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"A charismatic and technically gifted vocalist whose gorgeous timbre carries echoes of Peggy Lee, June Christy and Julie London." Chris May - All About Jazz (USA) 2011
Hetty Kate is a Melbourne-based jazz vocalist, whose performing style is distinguished by her pure tone, phrasing and thoughtful delivery of the music within the Great American Songbook. Since her performing debut in 2006 Hetty has been invited to sing in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, both with her own ensembles, and also as a guest vocalist for local jazz groups and big bands.
"Hetty Kate's voice overflows with a natural musicality. Hetty can do no wrong, whether she is singing a familiar standard, infused with relaxed charm and style, or trying her hand at something new and filled with innocent bravado…" Richard Fields - 3CR (AU) 2010...
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"…Hetty is based in Australia which is their massive good fortune and Britains loss. She has the most gently seductive 'little girl' voice I've heard since first encountering the (then!) young Ella and June Christy. And she has a masterful way with lyrics, bringing them to vibrant and exciting life as if each were an expression of her own private thoughts….we'll hear a lot more of Hetty Kate in the future." Brian Harvey - www.radiojazz.co.uk
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Forza 2 is a very challenging and addicting racer
Forza Motorsport 2 has everything a gamer could dream of all packed together into one racing game, from it's very deep career mode to it's ever popular online mode, Forza 2 stands alone!
Forza 2's gameplay is outstanding. The AI is very fun and challenging to race with, especially as you progress through the career mode, and will occasionally make mistakes like getting into eachother or driving off course. They also can be aggressive at times, by pressuring you from behind or making it hard for you to make a pass on them.
Online play in Forza 2 provides you many race options so you can "Have it your way!" Options include car class, race length, track, players, assists, collision detection, and many more! There's also two different types of online play: Online Career and Arcade. In online career you earn money for your finishing position which can then be used in single player career to purchase cars, equipement, etc. The money you earned is based off of the game settings, and the last place finisher earns no credits. In Arcade mode, you just race, and no credits are rewarded.
Forza 2's graphics are phenominal. The graphics are very detailed, showing dust and tire marks on your car, extremely realistic damage (ex. front and rear bumpers getting bent up and even falling off), and great track enviornments!
The sound effects in Forza 2 are great. They include engine reving, shifting, tires screeching, car impacts, and the sound of you car grinding through grass and sandpits! The only downside to Forza 2's sound is the game's soundtrack. It's terrible!!!
Forza 2's achievements have a wide range of difficulty, but most of them are hard to get and time consuming. Most of the easy achievements (ex. Clean race) can be unlocked after a few completed races. Most other ones require achieving something in career mode (ex. Win all races in Career Mode), auction house (ex. Buy of sell 10 cars in the auction hose), or online (ex. 1,000,000 online credits), but after playing the game a bit you'll earn them. Forza 2 has 44 achievements worth 1,000 gamerpoints.
Overall, Forza 2 is a great racer in every aspect, and everybody should give it a rent at least, even if you don't enjoy racing games

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Client Contract Requirements: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Insurance?3. September 2010 15:46
You've got pen in hand, ready to sign a new client contract, and then you glance at the fine print. It says that to get the work, your IT business needs to carry five different kinds of insurance. That can't be right! Or can it?
If you've already got E&O, general liability and small business property insurance, aren't you insured for just about everything? Why would you need to get workers' comp and employers' liability, too?
Besides the fact that many states have laws that require companies with W2 employees to carry workers' compensation coverage, these policies simply provide coverage that other types of business insurance don't. To protect their own interests, your clients want to be sure that you're protecting yours.
Liability vs. other types of insurance
First, it's helpful to understand the difference between a liability policy and other types of insurance coverage:
- Liability policies are designed to protect your business from the high cost of covered lawsuits or similar insurance claims, and any settlements that a court orders you to pay as a result.
- Other types of commercial policies, such as small business property or workman's comp insurance, reimburse your business for all or part of actual costs on covered claims, such as the replacement of a damaged piece of hardware or medical bills.
So depending on what situation you may end up dealing with - a lawsuit, injury or physical damage to property - you'll need different kinds of insurance to be fully covered. Different types of insurance policies address situations involving different people, too: Some respond to claims from clients and others outside your business, while others are designed for claims from your own employees or subcontractors.
How each policy responds
Let's talk about how the various types of insurance policies would respond in the event of an on-the-job injury. Suppose one of your employees is working at a client's site and suffers a serious back injury while moving a heavy piece of equipment:
- Not covered under general liability. Your general liability insurance policy covers claims of bodily injury or other physical injury or property damage. It is designed to protect your business against the high cost of lawsuits stemming from incidents that occur on your premises or at other covered locations where you normally conduct business. If it were a client that were to sue you over an injury caused by you or one of your employees, your general liability policy would respond. But a lawsuit from one of your own employees, claiming that your business is responsible for his on-the-job back injury, wouldn't be covered.
- Not covered under property insurance. Your small business property insurance policy covers only property damages, not bodily injury. So if your employee drops that heavy piece of equipment after suffering the injury, this policy would pay for any damages caused to the equipment or the building -- but it wouldn't help pay your employee's medical bills.
- Not covered under professional liability. Your professional liability or E&O insurance policy protects you only against lawsuits in which a client alleges that your business's negligent acts, errors or omissions caused them a financial loss. Again, no coverage for bodily injury to an employee.
- Covered! Your workers' comp policy covers your employee's medical and disability expenses in the event of an illness or injury, such as this case. So, if your employee is going to miss work for a few weeks while he recovers, it will pay him a portion of the income he'll lose. It will also pay any bills for doctor's visits, medication, diagnostic tests, therapy or hospital stays directly related to the on-the-job injury. So, if your employee is hurt on the job and you have workman's comp coverage, you won't have to pay those costs out of pocket.
- Your employer's liability policy, typically included as part of a workers' comp policy, protects your company should an employee claim that his or her injury or illness was caused by your company's negligence or failure to provide a safe workplace. So if the employee in this case sues you, this policy pays legal fees and any settlement the court may order you to pay, up to stated policy limits.
But I'm just a one-person operation!
What if you don't even have employees? Can your client still insist that you carry workers' comp? In short, yes.
In many states, unless your client can show that you, its subcontractor, carry your own workers' compensation insurance, you will be automatically covered under the hiring company's policy, at the hiring company's expense. And of course, your client doesn't want that. So even if your state doesn't require it for one-person companies, you may have to buy coverage just to meet your client's requirements.
If you use subcontractors, they may be exempt from your state's workman's comp insurance requirements -- but on the other hand, some states do require companies to cover 1099 contractors. That's why so many small IT companies do what their clients do: Require their own independent contractors to carry their own workers' comp insurance policy, so that they don't have to pay for their coverage themselves.
Because small businesses require so many different types of insurance for comprehensive coverage, it makes sense to find a single business insurance agency that specializes in IT and can provide a wide range of policies at affordable premiums. To learn more about workers' compensation insurance, get a free workers' comp insurance quote, or get information about rates and other types of business insurance coverage, contact the knowledgeable account representatives at www.techinsurance.com.
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Hannahetta Mower
The Mower family may have traveled in the John G. Smith company. "In Apr. 1851 we started for Utah. I walked most of the way comeing across the plains, and helped to drive my fathers cattle. We arrived in Utah in Sept. 1851." (Hannahetta Mower Penrod)
Company Unknown (1851)Age at departure: 9
- Penrod, Hannahetta Mower, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 5:82.
