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Stampin' Royalty . Please hop on over to se see what the fabulous Design Team has created. Anyway, this card was created by stamping the image on Whisper White cardstock in Versa Mark and clear emossed with embossing powder and a heat gun. Then I used sponge daubers to add colour to the stamped images. Next I trimmed it down and matted it on a frame made with the Tulip Embossing folder. Finally I added the pompom trim and sentiment and popped them up on stampin dimensionals.
The Fun Stuff:
1. Stamps - Nature Walk, Fifth Avenue Floral, Easter Blossoms
2. Ink - Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Real Red
3. Paper - Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Tangerine Tango
4. Accessories - Scallop Oval and Large Oval punches, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Pompom Trim
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Colour Q Challenge #78
This week we have a soft and subtle colour combo at Colour Q. This page started out as a copy of this page I copied below. The original was a display at the most recent Regionals in Vancouver. I love, love, LOVE Botanic Garden DSP and at regionals we received a set of Nature Walk stamps. I pulled out my laptop and went straight to work with MDS. (My Digital Studio) I haven't recreated this page exactly as some of the papers are not available in MDS, and I tried to add a touch of pink with the flowers. The celery paper at the bottom is stamped with images from Nature and French Foilage in Old Olive
THE FUN STUFF: (all on My Digital Studio)
1. Paper - Notables Desktop Calendar Kit, Botanic Garden, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla
2. Stamp Brushes - Nature Walk, French Foilage, Bliss, Torn Edges
3. Accessories - Paper Daisies, Seam Binding Ribbon, Sending Love Epoxy Brads
Monday, March 28, 2011
Swaps from Monica
Aren't these adorable. They were created by the talented Monica Chan. Check out her blog http://www.papercottage.blogspot.com/ She used the adorable Create a Cupcake set and matching punch to make these adorable cards. The colours are Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, and Early Espresso
Saturday, March 26, 2011
As a kid...
So we've been down in California this past week. I've now got TONS of photos to scrap. It's going to be soooooooooooo easy with My Digital Studio. As I have MDS on my laptop here with me, its so easy to start scrappin' right now. And with such an adorable photo of my son, I just couldn't resist. Brad and Connor found these airplanes in the dollar bin and once Connor figured it out, he's been super excited to play with them. I just love the look of pure joy on his face.
Friday, March 25, 2011
This page was whipped up using My Digital Studio and the newest 2011 Notable Desktop Calendar kit. I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the paper in this kit. I added a few embellishments and let the photos take centre stage.
Anyway, I FINALLY convinced Brad to move. We found a house that we LOVE, and it's in the school catchment area that we want, and it's only 5 blocks away from where we are now, so we don't have to leave our neighbourhood. It's also on a short, flat, cul-de-sac, with a park and playground at the end. The house is much bigger than our current one, and is better for so many reasons that I can't list them all here. But the real kicker, the one that pushed Brad over the edge, is that the house does NOT need any work. Nope, no paint, or anything. Every other move we've done has been into a real dump that needed a lot of work. It was always about what this new house could be. This house we have just bought is all about what it is now. The only room that needs work is my new craft room. And I'm so excited to mold it into my dream room that I can't explain it all here.
So back to the page above...
We bought the new house without having sold our current house. We then needed to clean up our house, tear down a shed from the backyard, and list and sell our house - FAST. Part of the process was to get our house ready for an Open House and to have professional photos taken to post on the web on our realtor's website. So we rented one of those portable containers and they put it on our driveway and we filled it with all the crap that we have, but dont' need. We posted the shed on Craigslist for free and some guys came and tore it down in 3 days. Then our realtor had the photographer in and - voila - we got the photos above.
Our house has never looked so good. It's nothing special from the outside, but those hardwood floors, and that new kitchen that Brad put in, really helped. In fact, we listed the house, had a few opens, and sold it in 8 days - for more than we asked for it. - WHEW!
So now we wait until the end of April to move into our new house. One of these days I'm going to put together a series of pages to show all the homes we have had and all the work that Brad, my Dad, and Brad's brother have done (oh yeah, and I cut a mean tile on the wet saw too) and show everone what we have accomplished. If you have made it to the end of this, thanks for listening. Hope you enjoyed my page.
Labels: 8.5x11 page, MDS, my digital studio
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Stampin Royalty Challenge #64
This week at Stampin Royalty we have a sketch challenge for you. I decided that I wanted to use coordinting paper for this card, so I pulled out my Stampin' Up DSP and narrowed it down to the Elegant Soiree DSP. Then it was just a matter of deciding which sides to feature. After I figured that out, I mounted it on a few layers of cardstock, and then sponged the edges to add more definition to the smaller pieces. I stamped the sentiment and then roughed up the edges a bit to age it a bit. I tilted it a bit to add interest. The ribbons are actually both the Crumb Cake Seam Binding ribbon. I just pulled a thread from the middle of one and gathered it up to add more texture. The other one I added some sticky tape to the back and folded it a few times so that it was nice and narrow. I finished it off with a few Antique Brads.
The Fun Stuff:
1. Paper - Elegant Soiree, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
2. Stamps - Well Scripted
3. Ink - Soft Suede, Night of Navy
4 Accesories - Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Antique Brads
Labels: cards, sketch challenge, SR, stampin royalty
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Colour Q Challenge #77
This week at Colour Q we have a fabulous combo. I was so excited about this combo that I just couldn't wait to get started. I had this beautiful photo of my daughter that I took a few weeks back. I just love how incredibly joyful she looks in the photo. The colours in the photo did not match the challenge colours, so I edited the photo to black and white - it's unbelieveably simply to do so in My Digital Studio. Here's how I put the page together.
The background paper is Concord Crush. Next I took a square punch and filled it with Bashful blue. I enlarged the punch to almost the size of the page and centred it to create the purple border around the page. Next I layered several of the Vintage Overlays stamps over the punch. Most of them were coloured in Bermuda Bay and adjusted the opacity to make the paper appear vintage. The final puple tulip border is an image from the Vintage Overlays stamp brush set, which I coloured in Concord Crush. I also added the script image from the French Foilage set in Whisper White.The flower images are from the Friends 24-7 stamp brush set. I used a new technique that I just learned on My Digital Studio.net to colour them in. If you use MDS then you NEED to sign up for mydigitalstudio.net It's open to demonstrators AND customers. And it's a great resource to learn new tips and tricks.
Anyway, the flowers were coloured in Concord Crush and Kiwi Kiss. The titles are images from the Greatest Moments stamp brush sets and then I used a text box to type in Teagans name and the date.The embellishments are ribbons in Bashful Blue and Bermuda Bay and then I topped it all off with an Antique Brad. Click here to find out how I coloured in the flowers.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Vancouver Swaps!
