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Like all starfish, these animals are powered by many legs called tube feet. Each has a sucker on the tip which is how they crawl around and hang upside down under rocks. On the video they appear transparent so are difficult to see moving out from underneath each arm. They stick to the glass and drag the animal across the surface.
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Baking Soda and Cornstarch
My mother once dumped baking soda on a fireant mound. The workers went nuts and the winged ants flew the nest. I've thought about trying it, but I'm afraid it would make my soil too alkaline and full of sodium...or that ant predators would be averse to it or get sick from it.
If the ants left for the reason I think they did (the powder was too fine for them to pick up or tunnel through like soil), I should be able to get the same effect with a different powdery substance. What about cornstarch? Would that ruin the soil? Would any animals be harmed by it?
(And yes, I know making the ants relocate doesn't eradicate them, but researchers say disrupting their workings helps give predators and native ants the advantage.)
I don't think that using something to make the reproductives leave the nest to start new ones is the way to go, personally.
Anyway, you were correct in your assumption that baking soda does not belong in the soil. I don't believe that corn starch would 'harm' the soil, but I wouldn't use a lot of it in one spot. Why not use what so many people do to make them (the ants) pack their bags and move away....corn meal?
Baking Soda, Sodium Bicarbonate, is an alkaline substance and could affect your soils pH if enough is added to the soil, however, I'd think you would need pounds (maybe tons) to significantly alter your soils pH. I have seen nothing to indicate that Baking Soda, Cornstarch, Corn meal, Club Soda, or rice are effective against Fire Ants.
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Wedding's Off for Hugh Hefner: 'Crystal Has Had a Change of Heart'
The third time was anything but a charm for Hugh Hefner, whose wedding to Crystal Harris has been called off. "The wedding is off," Hefner glumly told his Twitter followers Tuesday. "Crystal has had a change of heart." According to TMZ, the 25-year-old model left the Playboy Mansion over the weekend after having a fight with the publishing mogul, 60 years her senior.
Multiple sources told the site that Harris moved her things out of the mansion and that the wedding, set for Saturday June 18, was canceled. It would have been Hefner's third marriage.
Harris, who earlier in the day promoted a comedic video that revolves around her relationship, released a statement on her website to explain her decision.
"After much deep reflection and thought I have decided to end my engagement with Hef," she wrote. "I have the utmost respect for Hef and wish him the best going forward. I hope the media will give each of us the privacy we deserve during this time."
Hefner didn't hint at any domestic disruptions on Saturday when he tweeted to a fan in England the details of the wedding. "The wedding is next Saturday (June 18)," he wrote. "And airs on Lifetime on July 13." He was also a major presence at the Playboy Jazz Festival, where he was spotted on Saturday with Harris on the festival grounds.
Hefner, 85, and Harris, 25, began dating in January 2009 and became engaged around Christmas. The blond bombshell was slated to wear a pink wedding gown when she walked down the aisle in the backyard of the Playboy Mansion and, according to the couple, the nuptials were to be a colorful affair not unlike a "garden party." About 300 people were invited.
One of Hefner's former girlfriends, Holly Madison, expressed concern early on in the engagement that the couple was moving too fast and that Harris could potentially hurt her ex-beau.
"I think it's possible Crystal could break Hef's heart," Madison said. "They could end up divorcing, and she could take half his money."
Hef was previously married to Mildred Williams and Kimberly Conrad.
Harris lampooned the 60-year age gap with Hefner in a Funny or Die video released just today. In it, she promotes the 'The Playboy App' for smartphones that will make you "knowledgeable about things older people are interested in, which is helpful when you're dating Hugh Hefner." She sent a link to the video to her 175,000 Twitter followers, even though she had already left Hefner.
