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Historical heroine fails to compel
Philippa Gregory knows English history and she knows how to tell a good tale. But in this, the fifth outing in her Cousins' War series, the famed British historical fiction author fails to deliver the kind of fascinating female protagonist her readers have come to expect.
The White Princess, about a heartbroken 15th-century English queen whose loyalties are torn between the houses of York and Lancaster, starts strong but then stumbles and stalls -- leaving the reader longing for a more compelling heroine.
Gregory is best known for her Tudor Court series that includes the 2001 bestseller The Other Boleyn Girl. The 2008 movie adaptation starred Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson.
The Cousins' War series steps back in time by two generations to cover the events of England's War of the Roses.
The White Princess is a natural sequel to 2009's The White Queen, which has been adapted into a 10-part BBC television series (premiering Sept. 6 in Canada on SuperChannel).
What makes Gregory's historical novels valuable is that she explores important events through the eyes of the women who lived at the centre of political intrigue. These women have often been ignored by male historians, and it is a pleasure to read about English history from a different point of view.
The White Queen tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the beautiful and controversial wife of Edward IV, while The White Princess tells the story of their daughter, Elizabeth of York.
The White Princess begins with an excellent dramatic set-up. In Gregory's story, Elizabeth of York is the secret and beloved mistress of her uncle, King Richard III.
Upon Richard's defeat and death at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, Elizabeth is forced into marriage with the man who killed her lover: Henry Tudor. Henry VII is a brute of a man and their marriage begins as an intimate battle between enemy houses.
However, this dramatic set-up does not lead to a satisfying tale. After the marriage between Elizabeth and Henry, the story meanders and stalls. Elizabeth is unhappy and Henry is unlovable.
There are numerous challenges to the Tudor reign, including several pretenders who may or may not be one of the princes in the tower -- Elizabeth's young brothers who disappeared while held captive under Richard III's reign.
For about 400 pages, Elizabeth worries, wonders and waits. She gives birth to several children. But she is neither politically active nor particularly insightful.
The White Princess is a disappointing addition to a series that brought us fascinating stories about Jaquetta of Luxembourg, Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville.
It is a challenge to breathe life into historical women who have been neglected by traditional histories. As Elizabeth of York reflects in the novel: "It does not matter that in my heart I am passionate and independent. My true self will be hidden and history will never speak of me except as the wife of one king and the mother of another."
However, unlike the other novels in The Cousins' War series, this novel fails to create a character that is fascinating and unforgettable. The historical period is interesting but, unfortunately, this heroine is not.
Danishka Esterhazy is a Winnipeg screenwriter and film director. She holds an honours BA in history from the University of Winnipeg.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 24, 2013 A1
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We're discussing Record Megacorps not the Sopranos. They eanr their money by providing product, not extortion.
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What's that? RIAA sends out extortionate letters demanding $5000 or else? Really? Oh. Well then I retract my statement. They really are like the mafia.
Or borrow it from your friends, then rip and enjoy, then give it to your other friends. I just share all my content now and barely purchase anything. Never used P2P either. Just sneakernet. Gotta love those cheap 1TB drives! Eat me MPAA, I give away movies and you can't stop shit. Sue me! I'm a fucking pirate. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm still here, and I'm still giving away movies, assholes. 80GB of MP3s and 100+ iPod ready movies and counting... my friends disks are so fucking full!!1! What's a Blue Rae?
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Please close the door so we don't get clusterfucked!
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Safe Air is expected to hire 21 workers to maintain new military pilot training equipment bought by the Government, but the jobs will be at Ohakea, not Blenheim.
Safe Air chief executive Heather Deacon said yesterday the company, based at Marlborough Airport, would set up an office at Ohakea air force base, near Palmerston North, with 21 new jobs as subcontractors to Beechcraft, the company that had won the Government contract.
"It won't mean more jobs in Blenheim, but if we go ahead with it, people from here could relocate and the main centre usually ends up supporting more, so it is good news for Safe Air in the long term."
