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*~*~*~* Aloha Friday *~*~*~* Embers Plumeria
Photos to enjoy on Aloha Friday!
New blooms on my Embers Plumeria tree. Lovin the color!
The Scent is similar to root-beer and ginger blossom kinda spicy especially in the evening.
The only damage was along the back fence, a lot of leaf drop going on right now due to being too wet.
All my cuttings and potted Plumeria went into the patio and garage.
Back yard looked like a tossed salad but it's all cleaned up.
We had sustained gusts as high as 38 to 42 mph. with 5 inches and plus of rain.
My big trees look tattered but will continue as the heat here in Florida will correct the leaf growth.
Mahalo! Stuart
Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow.
Embers has got me sizzling, what a beauty and such a bright spot given the glimpse of your tattered garden, yikes. Very unique and beautiful, I love it!I truly want one, what a happy flower.
Thanks, Stuart. I love Aloha Friday! It was Aloha Friday here + a little rock n' roll friday with an earthquake earlier, nothing serious, just a nice little massage during a little rest earlier.
Glad all is finally well in your neck of the woods,
Hi Stuart,
Beautiful Colors.. OH MY!!!
Love the "Aloha Friday"...
I am so sorry to see the damage from Debbie.. I know how hard it is to clean up after storms like that. We have Hurricanes that hit us a few times a year and it gets so frustrating...
Good luck witth the yard and im sure it will be back to its beautiful form really soon!
Thanks for the gorgeous pictures.. AHhh.. I can smell them now..
Take care,
Thanks for sharing the pics of 'Embers'....GORGEOUS!!!!!
So glad you weathered the storm--that's alot of rain!!! Does the soil make-up in your yard contain alot of sand? At least it drains well, over here we have that awful gumbo that doesn't drain unless you have amended it.
I hope you had a great *~*~*~Aloha Friday!*~*~*~
~Mary Jane
Hi Mary Jane,
We have a lot of "Sugar Sand" here in Bradenton and my yard sits up high with good drainage. Amazingly the ones in the front of the house and down by the road fared quite well.
I live for *~*~*~* Aloha Friday *~*~*~*
At work we ware our Hawaiian Shirts too!
I am glad things are looking up for you. Thats a long time for constant rain. Hope everything is getting back to normal for you. That Embers is breathtaking.. I have been back several times to look at it. And I am a rootbeer junkie so I will have to put that one on my list of must haves!! Thanks for sharing it!!!! Just beautiful
The Embers Plumeria was a purchase from The Exotic Plumeria in Seffner, Florida 2 years ago. I paid an Arm and a Leg for it and worried my self to near death that when it bloomed it would be something else. We went through another horrible winter were it spent all it's time in the garage.
I paid $89.00 for 1 tip rooted cutting. When I went to Exotic Plumeria it's a beautiful place ( All the plumeria are ). They let you walk around and enjoy yourself but always have you in the corner of their eyes, kind of like a car sales person. Then you find yourself debating "Which One Shall I Get???" Then when you've singled it down to 3 varieties, you wave at the sales lady with the walkie talkie
and you say how much is this one? "She relies it's $79.00 for 1 tip potted and $10.00 additional per tip! After spending almost an hour there you feel somewhat obligated to buy, which I did and it ended up being a 2 tip rooted cutting of Embers. As the tree gets bigger the hurt goes away and you end up with lovely blooms.
That's the one and only time I spent a the "Exotic Plumeria"
Just be prepared to fork over some "Benjamin's"
Thanks, Stuart, now I can get over it! LOL
I am not ready to spend that kind of money on any single plumeria yet. At this point I don't have the confidence as I spend most of my time running outside to check and make sure all my cuttings are ok. Many nights I wake up and my first thoughts are the plumies, and should I go outside to check on them. That's certainly the first thing I do when I get out of the bed in the morning. LOL
Anyway, everything seems to be rooting well with the exception of my Kimo, which I am sure has a rotten tip. And one other I am somewhat unsure whether it has a soft spot or not. Time will tell!
BTW, I went to Exotic Plumeria site and the photo of their Embers is not nearly as lovely as yours. You should send them the pic so they can replace the one they have displayed. Yours is gorgeous! :)
I bet their prices are still up there even though the economy really doesn't support those kind of prices.
I really prefer $10.00 to $15.00 cuttings now in my life! LOL
rcantor, On a scale from 1 to 10, I give it a 6.
It's nice but not strong, Embers is more designed/hybridized for the color intensity in my humble opinion.
I've been told by the experts that Allen Bunch the owner of Exotic Plumeria is known for renaming plumeria to suit his needs and that the real name of this flower is Toba's Fire.
I'm posting a link for you to see, all I know is I still have the metal tag that says "Embers".
Here is a link that might be useful: Plumerias.com
Stuart, in my opinion, totally worth it! Spectacular! I love those sizzling yellow/orange/red combos and Toba's Fire is a hard one to come by.
Sorry to see you had so much cleanup after the storm. Three days is a lot of wind and rain. I've read that plumeria grow back even stronger after hurricanes and tropical storms, which you could expect from a tree native to the Caribbean and Central America. Bet yours will be no exception.


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When Victoria McDonald and Heather Rundle watched the CrosstFit Games masters' qualifier announcement, a quiet shock ran through them as their jaws dropped.
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The two have been members of CrossFit Muskoka for years and often post the best times on the board after a workout. Younger athletes aspire to reach the bar the two set on a daily basis. McDonald is competing in the 55 to 59-year-old category and Rundle in the 50 to 54-year-old age category.
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While McDonald expected something challenging, she didn't expect the workouts to be so hard.
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Based on last year's games, McDonald had been working on her handstand push-ups and while she has them, she doesn't have them to the standards expected in this particular workout.