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I it me or doesnt everyone see this man as a sicko, what's wrong with this man that he only likes little girls with grown women ages...this man is 70 something years old and only dates 20 year olds, where is these women's family, If I were her dad I would beat the living F out of him for thinking such a sick thought, man I can understand adults can love people of different ages, but it seem this man only like 20year old and this is sick for a 70 year old person to do, I think if he could get 12-16 leagally he would so he settle on adult girls, he is real sick, now what is it that these young women see in him, this man has had the best cult ever, he should be up there with Manson, and all David C, and all the other cultleaders, all he did was hide behind a magazine and a career, he is truly sick.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy slava
85 not 70
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy soapvixen
She tried to pull an Anna Nicole, it diden't work for Anna and it sure didn't work for her.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy sporty
he was an ugly bastard when he was young and he's worse now...she finally woke up..u go girl
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy ruggit
Not worth it at any price, or at a higher price?
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy hank
do these old fools realy think they are still studs, or do they figure since I can afford it lets give it a bang......if that is possible. Certainly her only interest could be in the cash, even that was not enough to keep her at least until she hooked him
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Dani
This was kinda creepy anyway - he IS old enough to be her GRANDFATHER! I agree - the pre-nup was most likely NOT to her liking! Whatever - I still think she's a 'twisted 'lil sister' marrying someone that old! Money or NO money - not in a million years!
- Tuesday 14 June
Whew! Thank the non-existant sky spook that Hugh dodged this bullet!
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Laura Lynn
Heff should have married Holly when he had the chance. He blew it BIG TIME!
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy bob parks
Silly old goober.
- Tuesday 14 June
hef knows she likes to play music but i dont think she was happy with the 85 year old organ he gave her.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Hump
I don,t image Hef is crying. He can have a hundred more as good or better before the sun goes down. She,s just a easy piece who had her few minutes of fame.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Lori LI
that wasn't funny.
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- Tuesday 14 JuneBy soapvixen
I think Betty White is available,and she's older than him. LOL
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Jilly
Betty would never stoop that low!
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy mer
He couldn't have really believed this girl cared about anything more than his money and publicity, could he? I always thought he was a pretty smart guy. Maybe he'll go back to Holly, or maybe he'll find a younger girl who wants the publicity/money more than her dignity. Seems to be a popular thing to do nowadays.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Pat Bunnell
I am sure it has happened but I think his family should look closely at his personial affairs. He made his business, ran it and we of his genaration enjoyed it even if we denided watching it. lol To see some greedy young woman demand a part of what he built is discusting. Let him live out his life in the way he enjoyed it, just watch the people that surround him.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy jckfmsincty
She's too old for him.
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Glasscock Boutique, a proud supplier of designer driving apparel to the ladies of the Saddlebred world, is pleased to announce that they will host a fundraiser for the American Saddlebred Museum on July 11 from 12-4:00 p.m. in the dining room at The Red Mile during Lexington's Junior League Horse Show. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served while supporters of the Museum shop for their needs for the World's Championship Horse Show in August. A portion from each sale will benefit the American Saddlebred Museum. Admission is free.
Ralph Rucci, Carolina Herrera, Melissa Malandrino, Valentino, Christian Siriano, Georges Chakra and other designers will be represented in the collections available for purchase. Prices will begin at $150. Gowns, jackets and tops perfect for the ring will be available along with sportswear, hats and accessories.
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2008 saw very high yields across wineries in much of the southern hemisphere, as a result of highly favorable climatic conditions. Although in many areas, these high yields brought with them something of a drop in overall quality, this could not be said for South Australia's wines, which were reportedly excellent. Indeed, the 2008 Shiraz harvest in South Australia is said to be one of the most successful in recent decades, and western Australia's Chardonnays are set to be ones to watch out for. New Zealand's Pinot Noir harvest was also very good, with wineries in Martinborough reportedly very excited about this particular grape and the characteristics it revealed this year. Pinot Noir also grew very well in the United States, and was probably the most successful grape varietal to come out of California in 2008, with Sonoma Coast and Anderson Valley delivering fantastic results from this grape. Elsewhere in United States, Washington State and Oregon had highly successful harvests in 2008 despite some early worries about frost. However, it was France who had the best of the weather and growing conditions in 2008, and this year was one of the great vintages for Champagne, the Médoc in Bordeaux, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, with Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay grapes leading the way. Italy, too, shared many of these ideal conditions, with the wineries in Tuscany claiming that their Chianti Classicos of 2008 will be ones to collect, and Piedmont's Barberesco and Barolo wines will be recognized as amongst the finest of the past decade.
