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Hey Pesto! (Sorry)
To use the term Italian Tapas would be a bit offensive, like referring to Faggots as English Haggis, or Champagne as French Cava! The Pesto website informs me in Italian they are called Piattini: little plates apparently and as a lover of both Italian food and Tapas this seemed to be a match made in heaven.
The thing I like best about the 'little plate' idea is the fact that you can choose what you want. You make your own meal from all the little dishes depending on your mood or taste. Pesto has 39 main dishes and you need to pick I would say six between two of you for a decent meal. Digging out my calculator and a dusty Statistics text book:
(n -r)!
Where n is number of choices and r is the number of dishes assuming you only want one of each dish. ! Apparently is the mathematical symbol for multiply it all together taking off one choice each time. So for Pesto:
you get the idea
Basically from the Pesto menu there are 2 349 088 560 combinations before you would have to have the same again! Which even if you went every day would take you, oh about six and a half million years until you had the same meal! I've not included breads or bruschetta in the sums, because that would just be silly!
Pesto is well located, just off Buchanan street, right in the centre of Glasgow. There is plenty of room to get in and out of the ground floor restaurant and space for wheelchairs and push chairs.
I went out with my wife, but would have had no problems with taking the little person along too.
We went on a Saturday evening after watching a movie, so it was nine O'Clock when we arrived. We were greeted quickly at the door and shown to our table, pretty much in the middle of the restaurant next to the stairs. The waitress knew the menu and talked us through the dishes and recommended we had six main dishes between us. We went through the menu and picked a good mixture, I'll tell you about them shortly and some bread to keep us occupied.
The basket of bread along with oil and vinegar arrived within a minute, I don't know if being near the end of the night helped and they had lots to get rid of, but the bread basket was overflowing. It would have been nice if there was a bowl to mix the oil and vinegar in, rather than use the side plate but that's only a slight grumble. There was a good selection of what we worked out to be plain bread, olive bread and some tomato bread, I think. The waitress could have told us what each was, but trying to work if out was good fun too. Once we had consumed bread equivalent in weight of a baby elephant I contemplated having a nap, but almost on cue the meal was served. The service was so far pretty slick, however there were more staff than customers at this late hour so you'd expect it to be.
The table was rapidly filled with a selection of dishes each of them looking better than the last.
The Patate al origano were crispy, but fluffy in the middle and nicely seasoned. The ninety five pence for what is even described on the menu as a little pot of tomato tapenade is not good value for money, but the flavours work very well together. The Gamberoni all' aglio e peperoncino were succulent and it is always tricky to balance garlic and chilli so they don't become overwhelming,but here they were just right. The lasagna al ragu was a behemoth of a portion,three inches square and nearly the same deep. It was well layered and the meat was tender and contrasted well with the pasta and cheese sauce. The Spiedini di pollo was again a decent size portion and very tasty. The same was true of the Polpette di manzo. My favourite dish however was the Pizetta rustica, a beautiful five inch pizza topped with goats cheese and prosciutto. It was beautiful and my only complaint is that is wasn't bigger!
The food was beautifully presented and all the dishes tasted great. However it was a shame that none of the pantheon of staff and managers thought to check on us or offered us extra drinks, mine was empty after the bread, (you can see the empty glass to the left of the picture). I also got the impression as the place emptied that the staff were more concerned with getting finished than looking after us. A point made abundantly clear when two staff (I guess it was heavy) carried a black plastic dustbin full of rubbish past our table, whilst we were eating. I was discussing with my wife how that was maybe the only way to get the bin out, but they could have waited until after service, when one of them even brought the now empty dustbin back past our table! Now I get upset when a a table is left without a cloth during service so I am a little picky about these things, but really a bin through an open restaurant, it's not on.
Once we had finished eating our waitress cleared the table and we were offered desserts and coffee. A quick scan of the menu and I wanted to try the Torta al limone, my wife ordered the classic Tiramisu. Both arrived at our table moments later, again the kitchen was unbelievably quick. The desserts were as good as the rest of the food, the lemon mousse was zingy and contrasted well with the sweet biscuit base. The Tiramisu was not soggy, despite the sponge being well soaked and the coffee flavour was sublime.
We decided to head elsewhere for a drink and asked for the bill. In total the food and a couple of drinks cost a few pence under forty pounds. The time on my receipt showed we had been in the restaurant for one hour and six minutes. The food was wonderful and the service was fast, but not very attentive. Whether this is due to the time of night and the desire of everyone to get home I don't know. We will be back as I'd like to take our daughter and also to see how good the service is under pressure. There are of course plenty more menu options to try...
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When a sales contract is negotiated the contract typically contains a target date for closing. In most cases it is an "on or before" date. If this date is very important to you, please make sure you make that clear to your mortgage lender and your title insurance agent.
Most dates are wishy washy and subject to change and so these professionals will not consider that a hard target unless told.
As you approach that date, do not assume that you have been scheduled for that day. You must speak directly with the title insurance agent to verify the status of your scheduling. Do not make all of your moving plans until you have a firmly scheduled closing confirmed.
Note that if you are getting a mortgage, the title insurance agent will need to wait for the mortgage lender's "clear to close" permission before scheduling. This sometimes happens within a few days of the target date so things can be very last minute. Just stay calm and your job is to make certain you provide any requested information or documents quickly. Any delay can postpone your closing.
Getting to the closing table is a team effort and you are a member of that team along with the seller, real estate agent, mortgage lender, and title insurance agent. Everyone must do their part to move the transaction forward and meet the goal.
The actual time of your closing will be set by the title insurance agent and if you have selected a date that is popular with many consumers, then timing is a first come first serve proposition. Keep that in mind and again, confirm the closing schedule before making moving plans.

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Saved Password Editor is an add-on that enhances the Firefox password manager. Until now it was only possible to view certain data such as the user name, password and web page, but Saved Password Editor introduces new options.
Create and edit entries in the password manager.
The add-on places an icon on the browser bar that provides a shortcut to the password manager. If you pay attention, you will see a new button below to be able to add new passwords or clone and edit the passwords that already exist.
Features of Saved Password Editor
- Add, clone and edit passwords.
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Documents Required
– Passport copy
– Visa copy
– Two photographs (white background)
– Typed online form
– Original Passport to be shown at the Clinic
– Fees must be paid online
Medical Test from Government Clinics
Online Booking available for Medical Test from Government Clinics Click here to book online. Health Card is not required to do Medical Test from the below mentioned clinics. Normal Medical Test Fee is Dh.260 + Dh20 for Courier delivery within five working days.
