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Well, I'm 1911-less.
Today I did something very unlikely for me. I gave away a firearm.
I got back into town around 3am this morning. After waking up around 8am I decided to run out by my parents place to take a shower. I got my glock and my 1911 out of the office safe, grabbed my shower bag, hopped in my car, and made the drive out there.
Once out there, my father and I started talking about guns (he especially loves talking about his days as a SeaBee, toting a BAR and sometimes a 1911.) Well, once the talk turned to 1911's, he mentioned again how much he liked my Para that I bought. So I told him to hold on, ran out to my car, and got it.
Handing it over to him, he looked it over, racked the slide and checked the chamber to make sure it was empty, then held it out in both hands aiming down the sights.
"So what do you think?"
"Nice gun."
"You want it?"
"You serious?"
"Yeah, it doesn't do much more than sit in the safe, and I've barely fired any rounds through it. The only condition is I get it back in the will, or if something happens to my Glock."
So, I don't have a 1911 anymore, but my dad got one hell of a nice early fathers day gift.


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After a brief overview of enterprise architecture (EA) and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), this article describes the TOGAF metamodel ("The Key," capitalized on purpose). It then introduces a video demonstration of how to work with Rational System Architect in using TOGAF for enterprise architecture.
Enterprise architecture and TOGAF
These definitions are borrowed, with permission, from the introduction to TOGAF, Version 9 (cited in Resources).
What is an enterprise?
TOGAF defines "enterprise" as any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals. For example, an enterprise could be a government agency, a whole corporation, a division of a corporation, a single department, or a chain of geographically distant organizations linked together by common ownership.
What is enterprise architecture?
The term "enterprise" in the context of "enterprise architecture" can be used to denote both an entire enterprise - encompassing all of its information and technology services, processes, and infrastructure - and a specific domain within the enterprise. In both cases, the architecture crosses multiple systems, and multiple functional groups within the enterprise.
Why do I need enterprise architecture?
The purpose of enterprise architecture is to optimize across the enterprise the often fragmented legacy of processes (both manual and automated) into an integrated environment that is responsive to change and supportive of the delivery of the business strategy.
What is an architecture framework
An architecture framework is a foundational structure, or set of structures, which can be used for developing a broad range of different architectures. It should describe a method for designing a target state of the enterprise in terms of a set of building blocks, and for showing how the building blocks fit together. It should contain a set of tools and provide a common vocabulary. It should also include a list of recommended standards and compliant products that can be used to implement the building blocks.
What is TOGAF?
TOGAF is an architecture framework - The Open Group Architecture Framework. TOGAF provides the methods and tools for assisting in the acceptance, production, use, and maintenance of an enterprise architecture. It is based on an iterative process model supported by best practices and a re-usable set of existing architecture assets.
What kind of architecture does TOGAF deal with?
There are four architecture domains that are commonly accepted as subsets of an overall enterprise architecture, all of which TOGAF is designed to support:
- The Business Architecture defines the business strategy, governance, organization, and key business processes.
- The Data Architecture describes the structure of an organization's logical and physical data assets and data management resources.
- The Application Architecture provides a blueprint for the individual application systems to be deployed, their interactions, and their relationships to the core business processes of the organization.
- The Technology Architecture describes the logical software and hardware capabilities that are required to support the deployment of business, data, and application services. This includes IT infrastructure, middleware, networks, communications, processing, standards, etc.
Why do I need TOGAF?
TOGAF has been developed through the collaborative efforts of 300 Architecture Forum member companies from some of the world's leading IT customers and vendors and represents best practice in architecture development. Using TOGAF as the architecture framework will allow architectures to be developed that are consistent, reflect the needs of stakeholders, employ best practice, and give due consideration both to current requirements and to the likely future needs of the business.
Architecture design is a technically complex process, and the design of heterogeneous, multi-vendor architectures is particularly complex. TOGAF plays an important role in helping to "de-mystify" and de-risk the architecture development process. TOGAF provides a platform for adding value, and enables users to build genuinely open systems-based solutions to address their business issues and needs.
TOGAF metamodel
TOGAF, as a whole, is not easy to explain in a short way. TOGAF, Version 9 requires 700 pages to explain what TOGAF is and how to apply it, plus there are classroom courses available that last several days. And it takes real-life practice to apply TOGAF to your enterprise.
However, there is one thing that will "open your mind" to TOGAF (and to enterprise architecture and Rational System Architect, as well). That is Chapter 34 of the TOGAF book, the chapter about the TOGAF Content Metamodel. More specifically, it's Figure 34-8 in that book, with a caption of "Relationships between Entities in the Full Metamodel." Figure 1, below, shows that diagram (with permission). This metamodel is The Key to understanding TOGAF and to using Rational System Architect.