People who were made redundant from Safe Air last year would be eligible to apply for the new jobs, she said.
However, Ms Deacon said while the main contract was signed on Friday, the subcontracts had not been signed yet, so she could not comment further. It could be up to two months till those were signed.
Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman said yesterday the Government had awarded a contract to deliver a new and more effective military pilot training system to Beechcraft Defense Company.
Beechcraft and associated companies, including Marlborough-based Safe Air, have won a $154 million package to provide ground simulators, classroom and computer based training packages to complement flying experience in turbo-prop T-6C aircraft.
Dr Coleman said the T-6C had a proven track record in service with other militaries, and met the Defence Force's performance and safety standards.
"The new system is expected to be operational for the first trainee intake in early 2016. It is estimated it will produce up to 15 graduate pilots and 12 qualifying flying instructors a year over 30 years."
As part of the contract, eleven Beechcraft T-6C aircraft would be assembled in Wichita, Kansas.
Flight simulators and other ground based training devices would be installed at Ohakea by CAE Simulation (USA) as a subcontractor to Beechcraft. Maintenance and support for the aircraft and simulators would include subcontract support from CAE Australia and Safe Air Limited for the next 30 years.
Pilot training uses single-engined CT-4E Airtrainers and the twin engined turbo-prop King Air B200s. The service life of the CT-4Es is due to end in 2018, and the King Air B200s lease expires in 2018.
Cabinet agreed in November 2012 to modernise pilot training system with new aircraft, simulators, other training aids, and a new curriculum, Dr Coleman said.
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Internet of Things (IoT) will be a hybrid ecosystem of diverse devices and sensors collaborating with operational and enterprise systems to create the next big application. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Bramh Gupta, founder and CEO of robomq.io, and Fred Yatzeck, principal architect leading product development at robomq.io, will discuss how choosing the right middleware and integration strategy from the get-go will enable IoT solution developers to adapt and grow with the industry, while at the same time reduce Time to Market (TTM) by using plug and play capabilities offered by a robust I...
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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.
Mar. 31, 2015 03:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,022
SYS-CON Events announced today that Solgenia will exhibit at 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, and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to "Bridge the Gap" between Personal and Professional Social, Mobile and Cloud user experiences, our solutions help large and medium-sized organizations dr...
Mar. 31, 2015 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,049
While not quite mainstream yet, WebRTC is starting to gain ground with Carriers, Enterprises and Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) alike. WebRTC makes it easy for developers to add audio and video communications into their applications by using Web browsers as their platform. But like any market, every customer engagement has unique requirements, as well as constraints. And of course, one size does not fit all. In her session at WebRTC Summit, Dr. Natasha Tamaskar, Vice President, Head of Cloud and Mobile Strategy at GENBAND, will explore what is needed to take a real time communications ...
Mar. 31, 2015 02:39 PM EDT Reads: 559
The world's leading Cloud event, Cloud Expo has launched Microservices Journal on the SYS-CON.com portal, featuring over 19,000 original articles, news stories, features, and blog entries. DevOps Journal is focused on this critical enterprise IT topic in the world of cloud computing. Microservices Journal 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. Follow new article posts on Twitter at @MicroservicesE
Mar. 31, 2015 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,574
SYS-CON Events announced today that Litmus Automation will exhibit at 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. Litmus Automation's vision is to provide a solution for companies that are in a rush to embrace the disruptive Internet of Things technology and leverage it for real business challenges. Litmus Automation simplifies the complexity of connected devices applications with Loop, a secure and scalable cloud platform.
Mar. 31, 2015 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 656
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...
Mar. 31, 2015 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,251
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...
Mar. 31, 2015 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,305
The WebRTC Summit 2015 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.
Mar. 31, 2015 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,732
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.
Mar. 31, 2015 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,115
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.
Mar. 30, 2015 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,199
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.
Mar. 30, 2015 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,558
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...
