thirst.
But, when you just want something with a little kick to go with a meal, juices will work very nicely.
Usually I'm more tempted to drink soda's when it's hot but now I've taken to making home made ice tea, it's easy and delicious.
Also if you want a good 100% juice get some oranges and make orange juice or whizz up some yoghurt and fruits in the blender and make a smoothie:-D
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North West Province Safaris
Malaria-Free Safaris in Madikwe and Pilanesberg
Only a few hours drive from Johannesburg are the malaria-free game reserves of the North West Province. The Madikwe Game Reserve and the Pilanesberg National Park are ideal safari destinations for visitors to Jo'burg or Sun City who want to see some of Africa's spectacular scenery and wildlife without the worry and hassle of taking anti-malaria tablets.
The private Madikwe Game Reserve is one of the largest reserves in South Africa, and offers visitors a choice of excellent lodges, coupled with daily game drives to seek out Africa's Big 5, as well as other wildlife such as wild dog, giraffe, zebra and antelope.
Pilanesberg is an attractive National Park which is centred around an extinct volcano crater. Ideally suited to self-drive visitors who are staying in either Sun City or Johannesburg, there are also a couple of private lodges and safari hotels here which offer guided game drives to their guests.
Bakubung Bush Lodge
Safari Resort
Guest Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 based on 2 ratings
Each of the lodge's rooms have been decorated to reflect the mood and ambience of the bush and have the necessary amenities to ensure supreme comfort. All rooms have satellite TV and direct dialling phones, air-conditioning, en-suite bathrooms, electric shaving plugs, tea/coffee making machines and a hair dryer.
Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge
Thakadu River Camp
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.9 / 5.0 based on 7 ratings
Thakadu River Camp is set within the riverine canopy along the banks of the Marico River and consists of 12 tented suites, each with their own viewing deck overlooking the river. The tents are spacious and are superbly decorated and appointed.
Ivory Tree Game Lodge
Safari Resort
Guest Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 based on 4 ratings
The lodge offers 57 spacious standard suites and 3 executive suites. Each features a private veranda, a sitting area, en-suite bathroom with outside shower, mini bar fridge, air-conditioning, and tea/coffee making facilities.
Tau Game Lodge
Shepherd's Tree Game Lodge
Buffalo Ridge Safari Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 based on 2 ratings
Offering a very private experience, Buffalo Ridge Safari Lodge has 8 uniquely decorated suites, each with their own deck which provides guests with expansive views to the north. The suites were designed to blend with the beauty of the natural surrounds.
Impodimo Game Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 based on 8 ratings
Each of the 8 glass fronted luxury suites all enjoy uninterrupted views over the reserve from a private deck. The suites all have full en-suite facilities including outside showers.
Impodimo Game Lodge Fly In PackageValid: 20 July 2016 - 30 November 2016.
Tshukudu Bush Lodge
Rhulani Safari Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 based on 2 ratings
There are 7 luxury chalets plus 1 luxury family suite in total, each with private deck and plunge pool, en-suite bathroom, indoor and outdoor showers, air-conditioning and mini bar. The meaning of Rhulani is 'Relax' - which is exactly what guests are encouraged to do during their stay here - so sit back and enjoy!
Jaci's Safari Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 based on 1 ratings
The 8 rooms are all built using a unique combination of thatched roofs, stone and canvas walls, which creates a 'tented' feel and captures all the elements of a truly luxurious African bush safari. Each room has an open plan bathroom with a hand-made rock bath with an outdoor shower, and fans to keep a gentle breeze flowing.
Jaci's Tree Lodge
Tuningi Safari Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 based on 6 ratings
Tuningi Lodge can accommodate 16 guests in 4 Luxury Suites and 2 Exclusive Family Suites, each consisting of 2 suites with an adjoining lounge and dining room. All rooms have air-conditioning, ceiling fans, fireplaces, en-suite bathrooms, beautifully appointed double baths, outdoor rock showers and private wrap-around wooden decks for enjoying the indigenous bush and wildlife on view.
Makanyane Safari Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 based on 4 ratings
Each of the 8 luxurious suites has an open fronted lounge and a private sundeck. Glass walled bedrooms and bathrooms offer uninterrupted views of the bush and the Marico River.
Makanyane Safari Lodge Honeymoon PackageValid: 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2016.