Figure 1. The TOGAF Content Metamodel
Of course, there's lot more than just a single metamodel diagram that you need to understand TOGAF and to fully use Rational System Architect. But the Content Metamodel is The Key, map, road (or whatever you want to call it) to understanding TOGAF and enterprise architecture. You can start with metamodel and learn, as needed and when necessary, everything that surrounds the metamodel, including entities, the Architecture Development Method (ADM), and the entire Open Group Architecture Framework. So keep the metamodel and TOGAF book close by.
The video demonstrates how to apply metamodel with Rational System Architect software.
Getting started
Before starting the enterprise architecture work with Rational System Architect and TOGAF, it might help to have high-level guidelines for what to do. These are a few that I have found important:
- Have a vision. Typically, and not just when dealing with EA, you need to have a vision of what you want to achieve. In the EA context, a vision might be to show how your applications support your organization's financial goals. See the path from Driver to Physical Application Component in the metamodel.
- Select a metamodel. You need some way to model your organization. You have the data already in the form of documents, architectural diagrams, process diagrams, and so on. But you need some kind of model to put that data in structured form. The TOGAF metamodel is a good choice.
- Define how to work. In addition to the metamodel, you need a structured way of approaching the enterprise architecture. TOGAF includes the Architecture Development Method (ADM) that defines for developing enterprise architecture. You can use ADM as it is or tailor it to your own use. Or you could define your own method, of course.
- Gather the data into the repository. This is where the bulk of the work is. Here, you need to add all relevant data about your organization into the repository (guided by the metamodel that you choose). This is basically manual work, unless you have something available already that you can use to import the data into the Rational System Architect, such as an IBM® Tivoli® Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB).
- Visualization. After you have the data in the repository, the next steps are semiautomatic. The data in the repository has some value, but the real value comes when you can visualize what you have in the repository in various ways. You need to know what you want to visualize (illustrate) and then, basically, just do it. Rational System Architect has architecture and process diagrams, matrices, and views for you to use and methods to customize the illustrations, based on the data that you have in the repository.
- Communication. With the help of Rational System Architect and visualization, it is easy to convey your vision to others, whether that's how your applications support the financial goals of your organization, or another goal
- Realization. With a plan in place, shared, and available for all to use, you can start realizing the enterprise architecture. Implementing the EA vision might include anything from new processes or new IT systems to entirely restructuring the organization.
The video scenario
The demo scenario is that a multibillion dollar corporation needs to find a way to align IT and business in order to achieve enterprise-wide business agility. The IT architecture team has been asked to demonstrate how to apply TOGAF in enterprise architecture. The team has selected Rational System Architect as the tool that they want to use, because it includes TOGAF support, so it is a natural choice.
The IT team members have chosen to model their own team to validate Rational System Architect. Based on the TOGAF metamodel, the team uses the software to model functions, business services, application components, and the processes of their own organization. The team also uses it to show system architecture, a business process diagram, an explorer diagram, heat maps, and matrices.
Figure 2 shows what the architects are planning to model in the context of the TOGAF metamodel. The architects start by adding definitions of the Organization Unit and then add the definitions of unit's Function and Business Service. They also want to show how the business service is implemented, so they will add these definitions:
- Information System Service
- Logical Application Component
- Physical Application Component
- Physical Technology Component
Finally, they will also model one Process that is part of the Organization Unit's Function.
Figure 2. Scope of the scenario in the TOGAF metamodel
With a vision clearly in mind, it is easy to start working, using Rational System Architect. The sections that follow briefly describe the video demonstration of the modeling work, titled "Using Rational System Architect with TOGAF for enterprise architecture" (see the Resources section for a link).
Figure 3. Starting screen of the demonstration video
The video demonstration shows how to model enterprise architecture by using the TOGAF metamodel. Reporting, process simulation, and other features of the Rational System Architect are beyond the scope of the demonstration.
Here are the chapters of the video, which is available on YouTube. Brief descriptions of each follow.
- Add definitions, Part 1
- Add definitions, Part 2
- Add definitions, Part 3
- Add definitions, Part 4
- Add definitions, Part 5
- Add definitions, Part 6
- Start to illustrate the vision
- Add definitions to the diagram
- Separate logical and physical application components
- Add relationships
- Show relationships
- Add new relationship reports
- Draw the system architecture
- Use matrices
- Define heat maps
- Model a business process
00:00 - 00:29 Add definitions, Part 1
The work starts by adding a definition of the Organization Unit (at the top of the TOGAF metamodel) named "IT Department." Initially, only the name field is added for the definition,
All definitions are stored in the repository database where they can be linked and queried and put to use. Because it's a database, the repository can be accessed by multiple users, so the whole team can work on the same model at the same time. An additional benefit is that there is "a single version of truth" stored in the repository, rather than multiple standalone documents stored on hard drives and flying around as email attachments.
00:29 - 00:49 Add definitions, Part 2
The second definition is a Function (remember the TOGAF metamodel), named "Application Support." The idea here is that the Function describes the Organization Unit's purpose, and it is owned by the Organization Unit.
00:49 - 01:45 Add definitions, Part 3
The third definition is a Business Service (see the metamodel again) named "Messaging Service." As you can see, we are following the path from top to bottom in the diagram shown in Figure 2 (there's a link from Function to Business Service).