Mar. 30, 2015 01:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,535
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
Mar. 29, 2015 10:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,885
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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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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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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SYS-CON Events announced today that Vitria Technology, Inc. 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. Vitria will showcase the company's new IoT Analytics Platform through live demonstrations at booth #330. Vitria's IoT Analytics Platform, fully integrated and powered by an operational intelligence engine, enables customers to rapidly build and operationalize advanced analytics to deliver timely business outcomes for use cases across the industrial, enterprise, and consumer segments.
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Harman Professional has named Anton Pukshansky to the position of territory sales manager for Southern California and Southern Nevada.
Based at Harman Professional headquarters in Northridge, CA, the veteran professional audio sales executive will work closely with the organization's manufacturer's reps and dealers and will report directly to Mark Posgay, senior director, US Sales.
"Anton Pukshansky is an advocate for our customers, an advocate for our technologies and, above all, an advocate for excellent sound," Posgay states. "I'm very pleased that he has elected to join our team and am deeply confident that he will make a valuable contribution to our customers, channel partners and our reps in addition to driving strong growth for Harman Professional in Southern California and Southern Nevada.
Pukshansky is a multi-Grammy award winning producer, engineer, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist. He joins Harman Pro having been a director at MW Audio, where he led sales and operations for a successful sales, design and installation organization.
Prior to MW Audio, Pukshansky was district sales manager for Loud Technologies. He attended the Leningrad Conservatory of music as a piano major from the age of six, and was a pre-med major at Boston University.
Pukshansky says, "I've always had the deepest appreciation for high-performing, innovative audio technologies and now working with such a compelling array of products and such a quality team of people, enables me to play at the top of my game.
"I look forward to the challenge and the opportunity of working with the factory, the rep team and my colleagues in the Hareman US Regional Sales Office (RSO) organization."


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Thomas Brothers will talk about his book, Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism. He will Armstrong's creation of the modern jazz sound, his influences on society and his struggles in a jim crow society of the 20's and 30's.
The Truth of You ~ Jack Armstrong
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One of the challenges for all of us on the spiritual path is staying connected to our true identity as spiritual beings on an adventure in the physical world. We came here with that understanding, but remembering it and actually living life from that perspective isn't always easy. Sometimes we need a reminder.
Reminding us of that reality has been one of the consistent themes of the spiritual teachings Jack Armstrong has received over the years. We will be discussing that challenge and the many ways it can appear in our lives, and Jack will share excerpts from his books and from his unpublished writings from Source that offer a helpful perspective on it.
For more than 35 years, Jack Armstrong has been a reluctant, yet willing, conduit for receiving and transcribing remarkable spiritual teachings through a form of channeling known as Inner Dictation -- the same phenomenon through which A Course in Miracles was received.
In 2008 he published his first book, Lessons from the Source: A Spiritual Guidebook for Navigating Life's Journey, and last year he published two more – From the Source: An Introduction to Channeling, and You Don't Need to Conduct the Orchestra; Lessons on Letting Go, Trusting and Allowing.
Jack is an explorer on the spiritual path whose life's journey has included stops as a nonprofit executive, Peace Corps volunteer, congressional candidate, small business owner, actor, voiceover artist, and hospice volunteer. He lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and strives to practice the lessons he has received.
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On the Tuesday edition of Sports Time Radio Dan the Man and The Big Jack welcome Patrick Karracker from www. ArchAuthority.com to the podcast to preview the St. Louis cardinals 2015 season. Can the Cardinals continue to dominant the N.L. Central or will the Pittsburgh Pirates or the Chicago Cubs knock them off the top of the division. They'll cover the batting order starting rotation and how the bullpen will set up along with an other pressing Cardinals matters. Remember it's all sports all the time. Follow us on Twitter @SportsTimeRadio @DanZeeeMan @Burketime and @MrFanofSports also check out www.SportsTimeRadio.com
George Armstrong Custer's "Summer of '63"
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After a post-Gettysburg Campaign skirmish where he is slightly wounded, George Armstrong Custer returns home to Monroe, Michigan on leave, and sees family and "special friend" Elizabeth Bacon.
the Conversation: Dorly Jean-Louis
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It's "the Conversation" w. hosts Klarque Garrison and Michele Gilliam-Morrissey. Each week our aim is to inspire, motivate and educate listeners Worldwide. Our guests this week are:
Dorly Jean-Louis- she's an seasoned actress, model, spokesperson and reporter. So what can't the Canadian beauty do? Join us and find out...
the ABCD & Company- ABCD & Company is a business management firm that specializes in business start-up, business operations, and business expansion. Our guest Durecia Moorer!