Speed Packages: Dh470 for 24 hour service and Dh370 for 48 hour service.
|Al Khawaneej
Route: Khawaneej R/A> Masjid & Madrassa>Turn Right)
|7:30am 2:30 pm
Sun to Thu
Housemaids only
|Al Karama
Primary Health Care Centre
Location: Next to Dubai Head Post Office
|7:00am 9:00pm
Sun to Thu
8am to 1pm
|Female: All Packages
Male: Urgent only
|Al Mankhool
Route: Turn Right before Union Cooperative -Karama> British Nursery> Turn Right
|7:30am 2:30 pm
Sun to Thu
Housemaids only
|Near Dubai Eid Musallah
|Al Safa Community Health Centre
Route: Jumeirah 2, Behind Cooperative Society
(Executive Employees only)
|Sun to Thu
7:30am 2pm
8am to 12noon
(4 hours)
Housemaids not allowed
|After Park> Free Right from T junction>1st Left>Left
|Al Tawar/Qisais
Route: Next to Post Office / behind Union Co-operative
|7:30-2:30 pm
Sun – Thu
|Housemaid of Al Tawar Residents only
|Muhaisina-3 /Sonapur
Route: Emirates Road>Right> Exit 63> Turn Right from Galadari Signal
|24 hours
Sun to Thu
8am to 10pm Saturday
All packages including VIP
|Behind Graveyard
Street No.8
Bus No.13 & 33
|Al Bada'a Clinic
Route: Sheikh Zayed Road>Behind Shangri-La Hotel
|7:30am 2:30 pm
|Sun to Thu
Al Baraha Hospital Al Qouze Mall, Al Qouze Industrial-3, Timing: 8am to 5pm. Location: Next to Al Kabayel Centre > After Grand Supermarket > Take right from Al Ahli Driving Centre.
Rashidiyya Medical Fitness Test Centre, Next to Union Co-operative Society, Near Emirates Post/Police Station, Timing: 7:30am to 2:00 pm Sunday to Thursday (For Visa renewal of ladies only).
VIP Medical Tests service (Express)
Those who want to avoid long queues can avail the VIP tests service at Al Safa Community Health Centre, Jumeirah 2, and Knowledge Village. Fee: Dh690. Medical Certificate will be issued after four hours. For any clarification call Al Safa Medical Center on 04 3944010. Click here to book online.
Fee for Medical Test from Al Baraha Hospital (also called Kuwait Hospital Tel. 04-2710000) is Dh630 (including Health Card). Dh50 for Urgent and Certificate can be collected next day. Timing: 8am to 1pm.
Al Lusaily Health Centre, Al Ain Road 7:30am to 2:30 pm Sunday to Thursday, Tel. 04-5022500 (Housemaids of the Catchments area only).
Knowledge Village Medical Fitness Centre, Next to Dubai Internet City (VIP package only) 8am to 3 pm Sunday to Thursday, Tel. 04-3911111 (Tecom investors and employees only).
Dubai Int'l Financial Centre, (Centre Employees only), Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Road, 8am to 3 pm Sunday to Thursday, Tel. 04-4289210, 04-4289211
Emirates Airlines Centre, 9am to 4 pm Sunday to Thursday (Centre employees only).
JAFZA Health Centre, 8am to 3 pm Sunday to Thursday, Tel. 04-80052392
DAFZA Medical Centre, 7:30am to 2 pm Sunday to Thursday. (DAFZA's clients and staff only).
Airport Medical Centre, Dubai Int'l Airport, Tel. 04-2164959
Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA's clients and staff), Terminal 2 – Dubai International Airport, Tel. 04-2995555, 04-2994436
Jebel Ali Health Centre (JAFZA's clients and staff), Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA), Tel. 04-8834240
Umm Suquim Medical Centre: Tel. 04-3944461
Medical Test not required for children below 18 years old. Parents above 75 years also not required Medical Fitness Certificate for their residence visa renewal. Photocopy of first report can be used for next three years.
New Visa holder: Medical Test and visa stamping to be done within 60 days from the date of entry.
Renewal: Medical Test and visa renewal to be done within 30 days from the date of expiry. Employment visa holder's Labour Card to be renewed within 60 days from the date of expiry.
Medical Fitness report will be sent to Immigration Department by the Clinic electronically and the applicant will receive an SMS from the Clinic. If the message is Medically Fit, the applicant can proceed to Immigration for Visa Stamping with typed application. It is not necessary to attach Original Medical Certificate for new family visa stamping and renewal. For employment visa, original Medical Fitness Certificate must be attached.
• Medical Certificate issued by private clinics will no longer accept by Ministry of Labour and Residency Department.
Medical Certificate is valid for 3 months.
• Deportable Diseases: HIV/AIDS and Pulmonary TB.
• Those tested positive for Hepatitis B will have to take three doses of vaccinations and show proof that they have taken them. Workers have to show the vaccination certificate at the time of renewal of their visa. The first dose of vaccination will cost Dh50 and the two others are free of charge.
• The category of workers, which include nannies, housemaids, nursery and KG supervisors, beauticians and barbers, health club workers, and food handlers, will have to undergo tests for Hepatitis B and also for syphilis. Treatment will be given for syphilis and the person will not be deported.
• Women workers, specially maids, nannies and drivers, will be asked to undergo a pregnancy test which costs Dh50.
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Save up to 15 per cent of fuel – with the Fleetboard Performance Analysis & Reports.
Saving time and resources: Automatically save all the important driver and mass memory data – regularly, DEKRA-certified, and in compliance with all laws – using the Fleetboard Driver Card and Mass Memory Download.
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Use the bird's eye view: Your entire fleet on one map – Fleetboard Mapping displays the status and position of your vehicles.
Benefit from Fleetboard Cockpit, which allows you to analyse your data obtained from the Fleetboard services quickly and in detail and displays the results in a clear and concise manner.
Information on economical driving style, driving and rest times and much more – sent directly to your smartphone by the Driver.app.
Your introduction to connectivity: The Manager App offers you valuable information about your fleet – simply, fast, and free of charge.
The Cockpit on the move: Keep your fleet in view – anywhere and any time.
The Truck Data Center is the core component of the networked truck. As a smart connectivity module, it continuously checks the status of the vehicle systems and transfers data in real time.


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Figures in Fabric
Reverie Publishing Company, Nov 1, 2004 - Antiques & Collectibles - 160 pages
An unprecedented exhibition of the work of this masterful artist, this in-depth study was conceived, photographed and written by Ms Lichtenfels. She presents 36 pieces in detail, a 20-year retrospective of her work and the step-by-step process of creating a fabric sculpture. More than 500 colour photos are included.
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Boil the spaghetti according to package directions. In a bowl, beat the eggs with a whisk, add the cream and grate half the parmesan on top.
Chop the onions, garlic and bacon finely.
Put olive oil in a pan and braise the bacon and onions until golden, add the garlic and fry briefly, being careful not to burn it.
Strain the spaghetti and put them in the pan with the other ingredients, lower the stove's temperature, pour in the egg-cream mixture and stir.
Cook for a few min. until the liquid gets absorbed.
Take the pan off the stove and grate the remaining parmesan on top.
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Archive for the 'Mango' Category
Packaging: The thing about this drink that stood out to me while it sat on the freezer shelf, was it's size. I just love (most) anything that's chibi(ちび) sized! :D I was looking for a drink, thinking maybe I'll have some ラムネ or Calpico, since I haven't had it in a while. And bam! This […]
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Haul #2 and Review #14
今日は日本町へいきます。(Today I went to Japantown.) And this is what I brought back: Bleh. I know it's not much. But I just didn't feel very spendy today. and plus, the main reason I went to 日本町 was to watch a movie: Alice in Wonderland! (: It was awesome! xD Anyways, don't fret. Because I still have […]
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Poetry, memoir,blogs and photographs from my world on the west coast of Canada.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
On Strawberries and Tigers
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Love this, savor the ferocity and enjoy the moment ~ Happy week to you Sherry, from BC with love, smiles ~ReplyDelete
At first I thought you meant Rebekeh Del Rio:ReplyDelete
I think the tigers want to do the tasting.