After defining the Business Service, we add a definition for Information System Service (IS Service), named "Messaging Platform." The IS Service fully automates a business service (see the metamodel). In this case, think of the IS Service as a collection of several applications that, together, make up the platform named "Messaging Platform." And the platform, as IS Service, realizes the Business Service in terms of, for example, service-oriented architecture (SOA).
01:45 - 02:09 Add definitions, Part 4
The next definition is a logical application component named "ESB" (enterprise service bus). This component realizes the IS Service and, when you look at the metamodel, you will see a link between the IS Service and Logical Application Component, stating "Is realized through." The link is visible in the definition under one of the tabs when editing a definition.
Rational System Architect uses the TOGAF metamodel to provide correct data in the definition dialog. The software will not let anyone include links that are not allowed in TOGAF metamodel.
02:09 - 03:08 Add definitions, Part 5
After the logical application component, we need physical application components, so we add these three: WebSphere DataPower, WebSphere Message Broker, and Cast Iron (see Resources for more information). These three realize the logical application component called "ESB."
03:08 - 03:38 Add definitions, Part 6
Referring to Figure 2, the physical technology component is not yet added to the repository, so we add it now and call it "zEnterprise." It supports the WebSphere Message Broker physical application component. The other two physical application components, Cast Iron and WebSphere DataPower, are not supported by zEnterprise, because they are physical appliances themselves.
03:38 - 04:14 Start to illustrate the vision
After adding the definitions, we want to illustrate what we have. Here, we create an explorer diagram that is used to view the components and their relationships in various ways. The diagram is generic, which makes it possible to create very different kinds of diagrams, depending what you have in mind. For example, a diagram may show all business services related to the Organization Unit or all processes of a function, and so on.
04:14 - 05:08 Add definitions to a diagram
Here, we drag definitions to the diagram. Remembering the metamodel, we added definitions from the Organization Unit to the Technology Component to the Explorer diagram. We also include all of the application components, both logical and physical, but that's not what we wanted. We wanted to separate logical and physical application components, which we do in the next step.
05:08 - 06:02 Separate logical and physical application components
First, we delete all application components from the diagram, and then we add the Explorer Object Report, which is a customizable selection of definitions that we want to include. There were already object reports available for logical application components and physical application components.
After adding logical and physical application components, we have the entire stack, from organization to physical server in the Explorer diagram (see the metamodel again).
06:02 - 09:27 Add relationships
We want to visualize the relationships, but we don't have all of them yet. We have just added the definition type and name, so we add a relationship (see the metamodel again). For example: The Organization Unit owns Functions, Function provides access to Business Service, and so on.
This section shows a typical working session, At one point, the mouse cursor guided by the author seems to wander aimlessly around the tool, because there are times when we have to pause and think what to do and how to do it.
09:27 - 10:42 Show relationships
After adding relationships to the definitions, we can show them in the Explorer diagram. The definition called Explorer Relationship Report is used to display a relationship between definitions. Rational System Architect includes many relationships, which can be customized as needed
10:42 - 14:07 Add new relationship reports
In some cases, there is no existing Relationship report for our purposes, so we can create new relationship reports. We add relationships for following relations: logical application component to physical application component, IS Service to logical application component, and Business Service to IS Service. Relationships are added to Explorer diagram by dragging the Relationships report to diagram.
14:07 - 16:15 Draw the system architecture
We can also draw architectural diagrams with Rational System Architect. Some moments ago, we entered an Information System Service called "Messaging Platform." Now we want to visualize it by using a normal architecture diagram. We populate the system architecture diagram with our application component definitions by dragging them to the diagram. In the architectural diagram, we also specify external components and interactions between application components.
16:15 - 16:54 Use matrices
Using matrices is one aid to visualize the enterprise architecture. Rational System Architect defines several matrices, and it makes it easy to see how components are related, such as what physical application components make up logical application component.
16:54 - 18:15 Define heat maps
Heat maps are used to analyze diagrams. Here, we define a heat map that selects all application components in the diagram with names that include "WebSphere" and then apply the color blue to all selected components. We also define a new collection of analytics called "MyHeatmaps," that is visible in the Heat Map Manager.
18:15 - 21:09 Model a business process
Last but not least, we model a business process. The process is called "Development," and it is a sequence of steps that you need to successfully build and deploy a custom application. The process is modeled by using a standard Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN).
Enterprise architecture is what many organizations around the world want to implement, and TOGAF is the de facto standard for development. TOGAF itself is not architecture but a framework on which to build the architecture. You could use TOGAF as a shopping list, though, by selecting what is suitable to your organization, removing unnecessary parts, and modifying it to your own needs.
You can design enterprise architecture without tools. But a tool like Rational System Architect will make your easier when planning, modeling, visualizing, communicating, and implementing it.