This great little swap was one I received at Vancouver Regionals last month. Unfortunately there is no stamp on the back of it, so I am unable to credit the person who made this. The truly unique thing about this card is the little medallion. Below is a closeup. This was made with 2 circles punched from the Love Letter DSP. The top layer was scrunched up and distressed to create some texture. A brad was punched into the middle to secure it to the card. The background was stamped first and then sent through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder. I really like this little swap.
The Fun Stuff:
1. Paper - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Love Letter DSP
2. Ink - Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler
3. Stamps - Bliss
Accerssories - Chocolate Chip brads, Crochet Lace, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder
Labels: swaps
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Vancouver Swaps!
Here's another fabulous Vancouver Swap made by one of our own Stampin' Royalty goddesses, Jennifer Picard. Below I have quoted her description from her blog about this swap. For more details check out her blog at http://www.anewinkonlife.com/
"This card is definitely Clean and Simple and so very different from my other swap card; told you I have a hard time creating many of the same thing:
This is a super fun colour combination of Elegant Eggplant, Peach Parfait, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. For the layout of this card there was a lot of "white space" so to add a little interest I randomly stamped the flower from Itty Bitty Bits (which you can get for FREE with a qualifying Sale a Bration order :) in Peach Parfait Ink. The Elegant Eggplant strip was embossed with Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder and I attached a scalloped strip (created using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch) of Certainly Celery under it.
The flower was made with the Fancy Flower Punch and I then stamped the coordinating For You Flower (which you could also get for FREE :) on Whisper White with Elegant Eggplant Ink. Rather than punching out the full flower I just punched out the center with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch. To finish it off I stamped the word "thanks" from Fabulous Pharses and attached a cute matching Flower Bitty Button."
Labels: swaps
Thursday, March 17, 2011
For Japan With Love - a blogger's day of silence
Last night I sat at my computer with tears in my eyes.
As a mother, I worry about the future for my children...
Tomorrow I will be observing a day of blogging silence. I you are as touched by the news of the devestation in Japan as I am, then please participate and pass on the word. Donate and help. You can donate at http://www.forjapanwithlove.com/ or you can donate to your local Red Cross. Please help.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Happy St. Paddy's Day everyone. For me, St. Patrick's Day is often not celebrated. But when I got married and took the Irish name FARRELL, I knew it was now part of my family heritage. I don't usually give St. Patrick's Day cards, but I did give my hubby the one I made last week for Stampin' Royalty. Purple and Green were our wedding colours after all. But this week I decided to post a swap that I got at Vancouver Regionals. This card was created by Carolyn Blackbourn.
The Recipe:
1. Stamps - Lucky Shamrock, So Happy For You - saleabration
2. Paper - Basic Blakc, Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Fist Edition DSP
3. Ink - Garden Green
4. Accessories - Basic Black Satin ribbon, Scallop Circle 2 3/8 inch punch, 1 3/4 inch circle punch, Basic Rhinestone, Stampin' Dimensionals
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Stampin' Royalty Challenge #63
This week at Stampin' Royalty we have a recipe challenge for you. Click here to check out what the Design Team has come up with. This week the challenge is to TEXTURIZE. What this means is 'bring on the dry embossing'. I used the 'Vintage Wallpaper' Textured Impressions Folder. This card was cased from the Stampin' Up Demonstrator Website. I saw a fabulous card made with some Sneak peek materials from the upcoming Summer Mini. Anyway, I took this layout and decided to make my own. I pulled out some retired paper and pulled the colours from it. The flower was made with the Boho Blossoms punch. I really roughed up the edges of the flowers and layered them over each other and came up with this cute flower. I'm going to have to try this technique again.
The Fun Stuff:
1. paper - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Rose Red
2. Ink - Early Espresso
3. Stamps - Teeny Tags
4. Punches - Scallop Trim Border, Boho Blossoms, Wide Label, Tiny Tag
5. Accessories - Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Folder, Sending Love Epoxy Brads
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Colour Q Challenge #76
Well I really was stumped when I saw this week's colour Q combo. And I know that most of us on the DT at Colour Q found this a bit of a challenge. Check out the other samples by the design team. I dug around in My Digital Studio until I found the template for this layout. Then I changed the colours a bit and added a few other embellishments, like the flowers and the shading, to add more depth. This photo is of my Mom and my Sister-in-Law and my nephew when he was a week old. My son is also born in 2006 so it's nice to have 2 boys who not only live close together, but are the same age and will be lifelong friends.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Snow Fun Stamping
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Vancouver Swaps!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Swap from Sylvia
Life's a bit crazy these days, so I'm going to post a few of the fabulous swaps I received when I went to the Vancouver Reginals last month. This little beauty was created by Sylvia Pham. Check out her website at http://www.misslilstamper.wordpress.com/ . I love how she used clear embossing to draw out the flourish image from the Bliss Stamp Set. (Hurry as it's a saleabration set that is only available until the end of the month.) Then she sponged crumb cake over the image. She layered it over basic black and crumb cake to create this vintage style card.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Gift Card Holder for Baby Gift
So here's a great little gift card holder that I whipped up for a friend of mine. This little box was off the clearance rack at SU. I used the Nursery Suite Quick Accents to make this card. All off these embellishments are stickers except for the ribbon and the top note cut out.
Inside the box I left a bit of red sticky tape on the lid where the gift card can be attached. The fold out card lies in the bottom. This card is for a group shower gift, so there's lots of room for people to write a message. We don't know if she's having a boy or a girl, so I tried to use a lot of the green and yellow bits. This whole card took me about 20 minutes to make. Gotta love those Quick Accent Stickers!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Stampin Royalty Challenge #62
This week we have a fun, St. Patrick's Day Challenge for you at Stampin' Royalty. Hop on over to check out the fabulous samples made by the Design Team!! I got the idea for my card from a fabulous swap I received at Regionals. I need to look back through my messy desk to find the person who made it so I can give credit. Check back later for more info...
Anyway, what really drew my eye to this card was the image in the middle made by stamping with a clear block by itself. I stamped it in crumb cake to give a really soft effect.
The Recipe:
1. Stamps - Elements of Style, Lucky Shamrock2. Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Crumb Cake
3. Cardstock - Kiwi Kiss, Concord Crush, Whisper White
4. Accessories - Large Scallop Cirlce and Large Circle punches, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals, Sticky Tape.