The blended red wines of Bordeaux have gone down in history as the finest wines every produced, with collectors and many of the general public still eagerly anticipating the wineries of this region's new releases to this day. The secret to Bordeaux's monumental success has been their careful blending of high quality grape varietals, controlled and protected by French law. In Bordeaux, wineries can only produce red wines using a blend of two or more of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec or Carménere grape varietals, with the latter two becoming less and less commonly seen on bottles. The vast majority of Bordeaux red wines use Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grape varietals, boosted by a little Petit Verdot. These three grapes compliment each other beautifully as they age in oak, rounded out their tannins and the high astringency of the Sauvignon, and resulting in wonderfully complex flavors and aromas.
Although most commonly associated with their superb blended red wines, the world-famous region of Bordeaux in France is responsible for a relatively wide array of wines, ranging from the sweet and viscous white wines of Sauternes, to the dry and acidic single variety white wines found all over the region. However, it is the red wines which regularly make the wine world's headlines, and have historically been regarded as the finest on earth. The secret to the region's success is the fact that the warm and humid climate, coupled with mineral rich clay and gravel based soils produces grapes of excellent quality. Wineries in this region have spent hundreds of years mastering the art of blending and oak aging in order to get the best results from each grape, and remain the envy of the world to this day.
Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.
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Greenland's quest for modernity
Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world: one in five Greenlanders tries to commit suicide at some point in their lives. Everybody in Greenland (all 56,000 of them) knows this. In fact, everybody knows quite a few people who have tried to commit suicide, and one or two who succeeded. So is it really a good idea to subject this population to an experiment in high-speed cultural and economic change?
Greenland is not fully independent: Denmark still controls its defence and foreign affairs, and subsidizes the population at the annual rate of about $10,000 per person. But Greenlanders are one of the few aboriginal societies on the planet that is dominant (almost 90 per cent of the population) on a large territory: the world's biggest island. And it is heading for independence.
So the debate in this soon-to-be country is about what to aim for. Do you go on trying to preserve what is left of the old Arctic hunting and fishing culture, although it's already so damaged and discouraged it has the highest suicide rate on the planet? Or do you put the pedal to the metal and seek salvation in full modernization through high-speed economic growth (while keeping your language and what you can of your culture)?
What's remarkable about Greenlandic politics is how aware the players are of their dilemma and their options. "If you want to become rich, it comes at a price," says Aqqaluk Lynge, one of the founders of the Inuit Ataqatigiit (Community of the People) party that ran the government until recently.
Lynge doesn't want to pay that price, and under the Inuit Ataqatigiit administration all mining was banned in Greenland. Quite apart from the environmental costs of large-scale mining operations, Lynge said, the many thousands of foreign workers they would bring in would have a devastating impact on what is already a very fragile Greenlandic culture.
But the Siumut (Forward) party won last October's election, and new Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond sees things very differently. Essentially, she thinks modernization has gone too far to turn back now. Better to gamble on solving the current huge social problems (like suicide) by enabling everybody to live fully modern, prosperous lives. If you're no longer marginalized and poverty-stricken, you'll feel better about yourself.
With this in mind, she has issued more than 120 licences for mining and petrochemical projects, including a huge open-cast iron-ore mine that would ship 15 million tonnes of high-grade iron concentrate a year (mostly to China), drilling platforms for offshore oil and gas exploration, and even mines to produce uranium and rare earths. She has made her choice, and she understands it.
In a recent interview with The Guardian while she was visiting Norway, Aleqa Hammond said: "The shock will be profound. But we have faced colonization, epidemics and modernization before. The decisions we are making (to open the country up to mining and oil exploitation) will have enormous impact on lifestyles and our indigenous culture. But we always come out on top. We are vulnerable, but we know how to adapt."