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CTS Corporation's Automotive Products Business Awarded ISO-9001/QS-9000 Certification Renewal.
ELKHART, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2000
CTS Corporation's (NYSE:CTS), Automotive Products business, located in Elkhart, Indiana, recently received QS-9000 Renewal Certification from ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc., an independent accredited third-party assessor.
The renewal certification, valid until 2003, was the sixth successful surveillance audit since the initial certification in 1997.
CTS Automotive Products was found to be in compliance with ABS' Quality Management Systems requirements set forth by ISO 9001:1994 and QS-9000:1998. The Quality Management System is applicable to the design and manufacture of position sensors and other sensors, and is valid until July 2003.
QS-9000 was developed by a joint Chrysler/Ford/General Motors Supplier Quality Requirements Task Force, as an extension of ISO-9001, to provide a single automotive supplier quality system. The goal of QS-9000 is the development of fundamental quality systems that provide for continuous improvement, defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain. All CTS Automotive Products' manufacturing facilities have completed ISO 9001/QS-9000 certification; i.e., Elkhart, Indiana, USA (July 1997); Streetsville, Ontario, Canada (November 1995); Matamoros, Mexico (November 1997); and Glasgow, Scotland (January 1998).
CTS Corporation is a leading manufacturer of electronic components and assemblies for the communications, computer and automotive markets. The Company employs over 9,200 people at 19 facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. The Company's stock is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "CTS." To find out more, visit the Company's website at www.ctscorp.com.
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Sri Lankan Red Pumpkin Curry Recipe
Sri Lanka
20 Mar 13
The launch of Sri Lanka's second convivium, Slow Food Nuwara Eliya, in January was celebrated with a feast of Sri Lankan dishes made with local ingredients. New convivium leader Roger Abeyagoonesekera said the aim was to "bring the message of good food culture to local small farmers and farm holders" in this hill district of the Central Province, a rolling picturesque landscape that supports the nation's most important tea production.
Many of the dishes on the day used ingredients that are disappearing from the average household's kitchen as they become harder to find or are considered too labor intensive to process, according to chef Duminda Abyesiriwardena, a founding Slow Food member in Sri Lanka who oversaw the preparation of the feast.
"These flavorful dishes exemplify the Slow Food philosophy, using local ingredients and traditional methods that are being lost to new generations," he said. "It's my goal as a chef to help get Sri Lankan culture back on track, and to steer youth away from the masses of fast food options that are attracting them."
This recipe for spicy pumpkin curry, instead uses a vegetable found readily across the country and the world. Enjoy it with a selection of other curries or simply with roti or rice.
cooking oil
1 small onion, diced
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 small knob of ginger, finely chopped
1 tsp curry powder
2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
a few karapincha (curry leaves)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
200 g pumpkin, chopped
150 ml coconut milk
salt and pepper to taste
5 tsp grated coconut, toasted (optional)
Heat a little oil in a pan and sauté onion, garlic and ginger on medium heat.
Add the curry leaves, powdered spices and cumin seeds.
Add the pumpkin and coconut milk and mix well with the other ingredients.
Bring to the boil and simmer until pumpkin is tender.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Meanwhile, spread the grated coconut over an oven tray and bake at a moderate heat until brown, taking care not to burn it. Cool and sprinkle over the curry when serving.
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Japanese Mahjong Calculator
5,000 - 10,000 downloadsAdd this app to your lists
+ By One Visual
• Used for the Japanese variant of Mahjong
• Order is irrelevant. The app will rearrange the tiles for you
• Determine waits of a tenpai hand
• Provides warnings against illegal combinations (eg. riichi with an open hand)
• Can also calculate points using han and fu as the input
• Display yaku in English or romanized Japanese
Please note:
• Swipe right to access Hand Conditions
• Most recently added tile will be set as the winning tile and is shown in red, it can be changed by performing a long press on another tile
• Ads shown when online (can be removed via: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.ov.key)
• Network permission is used only for ads, this app doesn't collect any user data whatsoever
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Only thing that is odd to me is why concealed kan is own button when others don't have concelead version buttons? Why concealed isn't a modifier button setting all sets declared after setting modifier concealed?
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Been playing riichi mahjong for the last 5 years weekly. But we never counted the points correctly cause it's so time consuming to. And you can always make mistakes. This app is awesome cos it doesn't only give you the points, but teaches you how to count for it gives you the fu, han & yaku. So if you pass up smth it'll remind you. My mahjong nights will be more enjoyable now knowing we're doing i
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Just what I needed! Counting scores is too difficult in this game. But I didn't see how to calculate a hand with riichi.
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Why was this almost 200 apps down the list when I searched for mahjong calculator? I had to scroll through so many solitaire games to get here... Anyway, it's a mahjong hand calculator that can also tell you your waits, though I probably won't use that, and is in English. The only thing I could ask for would be a clearer indication that additional settings are off to the side and you can swipe to
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For my mahjong nights with friends.
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So I just got back into paying Riichi Mahjong and was looking for a tool that would help me learn the scoring a bit easier. This does a great job of showing me the different combinations and their point values. Thanks!
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Linux Journal Contents #167, March 2008
The March 2008 issue of Linux Journal focuses on Desktops. This month features an interview by Doc Searls with David Liu, the CEO of Good OS LLC. The gOS is an "Ubuntu-based distro tweaked to run Web apps as if they were deskotp ones". Our columnists focus on desktop issues as well—Mick Bauer outlines Ubuntu's security features and Marcel Gagné discusses remote desktop sharing. Plus, Jes Hall previews the revolutionary KDE 4 and Willie Walker and Eitan Isaacson discuss desktop accessibility issues.
This month's LJ also features several cool product reviews—Jes Hall on the ASUS Eee PC, Bruce Byfield on IBM's Lotus Symphony and Adam Dutko on Android, the Google Mobile Linux Framework.
As always, there's much more—from Linux video editors to maximizing desktop speed to understanding Google Gadgets. Enjoy the issue!
Desktop Must-Haves
by Dan Sawyer
Here's the guide to what you must have to slide easily into the Linux desktop experience.
Behind the Low-End Linux Box that Sold Out at Wal-Mart
by Doc Searls
Doc Searls interviews Dave Liu of gOS.
KDE 4 Preview
by Jes Hall
A peek at the revolutionary new version of KDE.
Orca—Take the Killer Whale for a Ride
by Willie Walker
The Orca screen reader helps people with visual impairments access the desktop. It also can serve as a useful tool for developers to check their applications for accessibility.
Make Your Application Accessible with Accerciser
by Eitan Isaacson
Find and solve access issues; your users will thank you.
Multitrack Video Editor Roundup
by Dan Sawyer
Video editing in Linux continues to improve.
Maximize Desktop Speed
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Linux is known for its speed, even on older hardware, but you will appreciate it even more after making these performance-enhancing tweaks.