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09/19/06 at 08:57 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Vancouver Province,
NHL players often employ fitness trainers and belong to exclusive clubs to stay far away from prying eyes. Not Alex Burrows. The summer regimen for the Vancouver Canucks left-winger includes playing ball hockey -- which is like being a piece of meat amid a throng of butchers. "There are lots of guys who are just out there to try and act tough in front of their buddies and to say that they fought an NHL player," Burrows recalled Monday. "That's not something I want to get involved in." Even so, Burrows found himself in an awkward position at the nationals. "A guy from Vancouver kind of jumped me a little bit from behind and we had a little scuffle, but nothing big," he said. "I used to get slashed a lot before and this year I decided to take it easy.read on
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09/19/06 at 08:51 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Daily News,
The smile that Marc-Andre Fleury made his trademark with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles is as bright as ever. After several seasons of ups and downs with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the 21-year-old goaltender still flashed the pearly whites yesterday at the team's mini camp at Moncton Coliseum. "It's fun to get back into action," said an upbeat Fleury, who took over the starting job in December last season and started 50 games after Jocelyn Thibault went down with an injury. "I've grown a year older and I'm more experienced. I played a lot last season and that's going to help me this year." He said he's hoping to be more consistent this season, noting that it's "difficult to be perfect every single game." "I think if you want to be a good No. 1 goaltender, that's the most important thing," said Sorel, Que., native. "If you can, every night, give your team a chance to win, it's the best thing you can do."more
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"New Jersey" Debut
09/19/06 at 08:43 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Toronto Star,
The Sabres, after all, were debuting new uniforms which feature a stylized buffalo and, for the folks consulting programs, numbers on the right chest. This week, an Internet headline labelled the new get-ups "controversial." And they are — as long as you're using "controversial" to mean "yet another abomination to sporting aesthetics." The update is ugly on a lot of levels. The team claims it transports the colour scheme back to the expansion-era roots of blue and gold. But the blue is ultra-navy, bordering on black. And the particular hue of banana — which turns the brush-stroke logo into a Day-Glo eyesore — hasn't been employed so offensively since the man with the yellow hat stole Curious George from the jungle and spun it as a favour to the monkey. Add it up and the combination waddles suspiciously like a Penguin.more
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Nashville Has One Goal- The Stanley Cup
09/19/06 at 08:37 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Nashville City Paper,
The disappointments of last season are driving the Nashville Predators in training camp. Members of last year's team took it hard when they failed to advance past the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. "We did a lot of great things last year except the thing that was the most important, and that was to win in the playoffs," Predators winger Steve Sullivan said. "We are going to be bigger and stronger this season. We have all the ingredients. Now it is a matter of going out and executing."continued
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Finger Pointing
09/19/06 at 08:33 AM ET | Comments (0)
from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
The Vancouver Canucks and Todd Bertuzzi have turned on each other in the civil lawsuit launched by former NHL player Steve Moore.... Each side is pointing the finger at each other for whatever damages may be awarded -- and likely will be awarded -- in the civil action launched by the former Colorado player. The lawsuit -- now three-sided with the Moore family taking on Bertuzzi and the Canucks and the Canucks and Bertuzzi taking on each other -- is apparent in Statements of Defence filed by attorneys representing both the team and Bertuzzi in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice earlier this month.read on
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More Tests For Colaiacovo
09/18/06 at 11:07 PM ET | Comments (0)
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Injured Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Carlo Colaiacovo remains unable to shake concussion-like symptoms that resurfaced Friday during an uptempo training camp skate. Sources tell TSN Colaicovo is still suffering from a "slight" headache and won't be pushed by the team for precautionary measures.continued
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Waiting For AO
09/18/06 at 08:42 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Kara Yorio of the Sporting News,
A couple of weeks ago, I waited for Alex Ovechkin. We were supposed to meet at 7:30 p.m., but a late flight and photo shoot gone long set the meeting back a couple of hours.... Ovechkin arrives at the hotel in a bright pink t-shirt that reads "Love Metal" and jeans with ripped patches. He apologizes for being late, even though it's not his fault, and makes sure his newly acquired, signed Sidney Crosby jersey is taken care of. Then he is ready to go. He is visibly tired, but he sits down and never mentions that he has plans or would like to be somewhere else. But I know better. It's a little past 9:30 p.m. He's a 20-year-old professional athlete in Manhattan. He must know someone in New York City and, even if he doesn't, he has plans. He better. But still, he doesn't rush. He doesn't look at his watch. He works hard to find the right English words to answer the questions. And sometimes, it seems, he works hard to keep from saying too much or something that might be misinterpreted.more
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09/18/06 at 08:36 PM ET | Comments (0)
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Balsillie's speech was peppered with references to sports and hockey, including a nod to Wayne Gretzky winning his first Stanley Cup. However, when asked to confirm a report that he was a front-runner to buy NHL team the Pittsburgh Penguins, he told the audience that he was giving a solid "no comment." Balsillie had previously denied the claim. "The problem is that if you say anything, then the next time somebody has something that has substance to it, and you say, 'No comment,' are they going to buy you? No," he said. "The problem is you're in for a penny, you're in for a pound in answering those kinds of highly speculative questions." Balsillie later told reporters that he won't attend a pre-season Penguins game against the Buffalo Sabres, scheduled for Saturday at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum. Instead, he said he will be in Australia.
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Possible In-Season Moves
09/18/06 at 07:23 PM ET | Comments (0)
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With NHL training camps now in full swing and the new hockey season fast approaching, here's a look at the players from each club in the Eastern Conference who could become potential trade candidates throughout the 2006-07 season. ATLANTA THRASHERS: Vyacheslav Kozlov. He's hit the 20-plus goal mark nine times in his career, most recently in 2005-06. Still a valuable offensive performer but also an unrestricted free agent at season's end. Thrashers' management would prefer to retain him but the lure of free agency could be too strong for "Slava", which could spell a trade deadline deal if the Thrashers are out of the playoff picture by March.read on for the rest of the East...