Brave words, but few Greenlanders have the technical and managerial skills to get senior jobs in these high-risk, high-cost enterprises ($2.5 billion for the iron ore mine alone), and most of them will not want the hard, dirty, dangerous jobs of the workers in the mines and on the rigs. If all goes well, they will no longer depend on the Danish subsidies that currently keep their society afloat, but they will just be shifting to a different source of subsidies.
To the extent a sense of cultural marginalization and defeat, and a life without meaningful work, is responsible for the Greenlanders' problems, it's hard to see how more money from a different source will help. Or how adding a few tens of thousands of foreign workers from places like China to the social mix will help, either.
The epidemic of depression and other psychological illnesses, the rampant alcoholism and drug use and the tidal wave of suicides that plague the Greenlanders are not unique: almost all the aboriginal peoples of North America, and indeed elsewhere too, have elevated levels of these afflictions. In Canada, for example, the general population experiences a 12 per 100,000 rate of suicides, while aboriginal people in general have double that rate.
But the suicide rate among Inuit people in Canada is 10 times as high as it is among the general population -- and among Inuit children and teens it is a staggering 30 times as high.
The Greenlanders live in a different country and have much more control over their lives, but they belong to the same Inuit culture that extends right across the high north from Alaska to Greenland. They also seem to share the same problems at the same heightened intensity, especially as regards suicide. These problems are unlikely to be cured simply by throwing money at them. It could even make matters worse.
Aleqa Hammond is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't: leaving the people in their current predicament is not a good choice, but going flat out for modernization doesn't feel like such a good option either. It would be a good time to call in the cultural engineers, if such a profession existed.
Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition January 31, 2014 A9
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2002 Toyota Solara Repair and Maintenance
A guide to problems, costs, maintenance and repair for your 2002 Toyota Solara
- Why does my car have a rattle squeaky noise from the front when riding over hump
- solara convertible. Rear windows stuck open/down. Checked switch, it's fine.
- 2 door convertible - need reset code for windows. Drivers is stuck closed
- i have a rattling on right side of engine.
- How do I fix at the front seat safety belt which is stuck in the full out position on my Toyota Solara 2002 convertible? This is a chronic problem with this model and there is no recall for this item.
- Valve Cover Gasket(s) Replacement $95 - 548
- Brake Pad Replacement, Resurface Rotors $270 - 346
- Timing Belt Replacement $308 - 486
- Axle/Half Shaft Replacement - Front $313 - 769
- Spark Plug Replacement $89 - 428
- South Side Auto Service Inc. (718) 305-4810 | 7.91mi
- Ray & Dana's Inman Auto Care (732) 703-7919 | 3.46mi
- Zaloom's Auto Repair (646) 663-5728 | 8.95mi
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2002 Toyota Solara Problems
The Check Engine Light may illuminate because a component of the oxygen sensor stops working. As a result the engine computer is unable to determine the proper ratio of air to fuel for the engine. Replacing the failed oxygen sensor should correct this concern.
Debris can get into the idle air control valve. This will restrict the air flow into the engine, causing idle speed and/or stalling when cold. The valve can be cleaned or replaced to correct this concern.
Intermittent failure of a purge control valve in the evaporative emission system can cause the Check Engine Light to illuminate. A failed valve should be replaced to correct this problem.
2002 Toyota Solara Questions
Have replaced switch, drivers window stuck closed (up), tried reset code as seen on youtube video (Reset late model Toyota Electric windows master switch) [((this forum does not allow the link))] something is happening - my small read windows are now stuck OPEN!
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How do I fix at the front seat safety belt which is stuck in the full out position on my Toyota Solara 2002 convertible? This is a chronic problem with this model and there is no recall for this item.