Using Rational System Architect enterprise architecture software in the context of TOGAF is not difficult (the software also supports other frameworks, such as NAF and MODAF). The support for TOGAF is built into the tool, so it makes Rational System Architect easy to use for this purpose. The difficult parts might be deciding what you really want to model with TOGAF, what to add to the Rational System Architect repository, and how you want to illustrate and communicate your vision.
TOGAF® Version 9. USA: © 2009-2011 The Open Group. TOGAF is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.
- Watch the demonstration video on YouTube: "Using Rational System Architect with TOGAF for enterprise architecture"
- Learn more about TOGAF Version 9:
- The TOGAF Content Metamodel.
- The TOGAF Content Metamodel, relationships between Entities
- TOGAF Version 9 - A Manual (TOGAF Series), by The Open Group. Van Haren Publishing, 2008
- Learn more about Rational System Architect:
- Check the Rational System Architect overview page.
- Browse the developerWorks page for Rational System Architect, and watch the online demonstration or read the written transcript.
- Check the Rational System Architect Information Center for documentation for all versions, or get support from the Rational System Architect help topics.
- Find out more about these physical application components mentioned in this article:
- IBM®WebSphere® DataPower SOA Appliances, which help simplify, accelerate, and enhance the security capabilities of your XML and Web services deployments.
- IBM WebSphere Message Broker, provides an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) that has been designed for universal connectivity and transformation in heterogeneous IT environments.
- Cast Iron Systems, an IBM Company that provides cloud integration solutions.
- Visit the Rational software area on developerWorks for technical resources and best practices for Rational Software Delivery Platform products.
- Stay current with developerWorks technical events and webcasts focused on a variety of IBM products and IT industry topics.
- Attend a free developerWorks Live! briefing to get up-to-speed quickly on IBM products and tools, as well as IT industry trends.
- Watch developerWorks on-demand demos, ranging from product installation and setup demos for beginners to advanced functionality for experienced developers.
- Improve your skills. Check the Rational training and certification catalog, which includes many types of courses on a wide range of topics. You can take some of them anywhere, any time, and many of the "Getting Started" ones are free.
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Help! My Daughter Is Dating A Criminal
By Sarah Newton
2. Think about what could happen.
It wasn't until the police arrived at my house that I realized I was doing anything wrong. Handling stolen goods was the crime they could have charged me with, but luckily they didn't because I really did not suspect that they were stolen. If someone had told me what trouble I could have been getting myself into back then, I would have ran a mile. Often people are so ignorant of the law; they assume that if they are not taking part in the actual crime they are doing nothing wrong.
3. Know that I can't change him.
I have seen a lot of partners of criminals in my time and one thing they all have in common is that they believe they can turn their bad boy around. In my experience, while not impossible, this is extremely difficult. For a criminal to change, firstly they must want to and secondly, they need support from someone who knows what they are doing. Criminals offend for all kinds of reasons and most of these are way too complicated for a partner to solve. Letting them know that may just be the wakeup call they need.
4. It's not going to end well.
Most partners of criminals believe the fairy tale. They believe that it is all going to end well and turn out for the best and in my experience, it doesn't. There is only one way this is going to go; someone will end up hurt, in jail or dead.
5. Staying with him is approving this behaviour.
This is the one that would have really helped me. Making it OK for him to be a criminal, I was giving him no reason to change and if we give no one a reason to change, they won't. If I truly loved him, I should have given him a chance to change. And if he truly loved me, then surely he would not have put me in the position he put me in and would have changed for me. This is not love and shouldn't really be called love. If someone had told me that, it would have certainly made me think twice.
If you are currently dating a criminal or your daughter is, then my heart goes out to you. Criminals aren't necessarily bad people, they have just made bad choices and they can be the funniest most charming men to be around. Leaving one is never easy and you will need lots of support.
For me it was about self respect. I respected myself too much to be a part of such violent and destructive behaviour and that is my hope for those reading this, that you too can find the respect to leave or that you can instil enough in your daughter that she knows leaving is the right thing for her to do.


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The Texas Tech offense was broke. The Red Raiders were dead last in the conference, averaging only 53 points in league play. The scoring struggles were all over the court - from the floor at 40.8 percent, to the perimeter at 30.
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The Texas Tech players knew they were better than what they were showing on the court. Back-to-back 20-point losses were the latest showings from a Red Raider team 0-6 in Big 12 play. "We got tired of losing," junior guard Toddrick Gotcher said.
Three weeks after league play began, Texas Tech gets its first conference win of the season. Against the No. 1 team in the Big 12 and No. 9 team in the country in Iowa State.
Candi Whitaker knows the Lady Raiders have made a lot of strides the last two weeks - even if Tech has not picked up many wins. Whitaker knows there are a few more hurdles for the Lady Raiders to clear before it can win consistently in the Big 12.


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I stop those problems by telling them that the camera and each lens costs more than one month of their pay. They then become very cooperative and work with me on any inspections.
EDIT: I see that I addressed it before. I hand them a bag of film and tell them if they open anything in the bag, that they get to not only pay for it, they also have to go out a buy it. They settle for a visual inspection and a swab on the outside for nitrogen detection.