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A Hockey "Match"
09/18/06 at 06:50 PM ET | Comments (0)
from the Atlanta Thrashers,
Two years ago Thrashers fan Andy Freeman got some startling news: his kidneys were failing and he was in need of a kidney transplant. He immediately began going to a clinic three times a week for hemodialysis, a three-to-four hour process that involved having his blood removed from his body, cleaned, and filtered back into his system. Time consuming and tiring - not to mention inconvenient for someone who works - hemodialysis was a temporary solution. After five months of it Andy switched to peritoneal dialysis, a procedure which could be done at home while he slept. Most importantly, as he put it with a laugh, it allowed him to eat and drink almost anything he wanted, as long as he watched his sodium intake.continued
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While my folks are tuning into the Hallmark channel for the sappy Christmas movies that make them cry year after year, and my niece and nephew obsess over Buddy from Elf, I'm still stuck on a classic Christmas favorite that is often misappropriated by Halloween: The Nightmare Before Christmas. The movie isn't called A Dream Before Halloween. For me, that's enough reasoning to say it is, in fact—no matter how creepy—a Christmas movie.
USAopoly will bring this cult classic into homes this holiday season in a whole new way with Monopoly: The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector's Edition. Players can buy, sell, and trade iconic movie locations, such as Jack's Tower, Oogie Boogie's Casino, Sally's Alley, Dr. Finkelstein's Laboratory, Town Square Fountain, and (my favorite) Spiral Hill. This completely customized game features imagery of all the greatest characters from the film, with Jack and Sally front and center, as well as six collectible pewter tokens, including Jack's Skull, Sally, the Mayor's Hearse, Oogie Boogi, Zombie Duck, and Evil Teddy. Just like the classic, this game is designed for two to six players ages 8 and up and is sure to please all Nightmare fans. [Read more...]
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Hasbro and Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) have signed a new agreement under which EA will develop several of Hasbro's gaming brands for mobile platforms globally. Under the new four-year agreement, EA will continue to develop mobile games for Hasbro's Monopoly, Scrabble, The Game Of Life, Battleship, Boggle, Clue, Risk, and Yahtzee.
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Neil Patrick Harris Teams Up With Hasbro to Promote Scrabble Catch Phrase, Hasbro Game Night
Actor Neil Patrick Harris announced that he will be appearing in a new ad campaign from Hasbro, Inc., featuring the all new Scrabble Catch Phrase game. Harris, star of CBS' sitcom How I Met Your Mother, is featured in the game's television advertising campaign, set to begin airing in the U.S. this week.
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An Epic Advantage to Windows 8 & the Cloud
The vast majority of computer users will never care about this. That is because the vast majority of computer users use a single computer for years on end. They use them at home, and then maybe (assuming it is a laptop) they take it to Internet cafes, possibly school or work, and likely on the road to hotels. Most of these places will not have complex passwords for their wireless Internet.
I do not fit into this category of computer user.
I have the following laptops that I use, either regularly or not, that all 'belong to' me in one semi-permanent way or another:
Lenovo Carbon X1 (my own)
Lenovo Carbon X1 (my Japanese corporate laptop)
Microsoft Surface Pro 2
2x HP EliteBook 'server farm' laptops
To make matters just slightly more complicated, I use most of them is all manner of places with complex passwords, ranging from companies that I visit to different hotels (many of which actually do have passwords for wireless) to cafes and restaurants and, of course, when I am somewhere without free WiFi I will tether any or all of these to my phone.
Now just to make things more interesting, let's add the extra complications that a) I very often re-image these machines for any number of reasons, and b) many of them have virtual machines on them that also require access to the Internet.
Now, imagine I visit ten companies or people who have WiFi passwords like this: 2DE5A4210CBEE4. Using the old way of doing things, every time I brought a different computer with me, or the same computer but re-imaged, I would need to re-enter the password. What a pain.
So here's the deal: I have not been to my parents' flat in Montreal since July, when I was here with the entire family. It was, as I recall, my first or second visit. At the time I was not really using my Surface Pro (for my own reasons) so I was here with my Lenovo. I must have connected to the network here at the time with the Lenovo.
In September when Microsoft released Windows 8.1 I re-imaged the Lenovo immediately. I remember when I came back from Japan in November I thought it was acting wonky, so I re-imaged it at that point as well. When I left Microsoft Canada in December I did not want to be out of license compliance by using their corporate image, so I re-imaged it again. As for my Surface Pro, I re-imaged it in September as well, but then traded it in for a new Surface Pro 2 128 in January, and subsequently traded that one in for a Surface Pro 256 in February.
All of this to say that there is absolutely no way there was something left on a machine from my previous visit.
Last night when I was sitting in bed (in Oakville) organizing the newest Surface Pro the way I like it I noticed that I had not entered the WiFi password and it worked. However there are all sorts of phenomena that could have explained that. However when I got to my parents' place in Montreal and I did not need a password for their WiFi I was thrilled… it is actually stored in your Microsoft Account profile.
In other words, if you visit a friend today, get a new computer tomorrow, then visit them next week your new computer will automatically connect to the network for you. Cool.
I was discussing the other day with a colleague how far we have come in the past thirty years with regard to computers. They have certainly gotten easier to use and more convenient… to the point that sometimes we do not notice some of the improvements… at least, until someone writes about them.
We are always so quick to point out the flaws in the technologies we use… the problems with new security features or features that were taken out. When Microsoft releases a new operating system they usually put so many new features in that even their marketing and evangelism teams have to pick and choose the ones to really tout. I suppose because (as I said in the opening lines) this improvement will only be very exciting for a select few, it didn't make the list. I will tell you though that had I known about it earlier I would have shouted it from the rooftops… because MY audience will care.