2002 Toyota Solara Reviews
Toyoyta settled a lawsuit involving several models 1997 to 2002 years regarding excessive engine oil sludge. In most cases you will not know you have this problem unless you take it to a dealer for a tear down (cost about $105), but if your car has the problem it costs you nothing and Toyota will issue a case number and fix it free. Warranted unlimited mileage/8 years on this problem. Kudos to ...
I have 150k in my 2002 Toyota Solara but I found out that it is burning oil and will need an engine rebuilt or just keep adding oil every week. Anyone else having the same problem?
202k, Reliable and still running well. Minor repairs and maintenance schedule makes it last.


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(Estadão) The fund P1 Brazil, a joint venture between Pátria Investimentos and Grupo Promon, with a focus on infrastructure made an investment of R$300m (IS$100m) in Tecnogera, which specializes in providing temporary power to the mining, construction, oil, gas and retail sectors. Read more
Pátria Investimentos and Promon Invest $300m in Emergency Energy Company (em português)
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IFC's Global Infrastructure Fund Led US$320m Investment in Colombia's Pacific Midstream Ltd
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(Press Release) IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and a consortium of investors led by IFC, including the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund, will invest US$320m in Pacific Midstream Ltd., a growing company that will play an important role in Colombia's efforts to improve its oil and gas pipeline network. Read more
El Dorado Sells Colombian Power Plant
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(Latin Lawyer) Latin American private equity companies Altra, Mercantil Colpatria and SCL Energía Activa acquired a Colombian powerplant from El Dorado Group, a US-based infrastructure and project developer. Read more at Latin Lawyer.
Riverstone and EnCap Invest US$225m Each in Mexican Oil and Gas Company
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(PEHub) Riverstone Holdings and EnCap Investments have each committed US$225mto Sierra Oil & Gas, a Mexican exploration and production company. Infraestructura Institucional, a Mexican infrastructure private equity firm, committed US$75m to the company. All three investors have the option to double their existing commitments once initial equity has been deployed. Read more
Mexico energy laws likely to be approved by early August -senator
Tags: Energy, Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico, Oil and Gas
The Rohatyn Group sells TGI stake
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(PE Hub) The Rohatyn Group's TRG Growth Fund II has sold its minority stake in Transportadora de Gas Internacional to majority shareholder Empresa de Energia de Bogota for $880 million. EEB is an energy holding company in Colombia with interests across the electricity and natural gas sectors. Read more
Brazilian PE Fund Acquires Stake in BTG Pactual Energy Holding
Tags: Brazil, BTG Pactual, Energy, OIl & Gas, Óleo e Gás
(Latin Lawyer) Brazil's Vieira, Rezende, Barbosa e Guerreiro Advogados has helped private equity fund Brasil Óleo e Gás acquire a US$66m minority stake in an oil and gas company owned by BTG Pactual. Read more at Latin Lawyer
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Acquires Additional 23.6% Stake in Peruvian Pipeline
Tags: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Energy, Peru, Tecpetrol International
(Press Release) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a 23.6% equity stake in Transportadora de Gas del Perú S.A. Read more
Brazil's Cosan Proposes US$4.7b Takeover of Railway Firm ALL
Tags: ALL, Brazil, Cosan, Energy, Gavea, Infrastrucutre, TPG
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(Press Release) Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, has acquired a majority stake in Fermaca on behalf of its clients from Ospraie Management in a transaction of approximately US$750m. Read more


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FRAMINGHAM, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/31/13 -- Correlsense, a leading provider of application performance management software, announced that Ed Perry has joined the company as Vice President of Sales, North America.
Perry brings more than 25 years of sales, management and business consulting experience to the company. Prior to joining Correlsense, he was vice president of sales at Integra5, and has previously held senior positions at Oracle, Kenan Systems, and Telution.
"We're very excited to have Ed join our team," said Ken Marshall, Correlsense CEO. "I saw his leadership abilities and sales acumen first-hand at Oracle, and I know he will be instrumental to the overall growth of Correlsense."