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2013 at 1:27 PM
This poem is lovely. It's lovely meeting you too :)ReplyDelete
Neat teaching, like giving presents to difficult people we have to work with. I don't know about tigers--but this helped me relate to a coworker.ReplyDelete
I agree with Susan. This can help us with difficult people, and surely I'll never be in a position to be chased by tigers, because, as you know, I can't run!ReplyDelete
Luv, K
Such wise strategy, Sherry. Very inspiring and deep piece of poetry..:)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2013 at 2:37 AM
great story and great poem. Is a great personal lesson for me at the moment. Learnt through great words. So thank you on many levels.ReplyDelete
Nice message in this, Sherry.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2013 at 9:49 AM
I love Pema Chödrön I have a large number of her books =) This poem is absolutely gorgeous as well!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2013 at 9:59 AM
What a great message, Sherry. Thank you for this.ReplyDelete
I so appreciate you taking the time to read and comment.
Thank you so much. I will be over to see you soon!


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Old Town Manor, formerly Eaton Lodge, is ideally located just steps off of Duval Street in the heart of Old Town Key West near Mallory Square, Sloppy Joe's, and Margaritaville. Built in 1886 the Old Town Manor's classical setting is a true reminder of our rich history. Did we mention our great location?
21st Century Retreat
While respecting the traditional Key West bed and breakfast, The Old Town Manor forges ahead with the 21st century and embraces the high energy of Key West. We are not your grandma's b&b! We are a state certified Green Lodging that offers a healthy all-natural breakfast and we're pet-friendly too! We are ranked as one of the top wedding venues in Key West so be sure to check out our wedding packages.
Destination Vacation
Key West is known as a retreat for progressive thinkers and we strive to create a relaxed environment for "all welcome" couples, honeymooners, weddings, and friends. Great location, affordable prices, and a friendly staff are all you need to begin your unforgettable Key West vacation, destination Key West wedding, or a romantic retreat.
The main property still boasts the original cypress front door and much original woodwork, including moldings and some flooring. The lobby contains a fireplace and a built-in mahogany bookcase, with a Colonial staircase leading to the hall. The property is also home to the tallest cistern in the Keys. Three stories high, it dates back to when Key West was dependent on rainwater only and remains at the rear of the property.
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|Old Town Manor
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The parade starts at 10am on Wednesday, July 4th and runs down Windbridge Drive from Lisbon School to Garcia Bend Park. After the parade there will be an awards ceremony and local business fair at Garcia Bend Park.
For more information, call the Pocket News at 916-429-9901.
Parade entry deadline is June 29th and entry forms are available from The Pocket News at 2709 Riverside Blvd (429-9901) or email@example.com (808-8545).
To volunteer to help out with the parade Contact Pastor Mike Higley at: email@example.com


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I stumbled across a very interesting article from Australia at the weekend. ('Wine Fit for Papal Palates')
Two major wineries in Australia, DiGiorgio Family Wines and Zema Estate, have been chosen to participate in a big riverside Australia Day celebration in Rome in January. This is just one in a series of Australia Day 2010-related events that will highlight various regions of the country locally and internationally. The Pope himself is scheduled to be in attendance for the Rome event, which means he too will likely be enjoying a glass (or two?) of the wineries' offerings. Both of the selected estates are located in the Coonawarra region of Australia, famous for its 'terra-rossa' soil, ideal for cultivating grapes for Cabernet Sauvignons.
With the change in season, I personally always turn from whites to the more deep, robust and oaky reds–Zinfandels and the occasional Shiraz, but mostly Cabernet Sauvignons. And I must admit it's strange to think that this winter at least I'll have a tiny little something in common with His Holiness…Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.


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Back in 2006, in early issues of Urban Ink Magazine, you could buy wallpaper for your phone featuring specially commissioned tattoo flash by Jo Ann Atwood! This ad ran for a few months alongside ads for other tattoo artists' flash collections.
Urban Ink Magazine Tattoo Flash Wallpaper Ad
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|Tuesday 28-08-2018
|20:00 - 00:00
|Meeting point
|Mick O'Connells, Jansdam 3, 3512 HA Utrecht
|This is event is free of charge
So you think you know which Dutch painter cut of a part of his ear?
Then be smart and share your knowledge of facts with us during our pubquiz!
Every Tuesday we will host a pubquiz in Irish pub Mick O'Connells. In small teams you will answer a set of questions whilst enjoying a drink. The questions cover a large variety of subjects; music, sports, geography, history, you name it. Compete in the quiz, enjoy your drinks, and most of all: socialize with your Summer School friends and the locals! The winning team will not leave empty handed.
We start at 8 pm, so please make sure you are on time.
Psst, the answer is... Vincent van Gogh of course!


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Amarillo Church of Christ
The Gospel
Location & Times
Contact Us
"I was glad when they said to me, let us go into the house of the Lord." – Psalm 122:1
The Gospel
Individual Study
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching." – Hebrews 10:25
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." – Romans 10:17
Our primary mission is to tell the world about the good news of Jesus Christ – His death, burial, and resurrection. Romans 1:16 says that the Gospel is the "power of God to salvation to everyone who believes."
It is only through the blood of Jesus that our sins can be cleansed, and only by His resurrection from the dead that we have hope of eternal life. There is no greater decision you will ever make than to obey
the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Jesus said that those who worship God must do so "in spirit and in truth" (John 4:24), which is what we do every time we assemble together. Our services are uplifting and encouraging, but more importantly based upon the teachings of the New Testament church.
We invite you to attend our services any time you are able to join us as we worship God in song, receive edifying teaching from God's Word, and observe communion (every Sunday morning) with our Lord .
Sundays: 10:30 AM & 2:30 PM
Wednesdays: 7:30 PM
If you want to learn more about Jesus Christ and His church, we'd love to share His Word with you. We have a plurality of able teachers who would love nothing more than to study the bible with you and your family.
We are willing to come to your home, or have you in our homes or a comfortable meeting room at our church building. If there is any way we can help bring the message of Jesus to you, please
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The way we handle the version proliferation problem is to keep a maximum number of the number of autoversioned versions to keep around. In a previous product, we had a limit on the number of "unreleased" (in DeltaV terms, unlabeled and unbaselined) versions to keep around. When either count is reached, we start deleting old versions automatically. --Eric -----Original Message----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]On Behalf Of Fay, Chuck Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 9:10 AM To: Geoffrey M. Clemm; email@example.com Subject: RE: DeltaV doesn't support a true client workspace > but also allows you to have just one new header, instead of requiring > a new header for every parameter to CHECKIN. > > So I have two questions: > > Chuck: Does the Autoversion header for PUT get you what you need? No (see above). To reiterate briefly, I'm trying to avoid a proliferation of versions created by auto-versioning. My server would auto-version only for versioning-unaware clients. Versioning-aware clients would CHECKOUT, GET, do all modifications locally on the client, then CHECKIN with the new content as the CHECKIN request body. What could be simpler? I strongly urge that this model of use be supported by DeltaV. Note that my server would reject any PUTS on a checked-out VCR, because it would not implement my proposed mutable VCR option. > Note that to be interoperable with versioning unaware clients, > you'll have to set DAV:auto-version anyway, so are you sure > that existing DAV:auto-version and PUT behavior isn't sufficient? Yes, because of the problem of proliferating versions. --Chuck Fay FileNET Corporation, 3565 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 phone: (714) 327-3513, fax: (714) 327-5076, email: email@example.com on Friday, 9 February 2001 15:48:00 UTC
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1. "...the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties the peoples' minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, strengthens their bones. He constantly tries to keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act on it. Where there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal."