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Gladiators' jersey auction nets $46,000 for charity
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House steps into estate recovery flap
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers are vowing to soften the impact of a state plan to recover the costs of treating nursing home patients by going after their estates after their deaths.The House has overwhelmingly approved legislation that would exempt the first $100,000 of a deceased patient's estate, up from a $25,000 cap proposed by the agency that oversees Georgia's Medicaid program. The bill, which passed 164-1 during a flurry of legislative activity on Monday night, would amend rules approved by the state Board of Community Health for "estate recovery,'' a cost-cutting policy states have been ordered to pursue by the federal government. "This has been approved in a lot of other states,'' said House Minority Leader DuBose Porter, D-Dublin, referring to the higher cap. "If other states have $100,000 caps, Georgia should, too. That's the best we can do in a difficult, difficult situation.'' The Department of Community Health began developing the policy almost two years ago on orders from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The feds began imposing estate recovery on states in 1993. Georgia and Michigan are the only states that haven't fallen into line with the mandate. The program is projected to reduce Medicaid spending in Georgia by $5 million a year, $2 million in state funds and $3 million in federal money. The DCH has sent out 40,000 letters notifying nursing home patients across the state that the program will begin on May 1, said agency spokeswoman Julie Kerlin. "People who are in nursing homes and are receiving Medicaid can either withdraw from Medicaid or be subject to estate recovery,'' she said. The House bill's supporters argued Monday that it's a draconian choice for elderly Georgians who have paid taxes all their lives only to be forced to spend down their savings and go on Medicaid to receive nursing home care. "This really is taking grandma's house,'' Porter said. "We are a better state than this.'' With the federal government leaving the state no room to avoid enforcing estate recovery, lawmakers decided to push for a more generous exemption. Ann Williams, legislative chairman of the Georgia Council on Aging, said a $100,000 cap would make a big difference for families affected by the program. "You can't buy a chicken house for $25,000,'' she said. At one point during Monday night's debate, Rep. Jeff Brown, R-LaGrange, chairman of the House budget subcommittee on health care, proposed setting the cap at $50,000. He said DCH Commissioner Rhonda Medows was concerned that the federal CMS would not approve a $100,000 cap. But Rep. Mickey Channell, D-Greensboro, convinced lawmakers to go with the higher exemption when he argued that it would be better to risk running afoul of federal bureaucrats than to shortchange Georgia seniors. "There is no manual at CMS that says how much the exemption should be,'' he said. "We need to make our case in Washington.'' The bill now goes to the Senate. Williams said she's optimistic that it will get a positive reception. "We can't be certain how this will play out in the Senate,'' she said. "(But) there are a number of people over there who are sympathetic, and they are influential.''
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Barrow ambulance, paramedics to move downtown temporarily
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BUFORDLANCASTER, TABITHA Mrs. Tabitha Lancaster, age 90, of Buford, GA, passed away March 14, 2006. Service and Arrangements will be announced later by Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory of Buford, GA, 770-932-1133, www.flaniganfuneralhome.com.* LEAK, MARGIE Mrs. Margie E. Leak, age 71, of Buford, GA passed away on March 13, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Leak. Surviving are: Son and Daughter-in-Law: Ted and Brenda Leak, Tarpon Springs, FL; Daughter and Son-in-Law: Cindy and Kenny Karr, Buford, GA; Grandchildren: Brandi Leak, Trevor Leak, Amanda Barrett, Holly Barrett, Andrew Leak, Ethan Leak; Sister and Brother-in-Law: Sarah and Gene Mullinax, Cumming, GA; Nephews: Todd and Tracy Mullinax, Tim and Leann Mullinax; Niece: Danielle Mullinax. Mrs. Leak was a native of Forsyth County, GA. She was a graduate of Forsyth County High School. She was a retired cashier from Burel's Grocery Store in Buford, GA. She was a member of West Buford Baptist Church. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Bennett officiating. Interment in Hillcrest Cemetery, Buford, GA. Arrangements by Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133, www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. DULUTH WILLIAMS, J. PATRICK J. Patrick Williams, age 35 of Duluth, GA, passed away March 13, 2006. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home, Norcross, GA, 770-448-5757.* JACKSONVILLE, AL STAMPER, RUBY Mrs. Ruby Ellen Mahaffey Stamper, age 74, of Jacksonville, AL, and formerly of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2006. Mrs. Stamper was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Harry Stamper; son, Richard Parker; her mother, Ruby Parr Mahaffey; parents, Jewell and Vera Mahaffey; sister, Evelyn Holte; and brothers, J. W. Mahaffey and Robert Mahaffey. She is survived by her: Daughter and Son-in-Law: Rosetta and Henry Polek, O'Hatchee, AL; Sons and Daughter-in-Law: Steve and Karen Parker, Cumming, GA, Julian Respress, Houston, TX; Daughter-in-Law: Irene Rodriquez, Houston, TX; Grandchildren: Luke Pathridge and Jennifer Comer, Houston, TX, Samuel Polek and Matthew Polek, O'Hatchee, AL, Nathan Parker and Matthew Parker, Cumming, GA, Janet Respress, Germany; Sisters and Brothers-in-Law: Kathryn and Willard Ethridge, Woodstock, GA, Betty Jo and James Reepe, Buford, GA, Becky and James Watson, Waco, GA, Liz and Kenneth Bagwell, Lawrenceville, GA; 4 Great Grandchildren; 16 Nieces and Nephews; many Cousins. Mrs. Stamper was a native of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA. She attended Lawrenceville High School. She was a retired hospitality cashier in Metro Atlanta and also an in-home caregiver. She was an avid gardener. She was of the Baptist Faith. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Shadowlawn Cemetery in Lawrenceville, GA with Rev. Tommy Ledbetter officiating. The family and friends will please assemble at the cemetery by 1:45 p.m. Arrangements by Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133, www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. LAWRENCEVILLE BALIAN, BERGE Berge Balian, age 81 of Lawrenceville, died Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045, 770-962-3100.* JOHNSON, JEANNE Jeanne Skelton Johnson, age 83 of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away March 13, 2006. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home, Norcross, GA, 770-448-5757.* WOOD, BILLIE Billie (Patterson) Wood, our beloved mother and friend, died peacefully March 12, 2006 at the age of 75. She is survived by: sons, Charles, Sherman and Phillip; daughter, Natalie; her sister, June; and eleven grandchildren. She loved reading, politics, and real estate, and volunteered for many years at Northside Hospital. Caring and cooking for those around her who were unable to do so proved that there are Angels here on earth. Everyone who was blessed to meet her loved her dearly. Private services will be held on Wednesday, March 14 at Applewood Towers #2 in Lawrenceville. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 770-277-4550. MONROE HIGGINS, EVELYN Evelyn G. Higgins, age 80 of Monroe, GA, formerly of Buford, died Tuesday, March 14, 2006 after an extended illness. Funeral Service will be held Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel. Rev. Radford Brownlee will officiate. Interment will follow in Level Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery, Suwanee, GA. The Family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 from 2-4 and 6-9 P.M. at the funeral home. Mrs. Higgins was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Thomas Higgins and son, Leon Higgins. Surviving are: Son and Daughter In-law, John and Jane Higgins, Monroe, GA; Daughters, Brenda Greeson, Buford, Barbara O'Rouke, Buford; 5 Grandchildren and 7 Great Grandchildren; Sisters and Brothers In-law, Kathrine and Robert Lay, Dallas, GA, Geraldine and Brentley McCoy, Dallas, GA; Sister, Helen Gower, Lawrenceville, GA; Sisters In-law, Evelyn Maddox, Buford, GA, Julia Higgins, Buford, GA; Sister In-law and Brother In-law, Marie and Doug Allen, Suwanee, GA; Nieces, Nephews and Cousins. Mrs. Higgins was a life long resident of Buford and a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Dacula, GA. She was formerly employed by Dolco Packing Corp. and retired from Scientific Atlanta. Mrs. Higgins was a loving mother, grandmother and friend. She will forever be in our hearts. Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel, 770-945-6924, www.hamiltonmillchapel.com. NASH, BILL Bill H. Nash, age 81 of Monroe, GA died March 13, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude E. and Mamie Holland Nash; brothers, Summie Nash, Ernest Nash, Guy Nash; and sisters, Runelle Griffeth and Gladys Nash; and is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jenny and Alton McMillan of Dacula; son, Michael Nash of Monroe; step daughter, Cathy Edwards of Lawrenceville; sister, Hazel Cruce of Madison; brother and sisters-in-law, Dennis C. and Evelyn Nash of Lilburn; grandchildren, Diane and Dale Reynolds of Auburn, Dana McMillan of Lawrenceville; great grandchildren, Mason and Victoria Reynolds of Auburn; sisters in law, Annie Lou Nash, Dorothy Nash and Barbara Nash. Mr. Nash was a member of First Baptist Church of Monroe, a US Army Veteran of WWII and a former owner of Bill Nash Chevrolet in Monroe for 25 years. Mr. Nash was an avid golfer and was a member of Summit Chase Country Club and Monroe Country Club. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 15 at 2pm at Wages Snellville Chapel with Rev. Franklin and Jeff Nash officiating. Interment Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 4 until 8pm at the funeral home and Wednesday until service time. Those desiring may make donations to the Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund in memory of Bill Nash. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Inc., Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, www.wagesfuneralhome.com . OXFORD PETTY, KAREN Karen Petty, age 38 of Oxford, died Monday, March 13, 2006. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052, 770-466-1544.* SNELLVILLE PITTMAN, ROBERT Mr. Robert E. (Bob) Pittman of Snellville, formerly of Doraville, died Monday morning, March 13, 2006. Bob, a member of Embry Hills United Methodist Church since 1966, was an Army veteran of WWII and was retired from the Equitable Society of the U.S. Memorial Services will be Sunday, 2:00 P.M. at the Embry Hills UMC. The family will receive friends Thursday 7-9 P.M. at Lowndes & McLane Funeral Home, Tucker, 770-491-3021. WINDER WELLS, GERTRUDE Mrs. Gertrude Wells, age 86, of Winder, died March 13, 2006. Funeral plans will be announced by Carter Funeral Home of Winder, 770-867-6706.*
Duluth boys defeat rival Peachtree Ridge
SUWANEE - Duluth continued its hot start to region play in some chilly weather Tuesday, topping rival Peachtree Ridge 4-1.