Labels: SR, stampin royalty
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Springtime Stitching
This card was made for a few challenges this week. The Paper Players are having a springtime challenge this week, and 4 Crafty Chicks are looking for Stitching on a project. I started out really liking this card, but now I'm wondering if the stitching is a bit overpowering. Oh well...
The Recipe:
1. Paper - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Rose Red
2. Ink - Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Regal Rose
3. Stamps - Easter Blossoms
4. Accessories - Flower Brads, Crochet Trim, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, Signo White Gell Pen, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Folder, Stampin' Write Markers.
Labels: challenges
Monday, March 7, 2011
3x3 from Regionals
This is another quick and easy 3x3 inch make and take from Vancouver Regionals last weekend. This card was very easy to make. The flower was coloured by colouring the rose with a stampin' write marker and then blending it through by using an aquapainter. It takes a while to dry, but it works really well. The flowers and leaves were coloured with Stampin' Write markers and then stamped twice. It's a bit hard to tell from the photo, but the little flowers are Cherry Cobbler and the leaves are Old Olive. I really like how the envelope is stamped to match.
The Recipe:
1. Paper - Naturals Vanilla cardstock, Early Espresso cardstock
2. Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Early Espresso3. Stamps - Nature Walk, Thank You Kindly
4. Accessories - Stampin' Write Markers, Aquapainter, 3x3" envelope.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Regional Gifts
Labels: 3D
Friday, March 4, 2011
More Make n Takes from Regionals
This set of cards was one of the make 'n takes from regionals. They are a set of 3x3 inch cards that come in a handy little folder. We used the nature walk stamp set and the Thank You Kindly set along with Botanic Garden DSP and some seam binding ribbon. These cards are going to make a fabulous hostess gift. Scroll down and you will be able to see closeup some of the details in the cards.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Make n Take from Vancouver Regionals
Isn't this card cute?? It was super quick and easy. In fact, it was a make'n take from Regionals last weekend. This card used the Nature Walk set that was part of the Regional Registration. The birdcage was stamped and then crimped part way through to add more interest. The scallop is from the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch. It was cut in half to made a border. And the envelope is stamped to match. This unusual shape card is shaped to fit in the whisper white Small Open-End Envelopes.The Recipe:
1. Paper - Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory, Old Olive cardstock2. Ink - Early Espresso, Old Olive
3. Accessories - Old Olive 3/ Taffeta Ribon, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL, Bone Folder, Crimper, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig.
Labels: cards
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Stampin Royalty Challenge #61
Welcome to Wednesday and another challenge from Stampin Royalty. This week is a colour challenge. I decided to pull out my newest stamp 'On The Green' which is a free sale-a-bration stamp. My family is full of golfers so I knew this stamp would be well used. This card is really a departure for me, as I don't usually make masculine cards. But when I saw this week's colours I knew that a masculine card was in the works. The DSP is from a retired hostess set from a few years back, but I ran out of Sahara Sand cardstock, so I pulled it out.
The Fun Stuff:
1. Paper - Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Whisper White cardstock, Sahara Sand DSP
2. Ink - Garden Green
3. Stamps - On The Green
4. Accessories - basic black brads, stampin' dimensionals
Labels: colour challenge, SR, stampin royalty
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Colour Q Challenge #74
....... It's Tuesday, so it's time for another Colour Q Challenge. This week there's another fabulous combo. Wow did I find this a CHALLENGE. It was the Tangerine Tango that was throwing me for a look, so I finally only used a minimal amount to matte the title. If you look carefully you can see it. This photo is of me at 4 years old. My son is 4 years old right now, so I often think of this little girl as I try to see the world through my sons eyes. The border image is a shadow and mask technique which gives it a bit of depth, and the flowers are coloured using a technique I found on MyDigital Studio.net If you don't know what that is, check out the pink link on my sidebar. Mydigitalstudio.net is for demonstrators AND customers of Stmapin' Up! who use My Digital Studio for their digital crafting.
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Forbes – "How We Vote, How It Has Changed"
Last week, Google released a new tool to make the voter registration process in the United States easier. When people search for information about registration, Google will provide guides for each state with details about how to register, including requirements and deadlines. Because states and localities have central roles in election mechanics, policies can vary widely across approximately 10,500 election jurisdictions. It is important for people to know what their options are for registration and voting.
NBC News – "OpEd: Restoring Voting Rights to the Disenfranchised"
As the Republican National Convention comes to a close and the Democrats gear up for next week, there is one looming question about the focus each party will place on voting rights—an issue that was not front and center during the presidential debates but should be at the forefront of national discussion as we approach the general election.
Bloomberg – "Political Reality Smacks Down Texas' Voter ID Law"
In time for the presidential election, an appeals court has determined that Texas' voter identification law is discriminatory. Those without a government-issued photo ID will therefore have their votes counted on the basis of other evidence of residency. If Texas turns out to be in play in November, the result could have a small but meaningful effect in Hillary Clinton's favor.
The Guardian – "Florida Muslim group vows to fight removal of Islamic center as voting site"
One of Florida's largest Muslim advocacy groups says it plans to take legal action over the elimination of a prominent Islamic community center as a voting site for the November election.
Talking Points Memo – "Florida Elections Official Won't Reinstate Mosque As Polling Site Amid Uproar"
After sparking an uproar by relocating a polling site from a local mosque over anonymous complaints from residents, a south Florida elections official met with mosque leaders to try to make amends—but she made no offer to reinstate it as a polling place.
NBC News – "Texas Voter ID Ruling Offers Stinging Rebuke to Law's Backers"
Wednesday's ruling by a federal appeals court against Texas's voter ID law looks likely to lower a massive barrier to voting that had threatened to disenfranchise large numbers of the state's minority voters. The ruling also offers a stinging rebuke to state lawmakers and officials who enacted and defended the law. And its cogent dismantling of many of the key claims advanced by backers of strict ID laws — all the more remarkable coming from a conservative-leaning court — could have implications beyond the Lone Star State.
Reuters – "Texans may use postcard, affidavit for voter ID after court faults law"
Some Texas voters may need to show a state postcard listing them on the election roll to cast ballots in November elections after a U.S. appeals court found the state's voter ID was discriminatory, specialists said on Thursday.
The Southern Illinoisan – "Hackers penetrate Illinois voter registration database"
The Illinois State Board of Elections hopes to restore its online voter registration system Thursday after it was shut down in the wake of a cyberattack last week.
Associated Press – "Hackers access Illinois voter registration database"
Illinois election officials say hackers attacked the state's voter registration system last week and it was shut off as a precaution.