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World Cup Briefs - Sven a risk for Ivory Coast
Published: 06 Apr 2010 - 10:25:12
So 23 people will certainly have the chance to make a name for themselves at this summer's World Cup. What will they have in common? They'll all be female and they'll all be attached to Ivorian footballers.
Sven Goran Eriksson's appointment as the latest Head Coach of the Ivory Coast should ensure that another group of nobodies will make a brief name for themselves this summer thanks to their relationships with footballers. Although from what we are told the WAGS of the Ivory Coast may be safer to keep their handbags at home than on display.
Africa's best shout at making the semi-finals of a World Cup for the first time (although their cause was not helped by the draw) will now lie in the hands of a man who recently left a disastrous 'project' in the fourth-tier of English football at Notts County, moved on from Mexico and who oversaw an England side who were the dullest of the 32 participants at the 2006 World Cup.
When the Ivorians, led by Didier Drogba, take to the field they are amongst the proudest of footballing nations, a classic 'golden generation' representing the millions, many who live impoverished, at home. Whether Eriksson can add anything to the side remains to be seen - he gradually blunted England's attacking edge with his obsession at playing a controlling game with players lacking possesional expertise.
The Ivory Coast are a side that play on instinct, that rely heavily on character and vigour. Could Eriksson's relaxed demeanour take that element away from his side? How the likes of Drogba and the Toure brothers respond to the 62-year-old Swede, and his unique conduct will be of significant interest.
How serious will Eriksson treat this job? There are already stories doing the rounds that he is failing to attend association functions in preference of illuminating his face back into the public spotlight.
His task is immediately problematic - his adopted nation face Brazil & Portugal in the Group Stage. Reaching the Second Round will be an achievement of sorts after their failure to progress in Germany.
With the world waiting for Africa to break the final four wouldn't it be standard Sven to see it all end in the Quarter-Finals?
Could it rain goals?
Have we ever gone into a World Cup year with so many forwards in such good form?
Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Gonzalo Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Luis Fabiano, Carlos Tevez, David Villa, the list goes on and on.
Since the World Cup expanded to encompass 24 nations in 1982 the highest average goals per game stands at 2.81 - set in Spain that year. The last four tournaments have seen the average fall in successive World Cups down to a measly 2.30 in Germany in 2006.
With so many stars in such sparkling form could this year buck the trend? Could the 2010 World Cup be a mecca for attacking football? Could this World Cup be one we remember not just for being the first on African soil?
It stands every chance.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Latin America's largest publicly traded company, will start receiving bids for Argentine oilfields next month, according to a person with direct knowledge of the sale.
Petrobras Argentina SA, a unit of Brazil's state-run oil producer, will take offers for fields in southern Argentina from Sept. 12, said the person, who asked not to be named because the process isn't public. Prospective bidders will be able to access data on the assets this month, the person said.
The Argentina unit approved the sale of four fields last month with billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian's Cia. General de Combustibles SA granted right of first refusal on two of them, a person familiar with the decision said at the time. Petrobras, which canceled an attempt to market Argentine assets last year, sold a stake in the Puesto Hernandez production area in Neuquen province to state-owned YPF SA in January. A month later, YPF agreed to buy assets from Apache Corp.
A press officer at Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro, who can't be named under corporate policy, didn't immediately provide a comment on the sale. Petrobras Argentina's American Depositary Receipts rose 3.4% to $6.27 at 3:25 p.m. in New York, extending a gain this year to 13%. Trading in Buenos Aires was closed today, Aug. 18, for a public holiday.
The Petrobras assets that are going on sale in southern Argentina are worth about $300 million, Buenos Aires-based newspaper La Nacion reported on July 25, citing a person familiar with the transaction, who wasn't identified.
Petrobras hired Bank of Nova Scotia to sell assets including a refinery, petrochemical plants and oil and gas fields, a person with knowledge of the decision told Bloomberg in March. Devinder Lamsar, a press officer at Scotia, didn't immediately provide a comment when contacted by email today.
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The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards have just acquired a heaping dose of Miley Cyrus.
MTV reports that the "Can't Be Tamed" singer will be among the presenters at this year's Grammys, which take place on February 13.
Others presenting at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards include Paramore, Neil Patrick Harris, John Legend, Seth Rogen and Kris Kristofferson, who will introduce a special performance from his A Star is Born co-star Barbra Streisand.
As previously reported, the performers at this year's Grammys will include Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Eminem, and Cee Lo Green performing with Gwyneth Paltrow and a full compliment of Muppets. Should be quite the spectacle overall.
