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Security Strategies for IoT Systems from Devices to the Cloud - Google Hangout
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Securing IoT Systems requires examining the security of embedded devices, cloud services and the communication and interactions between IoT devices and cloud services. This panel discussion will review device security including approaches for secure data storage , use of ARM® TrustZone, secure data transmission and connectivity protocols and rugged development for cloud based services. At the end of this discussion you should leave with a complete overview of the security concerns and strategies for the IoT ecosystem that ranges from the end node, to gateways to the cloud services IoT devices connect to.
What You Will Learn
- Securing data stored on IoT devices
- Using ARM® TrustZone
- Securing data transmitted over Bluetooth and Wifi
- Authenticating device access to cloud services
- Designing rugged and secure cloud services
Who Should Attend
- Directors and managers delivering IoT device or services
- Embedded software engineer introducing connectivity to devices
About the Presenters
James Wickett
James is an innovative thought leader and technologist in the DevOps and InfoSec communities and has a passion for helping big companies work like startups to deliver products in the cloud. He got his start in technology when he ran a Web startup company as a student at University of Oklahoma and since then has worked in environments ranging from large, web-scale enterprises to small, rapid-growth startups. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, James is currently working in a startup-like team building cloud-based products for the Embedded Software Division of Mentor Graphics (http://mentor.com). James is a dynamic speaker on topics in DevOps, cloud computing, cloud security, security testing and Rugged DevOps.
Andrew Caples
Andrew Caples is a product marketing manager for the embedded systems division of Mentor Graphics. He has over 20 years of experience in start-ups and fortune 500 high tech companies and has served in a variety of roles ranging from technical marketing to sales management. He has a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from California Polytechnic University. His current responsibilities include product management for the Nucleus Real Time Operating System.
Kamran Shah
Kamran Shah is the Director of Marketing for Embedded Software at Mentor Graphics. He has held multiple technical roles that span product marketing, product management and research and development. Throughout his career Kamran has led innovation in the areas of development of embedded systems with heterogeneous targets, software defined radio systems and cloud based development tools and services. Kamran has been awarded 18 patents and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering.
Felix Baum
Felix Baum is working in the Product Management team of the Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division, overseeing the virtualization and Multi-OS and Multi-Core technologies. Felix has spent nearly 20 years in the embedded industry, both as an embedded developer and as a manager. During the last few years he led product marketing and product management efforts for various real-time operating system technologies and silicon architectures. Before that, working in business development, he managed the technical needs of strategic alliance partners around the globe, helping them address the challenges of integrating and promoting joint solutions for mutual customers. Prior to that as a field applications engineer in the greater Los Angeles area, he consulted with customers on the development of highly optimized devices for a broad range of industries, including Aerospace, Networking, Industrial, Medical, Automotive and Consumer. Felix started his career at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, designing flight software for various spacecraft and managing a launch campaign for the GRACE mission. Felix holds a master's degree in Computer Science from the California State University at Northridge and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Matt Radochonski
Matt is a member of the Embedded Software marketing team at Mentor Graphics and hosts the division's live Hangout broadcasts. He has a background in Marketing and Advertising, running innovative and complex online & offline programs for technology clients for the past 14 years. Prior to joining Mentor Graphics in 2009, Matt spent worked in an agency capacity focusing on award-winning technology campaigns. Matt graduated from the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business in 2000.
Karthik Gaekwad
Karthik Gaekwad is an experienced web software engineer with a passion to quickly design and develop secure cloud hosted software products. Karthik's expertise lies in building REST API's, web user interfaces and cloud based authentication and authorization. Karthik lives in Austin, Texas and is an organizer for Devopsdays Austin, and CloudAustin.
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Microsoft® Windows
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10; Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome
- Adobe® Flash® Player 10.3 or later
- 1.4GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or faster processor and 512MB of RAM
Mac OS X
- Mozilla Firefox; Apple Safari; Google Chrome
- Adobe Flash Player 10.3
- 1.83GHz Intel Core™ Duo or faster processor and 512MB of RAM
- Ubuntu 10.04, 11.04; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; OpenSuSE 11.3
- Mozilla Firefox
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- Android supported OS versions summary: 2.2 and higher
- Android AIR Runtime required: 3.2 or higher
Additional requirements
- Bandwidth: 512Kbps for participants, meeting attendees, and end users of Adobe Connect applications. Connection: DSL/cable (wired connection recommended) for Adobe Connect presenters, administrators, trainers, and event and meeting hosts.


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Fantasy's recent recent Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits shows why every celebrant of the disco era in San Francisco idolized the great Sylvester (1947-1988). The unforgettable, gender-bending, high-flying androgynous Queen of Disco -- part of a vanguard of post-Stonewall, gender-bending, gay performers that included San Francisco's fabulous Cockettes -- Sylvester survived his childhood in the Watts ghetto of Los Angeles to build a singing career that eventually landed him on the sound system of every disco club in the nation.
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To understand why Sylvester became such a hit, you must hear the 10 original tracks and one new dub mix on Mighty Real. I defy you to remain in your seat as Sylvester dances his way through "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)." Two of the runaway hits that Sylvester and Harvey Fuqua produced for Honey Records Productions in 1977-1980, these are the songs that we danced, pumped and sweated to as the smell of amyl nitrate filled the air. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" may have been inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2004, but for those of us for whom it became an anthem of sorts, it had already achieved immortality.


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CTA board ousts Tony Hernandez as executive director of teachers union
The union that represents roughly 12,000 Palm Beach County School District teachers has ousted its executive director, causing anger and fears of chaos among some teachers.
"What's happening now is the destruction of the union," said teacher and union representative Les Kozlow of the Classroom Teachers Association's Board of Directors March 5 vote to remove Interim Executive Director Tony Hernandez.
Hernandez said his at-will contract requires 30 days' notice for him to be removed, so he is still the executive director until Friday April 6. On April 9 he will return to his former position as a labor consultant specializing in professional development and membership recruitment. Hernandez has been the executive director since January of 2011, replacing Helene Samango.