The Baltimore Sun – "Make turnout great again"
Last week, Democrats in Congress unveiled a proposal that could result in as many as 50 million more Americans registered to vote, and it's audacious in its simplicity. It would make voter registration automatic for U.S. citizens 18 years of age or older through almost any contact with a government agency.
The Detroit News – "Judge blocks Michigan ban on straight-party voting"
A federal judge in Detroit has issued four preliminary injunctions against state election officials, prohibiting Michigan from enforcing a new law that bans straight-ticket voting.
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Ithaca Journal – "Dryden woman helps Tompkins make voting accessible"
Erin Vallely was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election in November when she remembered being unable to vote in the 2015 Dryden School District election.
San Antonio Current – "Were Lawmakers Intentionally or Unintentionally Racist When They Passed Texas' Voter ID Law?"
If Wednesday's news of the federal Fifth Circuit appeals court striking down Texas' Voter ID law felt like deja vu, there's a pretty good reason for that.

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Whether you're looking for hurricane protection, increased security, energy-efficiency, noise reduction, or simply improved curb appeal, the type of glass you select plays an important role in the performance and look of your windows and doors. PGT offers an extensive selection of glass types designed to meet your needs for your home or commercial property.
The glass you choose for your windows and doors can dramatically increase the energy efficiency of your home. Insulating glass, laminated glass, or laminated insulating glass are glass options that all contribute to decreased indoor energy usage, as well as lower heating and cooling costs.
Insulating glass is constructed as two panes of glass with space between the panes that is filled with air or other gas to reduce heat transfer. Laminated glass is comprised of two panes of glass bonded together with a strong, clear interlayer. Laminated insulating glass is constructed as two panes of glass bonded together with a strong, clear interlayer, then includes an airspace followed by a third pane of glass for added insulation. The airspace between the 2nd and 3rd piece of glass is filled with air or other gas to reduce heat transfer.
PGT products also offer multiple opportunities to achieve ENERGY STAR® ratings for energy performance and save you even more on energy costs. These options include:
• High-performance Low-E to deflect solar heat gain and keep unwanted heat outside your home
• Glass tints that are effective at reducing heat transmitted through your windows
• Argon gas which helps reflect outside heat to regulate the temperatures inside your home
With PGT windows and doors that feature energy efficient glass choices, you will feel the difference with more consistent temperature throughout your home and see the difference in your energy cost savings.
Primary Uses: Single family residential, Multi-family residential, Commercial property, Regions with disparate indoor/outdoor temperatures


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text: My thumbs are anything but green. I am struggling to keep my bamboo plant alive. I thought growing plants was not in the cards for me since I travel often and don't always remember to water my plants. Sam Lemheney, designer of the 183rd Philadelphia Flower Show, suggests I try orchids. He included several different varieties in the Hawaiian themed flower show. Sam refers to orchids as the gift that keeps on giving because they can return year after year, with very little fuss. I love the vibrant colors. He offered some tips for keeping them healthy and alive.


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Pain Channel
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Percocet is a narcotic drug used to treat pain. It consists of two medications (acetaminophen and oxycodone hydrochloride). Combining these medications makes both more effective at relieving pain and may limit the abuse potential of oxycodone. Percocet comes in tablet form and is generally taken every six hours as needed. Possible side effects include drowsiness, nausea, and dizziness.
What Is Percocet?Percocet® (oxycodone/APAP) is a prescription medication approved to treat moderate to moderately severe pain. It is a narcotic and is classified as a Schedule II controlled substance, which means that special laws and regulations control its sale and use. Schedule II controlled substances have the highest abuse potential of all legal prescription medications.
(Click Percocet Uses for more information, including possible off-label uses.)
Who Makes It?Brand-name Percocet is made by Endo Pharmaceuticals. Generic Percocet is made by various manufacturers.
How Does Percocet Work?Percocet contains two different medications: acetaminophen and oxycodone hydrochloride. Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic narcotic opioid pain reliever. It is chemically related to codeine. Oxycodone is effective at decreasing pain and relieving coughing, but also causes drowsiness and decreased breathing.
Acetaminophen is a pain reliever and fever reducer commonly found in non-prescription medications such as Tylenol®. APAP is an acronym for one of the chemical names for acetaminophen. Adding acetaminophen to oxycodone makes both medications more effective at relieving pain and may limit the abuse potential of oxycodone, as the maximum dose of Percocet is typically limited by the acetaminophen content.
Percocet Drug Information
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Percocet [package insert]. Chadds Ford, PA: Endo Pharmaceuticals;2006 November.
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Electronic orange book: Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. FDA Web site. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/. Accessed June 17, 2008.
Briggs GG, Freeman RK, Yaffe SJ. Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 7th ed. Philadelphia (PA): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;2005.
Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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The MTA has announced the launch of at least 77 interactive touch-screen kiosks in subway stations across the city. The 'On the Go!' stations have been places at Bowling Green, Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave, and Penn Station, among others. They allows travelers to view ifnormation about their trip, view service statuses, escalators and elevators, Bus Times, and more.
The MTA will be installing new kiosks in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx as part of license agreements with CBS Outdoor and Control Group Inc. The kiosks will give NYC Transit a Digital Signage Network that will allow it to communicate with customers at the stations to avoid paper signs.


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Letter From : Rick Wray
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our specialists across the United States and foreign markets for their hard work that has made them a success and Premier Chip Repair a leader in the industry.
We at Premier Chip Repair are dedicated and committed to the success of our people by providing the best training, marketing, equipment and business programs available to develop the skills necessary to make you a success in the automotive appearance industry.As in any market segment if you develop a better product than the status quo you will be a success. We have invested a great deal of time, research and expense in the development of a system that is far superior to the competition and that has given our specialists a great advantage in the market place.
We at Premier Chip Repair take great pride in running our business in a straightforward and honest approach.Your success is highly dependent on the quality and integrity of the company you invest in when you start a new business.
We are that company and that's our Commitment to you.
Striving to help you succeed,
Rick Wray


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From Magic City Morning Star
M Stevens-David
When her baby was born, Mama Duck had looked down in her nest and was surprised to see that there was only one egg. One great big egg! She was so surprised she just had to sit down! She'd wanted a great big family but all she'd had was one egg. "Oh well," she said to herself, "I guess I have to be happy with just one baby." And she climbed back into her nest and settled herself comfortably on the large egg to keep it nice and warm.
Mama Duck was a very good mother and she never left her nest. Every now and then she'd lift her large, fluffy bottom a little and look at the big egg. She'd take her wing and softly caress the shell and push it into just the right spot in her nest to keep it snug and warm. Satisfied that all was well, she heaved a great sigh of relief and returned to her egg sitting. "It has now been a week and my baby should be hatching pretty soon," she thought to herself as she drifted slowly off to sleep.