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I was looking into getting my main sewer line jetted and when I saw the prices I started to think to myself that I already have a pressure washer capable of 3000 psi. IF I could somehow convert that into a sewer jet I would be golden!! After speaking to the people @ general wire they informed me that all I would need is a 1/4 x 100 ft high pressure hose and then the sewer jet nozzle and I should be in good shape. Maybe some adapters as well. So it looks like for under 200 bucks I can turn my pressure washer into a sewer jet that should take care of my situation. I got prices from 350.00 up to 675.00 to have a company come in and jet my line. Which I am pretty sure they would be doing the same thing that I can do if I buy these additional parts. what do you guys think? I am pretty excited but want to make sure this will work for me. regards,
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as long as the jet nozzle will FIT to the line it should work. if you have a 4" line and put a small nozzle in there you will not clean the line properly. |
I rented a machine exactly like what you are making. It worked great on a 4" line. I think it was made by Electric EEL. It is a high pressure hose thay you start in the line and it moves itself along very handy. Just hooked up power and garden hose and it cleaned it right out. |
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A good quality, 100 ft. sewer jetter attachment for your pressure washer costs under $150 to build or buy. There's information about the different options and tips for using a pressure washer sewer jetter at http://www.sewerjetgazette.net |
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Educated and ignorant, king and pauper, male and female, Jew and Gentile, strong and weak, young and old, black and whiteall are deceived by him. All the worlds high-sounding philosophies, conceived ever so brilliantly by profound thinkerswhether pragmatism, idealism, gnosticism, determinism, hedonism, materialism, transcendentalism, existentialism, deism, or any of countless others, and regardless of the eminence of the geniuses with whose names they are associatedAristotelianism, Platonism, Hegelianism, Marxism, Maoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Kantianism, Freudianismall are man-originated, man-centered, and man-honoring, rather than God-originated, God-centered, and God-honoring [Col. Col. 2:8-9].3
His ultimate deceiving tool at the time of the end is the False Prophet who performs great signs to deceive those who dwell on the earth (Rev. Rev. 13:13-14+), those who receive the mark of the beast and worship his image (Rev. Rev. 19:20+). See commentary on Revelation 13:11. Satan empowers both the Beast and the False Prophet as two mighty deceivers. In a similar way that God gives power to the two witnesses who testify of God (Rev. Rev. 11:3+), these two are empowered by Satan as master deceivers during a time when deception will be the rule rather than the exception. The deception will be so strong that only by the power of the Holy Spirit will the regenerate avoid succumbing to the signs and lying wonders:The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2Th. 2Th. 2:9-12)
The False Prophet is the ultimate from among those Jesus warned of: false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive (Mtt. Mat. 24:24a.). At the Second Coming of Christ, Satan is bound in the abyss so as to halt his deceiving ministry for the duration of the Millennium (Rev. Rev. 20:3+), but at the end he will be released to deceive the nations one final time (Rev. Rev. 20:8-10+).Notes
1 Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 8-22 (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1995), 12:9.
2 Frederick William Danker and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 561.
3 Henry Morris, The Revelation Record (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1983), Rev. 12:9.


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The Humor Code: Does Mad Men-Style Boozing Yield Funnier Ads?
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But we digress. After each new ad they sketched, participants rated how drunk they felt — from "sober" to "shit-faced" — and how funny they considered the ad on a seven-point scale, from "slightly amusing" to "hilarious." The data clearly show that the more drunk our mad men and women became, the funnier they believed their humor attempts to be:
But did other people agree? With the help of one of Humor Research Lab's grad students, Julie Schiro, Pete took the 30 Venn diagrams sketched by the 10 participants from whom we obtained usable data (the results from the other two participants were too sloppy to even analyze) and submitted them to an online survey panel. There, 60 respondents rated each diagram on a seven-point scale in terms of humor and offensiveness:
As you can see from the results, the drunken advertising creatives were wildly off the mark: The Venns generally became less funny by the time our participants downed their fifth and final drink of the experiment (which only three did; most bowed out in an inebriated mess before making it all the way through). Not only that, but the diagrams also became more offensive. Take, for example, one creative director who went by the code name "Blaze." After his third drink, he rated himself about halfway up the drunkenness scale and hatched this gem:
He gave it a 4 on the funniness scale, compared to the online-survey respondents' rating of 3.5. Pretty similar. However, things changed as the night wore on. Blaze concocted this Venn after his fifth drink:
He rated it a 7 (i.e., hilarious). The online panel resoundingly disagreed with an average humor rating of 1.95 (i.e., slightly amusing) and an average offensiveness rating of 4.2.
The Results
In the end, the Mad Men experiment shows us that using alcohol to fuel humor creation does tend to make things funnier — but only for those making the funny. So be warned: If you hire an agency known for boozy hijinks to dream up your next big advertising campaign, get a second opinion before you reveal it to the prudish masses. In fact, we'd be happy to analyze it for you. Just don't expect us to pick up the bar tab.


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This new edition of Brogan's superb one-volume history - from early British colonisation to the Reagan years - captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress, Brogan explores the period leading to Independence from both the American and the British points of view, touching on permanent features of 'the American character' - both the good and the bad. He provides a masterly synthesis of all the latest research illustrating America's rapid growth from humble beginnings to global dominance.