There are, of course, myriad benefits to using Windows 8.x with a Microsoft Account (SkyDrive, Windows Store, etc…) but this one is now officially on my list. Is it on yours? Let me know… and if not, what IS on your list? I may not be an evangelist anymore, but I'd still like to know!
The Harsh Realities of the Exam Room
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how tough I found Exam 74-409 was in my article Another Tough Exam. I also mentioned that Microsoft exams were meant to be tough, and going into an exam unprepared can (and usually will) come back to bite you.
Last week I decided to bite the bullet and try to take home at least three certifications in a single marathon day of exams… I was hoping to achieve my MCSA: Windows 8, MCSA: Windows Server 2012, and my MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure in a single bound by passing three exams:
70-416: Implementing Desktop Application Environments
70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012
70-688: Managing and Maintaining Windows 8
The goal was lofty, but I felt I was up to the challenge. I was wrong… but not terribly so.
Before going on I should mention that I am no dummy… I am just very busy, and taking the time to sit exams one at a time is a bit of a pain for me – I would rather, when I have to, simply write two or three in a single day. Of course, this greatly reduces my chances of passing all of them, but because of the Microsoft and Prometric Second Shot Free offer for Microsoft Certified Trainers (see article) there is less of a risk – MCTs get a discount on the cost of exams, as well as a Second Shot. My financial gamble on this day was minimal. I have, by the by, passed three exams in a single day once… May 3, 2011 I passed three MCTS exams on Windows Server 2008. If I could do it once, I could surely do it again.
Passing three exams in a single day was not easy, but they were all on the same general technology – Windows Server 2008. On this silly day I went after three exams – one on Windows 8 (which I would have been surprised had I failed), one on Desktop Application environments (Windows 8 applications with a healthy dose of Windows Server, Remote Desktop Services, App-V, Group Policy, Microsoft Office, and several deployment tools), and one on Windows Server 2012…kinda.
Upgrade Exams
Thinking back to my early days of certification marathons, I remember hearing the horrors of Upgrade exams. Essentially you are taking three exams in one. The first Upgrade exam I sat was 70-292: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000. My success with this exam could be summed up with the old adage: Third time's a charm. I passed it in June of 2006… over a year after my first attempt.
Although I did have success with the MCDST (Desktop Support Technician) upgrade exam 70-621: Upgrading your MCDST Certification to MCITP Enterprise Support I did not fare nearly as well on the server side – 70-648 TS: Transition from Windows Server 2003 MCSA to Windows Server 2008 and TS: Transition from Windows Server 2003 MCSE to Windows Server 2008 (both of which I sat as beta exams and, coincidentally, on the same day) were not my finest hours. I decided instead to sit all of the exams for these certifications instead of going the upgrade path again.
In hindsight, had I thought of that when scheduling the exams, I would not have done it. Three exams in one day is mentally tough enough… add to that one of them is actually three exams, and even I wouldn't have done it.
I never got into a rhythm for the exam, and did not notice that it was not one exam as one block of time, it was actually three sections, each with their own sub-block of time. Unfortunately I only realized this when, with ten unanswered questions on Section 1, a pop-up warned me that I had two minutes to complete the section. Without reading anything I clicked through and selected an answer for as many as I could (four) before being forced to leave six questions unanswered.
Now that I knew this was the case, I managed my time for the remaining sections much better… but four blind darts and six blanks doomed me.
You did not pass the exam.
I do not remember the actual wording of it, but that's what it said… I had felt pretty good going into that last 'Are You Sure?! ' button, which is why I was heartbroken when it came up. Damn damn damn.
Wait a minute… I did a double-take when I noticed that my score was below 600. 583? No way, I know I did better than that, there MUST BE SOME MISTAKE! I don't know the procedures for challenging an exam result (nor do I know if there is such a procedure) but at the end of the day when I collected my score reports I was going to find out.
Okay, that was only one of the exams… the server exam, which I could re-sit next week sometime. I got my mindset into the application environment. It was a really tough exam, but I passed it with a pretty respectable score. I then went on to the Managing Windows 8 exam, which after the ordeal of the two previous exams was like a walk in the park. I am not saying that any end user – or an IT Pro who isn't intimately familiar with Windows 8 – could pass without a lot of preparation, but I have lived Windows 8 every day of the last 2.5 years, and even though that last 'Are You Sure?!' button is always nerve wracking, I passed very respectably.
Okay, good. At least I could hold my head high with the knowledge that I would walk away with two Windows certifications today… MCSA: Windows 8, and MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure. Now I could go look at the score report and go give someone a piece of my mind!
First the good news… I am not as much of a Windows Server bonehead as I thought. I did not realize that for the Upgrade exam each section is marked as a complete exam… the score report actually comes out like this:
70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012: 800
70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012: 583
70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services: 766
Aha… while the results of certification exams are really binary – Pass/Fail – I felt a lot better knowing that had they averaged out my score for the three exams I would have passed, and the abysmal score that displayed on screen was just that of the lowest section – quite obviously the section on which I only answered 2/3 of the questions. Alright, I feel better about that, and now that I know, the next time I sit the exam I can manage my time properly (I'll bet you if you scour my blog you will see that advice for exam takers) and pass with authority.
I was wrong about something else on this day though… Although I thought the prerequisites for the MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure were my MCSA Windows 8 and the 70-416 exam, it turns out that the first prerequisite is actually my MCSA Windows Server 2012… alas, I would only be walking away with one certification today, and not two as I was hoping and expecting. With that said, if/when I do pass my 70-417 Upgrade exam I will with one pass earn two senior certifications… and that ain't all bad as they say.
The old expression says that the shoemaker's children go barefoot. I got bit quite a bit by not following my own advice. Fortunately Microsoft and Prometric have my back, and I can come back and re-sit the exam for free. That is one piece of advice I did listen to – make sure you check for any offers such as the Second Shot before you register for your exam. Although I have registered for several exams with previous similar offers, this is the first time I will need the safety net. However just because you are confident does not mean you should be stupid… take any offer they will give you, and save your money. I am glad I did!