The night passed quickly and just as the sun was coming up over the Eastern horizon in Maine, she felt the large egg move ever so slightly. She lifted her bottom and carefully stepped off the nest. Again the large egg rolled from side to side and then she saw a tiny hole in the top of the egg.
Mama Duck was ever so excited and she ran around the farm telling all the other animals to come quickly. "My baby is coming! My baby is coming!" She quacked happily.
All the farm animals gathered around the nest and watched as Mama Duck's baby pecked its way out of his shell. Finally, after a very long time, the hole in the shell was large enough and Mama Duck's baby stuck his head out and looked around.
He saw so many interesting creatures and they were all looking back at him. There was Mr. and Mrs. Moo-Moo Cow, Mrs. Penny Pig and her eight pink piglets, Mrs. Hector Horse and her son, Trotter, Mrs. Clucky Chicken and her three chicks, Charley, Chickey and Chelsey.
"Hurry, baby, hurry," said Mama Duck as she began tearing the shell apart. She gave one great big pull and the rest of the shell fell away and finally her baby was free.
"Goodness!" exclaimed Mrs. Hector Horse. "My, My, My," muttered Mr. and Mrs. Moo-Moo Cow. Mrs. Penny Pig and all her pink piglets oinked in agreement. And Mrs. Chucky Chicken and her chicks flew all around the barnyard in their excitement. Mama Duck's baby had finally been born. There was much excitement that morning and all the animals were very happy about the big event.
When all their friends had finally left, Mama Duck filled a big tub with nice warm water and began bathing her new baby. She carefully and tenderly placed him in the tub of nice warm water. Then she washed his sweet face and combed his fine yellow duck down. He was so beautiful!
Suddenly, he began paddling his big, orange feet and soon he was swimming round and round in the old tin tub. Every time he came around to where his mother was waiting, he'd look at her with his big, brown eyes and smile his great big smile. "Oh, my lovely big son, you are so smart to know how to swim. I'm so very proud of you!" And she wiped a big tear from her lovely blue eyes.
Finally, when he was nice and clean and tired of swimming, she lifted him out and wiped him dry on a soft, fluffy towel. Then, she tucked him into the curve of her wing and they took a nice long nap together under the old apple tree in the back yard.
Mama Duck was so very proud of her baby and she began training him right away. She showed him the fields where the best grains could be found and the place where the wild rice grew along the river banks. She took him down to the pond and let him practice his swimming. Her baby was very smart and he learned his lessons very quickly. Mama Duck was so proud!
"Come, my little baby boy," she said tenderly to her son. "I want to introduce you to all your cousins and all my other friends." She told her baby to follow her and she started swimming across the large pond to where all the other ducks lived. She'd stop every now and then to make sure her baby wasn't too tired and after he'd rested a little on her back, they'd resume paddling across the pond.
When they finally reached the other side, all her friends gathered around them and praised Mama Duck and her new baby. It was a very happy day for everyone. "Well, Mama Duck," said Marcy Mallard. "What is your new son's name?" "Oh, goodness me," laughed Mama Duck. "How very silly I am. In all the excitement, I forgot to give my son a name." "Never mind, never mind," said Ferbold the Bullfrog. "Just look at what your baby is doing and I think you will know what his name should be."
Mama Duck looked over to where her baby was playing with all his cousins and then she laughed. Her baby was having a wonderful time. He'd paddle a short distance across the pond and then he'd dip his head under the water and wiggle his big, fluffy bottom in the air. Then, he'd pop right back up and when he saw how this made all the other ducks laugh, he'd do it over and over again.
Mama Duck laughed too and then she said, "I see what you mean Ferbold. I do have his name after all. I'm going to name him Dippy after his great, grandfather and Doodle after his father. His name will be Dippy Doodle Duck." And Dippy Doodle it was.
As the days and weeks passed, Mama Duck and Dippy Doodle were very busy. They ate and drank, walked and swam and visited all the animals at the farm and their friends at the pond. They took long naps under large plants and looked for good foods to eat. Dippy Doodle was a growing duckling and he was always hungry.
Dippy Doodle would eat all his food and then he'd beg his mother for more. "Now, Dippy Doodle," his mother would scold. "You've already eaten all my whole-wheat casserole and you've drunk all your nice cold milk. I think you've had enough." But Dippy Doodle would beg and beg and like all mothers, she loved her son and she'd finally give in and give him a couple of chocolate chip cookies or a small dish of ice cream. She spent hours looking up recipes in her old cookbook and she cooked all the foods that she thought he might like.
As the weeks passed, Dippy Doodle grew and grew. Suddenly, one morning, Mama Duck looked at her son and she saw that he was much larger than she and his feathers were a different color too. Her feathers were a soft, shiny red but Dippy Doodles were mostly brown with a little white here and there. His head was very large too. "Why," Mama Duck thought to herself, "All of him is very large. He's even larger than his father, Dalton and he looks a lot like his great, grandfather, Dillard Doodle Duck."
Suddenly, Dippy Doodle was the largest duck in the pond at the farm. He was really very large and very beautiful and when he quacked, he quaaaaacked!!! His quack always frightened his mother and made her very nervous too. "Dippy Doodle," she'd scold him. "Please remember to quack in a small voice when you're in the house." For a little while Dippy would quack in a soft voice and then he'd forget and his big voice would come out again. "Quaaaaaaaack!" "Quaaaaaaaack!" "Quaaaaaaack!" The loud quacking gave Mama Duck a big headache and she would cover her ears with her wings and put a cold cloth on her head and then she finally gave up. There was no way around it, Dippy Doodle was a big duck and his voice was big too. But Mama Duck loved her big son just the way he was.
Before Mama Duck knew it, a year had passed and Dippy Doodle was all grown up. She watched her son as he followed his father around the yard. "Not only is he quite large," she thought to herself. "But he's strong too. Pretty soon he'll leave us and start a family of his own." Mama Duck wiped a large tear off her check at the thought of Dippy Doodle's leaving to go off and start his own family.
Every afternoon, when the sun was high in the sky and it was very hot and all his work was done, Dippy Doodle would hurry down to the pond to have a swim in the nice cool water. He'd lie back in the water, pull his big, floppy hat down over his large brown eyes and have a long nap. Every so often, he'd splash water on himself with his big, orange feet to cool off and then refreshed, he'd fall back asleep.
Every now and then, when the breeze was just right, he'd hear the sound of laughter, splashing and merriment at the other end of the pond as the other ducks dove and played all around him.