2. "There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition, no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot, no fault greater than the wish to be getting. Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency."
3. "To those who are good to me, I am good; and to those who are not good to me, I am also good, and thus all get to be good. To those who are sincere with me, I am sincere; and to those who are not sincere with me, I am also sincere, and thus all get to be sincere. The sage does not accumulate for himself. The more that he expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have himself."
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Volunteers are central to our mission. Tutors are our greatest need!
We train literacy tutors to work with all ages and we provide tutors with ongoing support. Do you love math or writing? Then tutor an adult to pass her GED. Would you prefer to work with a teacher? Then assist at a drop-in tutoring site for adult learners where we have students at all levels of literacy. Do you enjoy working with families? Then support immigrant and refugee families who are learning English. Are you passionate about art, science, math, or tech? Then volunteer with young people and families in STEAM (science-tech-engineering-arts-math) literacy and learning projects. Do you want to see middle and high school students succeed in school? Then volunteer as a tutor or mentor.
Help a learner reach his or her literacy goals.
Our tutors do all of these things and more because they believe that literacy changes lives.
We welcome new volunteers who want to make literacy and lifelong learning accessible to everyone in our region. If tutoring is not possible for you right now, please contact us. We have other "essential support" volunteer opportunities: assist in our office; help plan events; serve on a task force or committee; invite us to speak at your workplace or with your community group; lead a discussion on literacy topics; serve as a "host" for some of our community family events; and the list goes on!
Together, we can meet the literacy needs in our community.
Literacy Volunteers of Southwest Minnesota tutors work with:
- English Language Learner adults, families, and young people (ELL/ESL) who have a first language other than English. Their language abilities will range from limited English to nearly fluent.
- Families who are interested in learning more about STEAM literacy.
- Native English speakers who want to improve their reading, writing, or public speaking skills
- Adults working to complete their GED.
- Adults who want to improve their math or digital literacy skills for work opportunities or personal use.
- Adults who want to obtain their U.S. citizenship.
- Individuals who want to begin or return to college and need to brush up on reading, writing, math, or study skills.
Click here for a copy of our Volunteer Application.
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION and TRAINING: We want to schedule orientation sessions that will work for you. Orientation session will provide information about:
- LV*SW*MN's mission and programs
- A tutor training overview
- Adult education programs in Minnesota
- Other "essential support" volunteer opportunities
There will be time for questions as well. We will schedule your tutor training if becoming a volunteer tutor is a good fit for you.
If you would like additional information or to schedule a tutor orientation, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or complete the contact form:
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LG Electronics India Limited (LGEIL), which is the current 3D TV leader in India with about half the market share, is gearing up to launch its new 2012 series of Cinema 3D Smart TVs. Mr. Soon Kwon, MD of LEGIL, heralded the 2012 lineup as "a significant step forward, thanks to a series of new and upgraded 3D features".
LG Cinema 3D 72LM9500
There are three principle techniques employed by 3D TVs to provide a perception of depth. They are – Shutter, Color Anaglyph, and Polarized. While the latter two are called as passive 3D, the former is dubbed as active. 3D TVs from the likes of Samsung and Sony fall into the first category. These TVs essentially use glasses that are synced with the TV and have a shutter that alternately opens and closes to deliver different frames to different eyes. The problem with this technique is that the glasses require batteries as well as an infra-red sensor to be able communicate with the TV set. This makes them both heavy and expensive. This technique also reduces the effective refresh rate of the TV. Anaglyph 3D content has two differently filtered colored images, one for each eye. The glasses are specially tinted to allow only one image and block the other. Thus, each eye receives a different image. Anaglyph glasses don't have any complicated circuitry, and hence are lighter and cheaper. The disadvantage of Anaglyph is that due to the tinting, the viewer often gets a dimmer image with poor contrast and color reproduction. Moreover, since both the images are delivered at the same time, there is a possibility of artifacts being present. Polarized 3D TVs work in a similar fashion; however, instead of altering the color, it alters the frequency of the image. Polarized glasses are expected to alleviate contrast and color reproduction issues; however, it still can suffer from the presence of artifacts.
LG's Cinema 3D display uses polarization technique (they prefer to call it Film Type Patterned Retarder 3D or FPR). As a result, LG Cinema 3D is able to deliver full 240 Hz refresh rate, which on paper means that you shouldn't observe any flickering. The glasses are also super light (15 grams) and extremely comfortable. For folks with spectacles, there is a clip-on lens that's even thinner and lighter.
LG Cinema 3D FPR Glasses
LG Cinema 3D FPR Clip-On Glasses
Now that we understand how LG's Cinema 3D works, let's have a look at some of the new features it will be introducing in its 2012 line-up.
Cinema Screen: In its LED 3D TVs, LG has managed to trim the bezel down to a phenomenal 1 mm. Thus, the actual display almost extends from edge to edge. LG is calling this Cinema Screen, since it believes that the new design will facilitate a seamless and immersive viewing experience à la the big screen.
LG Cinema 3D LM8600 with Cinema Screen
2D to 3D Conversion: 3D content is still pretty rare in the market. In order to tackle this problem, LG developed an algorithm to convert 2D content into 3D on the fly. The new models will feature an improved 6-step algorithm that should offer better 3D viewing experience.
Dual Play: Last year, we saw Sony allowing gamers to play PS3 games against each other on the same television screen by using special glasses. Now, LG is following suit with Dual Play for Xbox. As discussed earlier, 3D TV essentially works by displaying two different images to two different eyes. Somewhat similarly, dual play works by displaying two different images to two different players.
Magic Remote: LG has enhanced its remote by adding gesture support and a scroll wheel to it. The latter is particularly handy while surfing the web, while the former makes issuing complex command simple.
Smart Share Plus: While most current generation TVs come with DLNA for displaying multimedia content from mobile phones, tablets, and PCs on the big screen, LG has added support for a host of new technologies to differentiate itself. MHL (Mobile HD Link) allows compatible smartphones to be connected to the TV through micro HDMI to play HD content on the big screen. WiDi (Intel's Wireless Display) enables fast and easy connection between TVs and Laptops without any wires or internet network. Wi-Fi Screen Share enables the content on the TV screen to be shared with multiple devices including smart phones and tablets. And finally, 2nd Display enables you to watch TV programs or Blu-ray content on your smartphone or your tablet PC, even if that content is not being displayed on your TV. So, you can watch a cricket match on your tablet, while your mom is watching her favorite soap on the television. This feature will not be present out of the box, but will be made available by mid-2012 through an automatic software update.
LG Cinema 3D in Action
So, the LG Cinema 3D displays are packed to the brim with fun and useful features. However, how does it perform in real life? Earlier this week, I got a brief opportunity to check out the new displays in action, and the good news is that when it comes to picture quality, LG's offerings perform mostly as advertised. Brightness, contrast and color reproduction, which have been some of the major caveats of 3D TVs, are excellent. Flickering also didn't rear its ugly head. However, I can't vouch if LG has managed to address the headache issue, without using the 3D displays for prolonged periods. The 2D to 3D conversion is quite neat and adds a perceivable amount of depth to existing content. However, I didn't get a chance to check out the 3D conversion algorithm in action on a live stream. LG only had a music video for demonstration purposes. I am told that the effectiveness of the conversion process is heavily dependent on the quality of the source material. LG allows the user to control the intensiveness of the 3D effect. As you move the slider towards the right, depth of the picture increases; however, so does the amount of observable interlacing. Presets are available to help you tune the conversion settings according to the content that you are watching.