Madikwe Hills
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 based on 1 ratings
The subtle decor of the lodge integrates natural elements with colours highlighting Africa's ambiance.You will be accommodated in ultra-luxurious glass fronted suites designed for complete relaxation and comfort boasting soft sofas, voluptuous mosquito netting and cotton picot linen.
Royal Madikwe Safari Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.7 / 5.0 based on 3 ratings
Royal Madikwe can accommodate up to 10 guests and there is the option to book either single rooms (over non-peak periods only) OR the entire lodge. The stunning main lodge is an open-sided, thatched area with a stylish lounge, magnificent dining room, well appointed library and broad elevated decks from which to view the mighty savannah beyond.
Madikwe Safari Lodge
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 based on 10 ratings
There are 17 chalets, split between the North and East camps. Each chalet features a sitting area, a bedroom with circular fireplace, a spacious dressing area with personal bar, and an en-suite bathroom.
Madikwe Safari Lodge: Stay 3 nights for the price of 2Valid: 1 November 2016 - 17 December 2016.
Mateya Safari Lodge
Little Madikwe
Safari Lodge
Guest Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 based on 1 ratings
The luxurious decor and added touches in the form of satellite TV, DVD movies, outside showers, fireplaces, underfloor heating and air-conditioning all contribute to making a stay here a wonderful experience. The villa is ideal for families with younger children, as on request a selection of childrens books and games can be supplied to keep everyone entertained.
- Malaria Free Region
- Big 5 Safaris
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I am in the progress of learning clojure after work and I'm doing this by making a small game (loving the quil library) to make me familiar with the different aspects of clojure in specific and FP in general.
So, my game world exists of 3d grid of map data strucutures (vector of a vector of a vector of a map). I want to itterate over every point in 3d space (map) and change the data when a condition is met. This was my initial solution:
(the game data structure is the game state (a map))
(defn soil-gen [game]
(let [world-x (game :world-x)
world-y (game :world-y)
world-z (game :world-z)]
(for [x (range world-x)
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:when (> z (* world-z (rand)))]
(assoc-in game [:world x y z :type] :soil))))
But this returns a list of the results (my game state data structure) of every iteration instead of one game data structure. I should somehow be able to pass the result of each iteration back to for. Something like loop/recur probably but I think you cant combine recur with for.
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Helicopter Aiding for Zero-Zero Landings with Advanced, Reactive Displays (HAZZARD)
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AbstractAlthough Navy MH-60R/S SEAHAWK helicopters have long played a critical role in military operations, degraded visual environments continue to plague landing safety. Current heads-down displays do not address pilots"need to continuously perceive and respond to a rich set of external visual cues during shipboard landings (e.g., proximity, orientation, relative motion). To address this, we propose to leverage established Ecological Interface Design (EID) theory to design, demonstrate, and evaluate concepts for Helicopter Aiding for Zero-Zero Landings with Advanced, Reactive Displays (HAZZARD). We will design a simple, abstract display symbology that uses emergent visual cues to support pilots"direct and intuitive perception of aircraft status within the context of physical and safety constraints. We will augment this display symbology with reactive feedback from an automated flight director to guide the pilot into a landing maneuver synchronized with ship motion. The flight director will incorporate detailed models of: (1) the MH-60 platform and control systems; (2) flight-deck motion in varying sea-states; and (3) environmental effects, including turbulent wind gusts. Finally, we will construct and evaluate working prototypes of promising HAZZARD symbology and flight director designs through a series of evolutionary prototypes, and identify a low-risk pathway for flight-test demonstrations under Phase II.
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Earl House I believe that is Hannah (House) Willis and her brother Nathan "Nate" House and Hannah Willis children. Nate and Hannah are brother and sister of my gg grandfather, William Lum House. They are the children of Jacob House.
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RR: Act 2 Boss Theme :Sonic 3 and Knuckles: by JamesmanTheRegenoldWatch
©2013-2016 JamesmanTheRegenold
That's pretty awesome! Good job!
OMG shivers down my spine as I remember hydrocity and its wall of death
It sounds like DEATH... with a fun side!
LOVE this boss theme! From the first sonic game I ever played!
when ever I play sonic 3 and knuckles this song gets stuck in my head and then I wind up whistleing it in the grocerie store.