Converting VHDs to VHDX and other questions…
Many of the articles I write for both The World According to Mitch and the Canadian IT Pro Connection come directly from people I meet through my travels. They send me questions about technology by e-mail and rather than simply replying to them, if I feel the questions are relevant, I write them up as articles. So if you meet me at one of my sessions and you ask me a question, do not be surprised if I ask you to e-mail it to me… oftentimes I will need to research the answer, but sometimes it is because I think that it would make for an interesting write-up.
I have known Betty for as long as I have been going to her home town, and while she loves to give me grief I know that she is always attentive and learns from my presentations. She recently sent me an e-mail with two very good questions on Hyper-V following my IT Camp on Windows Server 2012.
I have several virtual machines that were created on Server 2008R2, and I would like to convert them to VHDX to take advantage of all the new features on Windows 2012. Is this possible?
The process for exporting the virtual machine from Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 and then importing it as a virtual machine onto a host running Windows Server 2012 is fairly simple: Export, then Import. However as I am sure you realize this does not convert the disk file format… ViVo in this case stands for VHD in, VHD out. However the Edit Disk Wizard in the new Hyper-V is your friend here.
- Ensure that your virtual machine is powered down (or better yet disconnected).
- From the Actions Pane of the Hyper-V Manager click Edit Disk…
- On the Before You Begin page click Next.
- On the Locate Virtual Hard Disk page navigate to the location of our VHD file (use Browse if you like!). Click Next.
- On the Choose Action page select the radio marked Convert and click Next.
- On the Convert Virtual Hard Disk page select the radio marked VHDX and click Next.
- On the second Convert Virtual Hard Disk page select the disk format you prefer (Fixed or Dynamically Expanding) and click Next.
- On the third Convert Virtual Hard Disk page enter the name and location of your new VHDX file and click Finish.
- Depending on the size of your source disk it may take a few minutes to create the new file; for larger disks you might want to run the Edit Disk Wizard to compact it before proceeding. However once you are done you will have both the Source and the Destination disks, and all you have to do is edit the settings of your VM and attach the new drive, and you are ready to rock!
Notice that your new file is about 145 MB larger than the original. That is perfectly normal and nothing to be concerned about.
- PowerShell: I've Got The Power!!
- Thanks to folks like Ed Wilson and our very own Sean Kearney it is once again cool to use the command line… or rather, the cmdlet. Nearly anything that you can do in the GUI can also be done in PowerShell, hence allowing us to create scripts to use at various clients or sites. If you want to convert your VHD to VHDX in PowerShell here's how:
Convert-VHD -Path C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\VHDsVM-1.vhd -DestinationPath C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\VHDsVM-1.vhdx
Again, it is important to remember that a) Your hard drive be off-line (or disconnected), and b) that once you have created the new VHDX file you must attach it to the VM before spinning it back up. As well you will notice the difference in file size. Nothing to be concerned by.
(This cmdlet can also be used to convert VHDX files back to VHD files)
Do the virtual machines have to be Server 2012 for me to take advantage of the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012, and especially the new .VHDX file format?
Of course not. Remember that the host and the guest have no real conception that the other is there; as long as you can install it on x86 hardware, you can install it in a Hyper-V virtual machine. With that being said, there is a difference between can and is supported. Remember that your Windows NT, 2000, DOS 3.3 and OS/2 Warp VMs are not supported by Microsoft… even though they will work just fine
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What is possible technologically is not always allowed legally. It is important to make sure that all of the operating systems in your VMs are licensed on that host. I have seen too many companies perform P2V migrations of physical servers that had OEM licenses attached to them, only to discover during an audit that they were out of compliance. Make sure you have verified all of your licensing so that nobody will get their nose out of joint
Windows 8: Client Hyper-V and Why It Matters
Recently I sat down with Kevin Remde from Microsoft's US DPE team to discuss virtualization in Windows 8. We had a great discussion about VDI, client-side Hyper-V, and a lot of other interesting options. Let us know what you think! -M
Converting an SD Card to Permanent Storage in Windows Devices
So as you know I was all excited to buy the very first Microsoft Surface Pro. I bought the 128 GB model because I knew that despite the fact that I have all sorts of external hard drives I was even likely to ax out 128 GB pretty quick. Fortunately between Cloud-based storage (SkyDrive for my personal stuff, SkyDrive Pro for my business files) and the ability to add a micro-SD card I would be fine.
I arrived at my hotel in Redmond and the package from my Amazon.com seller was there; I excitedly ripped it open and inserted the 64 GB card into the Surface Pro, reformatted it with NTFS, and installed the SkyDrive Desktop Client on Windows 8 (which allows me to synchronize my SkyDrive files onto my device's hard drive or, in this case, its SD card.
Wow… 'Your SkyDrive folder cannot be created in the location you selected.' This was really disappointing, because that was exactly what I wanted to use my SD Card for… along with my Document, Picture, and Music Libraries. I will be honest, it never occurred to me that I could not map these to external drives, although it does make sense. However I was planning on making this SD Card a permanent drive in my Surface Pro, so I needed to find a way to do it.
\I did a little research and discovered that indeed there was a way… or rather a workaround that would work perfectly. Here's what I did:
1) I created a directory on my C Drive called c:\SD Card.
2) I opened Disk Manager in Windows – you can either do that by right-clicking on the bottom-left corner of your screen and selecting Disk Management. If you are on a tablet and have no mouse, you could alternately pull up that menu by clicking Winkey-X.
3) Right-click on your SD Card and click Change Drive Letter and Paths…
4) Click Add…
5) In the Add a new drive letter or path for X: (Where X is the drive letter represented by your SD Card) select the radio Mount in the following empty NTFS folder:.
6) Click Browse…and navigate to the directory that you created. Click OK.