"Obviously I am not pleased with their decision," Hernandez said. "I will continue to work to help teachers in Palm Beach County."
The union did not make any public announcement of Hernandez's ouster after the board of directors held the executive session meeting on March 5. Hernandez said he was not in the executive session and has never been given a reason by the board or union President Debra Wilhelm why he was removed. As an at-will manager, Hernandez said, he does not have any legal recourse to challenge the board's decision.
Wilhelm and several members of the board of directors for the union could not be immediately reached for comment.
Hernandez said the board also instructed him to work from his home for the remainder of his time as executive director until April 6.
"No reason was ever given other than the board decided they want me to work out of my home until the end of the contract," Hernandez said, adding that it has made working more challenging but he is still running the day-to-day operations of the union. He said he hasn't said much to teachers about the situation as he has tried to "keep a low profile."
Kozlow said he was angered by the board's move to oust Hernandez and make him work from home, and even more by the fact that teachers have not been told about it.
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded the city of Houston in Texas County a $1,750,000 grant and a $1,750,000 loan through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In addition, the department is also awarding the city a $500,000 Rural Sewer Grant through a water pollution control bond.
The department presented Houston city officials with the award grants and loan today during a brief ceremony. "The department is pleased to provide these funds to the city to help to improve the quality of treated wastewater that is discharged to waters of the state and to be protective of human health and the environment," said Bill Bryan, DNR Deputy Director. Houston is the first city in Missouri to receive the Recovery Act funding for wastewater improvements.
The Recovery Act provides significant funding to assist communities with infrastructure needs for water quality, wastewater and drinking water. A portion of the funding will be targeted toward green infrastructure, water and energy efficiency and environmentally innovative projects. During tough economic times, this infusion of grant and loan funding will help the city protect its citizens and the environment by making necessary sewer improvements.
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Finding (Or Losing) Time to Read
Thus begins a marvelous essay that was printed in the Los Angeles Times last Sunday by David Ulin, book editor for the times. The essay is called "The Lost Art of Reading," and I recommend everyone who cares enough about the subject to read it.
It's a topic that I've been wanting to write about for several weeks. I find myself reading less and less nowadays. Now, I know why I'm reading less and less. That's a no-brainer. It's everything that fills up most of our days: work, driving, errands, keeping up a house and, in my case, a very large yard, walking dogs, keeping up with emails, facebook, and after that, trying to have some kind of social life. Time was when I could read for at least a couple of hours every day: one hour in the morning when I get up; another hour at night. Now I do spend the mornings reading, but many times it's the newspaper, which may or may not be a satisfying experience. As far as the evenings go, forget it. I'm lucky if I get 15 minutes in before I fall asleep.
But what disturbs me is that when I look at the distractions I listed above, I'm having a hard time deciding whether or not I want to give up any of these for reading. Now that's scary. I have to have a house because of having two large dogs and actually I prefer a house to a condo. So doing away with yard maintenance isn't an option. Also I don't want to give up my garden. Work, my dogs, my social life, emails, are all necessities. I have sworn off Facebook on occasion, but I find myself sneaking back into the kitchen to take a quick look ("Has anyone commented on my post?"). And that in and of itself can be distracting. And addicting.
I think the turning point for me was when I bought my first house back in 2002. I immediately was swept up in house painting, gardening, refurbishing, whatever. Add to that the fact that the only houses I could afford were located in an area 45 miles away from work. Overnight my commute went from 30 minutes a day to 3 hours. I had entered that twilight zone of home ownership: where people go when they want to own a home, where they spend 20-30 years of their lives getting up at 4 a.m. to get on the freeway and not getting home until 9 p.m., and spending your entire weekends sleeping off the commute and working....around the house.
Well, I got out of that, and now I'm renting. I work from home, so I only have a commute one day a week. I have someone come and cut my lawns now every two weeks. And I still don't have time to read.
I was reading another blog recently, Gary Dobb's fine blog The Tainted Archive, in which this subject was discussed. A lot of people commented that they read on the trains to work. But that isn't an option for people in the Los Angeles area, because of our very limited mass transit operations.
I'd like to hear other people's feedback on this. And don't forget to read Ulin's essay in the Times.
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- Walker Martin said...
Life has become more and more complex, our waking hours filled often with electronic gadgets and various distractions. How often have I heard the excuse "I don't have time for reading".
I always respond that we have to make time for reading. It has to be part of our daily activity just like eating, sleeping, working, etc. Reading at the end of the day in bed will probably result in sleeping. I read often at meals. Breakfast is for newspapers but lunch and dinner are for books, pulps, paperbacks.
As teenagers maybe we could lay around and read all day but as adults with our added responsibilities and interests, we have to make sure we carve out time, a half hour here, an hour there. Reading is a great solitary pleasure; we have to make time for it. Really what could be more important than taking some time for ourselves, our intellect, our curiosity, our enjoyment? - August 13, 2009 at 4:34 PM
- Dave Lewis said...
I share your problem. I'm finding less and less time to sit down and open a book. At least half my "reading" is now done with my ears.
Any time I'm doing something with my hands (driving, cooking, washing dishes) I'm listening to an audiobook. I get 'em from the library, and if mine doesn't have what I want they borrow it through InterLibrary Loan. This doesn't help with pulps, of course, or many western pbs, so I try to reserve my sit down time for stuff NOT available on CD. - August 13, 2009 at 5:14 PM
- Charles Gramlich said...
I really increased my reading time this summer and made a somewhat conscious decision to do so. I sped up my blogging a pace and cut way back on TV and video games. I was upset myself at getting less reading done.
- August 13, 2009 at 10:35 PM
- ARCHAVIST said...
I read whenever possible - in the car when parked up, in bed, in the bath. However the habit needs to be worked at as it's all too easy to get distracted but when your in the zone there's no better place.
- August 15, 2009 at 1:20 AM
- Lana Gramlich said...
I saw your comment about my recent Google Hijack Virus problem & wanted to warn you that the 1st thing the virus does is disable Norton Anti-Virus (& possibly other anti-viral programs.) Despite my own reinstalls & updates of Norton, it never detected this virus. The only other option for removal (besides the program I recommended, for the normal computer user,) is a complete system restore. Downloading the program takes seconds, but could save you from having to start from scratch someday.