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Hugh Brogan was educated at Repton School and Cambridge. He worked on the Economist for two years before his first visit to the United States as a Harkness Fellow in 1962. He was a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1963 to 1974 and thereafter, until his retirement in 1998, taught at the University of Essex. He has several published works, the most recent of which is 'Signalling from Mars: Selected Letters of Arthur Ransome' (1997).
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18 and they meted [it] at the measure of omer; neither he that gathered more had more, neither he that made ready less found less, but all gathered by that that they might eat. (and they measured it at the measure of an omer per person, and he who gathered more did not have too much, nor he who gathered less had not enough, but they all gathered just what they could eat.) | 18 And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed. |
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Have you considered a dot scope? If I was to mount a scope on a shotty I think I would go this route. I bird hunt mostly with a sg and rifle with scope everything else, I like Nikon and BSA is not bad. The options are narrow with the budget you have, go for clear and something durable with warranty.
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I have a BSA 2.5 fixed power scope on my shotgun. It does well, considering the abuse it gets hunting from a canoe and 4 wheeler.
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I used that bsa for years it was on the gun when I got it and used more then any other one I put on the gun had a NIKON and a bushnell the NIKON was better but I never had a problem with that bsa the other ones one of the inner lenses would crack guess some times simple just works LOL
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Another thing is most scopes larger than 2.5x have a paralax of 100 yards. I need a scope that will handle the recoil of a shotgun with a 50 yard paralax. On the east coast it's flat out stupid to sell scopes with a 100 yard paralax. Maybe 15% of hunters need a scope focused at 100 yards. After 10 am I am done watching fields. The rest of the day I am heading into the woods. After the first few weeks I quit watching fields completely. I would hunt fields in the afternoon but the deer usually come out after legal shooting hours. The game wardens around here don't get the point they need permission to come on private property. One game warden that was a real PITA several landowners all went to the courthouse together and pressed charges on him for trespassing. The judge threw the charges out. In turn the landowners got management permits. Come to find out he had land leased nearby. He was trying to protect his deer. To bad cause we were shooting them anytime.
Several of the brands have dedicated shotgun scopes. The parallax is set from 50 to 70 yards depending on the brand. I dont use a scope on a shotgun but I like the reticles available for the 22lr. I dont know how it would hold up to recoil but I like the Konus shotgun scopes. The reticle is engraved on the glass instead of wires. If your BSA is working well, stay with it. If it aint broke dont fix it.
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New research indicates these family members are far less likely to experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety after the event than those who didn't watch the CPR, regardless of the outcome.
The study, done in France, also found that family-witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the home didn't affect patient survival rates, emotional stress in the medical team or the number of legal claims in the months afterward.
The research examined a phenomenon that has long been controversial but backed up by little evidence, said study co-author Dr. Stephen Borron, program director of the medical toxicology fellowship program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso.
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government's survival.
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry said he found comments from "some" Afghan
leaders "hurtful and inappropriate", according to a transcript of a speech
released late on Sunday.
Although he did not mention Karzai by name, the speech appeared to be a
direct response to a string of verbal broadsides against Western troops
serving in Afghanistan and the diplomatic and aid programmes that
accompany them.
In one recent fiery speech Karzai warned that foreign soldiers risked
being seen as occupiers because of civilian casualties they caused. Last
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toxic chemicals.
Eikenberry said those comments left him ashamed and speechless in front of
the relatives of U.S. war dead.
"When I hear some of your leaders call us occupiers, I cannot look at
these mourning parents, spouses, and children in the eye and give them a
comforting reply," Eikenberry told an audience of students and academics
at Herat University in western Afghanistan.
"When we hear ourselves being called occupiers and worse, our pride is
offended and we begin to lose our inspiration to carry on," he added, in a
personal addendum to a speech on education and transition.
But Karzai's spokesman said some of the president's comments had been
misunderstood and warned against "over-reacting" to constructive
criticism, saying that Afghan people standing up for their own interests
should not be dubbed offensive.
Karzai's spokesman said that in his controversial speech on civilian
casualties the president was only warning western allies that their image
in his country was at risk, and that details may have been lost in a bad
"The president has never termed international forces as occupying forces
... He has said if the bombardment of civilian homes and civilians
continue, there is a risk that (this view of western troops as occupiers)
could become part of public opinion in Afghanistan," Waheed Omer said.
But Omer also warned against "over-reacting" to criticism, and added that
although effective assistance was appreciated, the west had not come to
Afghanistan for altruistic reasons.
"No one can deny that international community came to Afghanistan for the
sake of their own interests in the first place. We as Afghans have every
right ... to make sure that international community's presence also serves
the interests of the people of Afghanistan," Omer said.
"I don't see why this should be termed as offending."
Eikenberry was speaking as U.S. President Barack Obama mulls how steep a
U.S. troop withdrawal that starts in July should be.
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abuse and corruption to a dearth of leaders and equipment and a damaging
rate of attrition.
Although the training team say progress is impressive, it will still be
years before they have a real hope of holding off disciplined and
battle-hardened insurgents across the country.