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On June 15, the American Foundation for the Blind will be honoring architect Chris Downey with a Helen Keller Achievement Award for his exemplary leadership in accessible design, and dedication to creating enriching and helpful environments for people who are blind or visually impaired. Downey lost his sight in 2008, and has since gone on to found his own consulting firm, Architecture for the Blind. He specializes in designing workplaces, museum environments, and vision rehabilitation centers. We asked him a few questions about his recent projects.
Helen Keller was a creative thinker when it came to her own home and work spaces. What do you think she would most appreciate about your recent work?
Chris Downey: It's intriguing if not daunting to consider what Helen Keller would most appreciate about my recent work. As a consumer and participant in popular culture, I would like to think that she would appreciate my efforts to design public spaces and architecture in ways that are inclusive of and equitable to all so that we may each participate equally. More so than mere functional accessibility, in the recent project for the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco, this idea and commitment went further to share the sense of delight within the design and architecture in ways that could be accessible whether or not it could be seen or heard.
In this manner, care was directed toward not only functional acoustics but also toward strategic acoustics that could improve accessibility for the blind and those with hearing loss, but also to contribute to the sense of joy, excitement, energy, and appropriateness for the wide range of activities and services offered.
In another design element, the handrails were designed to be visually beautiful but more importantly to offer a surprising grip that fits comfortably within the clasp of your hand—as if to be a welcoming handshake from the building that extends the grace and delight of the organization in ways not limited to sight.
**** Photo by Jasper Sanidad, courtesy of Mark Cavagnero Architects Associates.
Even the juxtaposition of the teaching kitchen near the reception area was thought to offer the aromas of cooking, perhaps fresh-baked bread or cookies, to waft over and greet visitors or the student when coming for their first lesson. I like to think that Helen Keller would be thrilled by this idea of design for the blind, by the blind, that targets a sense of beauty in architecture that respects the sense of yearning for delight and excitement that belongs to all of us and should be open to perception regardless of how it is experienced.
**** Photo by Jasper Sanidad, courtesy of Mark Cavagnero Architects Associates.
AFB's annual Helen Keller Achievement Awards celebrate the accomplishments of people and organizations who are working to create a world with no limits for people who are blind or visually impaired. How does that philosophy of "no limits" inspire your work?
The project that pops into mind when thinking of "no limits" is my current work with the internationally renowned architects, Grimshaw Architects of the UK and New York for the design of the Sustainability Pavilion for EXPO 2020 in Dubai. This new structure is to be a major thematic focus of the Expo that is to be open to the world and a catalyst for positive social and ecological change in the area. The pavilion is to be "Net-Zero", energy neutral, as a major cultural center in the desert blending vernacular architectural techniques and cutting-edge ecological systems, while instilling a sense of shared stewardship of the earth and its vitality.
Artist's rendering courtesy of Grimshaw Architects.
My role within this endeavor is to work with the architects, designers, and engineers to incorporate the principles of Universal or Inclusive Design in ways that open the experience of the building and its message to all. It's the most awe-inspiring opportunity—and responsibility—that I have ever had, sighted or not. It humbles me to realize that there is no limit to the potential as an architect without sight and no limit to how we can imagine including all of us, in all our many different forms and cultures, toward a future that is inclusive, dynamic, and exciting for everyone.
I hope Helen Keller would be thrilled to know that a blind architect could be invited to participate in such a remarkable project and cultural event as the Sustainability Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai.
Many thanks to Chris for sharing these beautiful photos of his work with us. Learn how you can participate in the 2017 Helen Keller Achievement Awards honoring his work, along with the accomplishments of the Google and Netflix teams. Proceeds from this gala and silent auction will enable AFB to continue to provide vital programs and services that remove barriers, create opportunities, and expand possibilities for people with vision loss.


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I probably would buy it again if it were available locally as grabbing a bottle whilst passing a store is easier than finding time to order on line (that is when I remember + have time and the ipad to my side!) However, I could just sign off and be ordering it right now in fact...
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Expect Delta to double the number of planes flying with Gogo's faster 2Ku service by the end of 2017. That's the good new for passengers out of today's quarterly earnings call. Gogo expects to have 400-500 aircraft fitted with the upgraded satellite service, up from 226 at the end of June, and some 300 of those will be flying the widget on their tail.
Enjoying the faster the @gogo #2Ku service on @Delta? Should be 300ish planes upgraded by EoY 17. #PaxEx
— Seth Miller (@WandrMe) August 7, 2017
For American Airlines travelers there is also some good news as the first AA plane with 2Ku installed recently entered service, ahead of schedule. More than 100 AA planes will eventually carry the 2Ku system on board.
Gogo also reported record revenue for the quarter. The increased revenue is joined by increased expenses, mostly attributed to the 2Ku program rollout according to CEO Michael Small's statement in the release, "We launched 2Ku service on five new airlines in the quarter and are on plan to meet our targeted increase in installations during the second half of the year. While these installs require up-front investment, they will all produce positive returns in the future." Small also reiterated expectation of realizing free cash flow in 2019 based in large part on the 2Ku installation pace, a comment that was repeated several times during the call.
Regarding end-user pricing, the variety of rates to passengers is not limited only to the shifts reported on Delta's 2Ku planes first reported late last month. Similar pricing structure has also been spotted on British Airways and consumers should expect more variety in the future.
More on the recent $GOGO #2Ku rate hike from @AirlineFlyer for @RunwayGirl: https://t.co/vyGpeKyCZX. #PaxEx https://t.co/yx5mdPS0Xs
— Seth Miller (@WandrMe) August 7, 2017
Small acknowledged that rates are dynamic and expects more variety airline by airline in the coming months, "We're trying a lot of different new pricing models. I would not say that any of them are indicative necessarily of where we're going to go in the long run other than to say they will increasingly be tailored to the airlines' preferences. Some airlines, like Japan Airlines, may pay for 100% connectivity. Other airlines may do lesser amounts of airline-paid connectivity. I think there will be a wide range."
Even with the rapid 2Ku deployment – still targeting some 450-500 by EOY – 2Ku is expected to still be fewer than 15% of the total airframes fitted in the CA-NA segment at the end of the year. Gogo has not yet commented on revenue or take rate shifts based on more than 1 million 2Ku sessions served across 250+ aircraft since product launch. Between new pricing plans and continued deployment growth the Q3 numbers should more accurately reflect the willingness of passengers to pay more for an improved inflight product. Alas, no guarantee (indeed, skepticism) that Gogo will share those numbers.
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Hitting another record revenue number for the quarter is great news for Gogo as it works towards profitability. Both take rate (users/flight connecting) and revenue per fitted aircraft (ARPA) increased in the North America segment while revenue per session dropped year over year for the fourth straight quarter.