You should now be ready to proceed. To be sure, right-click on your SD card again and click Change Drive Letter and Paths… Your window should look like this:
The SD Card has both a drive letter and the mount point on the C drive. If this is what you see then you are ready to proceed. Cancel out of this window and close the Disk Management console.
I started the SkyDrive desktop app again and instead of mapping my SkyDrive folder to D: I mapped it to C:\SD Card\.
That looked a lot better. I was able to proceed and my SkyDrive files are now synchronizing properly.
Now that my SkyDrive was done I decided to go the next step and map some of my Libraries to the SD Card as well. This was easy at this point… I simply opened the File Explorer and created a new directory on the SD Card called d:\Pictures. I then right-clicked on the Pictures library that I wanted to redirect (in the Navigation Pane) and clicked Properties. I clicked Add… and in the Browse window I selected the new directory (c:\SD Card) and clicked Include. Back in the Properties box I clicked Set save location. I also dragged it to the top of the list. So now my Properties window looks like this:
Notice that the Pictures (C:\SD Card) is at the top of the list, and has a check mark next to it. That means that when I start saving pictures (or decide to import them from another profile) they will go onto the SD card and not onto the internal drive.
All of these steps will work for tablets but also for hybrids, laptops, and even desktops. It is a simple mechanism to convert external storage to internal storage. The mount point on the C drive is used as a hard link to the SD card, and nothing stored in that directory is actually on the C drive… it just looks that way to 'fool' Windows into doing what you want to do.
Good luck!
A Tour of the Surface Pro with Tom's Hardware
On the day that Microsoft released the Surface Pro I sat down with Alex Davies from Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com) and gave him a little tour of the device. He recorded it and that recording went live on Monday. Check it out and let me know what you think! –MDG
Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro: It's Here!
For most of the months of October through December, while I was on tour talking about Windows 8, the new Office 2013 & Office 365, and Windows Server 2012 the most common question I heard was not about any of these products… it was something like 'So where's your Surface? Why don't you have a Surface? When will you have a Surface?' It was grinding… not because I didn't want one… I did, and badly. However I knew that if I bought myself a Surface with Windows RT in November my wife would never let me go back in February to buy myself a Surface with Windows Pro. So I waited… patiently.
Of course, as a Virtual Evangelist for Microsoft Canada there was speculation that they would give me one… but that didn't happen. In December I watched with envy as all of my friends and colleagues got theirs – every Microsoft employee got one, but alas, I am a contractor so I didn't.
Earlier at the beginning of summer I had promised my son that he could have one when they came out, and so in November I asked him if he wanted the RT version, or if he wanted to wait for the Pro version. Of course he opted for the RT version, and so he got one as a late middle-school graduation present. I took my wife with me to buy his device, and she was so enamoured with it that we bought two that day – hers being an early Christmas present. Still and all, I could look, but unless they needed technical support I could not touch.
And then a few weeks ago the general availability date was announced: February 9th.
I called my main contact at the Microsoft Store in Yorkdale Mall (Toronto) and confirmed that they would be going on sale on that day. I asked if he could put one aside for me, and his response was 'yes… but I can only hold it until the end of the day on the 9th so make sure you come that day!' I was willing to do him one better… since the shipment was obviously arriving well in advance of that day, why not simply let me come pick it up a few days early and we'll keep it between us? 'Not a chance… not even one minute before the 9th!' (And of course no, they were not planning a midnight event, so I would have to wait until morning!)
Then I had an idea. 'Friend, what if I were to come in early the morning of February 9th, buy the very first Surface sold in Canada, and record it for my blog in the store before you even open?' He thought that was not only doable, but was a great idea. I put it in my calendar, and remembered to confirm with him on the 8th to make sure he hadn't forgotten me… which I feel bad about because he never would!
Mother Nature decided to test Mitch…
February 8th, for those of you who were not paying attention, recorded the largest single-day snowfall in southern Ontario in nearly a decade. Everyone on every media from Television to Twitter was saying that if you didn't have to go out… don't. The road crews would be out in full force, but it would likely take them throughout the weekend to clear the minor arteries and possibly into next week for crescents, circles, and such (in one of which I happen to live). Knowing that I needed to drive out the following morning I bribed my teenaged son to shovel the driveway in the early evening. He did enough to make sure that I would be able to get my car out.
Of course, what are the chances that the tiny little circle, an off-shoot of a crescent off a tertiary road in Oakville, was going to be ploughed in time? Fortunately Mayor Rob Burton follows me on Twitter and knew that I was planning to head out this morning, and made sure that our little 'Griffith Place' was cleared. Okay, he did no such thing, but HUGE kudos to the road crews of Oakville, Ontario that cleared the street late last night!
At 6:15 on Saturday morning I headed out; I brushed 35 centimetres of heavy snow off my car and headed out, all the while listening to the reports on the radio of accidents along the way (I witnessed three of them and passed seven others on the 403 and 401). I was not to be stopped! I drove the treacherous highways 'low and slow' as I was taught for these conditions, and as I will teach my son next year. It took me nearly an hour to get there and park, but I did so safely.
Almost there…
I was surprised that I got to the store at 7:15am, and there were already people waiting in both lines (one line for people with the 'golden ticket' and one for people without)! I got my gear set up in the 'theatre' area. I set up my video camera on my tripod, only to realize that the battery was dead. No problem, I had plenty of time to go, so I plugged it in and let it charge. I set up my Surface with Windows RT (ironic that after all that waiting a colleague at Microsoft actually did get me one!) and several of the available accessories on the table where I would shoot. All I needed now was the Surface Pro…
At 8:15 Friend brought out two devices – one for me, and one for another VIP customer named Mike who already has a Surface with Windows RT, but really wanted the Pro and was glad to be getting it this morning before he heads off to Europe. Friend ran my credit card through, and once the POS system told him the sale was approved he e-mailed me my invoice and I was off to the races.