Sometimes, Dippy Doodle would feel very sad as he watched the other duck having so much fun. And sometimes, he would ask himself why they didn't ask him to join them. "I can swim as well as they can and I can be funny too!" He thought to himself. But, usually, he'd just lie back in the cool water, pull his large hat down over his head and pretend that he didn't care. "If they don't want me to join them, I don't care!" he'd say to himself. But he did, he really, really did!"
Then one day when the sun was shining and it was very hot, everything changed for Dippy Doodle. He'd been scolded by his father for forgetting to clean his room, chased out of the house by his mother because he'd tracked dirt all over her nice clean floor and it had not been a very happy day for Dippy Doodle at all. He wandered all over the farm, stopping every now and then to take a drink of cold water, to eat a green apple or to sit in the shade of a large, pine tree. It was really hot and he was very, very bored!
If the warm summer breeze was just right, all he could hear was the laughter and sounds the other ducks made as they played and swam in the cool water at the far end of the pond. Dippy Doodle would quietly slide down the bank of the pond to the water's edge and silently peek through the reeds and cattails and watch the others having so much fun.
As Dippy Doodle watched the others playing, he noticed someone that he hadn't noticed before. He squinted his big, brown eyes a little to cut the glare of the noonday sun and watched as another duck left the others and began swimming across the water close to where he was hiding. His heart made pitter, patter sounds in his ears as the lovely lady duck swam closer to where he was.
Dippy Doodle watched as she got closer and then he recognized her! It was Miss Martha Mary Mallard! She was the most beautiful duck that he had ever seen! Her feathers, shining in the sun, were all the colors of the rainbow. "She paddles so elegantly with her tiny feet and she holds her beautiful head in just the right way, like a real lady does," he thought to himself. As she slowly paddled her way around the pond, she would stop every now and then and look shyly in Dippy Doodle's direction. Something inside told him that he should follow her and before he knew it, Dippy Doodle found himself swimming in the water.
Dippy Doodle paddled his big feet ever so carefully so as not to make a big wave and it wasn't too long before he was right next to her. Careful to keep his big voice soft and low so he wouldn't frighten her, Dippy Doodle introduced himself. Martha Mary Mallard looked at him and then she laughed. She didn't have a soft laugh like his mother either. Her laugh was big and loud! Why it was a lot like Dippy Doodle's! Suddenly Dippy Doodle was smiling, he was smiling all over and then his great big laugh came out too! And upon hearing Dippy doodle's great, big laugh, Martha Mary Mallard laughed right along with him. The other ducks at the end of the pond heard the loud laughter and stopped their laughing and talking and listened to the two new friends, who were having so much fun.
Dippy Doodle and Martha Mary Mallard paddled all over the pond, round and round they went, talking and laughing in their great big voices. They had so much to say to each other. Every now and then, just to hear her lovely laugh again, Dippy Doodle would push his large head down into the water until his body was nearly upside down and he'd waggle his large bottom in the air. Then, he'd pop back up in time to hear her delighted laughter. "Oh, Dippy Doodle, you are ever so funny!" Martha Mary Mallard said over and over again. Then she'd paddle her dainty, little feet and swim away and Dippy Doodle would have to paddle very hard to catch up with her and they'd laugh again. Or, she'd dip one of her lovely iridescent wings into the clear, blue water and flip water all over Dippy Doodle. He really, really loved that!
All the other ducks stopped their swimming, laughing and playing and listened to all the fun Dippy Doodle and Martha Mary Mallard were having. "Well," they sniffed to each other, "Why are they having so much fun?" And they'd swim a little closer to where Dippy Doodle and Martha Mary Mallard were, hoping that they'd be invited to join them. But Dippy Doodle and Martha Mary Mallard just kept on talking, swimming and laughing. Suddenly, all the other ducks understood what it means to be left out and they didn't like it, they didn't like it one little bit!
From that day on, Dippy Doodle Duck was always very happy because he had found a friend and when you have a friend, you are never alone again.
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Solo Return
Gary Graff
November 28, 2011
As he reaches the 40-year anniversary of his first solo album, Donny Osmond is starting to think about returning to his own work -- although his long-running residency with sister Marie at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas has stood in the way.
"Nobody knew this 'Donny & Marie' thing was going to kick in like it did back in 2008, when we first started," Osmond tells Billboard.com. "So all of my efforts have been placed into this, and I had to put my solo career on hold for quite some time. I'm thinking in the next couple of years I can focus a little bit more on a solo album."
Osmond -- who will also perform special holiday shows with Marie in Detroit and Chicago during December -- says the Vegas show is contracted through 2012. "They want to go more, but I just don't know if I can," he notes. And if an album does wind up being his next project, Osmond may well have an interesting collaborator -- Todd Rundgren.
"I was going to do an album with him, and it never materialized," Osmond recalls. "Our paths just didn't cross again. But we've met several time and he was serious about it. We started looking for songs and the whole bit, and it just was, 'I'll call you back because I gotta do this...' It was one of those natural things that pulled us apart, but we were ready to go. I thought that would have been a very interesting collaboration...so maybe Rundgren is the right guy."
The Vegas revue, meanwhile, remains top priority. "We've changed it substantially since the opening," Osmond says. "We added more dancing and more singing to it, and I think that's maybe because of the work ethic that we're just used to, the way we were raised. So we haven't dialed it down; if anything, we've dialed it up."
As for the holiday shows, which begin Dec. 1 in Detroit, Osmond says "pick a Christmas song and we're doing it" -- including a new song called "If Every Day Could Be Christmas" that's available at Osmond's web site. "It sounds like a classic," he says. "It sounds like something you've heard before, but it's a new song. When they played it for me I said, 'I gotta put that in the show!' " The tenor of the productions, meanwhile, will acknowledge some of the more serious world issues and current events but present Christmas as a respite from the turmoil.
"You've got to be careful about how you produce a show like this," Osmond says. "With Donny and Marie doing a Christmas show, you really run the risk of having to pass out insulin shots at the end, you know? You've got to be careful you don't put a lot of sugar on top. It's called 48 years of show business and trying to remove yourself from who you are and what you think the audience wants you to be -- although you know some people think they're going to get an 'Osmond Family Christmas' show of the 70s, and you've got to give them a little bit of that but...do something that's a little different and that you're happy with as well."
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Oil prices have seen wild moves in recent days amid increasing violence in the Mideast, but the options market is telling us the roller-coaster ride may be over.
"The option activity has been huge all week. While people are still bullish crude, it has settled down to a more reasonable level," according to Jim Iuorio, Director at TJM Institutional Services.