Nuclear expert visits Five Forks Middle
LAWRENCEVILLE - Students at Five Forks Middle School had the chance Tuesday to learn about energy from a man who was once a top administrator for America's nuclear energy initiatives.
Right to know essential part of free society
Never before in recent memory, if not in this country's history, has there been such a struggle between the right to know and the right to privacy. In some instances, we find the debate on the issue of government's right to know versus the public's right to privacy, and in other instances, the roles are reversed.
Senate OKs bill to help military families
ATLANTA - Georgia students would be allowed time off from school to spend time with military parents who have been sent to an overseas war zone under a bill passed Wednesday by the Senate.The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Mike Coan, R-Lawrenceville. It would require local school districts to grant students up to five excused absences per school year to visit with a parent serving in the military either before he or she is deployed or while on leave. The Senate expanded Coan's bill to include legal guardians. Because of that change, the measure now must return to the House.
State's foreclosures drop slightly in February
LAWRENCEVILLE - Georgia's number of new foreclosures dropped slightly in February compared to the same time a year ago, according to Foreclosure.com.
Letters to the Editor
'Liberal weenies' column ignores conservatives' plightDick Yarbrough manages to regurgitate every cliche in the book that right-wing zealots like to use when describing who he refers to as "liberal weenies" ("Wondering about all you liberal weenies," Perspective, March 11). He dredges up the usual suspects as Democratic examples to debase, namely Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy. He is in total lock step with the Bush administration and overlooks and ignores the multitude of gaffes and almost unbelievable missteps that have prevailed since the beginning of the Iraqi invasion. There isn't room on this page to recount them, so let's be fair and just say that if anybody is out of touch with the mainstream thinking in this country besides Howard Dean, it is Yarbrough and his diehard knee-jerk compatriots. Unless of course, he believes that a presidential performance approval rating below 40 percent is just peachy keen. I like Yarbrough and usually enjoy his column, but his one-size-fits-all criticism of Democrats, especially liberal Democrats, is not only unbecoming, it is downright mean. I hope this doesn't cause Yarbrough to "upchuck his biscuits," but his assessment of liberal thinking is flawed by his own prejudice. I sometimes believe there are folks in this country who would rally around a one-party system in a heart beat; a monarchy with King George at the helm.
Mortgage fraud sting nets one arrest
ATLANTA - A U.S. Department of Homeland Security employee is accused of mortgage fraud in trying to purchase a $3.3 million home in Duluth.Authorities said 38-year-old Brinson Allen of Alpharetta expected to walk away from a loan closing Monday with $800,000 in cash, but instead he left in handcuffs. An FBI sting operation revealed that Allen allegedly falsified his income information to show he made $62,000 a month and told bankers he had about $1 million deposited in various bank accounts.
What it takes to win elections
If Bobby Kahn turns out one more press release on Georgia's economy, I think I'll cut off my fax machine.Hasn't the state Democratic Party chairman figured out anything? Doesn't Kahn know most people don't care about the state's economy? They'd rather giggle at the governor bumping into a wall again than hear about another plant closing or to learn of a new one opening in the state.
Lanier reviewed for pollution
LAWRENCEVILLE - Lake Lanier could be added to a federal list of polluted waterways because it has too much chlorophyll a.
Bear still loose after car crash
LAWRENCEVILLE - It was just another half-hour commute to Lawrenceville for teacher Christie Moon. That is, until a 250-pound black bear ran in front of her car, causing her to slam on her brakes. She hit it anyway.
Norcross biotech company to buy British company
LAWRENCEVILLE - Biotechnology company Serologicals Corp. is expanding.
Perdue speaks to Scouts as volunteers honored
LAWRENCEVILLE - Three Gwinnett residents were honored Tuesday at the sixth annual American Values Dinner, which featured Gov. Sonny Perdue and was hosted by the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Rollins' complete game leads South past Pope 2-1
MARIETTA - South Gwinnett starter Neil Rollins (1-2) hurled a complete game on Tuesday against Pope, allowing one run on four hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts as the Comets beat the Greyhounds 2-1.


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Apart from the operas, Berlioz wrote a large number of vocal works. Between 1827 and 1830, he attempted the coveted Prix de Rome on four occasions, winning at his final attempt. This prize, established for musicians by Napoleon, brought with it a stay of two years in Rome at the Villa Medici, and was a significant honour for any ambitious young composer. The four now little-known Prix de Rome Cantatas, including the fascinating Herminie whose introduction was later to become the idée fixe of the Symphonie fantastique are brought together on this recording in the year of the bicentenary celebrations of Berlioz's birth.
La Mort de Sardanapale, though ironically only a fragment has survived, that fragment is markedly less original than any of the earlier works, even if it is well worth hearing for the hints of Berlioz themes to come. Herminie, based on Tasso's Jerusalem Liberated, strikingly uses a central theme the motif that soon after became the idée fixe of the Symphonie fantastique, while La Mort de Cléopâtre even more clearly anticipates the operatic tone of voice that reached its culmination in Les Troyens. Even the earliest cantata, La Mort d'Orphée, with tenor and a chorus of raging bacchantes, brings a memorable close…with the Lille Orchestra under Jean-Claude Casadesus warm and refined.


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Philippines to buy 12 S. Korean fighter jets amid maritime row with China
MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines will buy 12 South Korean FA-50 fighter jets to strengthen its poorly-armed military, government spokesmen said today, amid increasing maritime tensions with China.