Tamika Dunning- back by popular demand she's one of our favorite songstress our! the R&B artist Tamika Dunning talks about her new hit single "Fighting for Love"...
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With ISIS continuing to wreak well-publicized terror in the Mideast, it is easier than ever to keep the flames of hatred toward Muslims alive in the West. As many have surmised from a variety of evidence, that may be the reason that the Frankenstein creation of the Anglo-American-Israeli Empire was created with the help of its allies in Turkey and the Gulf monarchies.
British Islamic scholar Paul Salahuddin Armstrong rejoins us to counter some of the more sophisticated arguments and myths about Islam used by those who are justifying demonizing the religion.
This show will be rebroadcast on March 7 at 9 AM PST/ 12 PM EST on the Star Com Radio network.
Take Back America for the People is an educational nonprofit whose mission is to explain the true costs of corporate control of the US government.
Military Monday with John D. Gresham With USNI Press Author Benjamin Armstrong
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In 2013, Benjamin F. "BJ" Armstrong, a career naval officer and aviator, wrote/edited the book 21ST CENTURY MAHAN, published by the U.S. Naval Institute Press (USNI Press – @USNIBooks). Widely reviewed and extremely well received, the book was based upon the premise that the ideas presented in the writings of American seapower theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan were still relevant in the 21st century, more than a century after the publication of his seminal work, THE INFLUANCE OF SEAPOWER UPON HISTORY. Armstrongs book revived a lively discussion about the relevance and merits of seapower in the present day, and the idea that the tenets Mahan put forth in the late 1800s, were still relevant in a world being defined by new technologies and emerging world powers.
Now, in 2015, Armstrong has published a new book in what has become USNI Press's emerging "21st Century" series of books with 21ST CENTURY SIMS, based upon the career and writings of Adm. William Sims. A true among the naval leaders of the early 20th century, Sims is less well known for his vast published works on naval leadership, particularly as they apply to junior officers. Now Mr. Armstrong has collected and edited them, in a compact work that provides new insights into this fascinating military personality from a century ago.
This week, Benjamin Armstrong joins author, historian, journalist, and documentary filmmaker John D. Gresham (@greshamj01) on Military Monday (#MilitaryMonday on the Writestream Radio Network (@Writestream)) to talk about his new book, along with his editorship of the new "21st Century" book series for USNI Press. This should be a lively hour of history, books, and publishing, and listeners are invited to call in and discuss their ideas and questions with both gentlemen.
George Armstrong Custer Takes A Bride And Makes The Cover of "Harper's Weekly"
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Custer's Luck Radio Show host Jean Barto describes the wedding and brief honeymoon of George Armstrong Custer and Elizabeth Bacon on 9 February 1864, and also discusses Custer's exploits during the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond later in the month.
St. Louis Showcase: Part 1
St. Louis is a city filled with talented people! We have music artists, business owners, movie producers, authors…they all started with dreams and turned them into goals. We will talk to them to discuss their journeys, their future plans and get their advise on pursuing dreams, St. Louis Style! Join in the conversation and DON'T BITE YOUR TONGUE!!! Call in 646-716-5470.
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#258 - Louis McCall, Christian Author
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Listen to the Christian Authors on Tour (CAOT) Blog Talk Radio Show on Friday, March 13th at 2 p.m. (EST) for a LIVE interview with Christian author, Louis McCall.