I can't favorite this. D:
really? 'o'
is your favorites list at it's limit .w.
is your favorites list at it's limit .w.
Wait nevermind.
Go Robotnik!
I love this This was always my favorite Robotnik battle theme, and with only Channels and Instruments, it sounds very focused, and set on one thing. I could see this being used for a situation where Robotnik walks in and introduces himself in a snazzy suit or something XD


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Portillo is unique because there is no town and only one hotel: the grand Hotel Portillo, which has 123 rooms. In this regard, the Portillo skiing and resort experience is unlike that of any other commercial ski resort.
Double Lake
Double Lake rooms come with two twin beds or one queen size bed and offer a full bath. These rooms overlook the beautiful Inca Lake, the Three Brothers peaks and the ski runs - these rooms have a breathtaking view that is truly worth the premium price.
Double Lake rooms with queen size beds can be requested, but their confirmation will depend on availability.
Hotel Portillo's rooms are cozy and warm. All rooms do not have TV. Instead, you are encouraged to take part in activities, utilize the facilities, and to disconnect from the day-to-day routine. Rooms come with telephones, safes, hairdryers, mini-bars, and Internet access (Portillo has Wi-Fi connection throughout the hotel as well as a modern Internet Room).
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I wonder if you could help me out with a quick question about PHP.
Below is a snippet of code I use to call a particular plug-in, FAlbum:
<?php global $falbum; ?><?php echo $falbum->show_random(4, 'restaurants',1,'s');?>
Now, the 'restaurants' part of that code tells the plug-in to pull images off Flickr that have the tag 'restaurants'. So far, so good.
But my question is: how can I replace that bit ('restaurants') with whatever happens to be the title of the current WordPress Page?
I know that to return a Page's title you just use the code:
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Released: May 01st, 1997
Running Time: 80
Company: Erotic Angel
Cast: Montana Gunn, Mike Horner, Randi Storm, Michael J. Cox, Leanna Heart, Jeremy Steele (I), Michael Hurt, Shawnee, Harley Raine, Sin
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Feature
Mike Horner is Mr. Holland, an out-of-work musician whose wife, Harley Raine, takes a demeaning job reviewing porn flicks. Her first assignment features Randi Storm and Tom Decker in a brief scene that inspire Raine to initiate a more draw-out bedroom coupling with Horner. He's eventually hired by Montana opportunity to teach sex ed at the local university, and uses the oportunity to integrate music and carnality. Leanna Heart and Shawnee do a little lez thing for him on his desk. Lil' Lee gets sandwiched by Michael J. Cox and Jeremy Steele. Raine demonstrates her dildo technique for Horner's class. Michael Hurt and Sin join Gunn, Heart, and Shawnee for the closing orgy. Good stuff!


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Released: Jul 01st, 2006
Running Time: 158
Director: Robbert F
Company: Fifth Element
Cast: Sara Stone (I), Gwen Diamond, Sammie Rhodes, Destiny Dior, Hillary Scott, Michelle Sweet, Tyla Wynn, Lexi Marie, Persia DeCarlo, Sandra Romain
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: All-Sex
From Fifth Element and director-general Robbert F. Lee comes the all-girl Bitches in Training. Conceptual experience-versus-inexperience lesbianism is thick as a dick (read, "solid") through five formulaic scenes.
Chapter one is best, as foreign veteran Sandra Romain plugs every drain on Persia Decarlo before standing atop a glass platter and juicing her gusher all over the screen.
Of the rest, Sammie Rhodes and big-boobed buddy Destiny Dior (DD?) match the voluptuous Sara Stone and Lexi Marie blow for fish-eating gape.
Not many extras are included (those that are, are light on content), but the high-definition production quality suffices to sate the starved.
Pre-nom for Best All-Girl Release.
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One woman was injured Saturday morning after falling from a horse in a parking lot.
Authorities with the Palm Beach County Fire Department said the fall happened in the parking lot of a McDonald's on Indiantown Road about 10:30 a.m.
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Belle's Enchanted Breakfast Porridge
Be our guest for a beautiful breakfast featuring this fruity and hearty breakfast porridge.
This recipe is part of the Dishes by Disney healthy recipes video series. Check out the video for this recipe.