Now, as for this blog post, I had to go to what some would consider extreme measures to allow myself enough time for painting & other things. Although I've always worked full-time, when I was hired at the library, I decided to go part-time. It allows me to cover my part of the bills, but very little else. When problems arise (like my recent surgery,) I run a little bit short of my bills, so I definitely couldn't do this without Charles in my life. I don't know how long I'll be able to do this, either, as my bills increase a little every year, but I'll take advantage while I can. - August 15, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Ed Hulse said...
Even though I don't have a full-time job away from home, I find it increasingly difficult to carve out reading time. That's been a problem for years, mainly because as a reviewer of movies and DVDs I spend as much as three or four hours a day in theaters or in front of my TV set. But the internet has become a bigger threat, although I'm often reading when I'm on line.
As a young kid I developed the habit of reading in bed for an hour or two before retiring. I still find it relaxing, especially if I'm reading something that "goes down easy" -- like novels by such old favorites as Edgar Wallace, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Sax Rohmer. Basically, anything that doesn't require a lot of concentration is good bedtime reading. You don't want to attempt ULYSSES when dog-tired and sprawled out on the bed. That's when the pulpy stuff really works; its dreamlike quality is best appreciated when you're a little drowsy!
Trying to read a really good book late at night is usually a prescription for sleeplessness. Just this past New Year's Day, I impulsively decided to revisit TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, which I'd last read more than 30 years ago. The damn thing kept me up most of the night. I read about half of it before turning out the lights, but then I couldn't get to sleep because I kept rerunning the best scenes in my head and trying to recall Harper Lee's impeccable phrasing! - August 15, 2009 at 7:23 PM
- Laurie Powers said...
everyone has posted such great comments here. I am now trying to make a concerted effort to read more. I'm finding that whatever I read in the newspaper that morning I can't even remember by noon, so this is my latest experiment: to read more of what I treasure - pulp fiction stories, the latest novel - in the mornings. Save the paper for later, or at least be more discriminatory of what I read in the paper.
And now I have a confession to make: I can lose 2-3 hours a night watching baseball games. Now, a lot of that time I'll be reading at the same time. But not always. What's a girl to do? - August 15, 2009 at 8:25 PM


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I have mounded, spreading junipers in my front landscaping. Last year they started getting brown spots. I cut them out, assuming new growth would fill in. This year the brown area is spreading. Are they dying? Is this a fungus?
— Carolyn Minehart
The photos you sent indicate that your junipers likely have been damaged by meadow voles. To be sure, look at the bases of the dead and dying branches to see if the bark has been chewed off.
Vole damage typically occurs over the winter, but the effects can take some time to show up in the plants' foliage. The damage can accumulate over several years as the voles' feeding kills one branch after another until the plant dies completely.
Voles are compact rodents with stocky bodies, short legs and short tails that can be mistaken for mice. They are active throughout the year, mostly at dawn and dusk. They primarily eat the stems and leaves of various grasses, but they also consume other vegetation. During the winter they will eat the bark of shrubs and young trees.
Gardens with low-lying landscaping, such as arborvitaes, spreading yews, junipers and cranberry cotoneaster, often have vole problems because the vegetation provides cover for the rodents. Where voles are hidden from predators such as hawks and owls, they can spend more time eating and reproducing. Deep grass and ground covers also can hide them. Damage often is especially severe during extended cold spells with deep snow cover, because voles can tunnel through the snow to feed on bark.
In general, removing cover is very effective in deterring vole damage. Eliminate weeds and cut back dense ground covers around lawns. Mow turf regularly. Cut back vegetation from the bases of trees and shrubs as winter approaches and pull mulch away from the base of the plants. It also is a good idea to keep the snow cleared away from the base of young trees.
If reducing cover is not sufficient, voles can be controlled by using snap traps baited with a combination of peanut butter and oatmeal or with apple slices. Position the traps near the base of the plants.
Repellents that have thiram or capsaicin as an active ingredient may provide short-term protection if applied to the bases of shrubs and the trunks of young trees. However, there are no vole-resistant plants, and there are no agents that will scare the rodents away.
Your junipers are showing considerable damage. Inspect the remaining green branches to see if their bark has been chewed like that of the brown branches. You can prune out the dead branches, but the plants are not going to look good and will be very slow to fill back in. You might need to consider replacing them.
There is a fungus disease called phomopsis tip blight that commonly affects junipers. However, this is unlikely to be your problem because your plants appear to be a variety of Japanese garden juniper called Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' that is resistant to the fungus.
In a susceptible juniper, the first symptoms of phomopsis tip blight are yellow spots on young needles and occasionally older ones that can occur three to five days after infection. The fungus then enters young stem tissue, causing new shoot tips to die. The shoots first turn dull red, then brown, then ash gray. As the disease progresses, cankers form on the stems and can eventually kill the entire branch. This causes the plant to turn brown in summer and fall.
The infection can be spread by splashing rain or overhead irrigation, wind, insects or mechanical means such as pruning. Repeated infections are most likely to occur when temperatures are between 70 and 80 degrees, there is high humidity and the foliage is wet.
Although there are fungicides that can be sprayed to prevent this disease, it is best to choose a disease-resistant variety and site it where there is good air circulation. Avoid shady and poorly drained planting sites.
It is difficult to avoid getting the foliage wet when watering low-growing junipers, but try to water early in the day so the plants have time to dry off. Prune out diseased branches during dry summer weather, and be sure to disinfect your pruners between branches and plants to avoid spreading the disease.
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- For someone who doesn't work in IT, what is a 'colocation data centre'?
- How does 4D Data Centres charge for bandwidth?
- What is the 95th percentile rule?
- What does 99.999% uptime actually mean?
- How much power per rack can 4D Data Centres offer?
- What is a 'U' of space?
- I've got dual power feed servers, can you accommodate them?
- What do you mean by "resilient connectivity" to the racks?