The FA-50s will be the first fighter jets to be operated by the Philippine air force since it retired the last of its US-designed F-5 fighters in 2005, said President Benigno Aquino's spokesman Edwin Lacierda.
"We don't have any existing jets right now that are in use, therefore it is necessary for us to upgrade. This is part of the ongoing process of modernising our military hardware," he told reporters.
Lacierda said the jets would be used for "training, interdiction and disaster response" and would use their aerial cameras to survey areas.


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Full Day Tour to Inca Ruins of Ingapirca with Lunch
- Day trip to the Inca ruins of Ingapirca from Cuenca
- Explore the largest archaeological Inca ruins in Ecuador
- Learn about the historical significance of this fascinating archaeological site from your guide
- Observe local handicrafts and enjoy a lunch of typical regional dishes
- Pickup and drop-off from most Cuenca hotels included
What You Can Expect
Your guide will lead you around this fascinating ruins complex, whose stone structures surround the prominent circular sun temple. Discover how this site displays both the Inca and Canari cultures' mastery of stonework and their keen awareness of solar patterns.
You'll also learn how this complex played an important role in military strategies by serving as a fortress and provisions to troops in north Ecuador.
As you explore by foot, observe typical regional handicrafts, including pottery, leather goods and more. You'll also have the chance to watch craftsmen weave Panama hats. On Sundays, you'll visit the Handcraft Market of Canar, located near Ingapirca.
You'll then enjoy a meal of typical dishes from the region of Cuenca. Relax and chat with your fellow travelers over lunch and then hop back in your comfortable vehicle to head back to your hotel.
Customer Reviews
March 2015
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March 2015
We would highly recommend this tour and tour guide. Sebastian was very knowledgeable and interesting.


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The tragic national epic of Polish history began in these late 18th-century wars. Under Poland's Saxon monarchy, Russia and Prussia constantly meddled in the affairs of the Kingdom. In 1768 a civil war broke out between pro-Russian 'Commonwealth' Poles and 'Confederate' patriots who opposed foreign intervention; Russia intervened directly, and the First Partition followed in 1772. Guerrilla resistance continued, and anti-Russian political moves were snuffed… (more)
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Concert at Army post in NC geared toward atheists
FORT BRAGG, N.C. For the first time in history, the U.S. military hosted an event expressly for soldiers and others who don't believe in God, with a county fair-like gathering Saturday on the main parade ground at one of the world's largest Army posts.
The Rock Beyond Belief event at Fort Bragg, organized by soldiers here two years after an evangelical Christian event at the eastern North Carolina post, is the most visible sign so far of a growing desire by military personnel with atheist or other secular beliefs to get the same recognition as their religious counterparts.
The purpose was not to make the Army look bad, organizers said, but to show that atheists and other secular believers have a place in institutions like the military.
"I love the military," said Sgt. Justin Griffith, main organizer of the event and the military director of American Atheists. He added, "This is not meant to be a black eye."
Griffith said he and other non-religious soldiers are not permitted to hold atheist meetings at the post and have so far been rebuffed in their efforts to change that. They feel their beliefs marginalize them.
Organizers were hoping for a crowd of about 5,000. At least several hundred people gathered on the parade ground by midday Saturday. Rainy weather for most of the morning may have affected the turnout. Fort Bragg officials said they would provide a crowd estimate later.
The atmosphere was festive, with carnival treats like ribbon fries and ice cream, games for children and a demonstration jump by the Army's Golden Knights parachute team. Speakers and bands performed on the main stage. In many ways it was indistinguishable from a county fair except for the information booths ringing the parade ground and the content of the performances.
"We got any Darwin fans in the house?" asked a performer named Baba Brinkman, before launching into a rap song about evolutionary biology that culminated in a call-and-response chant of "Creationism is dead wrong!"
Organizers said the goal was not to disparage soldiers with religious beliefs. In the weeks leading up to the event, some bloggers and others expressed concerns. A chaplain currently deployed in Afghanistan posted an open letter on Fort Bragg's Facebook page, saying he feared the event would be devoted to mocking religious soldiers.
"We're never antagonistic toward religious believers, we're antagonistic toward religious belief," said Richard Dawkins, the British biologist and best-selling atheist author who was the event's headline speaker.
Dawkins, who frequently makes pointed criticism of religious adherents, delivered some relatively restrained remarks, asserting that none of the common arguments for religious belief stand up to scrutiny.
"There is no good, honest reason to believe in a god or gods of any kind, or indeed in anything supernatural," he said. "The only reason to believe something is that you have evidence for it."
The event marked a coming-out of sorts for atheist and secularist soldiers at Fort Bragg, who have been trying for more than a year to be recognized as a "distinctive faith group," a designation that would allow them to hold their meetings at Bragg facilities. Curious soldiers in uniform mixed with people in civilian clothes as bands played and children began to race around the huge field when the rain let up.


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Selected Shorts: Cannolis and Carroll
Friday, July 18, 2014
For a food-themed series of programs, performed live at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, SELECTED SHORTS presented a wide range of funny, provocative, and touching works in which food, and the eating of food, plays a big role. Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents two of them on this show.
The first is Ann Hood's "The Occasional Pignoli Tart," a wistful mother-daughter story. Its heroine wonders if there's any more to life than her job at an Italian bakery, where her mother is the world's best cannoli stuffer. The author comes by her sense of wanderlust first hand: she was flight attendant before becoming a full-time writer and contributor to a host of publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Ploughshares, Story, and The Paris Review. Her works include the novels The Knitting Circle, The Obituary Writer, The Properties of Water and Waiting to Vanish, the memoir Comfort: A Journey Though Grief, and the short-story collection An Ornithologist's Guide to Life.
The reader is Amber Tamblyn, who starred in the television series "Joan of Arcadia" and whose other work includes the film "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants," and featured roles on "House, M.D." and "Two and a Half Men."
Our second work is an excerpt from the celebrated classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, written by Charles Dodgson under the name Lewis Carroll. The tale of a proper — but not timid — English schoolgirl falling down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world of talking creatures and inverted logic has been a mainstay of children's literature since its publication in 1865, and is equally popular with adults as a source of fantastical language and prankish social satire. All are in evidence in the excerpt heard here: Chapter 7: "A Mad Tea Party." In it, Alice encounters The Mad Hatter and his eccentric dining companions The March Hare and the Dormouse. In a tour de force reading, all the parts are played by the versatile actor Christopher Lloyd, no stranger to fantasy and humor as his many film credits include "Back to the Future" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
"The Occasional Pignoli Tart," by Ann Hood, performed by Amber Tamblyn
"A Mad Tea Party," by Lewis Carroll, performed by Christopher Lloyd
The SELECTED SHORTS theme is David Peterson's "That's the Deal," performed by the Deardorf/Peterson Group.
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The Occasional Pignoli Tart
This reading by Amber Tamblyn of Ann Hood's "The Occasional Pignoli Tart" is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program "Cannolis and Carroll," hosted by Robert Sean Leonard.
A Mad Tea-Party
This reading by Christopher Lloyd of an excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program "Cannolis and Carroll," hosted by Robert Sean Leonard.