The Mickey Check makes it easier for kids and families to identify nutritious choices in stores, online, on-air, at live-event venues, and while on vacation at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. Foods and recipes that feature the Mickey Check meet The Walt Disney Company's Nutrition Guidelines. Click here for more Mickey Check recipes.
prep time 10 mins
cook time 30 mins
total time 40 mins
Combine cooked quinoa with light coconut milk, cherries, shredded coconut, almonds and honey.
Leave in refrigerator overnight to marry the flavors.
In the morning, take out the porridge and add a little water if it's too thick for your liking.
Slice bananas over the top, add some fresh berries, and garnish with the slivered almonds. Enjoy!


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India Bonds Drop Most in 7 Weeks as RBI Holds Rate: Mumbai Mover
India's bonds fell the most in seven weeks as the central bank held its benchmark rate at the highest level since 2008, citing the risk of faster inflation.
Yields on debt due 2021 climbed to the most since January as the Reserve Bank of India kept the repurchase rate at 8.5 percent, as predicted by 19 of 22 economists in a Bloomberg survey. Higher oil prices, a budget deficit and a weaker rupee may spur inflation, the monetary authority said in a statement. Government data showed on Feb. 29 India's economy grew the least in 11 quarters in the three months ended Dec. 31, fueling speculation borrowing costs will be lowered.
"Yields have moved up as investors are disappointed there is no rate cut," said J. Moses Harding, Mumbai-based executive vice president at IndusInd Bank Ltd. "While taking note of growth slowdown, the RBI has also flagged inflation concerns."
The yield on the 8.79 percent bonds due November 2021 jumped eight basis points, or 0.08 percentage point, to 8.36 percent in Mumbai, according to the central bank's trading system. That is the biggest increase since Jan. 24.
The benchmark wholesale-price index rose 6.95 percent last month from a year earlier, after climbing 6.55 percent in January, the commerce ministry said yesterday. The Reserve Bank boosted the repo rate 13 times in the last two years to cool inflation. It was last increased by 25 basis points in October.
India imports about 80 percent of its oil. Brent crude, the benchmark for almost all of the nation's imports, has surged 11 percent this year to $124.85 a barrel. The rupee lost 10 percent in the past 12 months, the worst performance among Asia's 10 most-traded currencies excluding the yen.
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"Notwithstanding the deceleration in growth, inflation risks remain, which will influence both the timing and magnitude of future rate actions," the Reserve Bank said today.
Inflation in Asia's third-largest economy remains the fastest in the BRIC group, which also includes Brazil, Russia and China, eroding purchasing power in a nation where more than two-thirds of the population lives on less than $2 a day.
India's budget gap widened to 4.35 trillion rupees ($86.3 billion) in the 10 months through January, exceeding the government's target of 4.13 trillion rupees for the year ending March 31, the most recent data on the website of the Controller General of Accounts show. A year earlier, the shortfall was only 58.3 percent of the annual goal.
Widening Deficit
The deficit may increase to 6.1 percent of gross domestic product this fiscal year, according to Nomura Holdings Inc., more than Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's goal of 4.6 percent. Investors from ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Ltd. to Yes Bank Ltd. predict Mukherjee will announce plans on March 16 to cut the deficit to 5 percent of gross domestic product from an estimated 5.8 percent this fiscal year, a Bloomberg survey showed this week.
One-year interest-rate swaps, or derivative contracts used to guard against fluctuations in funding costs, rose 12 basis points to 8.17 percent, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The rate dropped 14 basis points in the last three days after the Reserve Bank cut the reserve requirements for banks by 75 basis points to 4.75 percent of deposits with effect from March 10.


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It's beginning to look like Richard Curtis wasn't Cody Castagna's only victim. KOMO reports…
Richard Curtis, the state lawmaker who resigned amid a sex scandal, may be the latest victim in a string of men who have been targeted by a team of extortionists.
Cody Castagna has adamently denied blackmailing Curtis. But after days of investigating, police said Castanaga is a part of a group who went after the now-former state representative.
Spokane police detectives released surveillance photo of a man who they said went to the front desk of the Davenport Hotel, asked for an envelope and walked away with Curtis' money. Police have only identified the man as a friend of Castagna who took part in the extortion….