The following videos were filmed in the Microsoft Store Theatre in Yorkdale Mall, Toronto. I want to thank Alison (the store manager), Friend (who knows who he is, and Emily (who is the Community Development Specialist, and therefor in charge of the theatre area and all of the presentations and parties held there. They were filmed on February 9th, 2013 between 8:30 and 9:00 in the morning. The only edits that were done to the video were for the sake of time and flow. All opinions, mistakes, errors, and omissions are mine and mine alone, and I have made no effort to alter the video to hide them.


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In celebration of National Punctuation Day last year, my favorite interrobang. Drawn by Christian Schwartz for his Amplitude.
The reason that the original interrobang didn't catch on is because it looks like this: ‽ Were it designed more thoughtfully like Christian's, it might be part of our standard character set and basic punctuation today.
Thank you. Interrobang is my new favorite word, even outstripping astonisher.
As for the serial comma, I was so committed to it for so long; I really did try. When the NYT ditched it, I finally gave up. It still makes more sense to me than the alternative, though. It feels balanced, logical.
Don't give up, lither. Sticking to one's esoteric grammatical standards is what makes a true geek. I'm not giving up on typeface vs. font either.
Yes, I saw that recently. The song vs. MP3 distinction is brilliant.
Hi Stewf
I'm a freelance copy editor and proofreader. Just wondering if you'd mind if I use your interrobang image for the front page of my website?
Kind regards
No problem. Just link back to the source.
Excellent. Thanks Stewf!
Just to clarify, the source is you (i.e., I put a link under the photo back to your flickr profile)?
Just want to make sure I get it right!
Kind regards
Link to this page.
I used your picture in my Blog: www.kostrolaw.com/NJFamilyIssues/2009/03/13/counsel-fee-fro/
If you object, I will remove it; alternativley, Thank You.


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Came in on a weekday, was very quiet. Staff was friendly, nice big room lots of amenities
Please indicate that the drive to the location is almost immediately after your initial turn.
Staff was extremely nice
Beautiful interior, non-homogenized aesthetic, helpful staff, great central location, tasty food on site and a complimentary shuttle available for those working in the area.
Neighbors could be easily heard at times, but it is an older hotel so that kind of comes with the territory.
I loved that the consiarge Eric helped me out with setting up our room. He was great!! Food also was great from Envoy. Everything was wonderful.
One of the front desk people ( Connie I believe her name was) she was very crass toward the person that had dropped some items off for me the night before we checked in. Also the box that was on front of the TV did not work when I hooked up my laptop with the HDMI cord.
Price. Don't tend to tread below 2.5 stars when partying with Tiberius but not scared of this hotel...housekeeping just a little scary.
See above
Free wifi, parking basic breakfast (fruit, granola bars, coffee). The front desk was courteous, friendly, prompt.
Staff was very friendly, eager to help, knowledgable about the area.
Very old, outdated building. Old uncomfortable mattresses. First night mateess reeked of smoke! But they quickly made a room change without hassle when I complained. Noisy neighborhood. I thought it would be a good central location. But ended up not being close to anything and shuttle has limited hours and places it goes., took a cab everywhere. No breakfast. Very limited workout facilities. Overall would not recommend.
Great location. Easy access to freeway.
Noisy HVAC in room.
Staff was extremely helpful and courteous, Great gym and pool but too many steps to get down to it for my handicapped mother as the elevator didn't work to the basement.
Very out dated, not very clean, small bathroom in the room, carpeting was filthy and you could see to the hallway from inside our room. Too many steps to get down to the pool and gym for my handicapped mother as the elevator didn't work to the basement. I Overpaid for this hotel and will never stay here again. Extremely disappointed in the hotel
The room looked recently renovated, so nicer quality. The continental breakfast area was also pretty well done and well stocked. Staff was friendly.
The checkin process was slow, there was construction happening on premises that was a bit distracting, the elevator was super dated and small, and the room air conditioner kept the room cool, but the humidity was felt in the air.
I was expecting more but for what I was doing it was alright.
Dirty. Wifi didn't work and I rec'd no credit. Door didn't lock. Room was smelly. No toiletries. Big rigs allowed to park and idle in parking lot making whole building vibrate.
It was where I needed it to be.
We entered our room and there were no chairs at the table. When we went switch on the TV, it did not work! Receptionist asked if it was plugged in? There was NO power cord to the TV.
It looks nice located right off the highway nice kitchen easy check in
Bed bugs woke up the next morning with bite marks everywhere. They also no longer keep pots and pans in the room. Bed was hard and uncomfortable.
-Availability of gym and pool
-comfortable bed
-complimentary breakfast
-internet access (good speed)
-unable to control room temp for 5 of 6 nights there (could not make warmer)
-no newspaper available as advertised
-carpet stained
-whirlpool tiles not so clean
-older equipment in gym
Front desk staff were excellent, shuttle to ball game
Housekeeping did a poor job
The outlets were loose. We reported it to management
New bedding décor and carpet, but scratched or old paint in places Nice pool and breakfast area Amana heating/cooling good quality Right next to a McDs convenient for families Parking is well-lit
No cups for the water in the workout room No cooking spray for the waffle maker No bathtub stopper for kids baths Noise was a problem high traffic, lots of sirens, dinging from flagpole rings blowing in the wind all through the night Hallway décor
Public Areas and Size of Room
No breakfast provided and no refrigerator or micro wave in the room.
Everything about the people and the hotel was great !!!!!
In a room, I value price, in-room amenities, location, housekeeping, out-of-room amenities, etc...in that order I guess. That said, gotta love this hotel.
Can't complain. If you have the chutzpah to complain about the hotel's definition of breakfast...go for it. I'm content.