For someone who doesn't work in IT, what is a 'colocation data centre'?
'Colocation' is a fancy word we and other people in the IT industry use to describe putting Company A's IT equipment into Company B's building to look after. Company A still owns and manages all the equipment and can visit whenever they want, hence the name 'co-locate'.
The reason they would want to 'co-locate' their IT equipment is because the new building has been designed specifically to look after computers and provide really fast connections to the internet. In essence, their primary commodity is the housing and transfer of data, hence the term 'data centres'.
Thanks to economies of scale, a colocation data centre is able to offer the following at a greatly reduced cost in comparison with businesses trying to achieve the same results in-house:
- Very fast and resilient connections to the internet
- 24x7 on-site tech staff and security
- Cheaper running costs thanks to economies of scale with the purchasing of power, human resources and connectivity
- Reduced carbon tax liabilities by outsourcing power-hungry computer systems to data centres
Check out our video explanation here.
How does 4D Data Centres charge for bandwidth?
We charge for bandwidth based on throughput (Mbps) with a committed data rate (CDR) rather than data transfer (GB per month). This allows us to offer burstable bandwidth to meet changing demands or peaks in user activity without any degradation in service or limitations on the amount of data you can transfer per month. All bandwidth is billed on the 95th percentile rule (see below for more details).
What is the 95th percentile rule?
Bandwidth usage is measured from the switches and recorded in a log file every five minutes. At the end of the month, the samples taken are sorted from highest to lowest by our billing system, and the top 5% of data (which equates to approximately 36 hours of a 30-day billing cycle) is thrown a way. This allows for short, unexpected bursts in traffic (for example, a new product launch or large data backup) that will not be charged for as "over-usage" bandwidth.
Based on this model, the top 36 hours (top 5% of 720 hours) of peak traffic is not taken into account when billed for an entire month. Bandwidth could be utilised at a higher rate for up to 72 min a day with no financial penalty.
What does 99.999% uptime actually mean?
Availability is usually expressed as a percentage of uptime in a given year.
The following table shows the downtime that will be allowed for a particular percentage of availability, presuming that the system is required to operate continuously.
Service level agreements often refer to monthly downtime or availability in order to calculate service credits to match monthly billing cycles.
The following table shows the translation from a given availability percentage to the corresponding amount of time a system would be unavailable per year, month, or week.
Availability % |
Downtime per year |
Downtime per month* |
Downtime per week |
90% ("one nine") |
36.5 days |
72 hours |
16.8 hours |
95% |
18.25 days |
36 hours |
8.4 hours |
99% ("two nines") |
3.65 days |
7.20 hours |
1.68 hours |
99.5% |
1.83 days |
3.60 hours |
50.4 minutes |
99.9% ("three nines") |
8.76 hours |
43.2 minutes |
10.1 minutes |
99.95% |
4.38 hours |
21.56 minutes |
5.04 minutes |
99.99% ("four nines") |
52.56 minutes |
4.32 minutes |
1.01 minutes |
99.999% ("five nines") |
5.26 minutes |
25.9 seconds |
6.05 second |
* For monthly calculations, a 30-day month is used.
How much power per rack can 4D Data Centres offer?
We offer the following power as standard in our racks
- Quarter racks (11u) - 2Amps or 4Amps
- Half racks (22u) – 4Amps or 8Amps
- Full racks (42u) – 8Amps, 12Amps, 16Amps, 20Amps or 24Amps
Using something called the '80% rule' all our power is provisioned over correctly sized breakers and cables allowing you to consistently draw the full amount of power you pay for.
Some data centres offer 16Amps of power but in actual fact this is an absolute limit and if you go over it, you may end up tripping the breaker causing you to lose power to your whole rack.
What is a 'U' of space?
A rack unit or U is a unit of measure used to describe the height of equipment intended for mounting in a rack (which is measured in 'U' for height).
One rack unit (U) is 1.75 inches (44.45 mm) high.
I've got dual power feed servers, can you accommodate them?
In short, yes. Our standard options for power give you the choice of having single or dual feeds into the rack along with a couple of different ways of managing the resilience, depending on the type of equipment you are installing.
APC Power Bar Options:
Standard APC Power Bar
The standard APC power bar has 42 ports with reporting capabilities to view power draw in real time with historical data but no remote reboot functionality.
Intelligent APC Power Bar
The intelligent APC power bar has 42 ports with reporting capabilities to view power draw in real time with historical data but also has remote reboot functionality to allow for power cycling of devices connected to each outlet.
Single Feed Power (A-Only):
Single APC Power Bar
This gives a single route of power onto one APC power bar (PDU) in the rack.
Dual Feed Power (A+B):
Dual APC Power Bars
This gives two routes of power into the rack each of which is fed from a separate data floor distribution board over separate power paths from the building UPS.
This setup is ideal for clients who have high availability equipment with dual power supplies as it provides complete resilience over the failure of any one power delivery component.
Single APC Power Bar with Static Transfer Switch (STS)
This gives two routes of power into the rack which are terminated onto an STS with a single APC power bar in the rack. The STS provides the functionality to switch from the 'A' power feed to the 'B' power feed without loss of power delivery to the rack.
This setup is ideal for clients who have single power supply equipment but still require some level of resilience on power delivery.
What do you mean by 'resilient connectivity' to the racks?
Our standard setup for network delivery gives you two Cat5e connections to the 4D Data Centres core network with each cable going back to a separate switch. These are normally on 100Mbps switch ports but can be upgraded to 1Gbps or 10Gbps as well as replaced with Cat6, Cat6a or fibre if needed.
Routing is either provided over a static route where we will supply you with a gateway IP address to use and we handle all routing aspects of the connection, or if you wish to run your own routers we will supply the connection over a BGP peer giving you more flexibility on how your traffic is handled. With BGP peering we have pre-defined communities to allow you to influence how your traffic is handled across our network and upstream providers.
We also offer IPv4 and IPv6 address space to all clients. We have native IPv6 support with IPv6 enabled upstream carriers and peers.