Even when they can fight alone, the size of the security forces and
Afghanistan's sickly economy means they will need help paying salaries and
buying equipment for years to come.
Eikenberry warned that patience to help Afghanistan seek security would
not be infinite if Afghan partners were dismissive of U.S. sacrifices of
lives and money.
"At the point your leaders believe that we are doing more harm than good
... especially at a time our economy is suffering and our needs are not
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ManpowerGroup Retro-Commissions its Headquarters, Saves $105,000/year
ManpowerGroup's six-year-old LEED-Gold headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., cut its annual utility costs by $105,000 by using Johnson Controls' retro-commissioning process.
The project paid for itself in 12 months by adjusting the building equipment and its operations to meet current conditions.
Although the building is LEED-Gold certified, Johnson Controls says there is a misconception that if you build a new, efficient building, it remains efficient for life, when in fact it needs to be constantly fine-tuned to perform at its best. The retro-commissioning process addresses changes that have developed throughout the building's life.
Using information collected from the Metasys building management system, the Johnson Controls' Service team identified 12 possible facility improvement measures at ManpowerGroup. Four were chosen for their high potential to reduce energy and stimulate a fast payback. Upgrades included revising building system schedules to operate more efficiently, switching HVAC units from electric to natural gas, and centralizing the control of the air distribution system.
Once the savings were verified, ManpowerGroup received $25,000 from Focus on Energy, a Wisconsin-based organization funded by investor-owned energy utilities. The organization offers incentives to implement energy-efficiency projects.
Over the past 12 years, ManpowerGroup has worked with Johnson Controls' Global WorkPlace Solutions business to design, construct and maintain all of its 750 field offices across North America. Global WorkPlace Solutions was hired to manage the design and construction of the new consolidated world headquarters. Johnson Controls was awarded the facility management contract for the facility upon completion in 2007. The building was awarded with the USGBC's LEED Gold certification in 2010.
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'The Marinovich Project'
From birth, Todd Marinovich was raised with a defined purpose of creating the perfect athlete. Trained by his father, Marv, a former pro football player and a strength and conditioning guru, the young Marinovich was meticulously engineered and nurtured into a star quarterback. When it came to performance, Marv expected perfection and Todd delivered. He was dubbed "Robo QB," and his performance initially lived up to the name as he set passing records in high school, vied for the Heisman while at USC and ultimately was selected in the first round of the 1991 NFL draft by his hometown Los Angeles Raiders. But two years later, he was out of the NFL, a full-blown drug addict in search of a life beyond football. "The Marinovich Project" tells the unvarnished story of Todd's unique ascent to stardom, the dark descent that followed and the complicated father-son bond throughout, ultimately answering the question "What went wrong with Todd Marinovich?"
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Marinovich. For our generation of sports fans, the name conjures an epic saga in a single word. Over time, the name has become shorthand for one of sport's most cautionary tales.
20 years ago, he walked off the NFL stage and into oblivion. We wanted to find him.
For six months we tried to track him down and were greeted with radio silence. Then one day the phone rang.
"Don't you know I'm a recluse..."
Thus began our own crazy journey.
Since he was a boy, Todd Marinovich has been pushed toward the spotlight -- first by a father looking to build him up, then by the media eager to tear them both down. Our job was to convince sports most infamous recluse to turn the spotlight on himself and reveal the real person behind his own notorious persona.
Todd's initial hesitation was understandable. He had been branded a failure and his father, a monster.
Even as we started filming, we looked at this story through the lens of the myth we had been sold for decades: part Frankenstein, part Icarus, totally messed up.
What we found was a real life love story between a father and a son.
It's a story that has never been told. We are honored that Todd and his father Marv entrusted us to tell it.
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Farm fresh Pekin Duck Breast is available year round at www.pekinparadise.com
servings6 sandwichs
Ingredients:1 Joe Jurgielewicz Duck Breast
American, Provolone, or cheese of choice
Rub Ingredients:
1 Tbs. Kosher Salt
1/4 tsp. Black Peppers
1/2 tsp. Red Pepper Flare
1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
Sautee Ingredients:
1/4 stick Butter
1/2 cup Onions
1/2 cup Red Pepper
1/2 cup Mushrooms
1/4 tsp. Sage
1) Trim excess fat from around duck breast. Score skin side without cutting into meat (This will help retain succulence and allow the fat to cook off).2) Apply rub liberally to both sides of the breast. Set grill to medium heat and place breast skin side down. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes, skin side down. Turn breast and cook 5 to 8 minutes more (shorter time for medium rare and longer for well-done).
3) Allow breast to sit for approximately 10 minutes and begin cooking sautee. Sautee
the butter, onions, red pepper, mushrooms, and sage in skillet until onions are golden brown.
4) Place duck breast, cheese, and cover with sautéed vegetables.
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recipe at a glance
type: Quick & Easy, Sandwich
main ingredients: Duck
cuisine: American
dietary considerations: Healthy


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