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Stories about John Boehner
Obama seeks to rescue fiscal talks for post-Christmas deal
By David Lawder and Roberta Rampton, Reuters on Dec. 21, 2012, at 7:45 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday tried to rescue stalled talks on a fiscal crisis after a Republican plan imploded in Congress, but there was little headway as lawmakers and President Barack Obama abandoned Washington for Christmas. In remarks before flying to Hawaii for a break, Obama suggested reaching …
How business can recover from 2012 election debacle
By Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post on Nov. 11, 2012, at 6:06 p.m.
Holy Solyndra, Batman. It turns out businessmen are even worse at making political investments than politicians are in making business investments. After spending hundreds of millions of their own and shareholder dollars to knock off a tax-and-regulate administration and deliver a permanent Republican majority in Congress, business leaders now face …
Is Boehner ready to bargain?
By Dana Milbank, The Washington Post on Nov. 08, 2012, at 1:31 p.m.
After Mitt Romney's defeat on Tuesday, John Boehner is the undisputed leader of the Republican Party. Pity him. President Obama's re-election and the Democrats' successful defense of their Senate majority have put the House speaker in a vise. Squeezing him on one side are the tea party conservatives and their …
Obama, GOP both see mandate, hard road ahead
By Charles Babington, The Associated Press on Nov. 07, 2012, at 11:50 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's re-election, coupled with Republicans' continued hold on the House, gives both parties a chance to rethink, and perhaps undo, the bitter partisanship that has gripped Washington for four years and frustrated Americans who see big problems going unsolved. It won't be easy. Both sides …
Obama to GOP: Act on jobs or get run out of town
By Ben Feller, The Associated Press on Oct. 06, 2011, at 8:04 p.m.
WASHINGTON — A combative President Barack Obama challenged a divided Congress on Thursday to unite behind his jobs bill or get ready to be run "out of town" by angry voters. Hoping to use public frustration and economic worry as leverage, he called his proposal an insurance plan against a …
Senate leaders agree to deal to avert shutdown
By Paul Kane and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post on Sept. 27, 2011, at 6:15 a.m.
The spending battle marked the third time this year that congressional acrimony has brought the government to the edge of calamity.
Senate funding vote needed to avoid shutdown
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Paul Kane, The Washington Post on Sept. 26, 2011, at 5:49 a.m.
WASHINGTON — With time running out, Congress returns Monday to try to pass a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown and avoid yet another market-rattling showdown over the federal budget. The Democratic-led Senate, which on Friday blocked a GOP House measure to fund the government through Nov. 18, …
Obama challenges Boehner, McConnell on home turf
By Jim Kuhnhenn, The Associated Press on Sept. 22, 2011, at 9:35 p.m.
CINCINNATI — Needling his top Republican adversaries on their own turf, President Barack Obama stood in the shadow of an outdated and heavily used Ohio River bridge Thursday and called his rivals out by name to demand action on his $447 billion jobs bill. Making a point to choose a …
Shutdown looms as bill to keep government running fails in House
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Paul Kane, The Washington Post on Sept. 22, 2011, at 6:08 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The potential of a government shutdown at the end of the month loomed slightly larger Wednesday after a critical measure to fund the government through mid-November was defeated in the House Wednesday evening. GOP leaders were unable to overcome objections from Democrats who believed the bill did not …
Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich
By Jim Kuhnhenn, The Associated Press on Sept. 19, 2011, at 1:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON — In a blunt rejoinder to congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes Monday, part of a total 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. He vowed to veto any deficit reduction package that cuts benefits to Medicare recipients but does not …
Obama's smoggy bid to win business
By Juliet Eilperin and Peter Wallsten, The Washington Post on Sept. 04, 2011, at 6:24 a.m.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's controversial decision last week to suspend new anti-smog standards offered hints – but not the full road map – of how the White House will navigate politically explosive battles with congressional Republicans over which industry regulations to sacrifice and which ones to fight for this …
As tea party reshapes GOP, some cheer, some worry
By Charles Babington, The Associated Press on Aug. 05, 2011, at 7:32 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The tea party is here to stay. The 2-year-old phenomenon's muscular role in the debt-ceiling crisis made that clear, despite earlier predictions it would fade away when the national furor over health care cooled down. Now the GOP establishment wonders if the grass-roots movement will power Republicans to …
The real drama was in private as debt deal hatched
By CALVIN WOODWARD, on Aug. 03, 2011, at 6:31 p.m.
WASHINGTON — It played out on two tracks, the struggle to head off a national default. One was for show. The other was for real. That's how most big things happen in Washington. The final votes were public, not even all that close in the end. But the crisis was …
Congress closing in on a deal to avert US default
By Jim Abrams, The Associated Press on July 31, 2011, at 1:16 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate plunged on Sunday into what many lawmakers and the White House — and millions of Americans coast to coast — hoped would be an all-but-decisive last-minute effort to raise the nation's debt ceiling and defuse a crisis that still could lead to an unprecedented government …
GOP, Obama 'very close' to debt deal
By Lori Montgomery and Rosalind S. Helderman, Te Washington Post on July 31, 2011, at 5:05 a.m.
WASHINGTON — With the default deadline just two days away, prospects for a debt-limit deal seemed to significantly brighten early Sunday after the White House entered intense negotiations with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday in a last-ditch bid to forge a bipartisan agreement to raise the federal debt limit. …
Reps. Michaud, Pingree to vote against Boehner debt bill
The Associated Press on July 29, 2011, at 4:42 p.m.
AUGUSTA | Both of Maine's U.S. representatives opposed House Speaker John Boehner's latest proposal to avoid defaulting on loans. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, both Democrats, say Boehner's proposal would hurt working families. Pingree also said it protects tax breaks for big oil companies and the richest Americans. …
Obama says multiple ways out of debt ceiling mess
The Associated Press on July 29, 2011, at 10:26 a.m.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there are multiple ways to resolve the debt ceiling mess, but it has to be bipartisan and it has to happen fast. The president urged Democrats and Republicans in the Senate Friday to come together on a plan that can pass the House and …
Debt vote delayed into night as GOP seeks support
By David Espo, The Associated Press on July 28, 2011, at 7:40 p.m.
WASHINGTON — An intense endgame at hand, House Republicans waged an overtime struggle Thursday night to round up enough of their recalcitrant rank and file to pass emergency legislation to prevent a looming government default. Senate Democrats pledged to scuttle the bill — if it ever got to them — …
As debt threat grows, Congress keeps running in circles
By William Douglas, David Lightman and Adam Sege, McClatchy Newspapers on July 27, 2011, at 7:34 p.m.
WASHINGTON — With stocks tanking and next Tuesday's debt-default deadline looming for the United States, no sign of compromise between Democrats and Republicans emerged Wednesday in Congress. Both parties continued to pursue separate tracks as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, went back to …
Dueling debt plans may face votes in Congress starting Wednesday
By William Douglas, on July 26, 2011, at 7:19 p.m.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner was rewriting his plan to cut federal spending and raise the debt ceiling Tuesday night after the Congressional Budget Office revealed that his bill wouldn't cut as much spending as he'd promised it would. The non-partisan CBO determined that Boehner's plan would cut spending …


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Nutanix, one of the fastest growing IT infrastructure startups around, shows no signs of slowing down with their release of Nutanix OS 3.5. For those not familiar with Nutanix, they offer a truly converged virtualized infrastructure. This generally consists of four nodes in two rack units of space, where each node has CPU, RAM, traditional fixed disk, SSD, and Fusion-IO flash built in. Their secret sauce is really NDFS, the Nutanix Distributed File System, built by the same folks that created Google's File System, as well as a unified, hypervisor-agnostic management interface.