The following options are available for configuring resilience:
- Port Channel
- Failover (HSRP/VRRP/GLB)
- BGP Peering


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Freddie & Me
- Posted by Johanna on January 4, 2009 at 8:15 pm
- Category: Graphic Novel Reviews
- CREDITS: by Mike Dawson
- PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury; $19.99 US
A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody
This autobiography is about how Mike Dawson loved the music of Freddie Mercury and moved from the United Kingdom to the United States as a child. As such, I expected it to address in some fashion these topics:
- Why Queen's music was so appealing to him
- How the near-death revelation of Mercury's homosexuality and his having AIDS affected him
- The culture clash between England and the U.S.
I think those are basic questions most people would have when told a book was about those subjects. Unfortunately, none of them are addressed in any significant fashion. I wanted to known why Queen mattered so much to Dawson, so much so that he tracks what happens in his life by what he was listening to, but instead of insight, I got anecdotes. Some are funny — Dawson tries to sing Bohemian Rhapsody at a talent contest when he's 10, only to be ushered off the stage early — but many are overly familiar, especially to anyone who's read any other comic autobiographies about male geek artists. I feel like one of the people he writes about, who don't understand his love for the music, because he never explains it to me.
I was left with the questions no autobiographical cartoonist wants to hear: what's so special about your life? why should I bother reading about it? The most significant section of the book, in my opinion, is a between-chapters reflection on what memory is, what determines how we remember things, and how we change memories into stories. That was new and unusual. The rest, not so much.
The artwork is well-done and easy-to-read, populated with appealing blobby caricatures. The book is a rambling wander, although an impressive achievement at over 300 pages.
A preview chapter and podcast interview was posted at USA Today. This interview at the Comics Reporter reveals more about the author's goals. Mike Dawson has posted background material at his blog, including deleted pages. (A complimentary copy for this review was provided by the publisher.)
7 Responses to "Freddie & Me"
- Mike Chary Says:
January 5, 2009 at 6:36 PMAfter Harvey pekar, an interesting life is no longer a requirement for an autobiographical comic book.
- Suzene Says:
January 5, 2009 at 9:12 PMThat's disappointing. I'll probably give this one a miss, then.
On the other hand, I did pick up 'Gimmick' and 'Fox Bunny Funny' due to your recs and I'm enjoying them both tremendously, so thanks for that.
- Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 6, 2009: Plenty of seats Says:
January 6, 2009 at 7:32 AM[…] [Review] Freddie & Me Link: Johanna Draper Carlson […]
- Steven Grant Says:
January 6, 2009 at 12:53 PMHarvey's original material was observational; his subject matter wasn't so much his own life as where the lives of others intersected with it, and his great skill was in presenting it simply but in an interesting way, and letting us know via his technique why we should think it was interesting. (It also helped that he kept most of his pieces no longer than four pages. That's not overtaxing the reader's good will.) His longform pieces focused on his own life have been considerably less interesting.
I reviewed Freddie & Me a few months ago and had pretty much the same reaction as Joanna. The core idea was pretty much, "LOOK AT ME!" I never got the slightest idea from the book that Freddy Mercury and the music of Queen had any more real effect on Dawson's life than, say, Elton John's music had on me, aside from being contemporaneous with his youth and giving his relatively ordinary life a marketing hook.
And it was something of a relief to see Johanna asking those same questions.
– Grant
- Johanna Says:
January 6, 2009 at 3:29 PMSuzene, I'm glad you liked them!
Grant, I'm glad I'm not the only one. Skimming net reviews suggested other people were much more interested than I was — or less willing to be negative.
- Steven Grant Says:
January 6, 2009 at 3:48 PMYeah, I find the general critical reaction to the book to be odd. (Of course, I felt the same way about Blankets.) I don't doubt Dawson's talent, but my first question on reading something is do I feel like I read something, and the answer with Freddie was no. It felt empty, a series of more or less random (albeit usually well presented) incidents that pretty much added up to nothing. I took a lot of crap for writing a few weeks ago that I didn't think 2008 was a very good year for comics and graphic novels, and while I was probably a little too hard on the business, that Freddie & Me has ended up on so many ten best lists sort of underscores my point.
– Grant
- Mike Dawson Ponders Raising a Daughter » Comics Worth Reading Says:
November 12, 2014 at 7:06 AM[…] Dawson (Freddie & Me, Troop 142, Angie Bongiolatti) has posted a thought-provoking comic about raising a daughter. […]


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The Housing Market's Un-Recovery
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- Written by Sara Nunnally, Editor, Insiders Strategy Group
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The nation's real estate market is anything but stable. Just when we think prices are starting to climb, Washington throws a curveball.
When I'm not traveling, I spend most of my time writing and researching the markets from my farm here in Wisconsin, but yesterday, I drove into the city. It's been unseasonably warm, and everything has been wet and muddy and gray.
But the Christmas and holiday decorations give the scenery a nice and cheerful pop of color.
There's a well-to-do community lining Lake Drive as you head into Milwaukee County. Here, the decorations are stunning, with evergreen garland scalloping the front gates to multimillion-dollar homes.
There's a sweeping lake view in the back, but the front is where all the action is: lights, bells, bows, oversized ornaments...
This community decorates to the nines.
But I noticed something else on my drive into the city.
Replacing all those "For Sale" signs I told you about several months ago are remodeling signs. New siding or porticos, updated windows and garages.
In all, there are probably only 15% of the "For Sale" signs left from a couple of months ago.
Now, without knocking on doors, we're left with two results... Either folks were able to sell their homes, or they weren't.
Judging by all the remodeling signs, more folks took their homes off the market to make some updates that will help sell the place. It's still a buyer's market out there. Let me give you some stats for Wisconsin...
In November, 3,874 houses were sold, according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association. That's about 540 more homes than November 2010. But the median home prices for sold homes averaged $133,900, down from $137,000 last year.
This is happening around the country, too. The Federal Housing Finance Agency said home prices fell 0.2% across the nation in October, and September's housing prices weren't as rosy as they looked at first. They were revised to a gain of 0.4% from the 0.9% figure initially announced.