"I'm very excited for this opportunity to lead sales initiatives for Correlsense in this vital market," said Perry. "SharePath's advanced application performance management technology and expanding customer base provides the foundation to grow revenues in North America."
About Correlsense:
Correlsense develops application monitoring software for IT operations professionals who rely on heterogeneous IT environments. The SharePath product provides the broadest visibility into where and why application problems occur, covering more protocols, platforms and end-user technologies than any other APM product. This empowers business and IT stakeholders with a complete and dynamic picture of overall IT service levels, reducing the cost of troubleshooting and risk with new application rollouts. Correlsense was founded in 2005, is privately held and SharePath customers include some of the world's largest financial, telecom and retail firms.
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SYS-CON Events announced today the IoT Bootcamp – Jumpstart Your IoT Strategy, being held June 9–10, 2015, in conjunction with 16th Cloud Expo and Internet of @ThingsExpo at the Javits Center in New York City. This is your chance to jumpstart your IoT strategy. Combined with real-world scenarios and use cases, the IoT Bootcamp is not just based on presentations but includes hands-on demos and walkthroughs. We will introduce you to a variety of Do-It-Yourself IoT platforms including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Spark and Intel Edison. You will also get an overview of cloud technologies s...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that SafeLogic has been named "Bag Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo® New York, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. SafeLogic provides security products for applications in mobile and server/appliance environments. SafeLogic's flagship product CryptoComply is a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic engine designed to secure data on servers, workstations, appliances, mobile devices, and in the Cloud.
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The WebRTC Summit 2014 New York, to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY, announces that its Call for Papers is open. Topics include all aspects of improving IT delivery by eliminating waste through automated business models leveraging cloud technologies. WebRTC Summit is co-located with 16th International Cloud Expo, @ThingsExpo, Big Data Expo, and DevOps Summit.
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Containers and microservices have become topics of intense interest throughout the cloud developer and enterprise IT communities. Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 16th Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York June 9-11 will find fresh new content in a new track called PaaS | Containers & Microservices Containers are not being considered for the first time by the cloud community, but a current era of re-consideration has pushed them to the top of the cloud agenda. With the launch of Docker's initial release in March of 2013, interest was revved up several notches. Then late last...
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SOA Software has changed its name to Akana. With roots in Web Services and SOA Governance, Akana has established itself as a leader in API Management and is expanding into cloud integration as an alternative to the traditional heavyweight enterprise service bus (ESB). The company recently announced that it achieved more than 90% year-over-year growth. As Akana, the company now addresses the evolution and diversification of SOA, unifying security, management, and DevOps across SOA, APIs, microservices, and more.
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After making a doctor's appointment via your mobile device, you receive a calendar invite. The day of your appointment, you get a reminder with the doctor's location and contact information. As you enter the doctor's exam room, the medical team is equipped with the latest tablet containing your medical history – he or she makes real time updates to your medical file. At the end of your visit, you receive an electronic prescription to your preferred pharmacy and can schedule your next appointment.
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GENBAND has announced that SageNet is leveraging the Nuvia platform to deliver Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) to its large base of retail and enterprise customers. Nuvia's cloud-based solution provides SageNet's customers with a full suite of business communications and collaboration tools. Two large national SageNet retail customers have recently signed up to deploy the Nuvia platform and the company will continue to sell the service to new and existing customers. Nuvia's capabilities include HD voice, video, multimedia messaging, mobility, conferencing, Web collaboration, deskt...
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The Open Compute Project is a collective effort by Facebook and a number of players in the datacenter industry to bring lessons learned from the social media giant's giant IT deployment to the rest of the world. Datacenters account for 3% of global electricity consumption – about the same as all of Switzerland or the Czech Republic -- according to people I met at the recent Open Compute Summit in San Jose. With increasing mobility at the edge of the cloud and vast new dataflows being predicted with the growth of the Internet of Things (and The Coming Age of Many Zettabytes) in the near...