Tag Archive for KVM
The future of OpenStack looks bright, and with the all the software-defined data center (SDDC) features contained in the recent release of "Grizzly" they are now ready to compete toe-to-toe with heavyweights like VMware, Nutanix, Dell, and HP. Whether they can start unseating VMware products in the enterprise remains to be seen, though. Despite the immediate SDDC advantage of OpenStack, companies and technologies like that of Nicira and Virsto, both acquired by VMware, are not to be ignored.
The network binds it all together, the network could be the center of IT Automation.
Moving to the cloud! Let me be a little more precise and say moving to the public cloud. This concept has really been embraced and thrives in the consumer area but will this concept really take off in the corporate world and really should it? One of the main concepts of virtualization, in the beginning, was the ability to consolidate physical systems into a virtual environment to shrink the overall foot print size as well as being able to take advantage and use all available compute resources available in a physical server and having centralized control of the compute, storage and networking resources.
When it comes to public cloud computing services that old adage of "fast, cheap, or good – pick any two" certainly hold true. Amazon can offer you cheap, and since they own their stack, a rapid cycle time DevOps approach to support. But you are not going to get enterprise grade service level guarantees for Amazon's pricing. To get both agile responsiveness and enterprise grade SLA's you are going to have to give up on cheap.
Open Source continues to be an important part of the mix in Virtualization and Cloud. Indeed, this year has seen major developments in established players at the Operating System and Hypervisor level, as well as a major new cloud entry at the IaaS cloud layer.
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Virtual Thoughts: Is the Hypervisor moving into Hardware?
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During the Virtual Thoughts podcast on 6/29/2010, the analysts discussed various hardware aspects of virtualization trying to determine if the hypervisor was to move into the hardware? and if so how much of it? as well as whose hypervisor? and lastly such a move part of any business model?
Virtual Thoughts is a monthly podcast that looks at the entire scope of virtualization to discuss new trends and thoughts within the virtualization and cloud communities.
This weeks podcast started with a discussion of TPM/TXT and the boost it gives to virtualization security. Since TPM/TXT is based in the hardware and provides a measured launch of an operating system, the next logical discussion was on whether or not the hypervisor would be placed into the hardware?
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LOS ANGELES — Rasheed Wallace will start for the injured Kendrick Perkins in Game 7 of the NBA finals. Celtics coach Doc Rivers made the announcement about an hour before the game.
"He's old. I figured I'd play the oldest guys," Rivers joked of the 35-year-old Wallace before giving a serious explanation. "I just think it's a good combination with Kevin [Garnett] because of the size, with Bynum's size. I just think it's a better fit for us.
"It also may give [Rajon] Rondo a chance to get loose early because of the spacing on the floor."
The decision to go with a taller lineup against Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol also means that Glen Davis will come off the bench. Otherwise, Rivers doesn't expect many other changes with the loss of Perkins to two torn ligaments in his right knee in Game 6.
"We're not going to change a lot. We could, and if the game dictates that we need to do that, we're ready to do it. But we're not going to recreate the wheel tonight. We're going to be basically who we've been. Not having Perk, we may have to do it a little different, but not much."
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Territories of the French Union.
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The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire" (Empire Français). It was the formal end of the "indigenous" (indigène) status of French subjects in colonial areas.
Established by the French constitution of October 27, 1946 (Fourth Republic), it endured until 1958, when it was replaced by the French Community by Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic.
Frederick Cooper, historian of Africa and professor at New York University, writes that the French Union had six components:
- "European France, divided into departments;
- 'Old' colonies, notably those of the Caribbean that became departments in 1946, plus the enclaves of Senegal (the Quatre Communes), whose inhabitants were citizens;
- 'New' colonies, including most of French Africa, renamed overseas territories, whose inhabitants were mostly subjects;
- Algeria, whose territory was integral to the French Republic but whose people were divided into citizens, mostly of European origin, and subjects with diminished civil and political rights, the category into which most Muslim Algerians fell;
- Protectorates, which had come under French rule by treaty, which had their own nationalities, and whose rulers were considered sovereign, including Morocco, Tunisia, and most of Indochina;
- Mandates, such as Cameroon and Togo, which were inherited by the UN from the League of Nations, and which France ruled as a trustee, not a sovereign, and which could potentially acquire their own nationalities."[1]
Withdrawals from the French Union[edit]
- Cambodia withdrew on 25 September 1955.[2]
- South Vietnam withdrew on 9 December 1955.[3]
- Morocco withdrew on 2 March 1956 on becoming independent.
- Tunisia withdrew on 20 March 1956 on becoming independent.
- Laos withdrew on 11 May 1957 by amending its constitution.[4]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Alternatives to Nationalism in French West Africa, 1945-60." Pp. 110-37 in Marc Frey and Jost Dülferr, eds., Elites and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- ^ [ Displaying Abstract ] (2012-04-30). "CAMBODIA SEVERS TIES WITH FRANCE - Declares Her Independence - Prince Norodom Takes the Post of Premier - Article - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com.
- ^ "Pentagon Papers Part IV A 3" (PDF). 1954–1960.
- ^ "Laos". Worldvisitguide.com.
- Former polities of the Cold War
- Former countries in Europe
- Former countries in Asia
- Former countries in Africa
- Former state unions
- States and territories established in 1946
- States and territories disestablished in 1958
- Overseas departments, collectivities and territories of France
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What's the best control string for flat hitters?
What's the best string setup for a flat hitter using a Yonex 95D?
I was considering VS natural gut mains at 54 and MSV Co-Focus cross at 51. What are your thoughts?
Gut/Co-focus is known as one of the spinniest setup around, and after awhile it gets very powerful. SPPP or WC Silverstring are nice control strings for a flat hitter.
Lux 4G is very control oriented, and probably better for flat hitters then spin masters.
A quality all nat. gut strung at a relatively high tension gives decent control, comfort, power and feel.I am a flat hitter, and nat. gut not only plays well but continues to do so until it breaks, so it is very economical as well.
When I hit primarily flat vs gut full bed at 60 was perfect. Also a stiff poly in my crosses and a soft multi in the mains wasnt bad at all strung mid 50's.
Full gut at 60+ pounds is great for flat hitting. I'd go with 16 gauge in that string pattern. Pacific Tough Gut 16 is great; requires a small break-in period but has amazing long-term durability and control.
If you want to hybrid, ToughGut/Poly at your mid tension also works well. Good poly crosses are Luxilon M2 16L and WC Silverstring 16L for flat hitting. Honestly any poly cross will be good, I think the key is gut mains. M2 & SS are my personal favorites for flat shotmaking, as they also have decent tension stability and feel that pairs well with gut so you can play it til something snaps.
Full gut, or if you want to save some money, Tecnifibre NRG2.
Lux 4G or Dunlop Ice as a main and OGSM as a cross - low fifties has worked for me. I hit with a lot of spin, but still come clean through the ball, so I value control a lot.
Gosen Polylon is extremely cheap in a reel & low powered +spin for the big hitter that lets the stringbed keep the balls in!
By control do you mean more spin? or do you want a string that pockets the ball a little less? "control" is something strange in the tennis world I think. To me it means more spin, because for me i control the ball with the amount of spin that i put on each shot...but to string makers some strings in the "control" category are nxt and sensation, which dont offer a great deal of spin. So its hard to tell. Ive tried many strings and could help but elaborate on the control you are looking for.
I think control is the ability to put the ball where you want it. Strings which are too powerful will simply make the ball sail long, strings which are too spinny will make the ball land short. In other words, lets you hit whatever shot you wish, and if you miss it, it's your fault.
full gut for you. maybe a gut/synthetic-multi hybrid.