In all, housing prices have fallen 2.8% from last year.
But the news gets worse.
The National Association of Realtors revised the number of homes sold between 2007 and 2010 down by 14%!
That is a huge revision... with even bigger consequences. Investors could be making their decisions on shoddy information, and even homebuilders themselves could be making bad business decisions based on misrepresented data.
It's like an "un-recovery"... We think things are on the upswing, and then, "Oops! Sorry about that. We didn't dot our i's and cross our t's. Our numbers were off by 14%!"
With housing prices the lowest they've been since 2003, and looking to keep falling in 2012, this sets up a tough year ahead for homebuilders yet again.
This chart shows the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB:NYSEARCA) and the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund (ITB:NYSEARCA).
Now, both are off their lows from early 2009, with the XHB trying to stage more of a comeback than ITB. But 2012 isn't going to do either of these ETFs any favors. The XHB has climbed significantly since October, but I think it's going to hit a wall.
And when the XHB hits a wall, it falls hard.
Back in April 2010, the XHB peaked at about $19.64. By July 6, it had traded down to $13.88... a drop of 30% in 2 1/2 months.
The XHB spent the next year climbing back to $19 a share. Then, this ETF went from $18.30 to $13.18 in less than seven weeks... another drop of 28%!
I think we're going to see another significant drop once we get into 2012. The XHB might have a little less than a dollar of upside before another fall comes.
The other homebuilders ETF we mentioned is in the same boat.
ITB went from $15.67 to $10.95 between May and early July 2010, and from $13.07 to $8.86 between July and mid-August 2011, drops of 30% and 32% respectively.
We'll be watching these two homebuilder ETFs closely as we head into the new year.
We might get a great chance to capture some gains from this struggling market.
Publisher's Note: If you want to take advantage of the volatile swings in the homebuilder sector, you need to see how Zach Scheidt told his readers to play the action yesterday. It's yet another secret of the hedge fund industry... revealed.
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Biographical and Playing Info
Given Name: Travis James Snider
Born: Kirkland, WA, USA, in 1988
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Left Field
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Major League Games: 403
Primary Team: Toronto Blue Jays
Played For
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First major league game: 8/29/2008
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The Funny Side of Wedding Venues
These days' people choose to get married in various places. The days of getting married in your local church or place of worship are long past us and the number of non denominational licensed wedding venues is on the up.
Venues today can include everything from a church to a hotel and a racecourse to a hot air balloon. The weird and wacky seem par of the course. Unique wedding venue trends have caused all sorts of businesses to offer wedding related services.
Getting married on a beach overseas is no longer that unusual, getting married whilst riding an elephant in Bali is slightly more obscure. Or what about the business in Hong Kong who is thriving thanks to the numerous wedding enquiries they have received. Where is this I hear you ask…….
What if I told you they are very well known, cater for large numbers every single day and are symbolised by iconic golden arches? Yep, you've guessed it, it's McDonalds. They have decided to cater for weddings of various sizes but have refused to close the doors to the general public. Let's hope any stray children don't spill their chocolate milkshake down the brides white gown.
Here in Kent though, we are still quite traditional. With lots of pretty churches, castles, hotels and country houses all offering the 'day of your dreams' at very reasonable prices you really won't be stuck for ideas.
Special offers are flying around with venues trying to go one step better than the next. Here at the Best Western Russell Hotel in Maidstone, winter weddings are the new speciality with exclusive venue use and all the trimmings for 60 guests for just £3,750, and we'll even throw in some snow for good measure…….
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1- iOS upgrade to version 7, and fixed compatibility issues.2- Add universal device compatibility to allow iPad and iPhone 5.
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Celebrity Cooking
During interviews, I'm always asking celebrities what they make for their last-minute meals. After all, they're busy like the rest of us and sometimes need to make dinner in a pinch. So I thought it might be fun to give a star's recipe a whirl.
Virginia Madsen's time-pressed pasta sounded promising, so I fixed it on Wednesday night:
Take some olive oil and fresh garlic, roast it on the stove, then put in a can of tomato sauce and a can of tuna. You can add Parmesan cheese too, if you want. In the time it takes to boil pasta, the sauce is done.
I followed her instructions (though I added a few fresh herbs to the sauce—they were lying around!) and, well, Ms. Madsen seems to have stumbled on a cheap dish that tastes a lot like clams marinara. That's my photo at right. It's not the prettiest dish ever, but it was quick and satisfying on a hectic weeknight. As Virginia said, "Put that in front of a kid, and they'll devour it. All the kids in the neighborhood are at my house, because I cook. They think they're eating junk food, but it's always secretly healthy."—Jennifer Conrad
When I was growing up, my brother and I dug into dishes like tuna-noodle casserole. What's your kids-will-devour-it weeknight meal?


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This Wednesday, Hispanicize is hosting it's first Twitter Party for 2011, sponsored by Sprint. Our theme is centered around a topic many are already keeping their eyes on, the SUPERBOWL!
On Sunday, February 6, 2011 the focus will be on the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers. Many will have fiestas/parties at home, while others will attend parties elsewhere. Alone, with friends, office-mates, or at the local pub with strangers, one thing is certain, you will have your cellphone with you. On Twitter, Facebook, via text, or on a call, you will cheer, gloat, or bemoan your team's play that day.
We know.
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We know how important the Superbowl is. We know you need to stay focused during the game. You don't want to miss ANYTHING, that's why Sprint ID is important. It allows you to personalize your phone's ringtones so you can avoid that annoying yapper. It also lets you add a wallpapers to differentiate your phone from everyone else's phone. You're not a plain Maria, or Carlos for you men out there, so why should your phone be?
As for those of you who are dragged along and couldn't care less about the Superbowl, shame on you! LOL No seriously I TOTALLY understand. I'm not a football fan myself, but my family is, which means I NEED to keep myself entertained while they watch the game. Thankfully, Sprint ID offers that entertainment via widgets and more. But don't take my word for it, check it out yourself and click HERE.