$GOGO's take North America rate is up (more users) but $$/session down. A result of more TMO and other sponsored connections?? #PaxEx pic.twitter.com/Xtv2SRDGSD
— Seth Miller (@WandrMe) August 7, 2017
That drop coincides with the launch of T-Mobile's partnership with Gogo that gives a free hour or more of connectivity on board. The revenue per session there is lower but Gogo loves the multi-payer strategy and expects it to pay off over time as total revenue continues to increase.
For planes operating outside of North America the revenues jumped even more sharply per aircraft. That's attributable to the product now being installed long enough that consumers understand what it is and are willing to pay for it. Plus, JAL pays for all its passengers to be connected on every flight, bumping up the total revenue nicely. The challenge on this front comes from the fact that Gogo just launched 5 new global airlines on the 2Ku service. That means another round of customers who need to be educated and an expectation that revenue per aircraft will drop on average. Small suggested that the existing aircraft will hold steady during the next few quarters, separate from the lower ARPA of the new carriers joining the Gogo family.
Big Costs
Realizing the record revenue did not come cheap to Gogo. Expenses are also up, particularly around the 2Ku hardware and OEM/line-fit efforts. The company indicated it will exceed its predicted $30mm incremental CapEx for 2017 for the 2Ku program. The additional costs were described on the call as "co-investments with our airline partners," drawing attention to Gogo's expectation that the CapEx is a necessary component to realizing the greater revenue going forward and that the hardware costs will be recouped.
~$300-350K per a/c subsidy for every single 2Ku installed a/c for 2017
— born2flyjet (@born2flyjet) August 7, 2017
This is another way of saying that Gogo is financing the hardware. No (or very low) cost to the airline up front and the expense is paid off over time based on revenue. With the per-aircraft cost estimated north of $300,000 (no one shares the real numbers publicly) getting all those planes equipped does not come cheap.
Getting the 2Ku system on to planes during the manufacturing process reduces complexity to the airline. The line fit programs are a big draw when it comes to signing up new airline customers and Gogo's investment on that front during the first half of the year is also paying off. The first Delta A350 delivered last week includes the 2Ku service installed by Airbus, after manufacture but in the company's customization center. COO John Wade notes that Gogo expects "full Airbus factory fit installations in 2018." The Boeing program is also showing progress, with concrete results expected later this year according to Wade. "We also expect our first Boeing OEM installation at the end of this year on a 787 and we expect to have full line fit optionality in late 2018 or early 2019 for Boeing." Getting the 2Ku kit on the 787 platform is a significant win for Gogo, particularly given Boeing's reluctance to allow much in the way of variation from its default mount and radome options on the type.
What's Next(Gen)?
Finally, the NextGen ATG platform development continues, on pace and on budget. Gogo continues to test hardware in the lab, delivering speeds greater than 130 Mbps. It expects to have the hardware flying on its test aircraft in early 2018 and commercial installations available later in the year. The install will be an overnight effort, keeping costs low for airlines.
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Summer is not one of my favorite seasons because it is just too hot especially here in California. Ughhh...can't even stand to go out for a few minutes. I think this is the reason why I have been mking a lot of frozen drinks and shakes lately...hahaha.
Bananas were on sale the other day when I went grocery shopping $0.59/lb... really cheap so I wan tempted again to buy some....okay, I bought 6 of them and they are Ha! I think I am getting my money worth on the blender lately...I think I have gotten more mileage on it the last few days than I did for the last three years combined...hehehe
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Leaving work today, it was an art night. I could feel it. Even during my stay in California art had failed to surface as an outlet, and I could feel the lack of creativity in my life suddenly reach an immediate and painful boiling point.
Tight budget, and tonight it's going towards art supplies. Some nights I feed my belly, tonight I feed my peace of mind. It's a fair trade, and a healthy one in the long run. I headed to Alpha, the art store around the corner from my house. Thinking it was just full of the usual nauseatingly cute Korean stationery that is everywhere, I stumbled in a few days ago and was surprised to find a fairly decent collection of art materials, supplies, handmade paper and, of course, cuteness. The back half of the store is basically Emmy paradise. I got lost in the shelves the first time I was there and had to literally make myself stop and walk out the door. Dangerous. But at least I know where to go if I want to do a project.
Giving myself the 8,000 won I would have spent on food today was a great exercise in self control, but it stretched. Origami paper, a length of ribbon, some craft wire, two big pieces of handmade printed paper and a calligraphy pen accompanied me out of the shop. Score.
At home, determined to not spoil my creative evening by just eating ramen, I cooked up a sweet potato and scarfed some white rice mixed with cheap packaged curry powder. Sort of a fried rice stir-fry, and it did the trick. A few moments to eat and practice Hangeul (the Korean alphabet). To work! To work!
Although completely incorrect, I've been playing with Hangeul initials drawings. Mine, ESH, for example, looks remarkably like a winking face. I love it. Thanks calligraphy pen and my mediocre knowledge of Korean! I can't wait to explore this further. Too bad it is grammatically incorrect for most combinations. Still looks pretty cool.
All I knew I wanted to do with the art paper was decorate my walls; they are painfully bare. Luckily, I brought along some watercolor pencils and a watercolor pen. We'll see what the painting turns into over the next few days.
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Average Length of Stay at Laguna Honda Hospital
Department of Public Health
Target: Less than 60 days
Target Status: NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Average: 86.4 days
This is a measure of the average length of stay (in days) for patients receiving skilled nursing facility (SNF) rehabilitative services at Laguna Honda Hospital (LHH). LHH is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, which provides a range of services to San Franciscans who are disabled and chronically ill, including specialized care for those with wounds, head trauma, stroke, spinal cord and orthopedic injury, HIV/AIDS, and dementia. This measure represents only those patients categorized as skilled nursing rehab patients, meaning the patient is receiving rehabilitative services for the effects of illnesses and injuries such as stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, and other major traumas. LHH is part of the San Francisco Health Network (SFHN).
The SFHN is a comprehensive system of care, overseen by the Department of Public Health (DPH), which includes primary and specialty care, dentistry, emergency and trauma treatment, skilled nursing and rehabilitation, and behavioral health. SFHN is made up of the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, LHH and Rehabilitation Center, as well as numerous DPH-run primary care clinics throughout the city.
How Laguna Honda Hospital is Performing
The fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 year-to-date average length of stay for skilled nursing facility (SNF) rehab patients at Laguna Honda Hospital is 68.6 days as of April 2017, decreasing in recent month after above-average results in late 2016. Laguna Honda's ability to meet their target fluctuates month-to-month, as patients with more severe diagnosis or debilitating injuries will have a length of stay significantly longer than the target. The previous decrease in length of stay in 2016 was related to performance improvement work around appropriately tracking and discharging identified short-stay residents.
How Performance is Measured
This is monthly measure of total number of patient days divided by the total number of patients who were admitted to the Skilled Nursing Facility rehabilitation service. SNF length of stay is a metric used for tracking purposes. There are no operational decisions made based on length of stay alone. Examples of additional information that would need to be reviewed before making an operational decision is lower level of care data and notes. This metric excludes acute rehabilitation services.
The number displayed on the scorecard page represents a fiscal year average. This is calculated as a simple average of monthly values reported in the chart above. The fiscal year average for the previous year, however, is calculated as the total (sum) number of days of SNF patient days during the fiscal year, divided by the total (sum) number of patients admitted to the SNF service during the fiscal year.