His read on the options market is that oil could hit the $115 level. (Track Oil Prices Here)
Earlier in the week, asviolence in Libya
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A quiet business revolution has been taking place in the golf course world. New players, strategies, and new management principals are taking over. Most of the top courses, especially those consider "gems from golf's golden age" have been renovated and/or restored. Millions of dollars are being pumped into them.
Golf Architect Gil Hanse said, "We're at peak demand right now for the improvement of existing facilities". Very few new courses are being built. But many hundreds of courses are in process of being renovated in some degree. From 2006 to 2016 nearly 1,000 major renovations jobs were completed.
Ownership and management are now employing professional management practices. The game of running a golf course is looking more like fine tuned marketing and sales organizations. One manager stated, "We're trying to go the other way from our competitors who are trying to cut costs, defer maintenance, and stay afloat."
The management companies or ownership corporations are leading the way. Publically traded ClubCorp has invested more than $690 million since 2007 in their holding of clubs around the country. They are coming off their 6th year of growth.
Clubs who have made the investments have found membership increases and demand now allow them to raise their fees. Renovated Rolling Green CC in Chicago recently raised their initiation fee from $10,000 to $18,000.
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Coco Chanel and the accidental connection to a health glow
In 1923, the French Icon, Coco Chanel spent a little too much time in the sun and accidentally developed a tan. Almost 100 years later tan skin and that healthy Sun kissed glow is more popular than ever. In fact most people now find that they like a bit of a healthy glow all the time.
Long before science had determined the damage that sunbathing caused, we thought having a tan was the optimal of skin health. With beautiful bronze bodies everywhere it was what we all sought.
The tan is truly the one fashion that never seems to go out of style. Celebrities like it, doctors even recommend it and it has been the secret to a youthful glow for many years. Melanie D. Palm MD, the founding director of Art of Skin in Solana Beach, CA and the Assistant Professor at University of California in San Diego has stated that she "personally uses these products and recommend them to my patients as a safe alternative to traditional tanning." (Skincancer.org) In her article she continues to describe the benefits of self-tanning products and breaks down the skin's molecular reaction to tanning. Either way, Dr. Palm says to "love the skin (color) they are in." As most of us know, tan skin has the potential to hide skin imperfections such as broken blood vessels, spider veins, and wrinkles. Lucky for us, it also helps to diminish the appearance of cellulite.
Now, let's fast-forward. We now know the sun increases premature aging and can even cause skin cancer, which is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can be extremely damaging to your skin. The easiest way to describe this in Layman's terms is that UVA ages us causing wrinkles and UVB burns us causing brown spots. This is where my love for spray tan comes into play.
The principal tanning agents used in all self-tanning formulas is dihydroxyacetone otherwise known as DHA. This chemical compound does not produce a real tan by increasing the skins melanin levels; rather it creates a tanned appearance by developing a brown color on the surface of the skin. The action of the DHA is limited to the upper layer of skin and involves a reaction between DHA and skin proteins and oxygen that produces the brown compounds. This process is similar to what occurs when you slice open an apple and the surface of the Apple browns when it is exposed to oxygen in the air. The development of color takes anywhere from 2 to 4 hours and the intensity of the color is dependent upon the DHA concentration in the product, as well as one's individual skin characteristics. The color developed by the DHA usually lasts 5 to 7 days and begins to fade as the top layer of skin naturally exfoliates itself.
DHA solutions take a minimum of sixteen hours to fully develop; however the ideal timeframe is twenty-four hours. Clients will receive the best results if they can avoid bathing until the day after their tanning session, because soap lessens the effectiveness of DHA. Delayed bathing allows the DHA bronzer sufficient time to complete its reaction with the amino acids proteins that are within the skin.
The myth that all spray tans turn you orange is just that…a myth. Period. Mystic tan and other cheaper solutions have left a bad taste in consumer's mouths and poor color quality on their bodies. Sunless tanning solutions have come a long way since those early days. The active ingredient (DHA) in spray tanning solution has been refined and more importantly the additives in the solution are higher grade. Brand names we recommend are: Norvell, Amber Sun and Versa Spa.
If your family has a history of melanoma or you are fair skinned, or maybe you are worried about premature aging and wrinkles, it would be prudent to not only stay out of the tanning bed, but also stay out of the sun as well. Sunless tanning is a viable option that has the same results without the medical consequences. This is a big deal.
Sometimes important events creep up on us. If you need to get a little color and you only have two days, traditional tanning will not be ideal. Even the day of the event is not too late to be sprayed given you allow the 4-6 hours of "downtime" so the solution sets in properly.
Tanning beds are notorious for leaving tan lines, white pressure points on your back, stripes on your side, and feet that don't get tan. With sunless tanning, you need not worry about tan lines because you get sprayed wearing whatever you want based off of your comfort level. Sunless tanning technicians perceive which parts of your body need to be sprayed a little darker to blend with the rest of your body; something a tanning bed could never achieve.
During the Spray-Tan session, the color that is immediately visible is the result of the cosmetic bronzer. Don't be alarmed when the color washes off during your first shower, this is a normal occurrence. What remains is the DHA bronze tan. To prolong the color, it is important to keep skin moisturized after sunless tanning allowing dry flaky skin to slough off faster. Your goal is to basically slow down your body's natural exfoliation process.
Some of the bronze color might rub off on your clothes immediately after the tan or on your bed sheets. To minimize the chance of the bronzers transferring to clothing we recommend you wear loose fitting, dark clothing to your spray-tan session. Try to refrain from physical exertion that could result in sweating until after the twenty-four hour period when you shower. In most cases, because the cosmetic bronzer is water-soluble, the color will come out of the clothing in the washer, however it is important to note bronzers may stain light hair, wool, spandex, Lycra, silk or other fine fabrics. If the spray-tan product comes in contact with your hands or clothing, rinse immediately.
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Contextual Analytics of various threat data provides a deeper understanding of a given threat and enables identification of unknown threat vectors. In his session at @ThingsExpo, David Dufour, Head of Security Architecture, IoT, Webroot, Inc., discussed how through the use of Big Data analytics and deep data correlation across different threat types, it is possible to gain a better understanding of where, how and to what level of danger a malicious actor poses to an organization, and to determin...
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@CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX, two of the most influential technology events in the world, have hosted hundreds of sponsors and exhibitors since our launch 10 years ago. @CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX New York and Silicon Valley provide a full year of face-to-face marketing opportunities for your company. Each sponsorship and exhibit package comes with pre and post-show marketing programs. By sponsoring and exhibiting in New York and Silicon Valley, you reach a full complement of decision makers and buyers in ...