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Steven Joseph Schmidt, 22, Hays, was arrested at 8:58 a.m. June 25 in the 1600 block of East 27th on suspicion of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Joseph Michael Kitzman, 22, Hays was arrested at 4:11 p.m. June 24 in the 300 block of East 16th on suspicion of drug distribution within 1,000 feet of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Gary Allen Murphy, 50, Hays, was arrested at 7:26 p.m. June 26 in the 2300 block of Timber on suspicion of violation of an order of protection.
Amy Jo Rupp, 48, Ellis, was arrested at 9:42 p.m. June 24 in the 100 block of West 12th on suspicion of failure to appear.
Michael Lejon Hawkins, 24, Hays, was arrested June 26 in the 1700 block of MacArthur on suspicion of violation of an order of protection.
Charles Dean Mitchell, 58, Hays, was arrested at 12:43 p.m. June 26 in the 500 block of East Sixth on suspicion of violation of an order of protection.
Andrew Sanchez Cervantes, 29, Hays, was arrested at 11:50 p.m. June 25 in the 100 block of West 12th on suspicion of aggravated battery.
Megan Rose Tibke, 23, Phillipsburg, was arrested at 8:45 p.m. June 24 in the 4300 block of Vine on suspicion of theft and failure to appear.
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by Silver Coach
Get The Skinny On Silver Investing is a great foundation to learn about the silver market and how to safely invest in silver.
Learn why silver is the best investment option for you.
This article explains the different advantages of silver as an investment tool.
Learn the several advantages available when saving in silver.
Explains why silver is the better option in saving your money.
A short primer on silver investments and opportunities.
There are many uses of silver and silver uses are prevalent in the world economy. These uses for silver ensure demand. The primary silver uses are as money.
The history of silver and its uses throughout time.
A brief introduction to silver and its characteristics.
Learn the pitfalls of using silver as a way preserve your wealth.
Introduction to Silver Bars as an investment option.
A brief overview of investing in silver such as silver coins, bars, bullion, etc. and what to consider with silver dealers.
Introduction to selling silver with various options including silver dealers, silver coins, silver bullion bars, exchange traded funds, etc.
Brief history of silver mines and their current operation and methods.
How to refine silver on your own to begin your silver investing.
History and discussion of silver refining, silver mining and silver extraction processes.
When considering how to buy silver safely you will need to understand how silver dealers work and how to properly assess their reputation.
History of silver coins with advice on how to buy silver safely.
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Series starts 11/26
Game 1: Monday, November 26th | ||
Trail Blazers | 101 | Final |
Pistons | 108 | |
Recap »Boxscore » |
Game 2: Saturday, March 16th | ||
Pistons | 101 | Final |
Trail Blazers | 112 | |
Recap »Boxscore » |
Pistons 101
(23-45, 8-25 away)
Trail Blazers 112
(31-34, 22-11 home)
Coverage: CSNN
10:00 PM ET, March 16, 2013
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Based on their current play and recent history in Portland, the Detroit Pistons likely won't have an easy time trying to earn their first victory in March.
Looking to avoid matching a season high with an eighth straight loss, the Pistons will also try to end a four-game road slide against the Trail Blazers on Saturday night.
While Detroit (23-44) remains offensively inconsistent, it's allowed 105.7 points and 51.3 percent shooting while going 0-7 this month. Golden State shot 56.9 percent to hand the Pistons their 10th loss in 11 games, 105-97 on Wednesday.
Detroit, which started the season 0-8, has three losing streaks of at least six games.
Guard Stephen Curry scored inside and out to finish with 31 points and help the Warriors shoot the second-highest percentage against Detroit this season.
"It was a lot of ins and outs," Pistons guard Will Bynum said, "but defensively we still have to be a whole lot better."
Hampered by injuries to the likes of starting guard Brandon Knight (ankle) and key reserve Andre Drummond (tailbone), only eight Pistons played. Rodney Stuckey scored 22 while starting in place of Knight, who could miss a second straight game. Center Greg Monroe had 13 and went 4 of 16 from the field.
Monroe is shooting 34.6 percent while averaging 13.0 points -- 2.9 fewer than his average -- in four games since missing one with a sprained ankle.
"It's not like I'm shooting a lot of jump shots or chucking up threes," said Monroe, who shoots 48.0 percent -- one of the worst marks by a starting center in 2012-13. "I have to do a better job than that. When guys are playing hard and giving it all they got, then I've got to be able to finish."
Knight scored 26 and Monroe added 20 with 10 rebounds in a 108-101 home victory over Portland on Nov. 26. The Pistons, however, have averaged 84.0 points and allowed the Trail Blazers to shoot 50.2 percent in the last four at Portland.
Detroit is 8-24 away from home, and giving up 110.2 points on 52.9 percent shooting during its current five-game road slide.
The Trail Blazers (30-34) have averaged 104.0 and shot 48.1 percent while winning eight of 11 at the Rose Garden. Rookie of the Year contender Damian Lillard had 26 points with 10 assists and LaMarcus Aldridge added 22 with 10 boards in Thursday's 105-90 home win over banged-up New York.
Portland stepped up the tempo to close the second quarter on a 13-0 run then kept control while holding the Knicks to 32.6 percent shooting in the second half.
"What we were talking about and wanted to do, we were finally able to do it and we saw that it really worked in our favor," Lillard told the Trail Blazers' official website about getting out in the open court en route to shooting 51.3 percent. "I think that was how we were able to keep the lead."
Lillard has averaged 24.8 points and shot 54.5 percent while scoring at least 20 in eight straight contests -- one shy of the franchise record set by Calvin Natt in 1979-80.
However, he was held to 12 on 4-of-18 shooting at Detroit.
Playing through ankle and hand issues, Aldridge is averaging 31.0 points on 58.9 percent (33 of 56) shooting in the last three against the Pistons.