Louis McCall has served as a professor, a diplomat, and a minister of God. Louis has also served as an ambassador for Christ in a career that has taken him to 60 countries. His travels and experiences have included meeting and forging relationships with renowned Christian and secular leaders, unsung missionary and Christian lay workers, foot soldiers of the faith, and the least of those in the Kingdom of God. Louis is the author of According to Your Word Lord, I Pray.
Call (858) 357-8408 to ask questions of our scheduled guest. Don't worry if you can't listen LIVE! You can visit www.blogtalkradio.com/christianauthorsontour to download FREE "On-Demand" podcasts of hundreds of inspirational interviews.
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Mine Run and More: 1863 Winds Down For George Armstrong Custer
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Custer's Luck Radio Show host Jean Barto briefly discusses the Mine Run Campaign of November 1863, and describes winter camp life for George Armstrong Custer and the Army of the Potomac as the year of 1863 draws to an end.
Exit 3 Comedy Podcast- with Roundboy Jim Graham and KC Armstrong
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You may have heard Roundboy Jimmy Graham perform with Artie Lange or local Sarcasm Comedy stars but tonight he's hosting his own podcast Exit 3. This week we talk to former Howard Stern cast member KC Armstrong and find out what's going on with him in 2015 and talk about his radio show on WRNW1- Women's Radio Network .
We'll also of course talk to Rounboy Jimmy Graham about what's going on in Jimmy's world and what he has upcoming in the near future!Whether it's about his stand up comedy, his job as an actor or just his life as a father, husband, grandpop, coach and mentor the talk is always entertaining and it's 100% Roundboy!
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W.Va.'s well-being, broken down by county
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Pendleton County healthiest in state, Kanawha score sunk by poor quality of life
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — State officials have closed three chronic pain management clinics this year for failing to comply with a law aimed at reducing substance abuse.
The 2012 law gave the Department of Health and Human Resources oversight ...
Slowly rising premiums, fewer expected to sign up attribute to decline
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A union representing registered nurses has begun bargaining with two Southern West Virginia hospitals.
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MAXWELTON, W.Va. (AP) — A veterans outpatient clinic in southern West Virginia that's been closed since last fall is set to reopen Friday.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than $644,000 in grant funding aimed at promoting healthier lives in Appalachia is being awarded to care providers in Virginia and West Virginia.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pjmkpz/ict_priorities_in) has announced the addition of the "ICT Priorities in Mexico - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013" report to their offering.
This report presents the findings from a survey of 119 Mexican enterprises regarding their Information and Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which Mexican enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications and collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Mexican enterprises are still improving their core business operations with IT implementations which is evident from Kable's survey where enterprises' spending is mainly focused on IT systems management, enterprise applications and security. New and advanced technologies such as mobility and cloud computing are also slowly gaining traction among Mexican enterprises.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
The demand for cloud technologies is fuelled by factors such as reducing the cost of managing and maintaining IT systems, improving business agility and datacentre consolidation.
What makes this report unique and essential to read?
Kable Global ICT Intelligence has invested significant resources in order to interview CIOs and IT managers about their IT investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 110+ ICT decision makers in the Mexican market in H2 2012.
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Wearable technology was dominant at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) , and MWC was no exception to this trend. New versions of favorites, such as the Samsung Gear (three new products were released: the Gear 2, the Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit), shared the limelight with new wearables like Pebble Time Steel (the new premium version of the company's previously released smartwatch) and the LG Watch Urbane. The most dramatic difference at MWC was an emphasis on presenting wearables as fashion accessories and moving away from the original clunky technology associated with t...
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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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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 Solgenia will exhibit at 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, and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to "Bridge the Gap" between Personal and Professional Social, Mobile and Cloud user experiences, our solutions help large and medium-sized organizations dr...
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The world's leading Cloud event, Cloud Expo has launched Microservices Journal on the SYS-CON.com portal, featuring over 19,000 original articles, news stories, features, and blog entries. DevOps Journal is focused on this critical enterprise IT topic in the world of cloud computing. Microservices Journal 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. Follow new article posts on Twitter at @MicroservicesE
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mexico introduced the one-stop shop "tuempresa.gob.mx" to simplify administrative procedures to start-up a business in Mexico and to facilitate better interaction between individuals and the goverment.