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The list of 'new paradigm' technologies that now surrounds us appears to be at an all time high. From cloud computing and Big Data analytics to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the Internet of Things (IoT), today we have to deal with what the industry likes to call 'paradigm shifts' at every level of IT. This is disruption; of course, we understand that – change is almost always disruptive.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Cisco, the worldwide leader in IT that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, has been named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Cisco makes amazing things happen by connecting the unconnected. Cisco has shaped the future of the Internet by becoming the worldwide leader in transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco and our partners are building the platform for the Internet of Everything by connecting the...
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SYS-CON Media announced today that @WebRTCSummit Blog, the largest WebRTC resource in the world, has been launched. @WebRTCSummit Blog offers top articles, news stories, and blog posts from the world's well-known experts and guarantees better exposure for its authors than any other publication. @WebRTCSummit Blog can be bookmarked ▸ Here @WebRTCSummit conference site can be bookmarked ▸ Here
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Temasys has announced senior management additions to its team. Joining are David Holloway as Vice President of Commercial and Nadine Yap as Vice President of Product. Over the past 12 months Temasys has doubled in size as it adds new customers and expands the development of its Skylink platform. Skylink leads the charge to move WebRTC, traditionally seen as a desktop, browser based technology, to become a ubiquitous web communications technology on web and mobile, as well as Internet of Things compatible devices.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that robomq.io will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. robomq.io is an interoperable and composable platform that connects any device to any application. It helps systems integrators and the solution providers build new and innovative products and service for industries requiring monitoring or intelligence from devices and sensors.
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Docker is an excellent platform for organizations interested in running microservices. It offers portability and consistency between development and production environments, quick provisioning times, and a simple way to isolate services. In his session at DevOps Summit at 16th Cloud Expo, Shannon Williams, co-founder of Rancher Labs, will walk through these and other benefits of using Docker to run microservices, and provide an overview of RancherOS, a minimalist distribution of Linux designed expressly to run Docker. He will also discuss Rancher, an orchestration and service discovery platf...
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30 May 2013 11:11 GMT | Politics, Africa, United Kingdom
Journalists of a newspaper shut down by the Ugandan government for the last 10 days have been allowed to return to work.
Staff for the Daily Monitor, a semi-independent paper, told Al Jazeera on Thursday that outgoing Interior Minister Hillary Onek had ordered security forces to withdraw from the newspaper premises, which they had occupied since May 16.
"The office equipment was not tampered with and I am now in the newsroom waiting for our IT staff to switch our server back on," Mukiibi Sserunjogi, the paper's investigative reporter, said.
Daily Monitor published the letter, leaked to it by General David Sejusa, on May 7 alleging that the government was planning to assassinate senior army officers and government officials opposed to President Yoweri Museveni's son succeeding his father as head of state.
Sejusa is currently out of the country and has been reportedly offered police protection in Britain.
The authorities also took off air two FM radio stations owned by the company that publishes Daily Monitor. Red Pepper, another paper that was raided, still remains off the stands.
A statement issued by Onek said police commenced investigations by asking the journalists and the editors of the Daily Monitor to explain how they got the letter.
The statement added that the raid took place after two journalists who wrote the story as well as the paper's managing editor refused to cooperate with police investigations.
Museveni, who became president in 1986 after waging a five-year armed rebellion, has been criticised for overstaying in power, and has been accused of grooming his son, a brigadier named Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to succeed him as leader.
Kainerugaba has rapidly risen through the ranks and was promoted to brigadier last year before being appointed by his father to lead an elite army unit that protects the president and guards national assets like oil wells.
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David Sejusa given UK police protection after leaking letter alleging plot to kill senior officials, his lawyer says.
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Muscota Marsh Park is the newest public park in New York City ... and there's a fabulous article about it on Thomas Rainer's blog, Grounded Design, written by Harry Wade, a landscape design student at the NY Botanical Garden.