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Barrel Length : 6.8inches including muzzle device (175mm)
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The BCM Europearms PM4 Storm semi-automatic carbine is designed in Italy and has its roots based in the Spectre M4 which was developed by the Italian company SITES in 1980s. This firearm was designed by the same people who designed the Spectre M4 (seen below).
SITES (Società Italiana Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A.) Spectre M4
The BCM Europearms PM4 Storm was designed for the civilian and security markets. The availability outside of Italy is unclear to Gearsofguns.com at this time.
The platform does not have a manual safety since the firearm uses its own proprietary SA/DA trigger group. The first trigger pull will always be double action only and each subsequent trigger pull will be single action similar to that of a revolvers SA/DA trigger.
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Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
Polar Sonic is an alternate form of Ultra Sonic. He has, so far, only appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog #71.
He achieved this form while running at high speeds through the Southern Tundra while using Nate Morgan's Super Emerald to return to Knothole in regular time. He has only made this transformation once and it seems probable that the environment influenced his change to this state as well as Solar Sonic and Eco Sonic. Polar Sonic can manipulate ice.
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In the early 1980s it was quite possible to publish a web page and immediately start selling an e-book or a service, requesting a purchase immediately. Today there are a lot of poor products available online that have caused a great deal of damage to the reputation of online marketing and ecommerce. Which means you should work to establish a rapport and relationship with your audience online to eventually convert them into eager customers over a long period. You can still try to sell to "cold" customers but the effort and cost will be a lot higher because the conversion rate from lead to customer will be very low, so you might as well do it properly from the beginning, create a relationship, show your skill and follow up with product recommendations – it's more natural and the way it works out in the real world.
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There's been some debate recently about the role of centers of excellence (COE) -- aka competency centers - in building and maintaining service-oriented architectures.
Analysts love to recommend centers of excellence as a best practice, but in the real world, companies often ignore their advice, as Joe McKendrick pointed out in a recent blog post.
McKendrick said an April ebizQ survey revealed only 9 percent of respondents had established some form of SOA competency center/center of excellence. You probably won't be surprised to learn that large companies - more than $1 billion a year in revenue - were more likely than small companies - less than $25 million a year in revenue - to establish centers of excellence.
I wasn't surprised to learn this about SOA, which is a relatively new initiative at many companies and with few well-defined best practices. But integration competency centers (ICC) -- which analysts have been pushing for several years now -- also are a woefully neglected best practice, according to Forrester analyst and ICC expert Ken Vollmer.
In a recent interview, Vollmer said ICCs are still very much in the realm of a best practice that's not actually practiced:
"...I do not believe the majority of firms have an ICC, only those that are more leading edge, if you will. It's mistakenly seen as a luxury, when in fact it should be a necessity. It makes operations much more effective. So, people can think they're saving money and not fund an ICC -- they're going to pay the piper in the long run."
I asked Vollmer how companies could decide whether they needed an ICC. He said any organization with mid-to-high-level integration issues could benefit from an ICC, but added that there are four very clear symptoms that you need an ICC:
I would say you could apply those same standards to a SOA center of excellence -- except substitute "SOA" and "services" for "integration tools" and "interfaces." And, although Vollmer didn't specifically mention it, I also do not doubt that a SOA center of excellence could benefit from working with or including members of an established ICC.
ICCs can also prove valuable during business process management (BPM) implementations, according to Vollmer.
"We did a survey recently of 18 large financial institutions that had the BPM center of excellence; in every one of them, the IT organization was providing the leadership for that group, and it has very similar overall requirements as an ICC. ... So, these things started out as integration competency centers, but they are really being called on more and more frequently to provide guidance for a wide range of tools that are being used both on the IT and business side."
So if centers of excellence are so useful, why aren't more companies embracing the concept for integration or SOA? Being a free spirit with a deep aversion to meetings, my hunch is companies are turned off by the very bureaucratic sound of a competency center or center of excellence. So, I asked Vollmer if an ICC had to be an ongoing effort -- a standing commitment -- or if you could just get everybody in one place, identify some best practices, and lay out the rules?
Alas, Vollmer said an ICC does need to be an ongoing effort. And his reasons make sense:
"There are always new integration tools coming out, and this group should be responsible for keeping up to date on what the latest trends are, and make sure that that is incorporated in the business. So it's not a static, one-time job, not at all. They have to keep current, they have to keep trained, and they have to make sure that they keep pushing that information out to the rest of the application development team."
No doubt, that would apply to SOA, too.
Vollmer makes a good case for a standing center of excellence -- but I've learned the hard way that the "right" way of doing things doesn't always work out in real life. Sometimes, you have to do what's right for you now, even if it's not "the" best practice.
As Todd Biske argued in a recent blog post, there are good reasons to create a temporary center of excellence. Sometimes, you've got to do what you can to get a job done and you just don't have the staff or patience for an ongoing obligation. In that case, why not set up a temporary center of excellence? Of course, it would probably help if you took Biske's other piece of advice and include the enterprise architect -- or someone with IT infrastructure oversight -- on each COE so that you could ensure continuity.
At the least, a temporary COE will serve your needs now without burdening your staff with an ongoing commitment. On the other hand, this short-term experiment may help you understand why competency centers and COEs are considered "best practices" and you may opt to extend yours indefinitely. Either way, your immediate needs are met.
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University access work by further education colleges may be jeopardised by the extra workload imposed by new rules requiring teenagers to continue studying maths and English beyond the age of 16, an engineering body has warned.
Teenagers in post-16 education must now carry on with the subjects until the age of 18 if they fail to achieve at least Cs in maths and English at GCSE, a change introduced in September.
But there are concerns that the focus on bolstering numeracy and literacy skills among an extra 250,000 students a year will reduce colleges' ability to teach higher-level qualifications that lead to university.
Matthew Harrison, director of engineering and education at the Royal Academy of Engineering, said that the supply of engineering students to universities could be affected by the requirements as colleges' focus shifted to teaching the lower-level qualifications.
"We are piling on more demands, but we haven't seen a corresponding increase in investment to help do these things," he said. "If you are teaching an extra 200,000 or so students, further education could do with a massive injection of funds to do it."
Professor Harrison said that teachers may struggle to give the necessary support to those thinking about studying engineering at university because of the extra burden.
"These students need close mentoring and personal support – all these things are likely to become a luxury when you have bigger workloads," he said.
The issue was especially important because further education colleges had long been fertile recruitment ground for the engineering profession, Professor Harrison said.
Steps should be taken to increase the numbers studying the discipline from further education colleges because simply focusing on students with high A-level grades would not solve the UK's chronic shortage of engineers, he added.
Only about 15,000 under-19s in further education achieved AS-level maths and about 8,000 gained A-level maths in 2010-11, far below the levels needed by the engineering profession, Professor Harrison said.
"Only recruiting from the top set is not enough," he argued. "But it is a big ask for colleges to ramp up the number of students taking higher qualifications that lead to university when they are demanding they teach more functional skills."
According to the Association of Colleges, an extra 2,100 teachers will be needed to deliver the additional courses. However, skills minister Matthew Hancock has claimed that "in most cases" the numbers were "in place" to teach them.