Gameday Matchup
Injury Report
Detroit | ||
No significant injuries | ||
Portland | ||
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Fantasy Injury News | View NBA injury report |
Last 5 Games
Starting Lineup
PG J. Calderon 11.3 | SG W. Matthews 14.8 |
PG R. Stuckey 11.5 | PG D. Lillard 19.0 |
SF K. Singler 8.8 | SF N. Batum 14.3 |
PF J. Maxiell 6.9 | PF J. Hickson 12.7 |
PF G. Monroe 16.0 | PF L. Aldridge 21.1 |
View full depth chart: Detroit | Portland |
Team Stat Leaders
Points | G. Monroe 16.0 | L. Aldridge 21.1 |
Rebounds | G. Monroe 9.6 | J. Hickson 10.4 |
Assists | J. Calderon 6.6 | D. Lillard 6.5 |
Steals | G. Monroe 1.3 | W. Matthews 1.3 |
Blocks | A. Drummond 1.6 | L. Aldridge 1.2 |
Team rosters: Detroit | Portland |


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Home-Textiles Resources Prepared to Debut at NYIGF, 230 Fifth and 7 W New York at August Market
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--A number of new home-textiles exhibitors will be showcasing products at the New York International Gift Fair and the concurrent Gift & Home Textiles Market Week in August in New York City.
All four show venues--the Gift Fair at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 and 94, and the Gift & Home Textiles Market Week at 7 W New York and 230 Fifth Ave.--will welcome textiles resources from throughout the world, according to a statement from GLM, owner and manager of NYIGF. At the Javits Center, the At Home featuring Home Textiles section will offer new or returning exhibitors such as Better Living, Brahms Mount, Caro London, Hamburg House, Home Source International (which also has a showroom at 230 Fifth), Sefte, the Thai Silk Association and Urban Hues. At Pier 94, the At Home section will include Antonio Aguilar Home, Amity Home, Millwork Group, and Kevin O'Brien Studios.
The 230 Fifth building will inaugurate new showrooms for the Gift & Home Textiles Market Week. These include Scandia Home, Perfect Fit Industries, and The Z2A Store.com.
At 7 W New York, new tenants include Bellino Fine Linens, Levtex, Liberty Fashion Textiles, Loretta Lee Limited and Pacific Cost Home Furnishings. Tenants such as Devgiri Exports/ABC Industries, InterDesign, Peking Handicraft, Phoenix Home Fashion and Saro Trading Co. will be unveiling expanded spaces in the building during the market.


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Stock prices, the weather and your teenager's taste in music - many things in our lives are beyond our control. But our bodies and the movements we make are under our control - right? Not for the estimated million-plus Americans who suffer from focal dystonias - disorders characterized by abnormal, sustained muscle contractions that cause twisting, repetitive movements and abnormal postures.
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Book of Saints – Candida the Elder
CANDIDA THE ELDER (Saint) (September 4) (1st century) An aged woman who hospitably welcomed Saint Peter the Apostle, when passing through Naples on his way to Rome. By him she was miraculously cured of a malady from which she was suffering. She herself was instrumental in the conversion of Saint Asprenus, who afterwards became first Bishop of Naples, and who gave her honourable burial at her death, which happened about A.D. 78.
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Why are we even discussing using taxpayer money to build Arthur Blank a new stadium when everything in Atlanta is in disrepair? Shame on Atlanta politicians. Use our money like it was your own.
I think it is safe to say that Matt can throw the long ball.
The Falcons are 4-0 and the Saints are 0-4. Who cares if the Mayans are right about this year? All is right in the world....
Game ball to Roddy for 2 TDs and the downfield block freeing Turner's 60 yd TD.
After seeing Georgia Tech against MTSU, fans can now start getting tickets for free when you buy the number 1 combo at the VARSITY in Atlanta.
The 'Aints are back!
Who could have guessed that in 2012 Tiger Woods would be the worst player on the United States' Ryder Cup team?
If Georgia Tech played Georgia State, would either team win?
Paul Johnson has proven he cannot recruit top 25 talent, now it is questionable that he can recruit top ACC talent. The defense is the litmus test, he cannot out-scheme teams there.
Rider Cup Greatest comeback or greatest choke?
Quick somebody do the Heimlich Maneuver on the American Ryder Cup team.
If the Falcons play .500 Ball , the Saints would have to go 10-2 to catch them. 11-1 to pass them...
College Football ranking insanity: Boise is ranked with one loss to an unranked team, 2 loss team. A&M is not, with a lone 3pt loss to #11 Florida. Don't they know the Aggies are in the SEC now.
Way to give Ryder cup away Tiger Woods. Do us a favor retire now!
Georgia played like they wanted to keep the Vols within the point spread.
Fire Paul Johnson.
Bobo called a great game for three quarters and then in the 4th quarter he had a mental lapse.
Danica. You're going to drive a Hendrick-built car with Go Daddy money, too bad you're not ready. Hope you have enough sense to get out of the way.
Tech Fans if you wanna save the humiliation that UGA is gonna put on you. Return your TICKETS NOW.
When you come into the house of the best team in the league, you better bring your "A" game. I give Cam and the Noots a "B-".
I know Julio Jones is a good receiver but he ain't know A.J. Green! Wish the Falcons would have moved up one more pick.


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Michelle Obama favorite Thakoon and sister act Sretsis helped put Thai designers on the sartorial map. You can seek out Bangkok's up-and-comers before the inevitable Bloomingdale's markup by exploring the boutiques in the Siam neighborhood of Bangkok. The 10,000- square-foot department store Mob.F in the Siam Center mall is like the Colette of Thailand, showcasing both established and on-the-rise buzzy Thai labels like Finnegan Gingham (dandy menswear) and Eightandahalf (artfully draped dresses). Next to Siam Center is Siam Square, a warren of tiny shops and cafés with local favorites like Kinky (pictured), a streetwear store owned by Thai hip-hop star DuJaDa, as well as less-established designers who sew new pieces at a counter. Prices tend to be lower here (think Forever 21) than at Mob.F (which can range from Zara levels on up to Barneys-during-a-sale). But both areas offer great deals on fashion-forward and often handmade pieces.
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1 Rama Road
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Now you also can make a gift using our secure giving online Web site. Once you submit the completed form, you will receive an acknowledgement confirming your donation.
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