Excellent staff when checking in. Very easy process
Towels are new, bedding clean
I took lots of pictures.Toilet loose rocking,empty toilet roll on the floor, 2 rooms and a bathroom w/ 1 sm trash,hotel used cond. bottle in hot tub, mold everywhere around ceilings, paint pealing at ceiling seams and windows. Our room was above the pool.
very clean, pet friendly, staff quick to respond to questions/ issues, close to many amenities
run down a bit, bathroom needed some restoration (bathroom tiles broken, paint showing through different color layers), stairs to upper floor creak and bow so much they feel haunted by the ghosts of stairways past, sauna out of service
Quiet and did like seeing wood as part of the decor.
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lighting around surface mounted medicine cabinet
I am finally remodeling my tiny (4x9) master bathroom. I have made all decisions except for the lighting in the vanity area. I have purchased a surface mounted Kohler mirrored medicine cabinet that is 20 inches wide and 30 inches tall and it is 4.75 inches deep. The medicine cabinet will be mounted over a 24 inch wide vanity (image attached).
After much research, I know that I want LED lighting with a CRI of at least 90. I am having great difficulty in finding a light fixture that extends out farther than my vanity, that is modern, bright enough, and affordable. I have found a couple sconces that I really like (Elemental dwelLed 13 inch bath light), but they only extend out 3 inches from the wall (medicine cabinet extends 4.75 inches). Is there a way that I can have these installed without having the medicine cabinet block the light? Will the distance from the medicine cabinet help? How far?
I have other options if I want lighting over the top of the medicine cabinet, but I still run into the issue of finding something that will extend out further from the medicine cabinet. Again, will the distance help?
If I have a 20 inch wide medicine cabinet, would it be bad to have a 22 inch wide light fixture (Elemental dwelLed 22 inch bath light) over it?
Clearly I need help in this area.
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
I see that you will have 2236 lumens with that fixture. It might not be enough. I have 2 fixtures at about 1600 lumens each (3200 total) and it is a little dull. I think it may be due to the thick-ish frosted shade. I have another bathroom with 2250 lumens and it seems to be better lighting. Different fixtures though, and both of mine are halogen. But Lumens are lumens I believe. If you are in doubt would you be able to use 2 fixtures and put them on either side of the cabinet? You could put it on a dimmer too. I really think your vanity/sink is a cute setup.
How about the span light from tech lighting?
Here is a link that might be useful: Span Lighting
Thanks for the suggestion! unfortunately, the Span only has 80 CRI and at least 90 CRI is recommended for vanity area lighting. Also, I am not sure how the 24 inch Span would look over a 20 inch wide medicine cabinet.


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|Product Type: Side and guest chairs
|Style: Contemporary
|Finish: 1: Black
|Finish: 2: Blue
|Finish: 3: Brown
|Finish: 4: Green
|Finish: 5: Grey
|Finish: 6: Red
|Hardware Finish: Black
|Frame Material: Metal
|Seat Material: Fabric
|Hardware Material: Stainless steel
|Solid Wood Construction: No
|Rust Resistant: Yes
|Seating Capacity: 1
|Stackable: Yes
|Back Type: Contoured
|Base/Leg Type: Flared legs
|Ganging Brackets Available: No
|Connected Table: No
|Upholstered Seat: Yes
|Weight Capacity: 250 Pounds
|Commercial Use: Yes
|Country of Manufacture: United States
|Arms Included (Included Arms): Yes
|Arms Included (Not Included Arms): No
|Assembly Required: No
|Tools Needed: None
|Additional Parts Required: No
|Product Warranty: Limited Lifetime Warranty
|Green Guard Certified: Yes
|GSA Approved: Yes
|ANSI BIFMA certified: Yes
|ASTM Certified: Yes
About the ManufacturerThe La-Z-Boy Contract Furniture Group was created in 1971, largely as an entity to market its reclining office chair. The success of that chair enabled development of multi-functional office chair lines. Recently the division has grown dramatically with a broad range of product offerings. These now include 18 office seating series which have task, operational and executive applications.
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The Academy Awards, one of the biggest nights for film, is right around the corner.This year the Academy chose to make a change in, arguably, the biggest category of the night.
It's time for Brett Favre to finally come clean. I refuse to believe that he keeps playing football because of his love for the game.
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Visit this Carlsbad pharmacy for the widest selection of natural wellness and beauty products you will find anywhere. In-store events are changing frequently, so make sure to stop you by your local vitamin store in Carlsbad often!
Sara M., Pharm.D, Pharmacy Manager
Originally from Chicago, Sara received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Ill. She brings six years of independent pharmacy experience to Pharmaca, and enjoys the small town atmosphere and getting to know her patients. She has an interest in alternative medicine and loves the idea of integrative wellness.
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Jade is a holistic health practitioner with a Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology, holistic health, wellness, nutrition and education. She is a certified herbalist with a background in utilizing medicinal plants, aromatherapy, exercise, diet and nutrition, vitamins and supplements, healthy cooking, organic gardening, psychology, breathing exercises, as well as many other areas..
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Nancy is a clinically certified herbalist and aromatherapist with more than 25 years in the holistic health industry. She is also a student of Ayurveda and nutrition, being a long time proponent of the Slow Food movement. Her interests include women's health, children's health and cardiovascular health. Nancy owns her own aromatherapy company and has formulated a therapeutic line of essential oil products which is sold across the country.
Shana L, CCH and Health Educator
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Janel R., Esthetician
Janel completed her esthetics training at the Bellus Academy of Beauty and Spa. She also attended the makeup artistry program for certification. She has previously worked as a freelance artist for weddings and other special events.
Lauren M., Esthetician
Lauren is a licensed esthetician with a special interest in anti-aging skin care, organic skin care and makeup. As a former travel agent, she is passionate about traveling, and she is also active in the American Cancer Society's Look Good…Feel Better program that helps women cancer patients improve their appearance and self image by teaching them hands on beauty techniques.
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