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The Sea and the Hills
The Life of Hussain Najadi
Reviewed by
Mark McLaughlin
In his autobiography, a rags-to-riches-to-prison-garb story spiced with episodes of rebelliousness and revelation, international financier Hussain Najadi admits that he was a mischievous child. Najadi's life is driven as much by hard work as by "kismet," he believes: "Till today my life continues to be shaped by people who appear suddenly and propel me to new heights or save me from disaster or affect me in some other profound way." It is these people and how he stumbles upon them that make The Sea and the Hills: The Life of Hussain Najadi an entertaining read.
The best part of the book is the first half, where Najadi writes cleverly and amusingly of his youth. His nostalgia for those heady days comes across in the early chapters, as he travels from his native Bahrain to Lebanon, Iran, Italy, Germany, Switzerland. He drops many little gems along the way, among them, "I've been an encyclopedia salesman. I know the hardest part is to get in the door. If you don't get in, you can't say a thing."
Eventually, Najadi goes to Asia. There he sets up a unique development banking network aimed at gathering together Arab money, Asian labor and resources, and Western know-how.
As this son of "a vegetable salesman in the bazaar" rises in the world of international high finance, the reader travels with Najadi to meet with presidents, kings, ministers of state, and captains of industry (and banking). Here the story begins to blur, and it becomes a bit tedious as he boasts of the deals he makes. Fortunately for the reader, when a corrupt Bahraini official reminds him that "you've forgotten who you really are," strips him of his wealth, and tosses him in prison, the story once again becomes very interesting.
Najadi shares little about his time in prison, most of which he spent reading. As a young boy, a teacher had told him that "good books make you think," and Najadi did a lot of that in prison. In fact, his readings, along with other episodes in his life, inspired Najadi in his later years to turn his talents to a higher purpose. Now in his mid-seventies, the author muses on how "from a leftist idealist I had become a capitalist (with a conscience) and am now back to being an idealist, concerned with creating a more equitable world in which everyone is able to share the fruits of our global resources." Rather than just amass personal wealth, Najadi devotes himself to "helping others make the most of what they have."
The Sea and the Hills: The Life of Hussain Najadi, is more than just a memoir of a man with a talent for high finance. It is, as the cover notes, a story of "oil, politics and justice," and it is the latter that makes the book a good and worthwhile read.


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How to Determine What Pronouns to Use When Meeting Someone New
In a society that trains people to constantly be judging someone's gender on a binary scale of "male" and "female", pronouns are something we all think we should "just know." However, with the rise in acceptance of trans (both binary and nonbinary) people, people are beginning to realize there are better things to do than assume pronouns. By asking someone their pronouns, you not only lessen the opportunity to make yourself look like a fool, but you could make the day of some trans people.
1Don't attempt to judge a person's pronoun preference by their gender expression. They may have a feminine expression, but prefer gender neutral pronouns, or a masculine presentation but prefer female pronouns.Ad
2Ask their name. Names sometimes can give away gender, but there's no guarantee. With some names like Alex or Sammy the person could be either gender.
- Really, it's best not to judge pronouns by name either. People, especially nonbinary or foreign people, may have a name you associate with one gender but be a different one.
- Ideally, if you didn't know someone's pronouns, you would just use their name to refer to them.
3Politely ask their pronoun preference.
- It is best to ask someone their pronoun preference in private, rather than public. By asking their preference, you are putting yourself out as an accepting person. They may tell you something different than what everyone else thinks because they trust you.
4Know that you may mess up. It happens. Correct yourself, apologize, and move on.
5Learn the pronouns:
- He/his/him is typically for men, She/her/hers is typically for women. Either one can be used by some nonbinary people.
- Ze/Hir/Hirs are gender neutral pronouns that replace he/him/his and she/her/hers.
- The singular "they" can also be used as a gender neutral pronoun, and makes a good filler if you're unsure of what pronouns someone prefers.
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- If you mess up apologize and then restate what you said with the right pronoun.
- Be polite. Most people understand your confusion and appreciate your acceptance so don't be shy if you need to ask for a preference. Oftentimes the people who you ask will be elated to hear you do it.
- If you call someone by the wrong pronoun they can be offended.