Police said Castagna may be part of a larger group that targets gay men for extortion. In Curtis' case, the group designated a flower pot at a Spokane part as the drop-off point for the remaining $800.
Detectives believe the group has done this before.
"There were multiple threats and payoffs," said Sgt. Joe Peterson. "In this instance it seems like it was not the first time and we've been told by other people it's not the first time the suspects have done this type of thing."
In the original police report it indicates that Cody made the calls, one man picked up the first $200 Curtis left for Castagna at the front desk of the Davenport Tower, another man picked up the $800 Curtis left in a flower pot on a bridge, and another man disposed of Curtis' wallet. It sounded like a conspiracy to me. And if you're going to run an extortion ring picking off closeted gay men, Spokane would be a good place to do it.
The police picked up one of Castagna's crew at the beginning of the investigation, and that kid said he wasn't going to take a fall for Castagna. He's probably agreed to testify against Castagna and others. It looks like Castagna will be brought up on charges sometimes soon, and may be heading back to prison.
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A simple wholesome lamb stew with a little sweetness thrown in and oh so easy to make. The only change I made was I used basil in place of the mint as we don't really care for mint and used a red capsicum as the DM would be picking out a green one and I used extra apricots as it seemed a waste to leave them in them in the packet so close to use by date so chopped them up. Had no problem with liquid cooking off, actually in the last half hour left the lid partly off to reduce the liquid and still had plenty left (cooked at what I call a burble, just seeing little bubbles coming up as you cook). Served over pearl couscous cooked in lamb stock (stock defrosted from frozen) and with a side of Sesame-Blacked Carrots. Thank you Jan for a recipe that took so little time in the prep and just a matter of keeping an eye on it as it burbled away on the stove, made for Make My Recipe - Christmas Edition.


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I like to play games on Xbox 360 so I brought a HD PVR to record the gameplay too. The HD PVR if you are not familiar with is a device that records everything that is happening on the Xbox 360 it records Audio and Video. I want to upload the clips that I record with my HD PVR on to Youtube I can upload the Raw file which just has the Video and Audio but I also wanted to upload my commentating over the gameplay and that's why I got myself Sony Vegas Pro 12.
The problem I get is when I begin to render the "Approximate time left" will just keep on counting for example I left it on over night and it went to 24Hr and the percentage bar for how much has rendered had stayed on 0% when I checked in the morning the next day. I have tried so many different things to try and fix it I have looked everywhere but can't find a solution or why the problem is happening. Please when you ask me to do things to try and tell me in the most simplistic way.
The file recorded with my HD PVR is already HD 720p and its a 10 minute video to be exact its a 10:47 second video and the file size is 659 MB.
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I have tried a lot of different methods of rendering it which I have gotten off Youtube from other Youtubers that are doing the exact same thing as me.
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Video Smoothness - 69 (Sharper)
Sony Vegas Pro "Render As" Audio Properties.
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Format - Windows Media Audio 9.2
Attributes - 96kbps, 44kHz, stereo (A/V) CBR
The file I want to render Video Properties.
Length 00:10:47
Frame width - 1280
Frame Height - 720
Date Rate - 8296kbps
Total Bitrate- 8552kbps
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Mealshare will be launching in Victoria on Nov 7th! It's like the Toms of food (mealshare.ca)
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Hello, I am trying to make the Login Page the default page when I go to WP. Right now when I go to WP, it goes to the blog page and I want to make it the login page because I don't want anyone to see anything unless they log-in.
I tried messing with IIS and the index.php page but no luck,
Any help would be appreciated.


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Vermont woman killed in NH accidentApril 08,2013Vt. woman killed in NH accident
CLAREMONT, N.H. Police are investigating an early morning car accident in Claremont that killed a 42-year-old woman.
Claremont police say a pickup driven by 29-year-old Luke Garlinger of Mansfield, Mass., was traveling on Main Street shortly after midnight Sunday when it veered into the opposite lane and collided with a minivan.
Police say the driver of the van, Shellie Blaisdell of Windsor, Vt., was taken to Valley Regional Hospital, where she died of injuries sustained in the accident. A 13-year-old boy who was in the vehicle was hospitalized with injuries.
Officials say Garlinger was first taken to Valley Regional Hospital and then to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
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