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There are many examples of disruption in consumer space – Uber disrupting the cab industry, Airbnb disrupting the hospitality industry and so on; but have you wondered who is disrupting support and operations? AISERA helps make businesses and customers successful by offering consumer-like user experience for support and operations. We have built the world's first AI-driven IT / HR / Cloud / Customer Support and Operations solution.
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LogRocket helps product teams develop better experiences for users by recording videos of user sessions with logs and network data. It identifies UX problems and reveals the root cause of every bug. LogRocket presents impactful errors on a website, and how to reproduce it. With LogRocket, users can replay problems.
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Data Theorem is a leading provider of modern application security. Its core mission is to analyze and secure any modern application anytime, anywhere. The Data Theorem Analyzer Engine continuously scans APIs and mobile applications in search of security flaws and data privacy gaps. Data Theorem products help organizations build safer applications that maximize data security and brand protection. The company has detected more than 300 million application eavesdropping incidents and currently secu...
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Rafay enables developers to automate the distribution, operations, cross-region scaling and lifecycle management of containerized microservices across public and private clouds, and service provider networks. Rafay's platform is built around foundational elements that together deliver an optimal abstraction layer across disparate infrastructure, making it easy for developers to scale and operate applications across any number of locations or regions. Consumed as a service, Rafay's platform elimi...
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Kubernetes is a new and revolutionary open-sourced system for managing containers across multiple hosts in a cluster. Ansible is a simple IT automation tool for just about any requirement for reproducible environments. In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 18th Cloud Expo, Patrick Galbraith, a principal engineer at HPE, discussed how to build a fully functional Kubernetes cluster on a number of virtual machines or bare-metal hosts. Also included will be a brief demonstration of running a Galera MyS...
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In his general session at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Dumas, Calligo's Vice President and G.M. of US operations, discussed the new Global Data Protection Regulation and how Calligo can help business stay compliant in digitally globalized world. Greg Dumas is Calligo's Vice President and G.M. of US operations. Calligo is an established service provider that provides an innovative platform for trusted cloud solutions. Calligo's customers are typically most concerned about GDPR compliance, application p...
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Growth hacking is common for startups to make unheard-of progress in building their business. Career Hacks can help Geek Girls and those who support them (yes, that's you too, Dad!) to excel in this typically male-dominated world. Get ready to learn the facts: Is there a bias against women in the tech / developer communities? Why are women 50% of the workforce, but hold only 24% of the STEM or IT positions? Some beginnings of what to do about it! In her Day 2 Keynote at 17th Cloud Expo, Sandy Ca...
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New competitors, disruptive technologies, and growing expectations are pushing every business to both adopt and deliver new digital services. This 'Digital Transformation' demands rapid delivery and continuous iteration of new competitive services via multiple channels, which in turn demands new service delivery techniques – including DevOps. In this power panel at @DevOpsSummit 20th Cloud Expo, moderated by DevOps Conference Co-Chair Andi Mann, panelists examined how DevOps helps to meet the de...
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Fact: storage performance problems have only gotten more complicated, as applications not only have become largely virtualized, but also have moved to cloud-based infrastructures. Storage performance in virtualized environments isn't just about IOPS anymore. Instead, you need to guarantee performance for individual VMs, helping applications maintain performance as the number of VMs continues to go up in real time. In his session at Cloud Expo, Dhiraj Sehgal, Product and Marketing at Tintri, sha...
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Agricultural researchers representing different institutions from Tanzania and the United States are meeting in Morogoro this week to discuss progress on some research activities they are conducting aimed at addressing food insecurity in Tanzania.
The researchers will hold a one-day workshop at the Hilux Hotel on Thursday, January 15, 2015, and their research topics focus on rice productivity, crop nutritive content, conservation agriculture, tomato productivity, drip irrigation, and maize productivity improvement extension. The meeting is organized by the Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (iAGRI), and funded by the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
According to iAGRI's Deputy Project Director, Professor Isaac Minde, the workshop is aimed at providing opportunities to the eight research teams to present progress reports pointing to their experiences, constraints and successes in the implementation of the research in the last eighteen months.
"Discussions to be held during this workshop will be of great benefit to the researchers, because through the sharing of successes and challenges encountered so far, they will be able to plan a way forward on how best to continue with their research," says Prof. Minde, adding that the main purpose of the research is to find ways of helping Tanzania to address the country's food security challenges.
Workshop participants come from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), the University of Dar es Salaam, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives headquarters, Agricultural Research Institutes, and other research institutions in the country. On the other hand, researchers from the United States come from the Ohio State University, Virginia Tech, Tuskegee University, University of Florida, and Iowa State University.
Research topics that will be discussed during the workshop, are: Improving Agricultural Productivity and Crop Nutritive Quality through a Gender-Sensitive Approach to Cereal and Vegetable Production in Tanzania; Improvement of Tomato Productivity and Quality in Tanzania through Reduction of Adverse Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Stresses; Integrated Salt Affected Soil Management Options for Sustainable Rice Productivity in Tanzanian Irrigation Schemes; and Agricultural Innovation for Smallholder Farmers through Locally Adapted Conservation Agriculture for Improved Food Security in the Context of Climate Change.
Other topics are: From Soil Elements to Nutrients: Improving Nutrient Content of Foods for Human Consumption via Agriculture; Improved Soil Health and Germplasm to Advance Tomato Production on Tanzania; Promotion of Low-Cost Drip Irrigation Technology for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Livelihoods of Small-Scale Farmers in Semi-Arid Areas of Tanzania; and Using the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) Approach to Improve Maize and Rice Production through Extension Service Delivery in Morogoro and Dodoma, Tanzania.
The Collaborative Research is administered by iAGRI, a USAID-funded Feed the Future project that prepares the next generation of agricultural and nutrition leaders and strengthens and integrates the core institutions of agricultural research, education, and extension in Tanzania.
Ohio State University (OSU) is the managing entity for a consortium of six US universities including Michigan State University, Virginia Tech, Tuskegee University, University of Florida, and Iowa State University. Key partners in Tanzania include the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFC). The project aims to prepare teachers, researchers and extension practitioners in Tanzania to cooperatively and effectively address needs of smallholder farmers and the growing agribusiness sector and to strengthen the capacity of Tanzania's leading agricultural teaching and research organizations to find solutions to the country's food security challenges.


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The Guardian has won a court case in Britain allowing public access to documents which show that Alvis paid £16.5m in bribes to President Suharto's eldest daughter to secure a £160m sale of Scorpion tanks in the mid-1990s which were then used for internal repression.
You can download the .pdf files of these documents here.
They make fascinating reading.