This report reviews how both national and state policies in Mexico can better support regional innovation systems and includes profiles of 15 states. It reviews how both national and state policies in Mexico can better support regional innovation systems and includes profiles of 15 states.
OECD Territorial Reviews: Yucatán, Mexico, aims to provide a detailed diagnosis and solutions for improving the competitiveness and governance of the Yucatán state.
Governments which are successful at reforming empower their people to make the most of globalisation, creating a favourable environment for education, for business, for innovation and for sustainable development, according to Mr. Gurría.
The "OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Mexico" argues that although home to a large population that is highly dispersed and largely living in poverty, the countryside's vast human resources and the natural, cultural and physical assets could contribute to national development.
This report offers strategic guidance for policy makers and government officials responsible for commissioning and using evaluations of public engagement. It provides an indication of the key issues for consideration and offers concrete examples drawn from current practice in 8 OECD countries.
Its e-government strategy has helped Mexico position itself among the top performers of onlines services. This report analyses and assesses remaining challenges and provides a set of proposals for action to deal with the most actual and pressing questions of e-government.
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Cet ouvrage analyse l'impact que quatre institutions intervenant dans le processus budgétaire ont sur la réaffectation des ressources : les cadres de dépenses à moyen terme, les règles de discipline budgétaire, le rôle du ministre des Finances, et l'examen des programmes.


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does any one know anything about perry
i have a pear tree in my garden have no idea what type of pears it is and i was going to have a go at making some perry but i have heard that you can only make perry out of perry pears
if this is true what happens if you try to make perry out of other pears
It's true that traditional perry is made from "perry pears," just like traditional apple cider is made from cider apples. Fermenting sweet pears will give you a sort of pear cider, much like Ed Wort's apfelwein (pearfelwein?); not a true perry, but not bad on the palate either. In theory, you could add acid(s) & tannin(s) to your pear juice to replicate true perry, but the catch is: you have to know what true perry tastes like. You might have better luck trying to locate & purchase perry pears/juice. You may find this link useful. The Real Cider and Perry Page Regards, GF.
I'd settle for finding cheap pear juice to try. The only stuff around here is pear nectar and gerber's pear baby juice. Both are expensive when talking in gallons.
Fermenting: Blackberry Wine
Aging: Mulberry Wine, Mint Mead, Dandelion Wine, Mesquite Mead
Drinking: Apfelwein
On Hand: Peach Mango Wine, Huck's Cider, Mulberry Mead, Orange Spice Mead, Cyser, Apfelwein, Maple Cinnamon Mead, Hard Cider, Brown Sugar Cider
The pear juice has a very neutral taste.
This is the reason why most of the "Fruit Punch" and grape cocktail, in the juice section of your grocery is pear juice.
For people that do not like the tartness of Cider, adding a 50/50 mix of pear and apple juice GREATLY cuts down on that.


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"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" is the second Christmas-themed episode of the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, produced for the show's eighth season. It was released as a direct-to-video special on October 30, 2012, before making its televised premieres on CBS on November 23rd and on Nickelodeon on December 6th of the same year. Unlike the series' first Christmas episode, "Christmas Who?", this special was done in stop-motion animation, much like many of the Rankin/Bass holiday specials. The special opens on Patchy the Pirate driving a mail truck (parodying the role of S. D. Kluger from Santa Claus is Comin' to Town) through a snowy mountain area, explaining to the viewer that he wanted to make sure Santa Claus got his letter this year, so he has given the mailman the day off (or so he claims; in actuality, he has tied up the mailman and put him in the back of the truck). His parrot, Potty, however, doubts that Patchy knows the way to the North Pole. As they debate which Christmas song contains the directions in its lyrics, the truck suddenly runs over a (literal) fork in the road. As the truck starts spinning out of control, Patchy suggests they show the viewers what SpongeBob is up to this Christmas. (more)
- A television special based on Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever is planned to premiere on FOX in the future.