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Copyright © 2008-2013
Jürgen Hoffmann
European Union Public
Licence Version 1.1]
During the years 2008 to
the beginning of 2011 I wrote a number of programs that might (or might not)
be useful to others, so why not sharing them? Many of them were inspired by
the experiences I made with UNIX shell programming. But (MS-)DOS is not UNIX
and it is not always useful to do a one-to-one port of an existing UNIX program
to DOS. The programs and utilities offered here for download were all re-written
from scratch, considering the capabilities and limitations of true 16-bit (MS-)DOS.
Most of them were developed under Borland C++, version 3.1 on an old computer
with a 486 processor. They do not require 32-bit support or any kind of DOS
extender software. As far as networking is involved they do however require
a packet driver.
The archive DOSUTILS.ZIP
is a collection of seventeen small utilities which are most useful in batch procedures
even though most of them can also be used from the command line. One of them
allows to do (32-bit) integer calculations which can not only be used for numeric
loop counters but for many other purposes as well. Another one allows to cut
arbitrary parts from the output of other programs and store them in environment
variables. And a third one provides a user menu and directory browser. But why
don't you just look and try yourself?
Detailed descriptions of
the individual programs can be found in the files DOSUTILS.TXT and
FORM.TXT in the archive.
The archive ETHTOOLS.ZIP
is a collection of seven programs for ethernet network analysis. They require
an ethernet card (of course) and a packet driver, but no further configuration.
A description can be found
in the file ETHTOOLS.TXT in the archive. In addition each program has
a built-in help function which can be accessed by the command line switches
/h or /?
LANSTAT (LAN STATus)
is a LAN supervisor, a program that regularly polls the nodes of a local area
network to check their accessability and constantly displays the status of the
LAN in a clearly arranged tabular manner. The trick is, that LANSTAT
doesn't do any network access by itself, rather it invokes external programs
(like, e.g., ping) for that purpose. This approach does not only keep the program
very compact, it also makes it independent of the underlaying network stack.
Therefore LANSTAT can run under virtually any type and brand of networking
NTOOL is an incarnation
of the program netcat which is also known as the "swiss army knife"
of TCP/IP networking. See the file NTOOL.TXT inside the archive. It
further describes the program and gives a number of examples of how it can be
RMENU is "kind
of" a telnet server for DOS. Of course it cannot turn (MS-)DOS into a multiuser
system, therefore only one connection is accepted at any time, but it can be
used to remotely control a computer runnig DOS via telnet. Unlike one might
expect, it doesn't provide a command prompt, at least not by default, rather
it offers the remote user a menu from which he/she can pick an item. What kind
of actions the various menu items perform, is controlled by a configuration
file. Although the archive comes with a demo-configuration file which allows
to play around, it is absolutely necessary for a serious application to carefully
set-up this configuration file according to the individual needs. The file RMENU.DOC
which can also be found in the archive tells you the details.
Screenshot #1: The help screen of the RPN calculator RPN.COM.
Screenshot #2: The help screen of the program to set environment variables PIPESET.COM.
Screenshot #3: The menu program and directory browser SELECT.COM.
Screenshot #4: One example of the capabilities of FORM.
Screenshot #5: Another example of the capabilities of FORM.
Screenshot #6: The help screen of the ethernet capturing program ETHDUMP.EXE.
Screenshot #7: The main screen of the ethernet data browser ETHSHOW.EXE.
Screenshot #8a: An example of LANSTAT's screen layout.
Screenshot #8b: An example of LANSTAT's screen layout.
Screenshot #9: An example of LANSTAT's optional HTML output.
Screenshot #10: The help screen of the network utility NTOOL.EXE.
Screenshot #11: RMENU used to remotely edit its own source code in
Borland C++, via the telnet client that came with Windows 98.
Screenshot #12: The same as above, but with
PuTTY as the
telnet client.
DOSUTILS: dosutils.zip
(285.9 Kbytes)
ETHTOOLS: ethtools.zip (185.2
LANSTAT: lanstat.zip (106.0
NTOOL: ntool-15.zip (109.0
RMENU: rmenu-17.zip (123.6
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Loving… the packing process. I don't love a lot of parts about moving, but I do love to pack. Is that weird? I just find something soothing about packing up my life. I can carefully categorize everything and sort my things into their proper boxes. I can toss things I haven't used since I moved in and make sure what I am bringing to my new home are things I use and love. My big plan this weekend is to pack, pack, pack and I am really looking forward to it. Now, who wants to hire me to pack up their life? I'm game!
Loathing… spending money. I knew I would have to spend a good chunk of money for necessities for my new place. When I moved in with Roomie, she brought everything and I… brought my bed, my dresser, and my TV. Oh, and a blender. So, I made a list of the things I absolutely, no-bones-about-it needed the minute I moved into my new place. Things like plates and bowls and silverware. And mixing bowls and measuring cups and pots and pans. I took trips to IKEA, T.J. Maxx, and Target this past weekend and spent a ton of money, and it hurt. Even though everything I bought was something I needed, there's just something I hate about spending money. It just annoys me. Ah, well. It can't be helped!
Reading… Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I'm finally on book five! Hooray! Book five is probably my least favorite in the series, mostly due to Dolores Umbridge. God, she is the worst, isn't she?
Watching… very little TV lately. Maybe I'm preparing myself for life without cable, haha! I'm only watching Big Brother and MasterChef right now. Of course, I was all about the Olympics (mostly the gymnastics and the swimming) when it was on, so I guess I'm just being selective about what I'm watching. My nights have been spent doing work and my weekends have been jam-packed, so there hasn't been a ton of lounging around lately!
Anticipating… my first *actual* fantasy football draft! I've played fantasy football for a few years, but only with my brother so it's not real fantasy football. I'm playing with 13 other coworkers and I'm only one of three females, so I have to represent! This afternoon is our draft party, and I've been studying up as much as I can so I can dominate this draft. Wish me luck!
Thinking about… my upcoming social media and blogging break. I am ready for it, but also worried. Social media and blogging can be such a great distraction for me, and I may need the distraction with my transition from living with a roommate in Tampa to living alone in St. Pete. But it will also be good for me to sit with my thoughts and feelings, even when they're uncomfortable. (But don't fault me if I pop in once or twice with a blog post. Writing is my therapy!)
Needing… some extra hours in the day. I wish I was one of those people who could survive on very little sleep. It would help me to get more done! I guess I just need to hone my time management skills.
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Annette Jones Miller, 83, of Clarksville, TN, died on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Gateway Medical Center. She was born on December 6, 1929 in Woodbury, TN to the late Sam Joseph Jones and Georgia Higgins Jones. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Miller; one brother, Bobby Jones; and two sisters, Avanell George and Edwina Hamilton.
Funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Chapel with David George officiating. Graveside service will be held on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. in Leoni Cemetery in Woodbury, TN. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 from 4-7 p.m. and Thursday, July 25, 2013 from 9 a.m. until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Annette is survived by her two sons, James (Hattie) Miller, II of Johnson City, TN and Jeff Miller of Clarksville, TN; three daughters, Lisa (Eddie) Adkins of Clarksville, TN, Cathy (Mike) Seis of Dover, TN, and Tammie (Brian) Maxwell of Cumberland Furnace, TN; brother, Jerry Jones of Murfreesboro, TN; sister, Myra Sue (Jim) Kastor of Statesville, NC; ten grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and one brother-in-law, Grady George.
Pallbearers will be Michael Seis, Daniel Miller, Steven Maxwell, Eddie Adkins, Mike Seis, and Grady George, Jr.
Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences may be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.