Another note I forgot to mention...
If you don't want to pay for full gut, an amazing combo is Gut mains/ Isospeed Control Classic crosses. The Isospeed Classic is a multifilament, but very low powered and durable. It will EASILY double the life of your gut mains, if not more. I have used it on multiple occasions as crosses to gut mains, and it outlasts full gut 3 to 1 in overall durability. This is due to the ribbon construction of the string, it resists notching like other multis or syn guts.
The only downside is feel, it greatly lowers the power of your gut, but with lower power comes amazing control. Gives you the control of Gut/poly, with less spin capability and much more arm comfort.
NRG2 for completely flat shots and zip spin.
I've tried gut-cofocus really loved it but I won't consider this as flat as nrg2, gut cofocus gives you good amount of spin, while nrg2 is pure flat hitting.
With tension I would suggest 58lbs+, I really enjoy nrg2 but its expensive and I carnt afford it, still have 3sets off it.
I've never used fll gut,
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Here are a few of the lessons I learned in the 2013 garden, in no particular order:
You can grow and harvest quinoa in Minnesota, but don't leave it in the garage too long
I'm chalking this one up to one of the more disappointing lessons learned this year. As you may recall, this year I attempted to grow quinoa in my garden. I knew the biggest challenge was going to lie in the timing, but lo and behold, it produced grain!!! In September I carefully cut the stalks down after they had dropped their leaves and tied them together in bunches to finish drying in the garage. Unfortunately, this is where my luck ran out. By the time I came back to the quinoa (in fairness, it was November by that time), mice had found the quinoa in the garage, taken care of the threshing, and hauled off all of the grain (along with all of my coriander, too!).
Mulch early, and mulch generously
If I have one regret this garden season, it is that I didn't get the mulch down immediately. A very late, cold, and wet spring posed some challenges not only in getting the garden in, but in getting my hands on some straw bales as well. With all the blight issues this year, I'm not sure it would have completely prevented it (Minnesota humidity pretty much ensures that there will be some blight outbreaks at some point), but I do believe that it would have delayed the onset. By the time I was finally able to get a good, thick layer of mulch under my tomatoes, I already had my work cut out for me. Next year, I am determined to get the mulch out with the seedlings.
Tomato blight can be controlled organically (it's just a lot of work)
When the tomato blight hit hard this summer, I constantly questioned if I was actually winning the battle, or simply prolonging it. It was a long, exhausting battle, measured in buckets of blighted foliage that had been carefully pruned, bottles of fish emulsion applied with the hope that the plants might out-grow the advance of the blight, and arm cramps from spraying neem oil and peroxide solution with a cheap dollar store spray bottle. I have never been so close to feeling completely burnt out on my garden, but every ripe tomato reminded me what was at stake. Was it more work than I bargained for? You bet. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
Know thy limits and stick to them
When I inherited a second community garden plot this year, I knew I was pushing my limits, and by the end of August, I knew without a doubt that I had reached my limit. I managed to make it work, but I knew it wasn't a sustainable (and at times, not a very enjoyable) pace for the long haul. I'm still on the fence about my future with the community garden next year, but I do know that I'll be heading into this garden season with a better perspective on how much time and energy I want to devote to next year's garden.
"Start indoors" dates matter in Minnesota
Back in April, I acquired some seed for Purple Green Sprouting Broccoli. It was late in the game, but despite my better judgment, I went ahead and started a few seeds. I convinced myself that with a little TLC and a few milk jugs, they would catch up and perhaps be ready to produce later in the season (maybe even in fall). The seedlings did catch up to the other broccoli plants, but never produced any broccoli. Luckily, I still have enough seed to give it another go this year – this time, within the suggested time frame!
A strange year can become your new reality
This year it appears that the SWD fruit flies that have invaded my raspberries are here to stay. This does not bode well for the future of my fall raspberry crop. I made some progress with the use of vinegar traps, but unfortunately for ever fruit fly I caught, it seemed there were tens, if not hundreds more that still wreaked havoc on the fall raspberry crop (thankfully, the early crop fared much better). Only a fraction of each harvest was edible, leaving me with some more homework to do on what else I can do to reclaim my raspberry crop. I just need to keep in mind that gardeners have been adapting to new challenges since the beginning of time, so really, we just have to keep trying until we figure it out.
Deer are crazy about amaranth
Amaranth was a very last-minute addition to my garden this year. I had never even considered growing amaranth previously, but when a packet arrived as a free gift with one of my seed orders, and I had a couple of open spaces in the community garden, I decided to give it a whirl (I thought the red foliage would add a little interest to the garden). Little did I know that deer are crazy about the stuff! My pretty little red plants were eaten down over and over again, but on a positive note, they left just about everything else in the garden alone this year!
Some people (and squirrels) are just jerks
Anytime I go back and re-read my post from when someone stole all of the watermelons out of my community garden plot, I still get a little bit of a pit in my stomach. It was definitely one of the lowest points of the 2013 garden (second only to when a squirrel demolished an entire flat of pepper seedlings I had been babying for months). Thankfully, there are far more people who recognize the blood, sweat, and tears that gardeners pour into their gardens, than there are jerks.
Don't get your heart set on an early spring
This year spring was brutal. After a mild winter and an extra-early spring in 2012, I admittedly had very high hopes of what the spring of 2013 would hold. Unfortunately, we went from one extreme to the other and it made not only for some very impatient and disheartened gardeners, but a lot of extra work for anyone who started seed indoors. Maybe next year I'll expect a repeat of 2013, and then I'll be pleasantly surprised if spring arrives right on time!
Stay tuned for the Sweet Successes of the 2013 garden!
3 Responses to The 2013 Garden in Review: Lessons Learned
Wendy says:
Great Post… and I am so very sorry about your watermelons! So terrible.
All the best to you (and your garden) in 2014!
Maria says:
Thanks, Wendy! Happy garden planning for 2014!
Gerald says:
if you want to beat the blight problem just grow your tomatoes in tunnel gardens
have done this for years and no longer have any problems with blight on my tomatoes
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Kamal Haasan's fans now have another reason to rejoice – next year the actor completes 50 years in the industry.
However, the actor, who has mesmerised audiences with his intense acting and larger-than-life persona, says he wanted to become a technician.
"Film-makers like K Balachnader told me that I won't be able make much money by being a technician. So the end result is that the star Kamal funds the technician Kamal in perusing his dreams," he says.
At a recent event in Mumbai the audience also got a hint of his sense of humour when he joked, "When I am told I am larger-than-life, I know I am just 5.8 and a half."
When asked if he intends to join politics, he says with a hint of smile, "Are you my well wisher?" Soon he adds on a serious note, "I don't think I have the core competence to become a politician."
He further adds, "If entering politics is considered as an alternative business, it is dangerous — extremely dangerous — for the country. MG Ramamchandran (MGR), M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa came to politics not just out of ambition, but because they had the experience and training of studying under great personalities; MGR under Annadurai and Karunanidhi under Annadurai and Periyar."
The superstar is also remaking the critically-acclaimed A Wednesday in Tamil. He will play Naseeruddin Shah's character. "The way Mr Shah has performed is amazing. He has done the homework for me and now I just have to perform," says Kamal.
Kamal also thinks there is nothing wrong in remakes. "If the idea is good and has the potential to appeal to a wider audience, it can always be remade. There have been numerous instances when remakes have been wonderfully done. A Wednesday is a very good film, so I decided to remake it," he ends.


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