- The Hallmark Channel has at least three new movies planned for next Christmas - Northpole Open for Christmas, The Bridge, and Christmas Neverending.
- A movie titled The Christmas Pearl is in the works for Lifetime's Christmas line-up next year.
- Illumination Entertainment is working on an animated movie adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! that will be directed by Pete Candeland and is scheduled for release on November 27, 2017.
- Rod Taylor, who played Frank Agretti on Falcon Crest (including its Christmas episode) died at the age of 84 on January 11th.
- Barrie Ingham, who played the mayor in the 1989 adaptation of The Tailor of Gloucester and was best known for voicing Basil in Disney's The Great Mouse Detective, died at the age of 82 on January 23rd.
- Gary Owens died at the age of 80 on February 12th. He voiced the reporter in "It's a Very Merry Eek's-Mas", but was more famously known as the announcer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and providing voices for superheroes such as Batman, Space Ghost, Blue Falcon, Powdered Toast Man, and Badly Animated Man.
- Animator Jeff Hale, who directed Christmas Cracker and The Great Toy Robbery, died at the age of 92 in late February.
- Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, died at the age of 59 on March 8th.
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Ok, I'm a huge fan of fansubbed anime like Naruto, One Piece, Hunter X Hunter, and all those good shows. To the point where I've kinda become addicted, I need my Naruto Fix each week. However, it seems that 'the man' has stuck it to me once again by licensing Naruto, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist.... and the list goes on.
So, I'm not sure if it can actually help in the way I hope it does, but, please readover and sign my petition to Cartoon Network (the company which will be playing these shows). This petition is trying to persuade the people at CN to set up a block of time in which uncut subtitled shows will be played of the shows that they've been playing dubbed/will be playing dubbed.
I know it's a longshot but I really really hope it works
Thats the link to the petition, thx. :)
Please spread the word :D


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WPP revenues up 7% in first four months of 2012
By Daniel Farey-Jones, campaignlive.co.uk, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 12:20PM
WPP has reported revenues climbed 7% in the first four months of 2012, with growth continuing into May, while booking a $50m-plus gain on an investment in Facebook marketing business Buddy Media.
The company provided the update as it started its annual general meeting in Dublin, which is expected to yield a large protest vote from shareholders against chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell's pay package.
Like-for-like revenues for the first four months were up 4%, in line with the performance in the first three months of 2012.
Preliminary 'flash' figures for May "indicate a similar overall pattern to the first few months", according to the company.
The UK grew by 1.7% on a like-for-like basis, matching the US but behind Western Continental Europe's 2%.
Latin America was the fastest growing region with 14% like-for-like growth.
The company also revealed it had made a gain of more than $50m (£32m) on its strategic investment in Buddy Media, which last month agreed to be acquired by CRM technology specialist Salesforce.com.
WPP made a $5m investment in Buddy Media in 2010.
Just before the Salesforce deal it appointed Buddy Media as the preferred social ad management partner for its media buying arm GroupM.
WPP is not the first advertising company to benefit from investing in emerging digital businesses. In 2011 Interpublic booked a $132.2m pre-tax gain from selling half of its 0.4% stake in Facebook.
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A simple, inexpensive spray method that deposits a graphene film can heal manufacturing defects and produce a high quality graphene layer on a range of substrates, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Korea University.
Their study is available online in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.
Photo credit: Suman Sinha-Ray
Using a supersonic spray, graphene flakes with deformed pentagonal and heptagonal structures stretch on impact and spring into a perfect hexagonal graphene lattice. This opens the way to scale up from the microscopic to large scale applications.
Graphene, a two-dimensional wonder-material composed of a single layer of carbon atoms, is strong, transparent, and an excellent conductor of electricity. It has potential in a wide range of applications, such as reinforcing and lending electrical properties to plastics; creating denser and faster integrated circuits; and building better touch screens.
Although the potential uses for graphene seem limitless, there has been no easy way to scale up from microscopic to large-scale applications without introducing defects, says Alexander Yarin, UIC professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and co-principal investigator on the study.
"Normally, graphene is produced in small flakes, and even these small flakes have defects," Yarin said. Worse, when you try to deposit them onto a large-scale area, defects increase, and graphene's useful properties — its "magic" — are lost, he said.
Yarin first turned to solving how to deposit graphene flakes to form a consistent layer without any clumps or spaces. He went to Sam S. Yoon, professor of mechanical engineering at Korea University and co-principal investigator on the study.
Yoon had been working with a unique kinetic spray deposition system that exploits the supersonic acceleration of droplets through a Laval nozzle. Although Yoon was working with different materials, Yarin believed his method might be used to deposit graphene flakes into a smooth layer.
Their supersonic spray system produces very small droplets of graphene suspension, which disperse evenly, evaporate rapidly, and reduce the tendency of the graphene flakes to aggregate.
But to the researchers' surprise, defects inherent in the flakes themselves disappeared, as a by-product of the spray method. The result was a higher quality graphene layer, as found in the analysis by another collaborator, Suman Sinha-Ray, senior researcher at United States Gypsum and UIC adjunct professor of mechanical and industrial engineering.
The researchers demonstrated that the energy of the impact stretches the graphene and restructures the arrangement of its carbon atoms into the perfect hexagons of flawless graphene.
"Imagine something like Silly Putty hitting a wall — it stretches out and spreads smoothly," said Yarin. "That's what we believe happens with these graphene flakes. They hit with enormous kinetic energy, and stretch in all directions.
"We're tapping into graphene's plasticity — it's actually restructuring."
Other attempts to produce graphene without defects or to remove flaws after manufacture have proved difficult and prohibitively expensive, Yarin said.
The new method of deposition, which allows graphene to "heal" its defects during application, is simple, inexpensive, and can be performed on any substrate with no need for post-treatment, he said.
Yarin and his Korean colleagues hope to continue their successful collaboration and foster the development of industrial-scale applications of graphene.
Jung-Jae Park, Jung-Gun Lee and You-Hong Cha of Korea University; Sang-Hoon Bae and Jong-Hyun Ahn of Yonsei University; and Yong Chae Jung and Soo Min Kim of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology are co-authors on the paper.
Initial support for the collaboration between Yarin's group at UIC and Yoon's group at Korean University was provided by the Office of International Affairs Nuveen International Development Fund at UIC and by Korea University.
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VOYAIn 1916, Englishman John Shaw is stationed on the front lines of World War I. There is something strange but fascinating about his commanding officer Quincey Harker. After being wounded, John is sent home with fever raging. Mary Seward nurses him back to health and befriends his sister, Lily. Harker, however, arrives and seduces Lily before Mary and John discover that Harker is descended from Dracula, the fiend whom Mary's father helped to destroy years ago. Mary and John set out for Romania following Harker and Lily, hoping to catch them before they wed. In the dark, crumbling Castle Dracula, John and Lily discover horrible secrets about their lineage, and Harker wrestles with his father's sinister plan to reassert the family's control over the countryside. Reverses beset them all, and Mary finally must fight her way alone out of a castle full of vampires. Told in journal entries and letters like Stoker's Dracula, to which this book is a direct sequel, Cary's gothic romance starts slowly. Bloody scenes of war and slightly spooky incidents involving Harker on the battlefront give way to some marginally soppy romance moments before the action finally kicks in. Mary, Lily, John, and Harker share the telling of their story with little differentiation among their voices but a lot of fevered recording of events after catastrophic things have occurred. John Shaw's 180-degree character shift near the novel's end is wholly unbelievable. Those who have read Stoker's book and enjoyed it might find this one interesting. Teens will likely think that Alan Moore handled Stoker's Mina better in his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (America's Best Comics, 2003), and Elaine Bergstrom's Mina (Ace, 1994),although only for older teens, is a better sequel. VOYA CODES: 3Q 2P S (Readable without serious defects; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2005, Razorbill/Penguin Putnam, 336p., Ages 15 to 18.
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