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? On pricing of clearing approx 25+ downed trees & 10+ damaged/dead standing trees
Have a few questions. Location is a subdivision with no houses. Trees are spread out over a fairly large area. Approx 25 trees fell or snapped off during hurrican isaac two weeks ago. Trees range in size from 20ft to 60+ft in length. Trees are entagled pretty good in some spots. Property owner wants all the downed trees cut up and hauled to back of the subdivision for latter disposal. Also has approx 10-15 standing trees he wants cut down also. This could lead to year round work with this developer. Equipment i have to move debris is skidsteer with grapple, tractor with fel, my crew. This is my first time pricing so many trees at one time. How would you vets go about this? Pics included.
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Do it hourly. Looks like a big job. Good luck
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For starters, I'd look at how much you can chip out of those trees. I'd look at haul off of the big logs if they aren't worth anything.
If you can get a mulcher in there for the tops and find an area to use as a landing, you can consolidate brush using a trailer loaded by the skid. Figure on $1200/day for a mulcher on a skid. It should be able to do the tops and branches from 25 trees in one day.
Once you have a mental picture of the size of the brush pile that can be chipped or mulched, the number of logs that are left to haul off that are too big to mulch or chip, you will be able to start pricing for your time.
It doesn't look like too bad of a job. I'd start cutting out and consolidating brush up to about 9" diameter, and you will make a lot of that volume disappear. Knowing what you need to cut and consolidate for chipping or mulching will help you price the whole job. If you can't sub out to a mulcher, you can rent a chipper and hand feed the small stuff up to about 12". If I was there, I'd bring out a 20" chipper with loader for ya..
I don't think it's as big a job as it looks with standing trees. Once those trees are cut to manageable lengths and ready to load, you will be able to get rid of a lot of the big stuff. Chipping that small, dry wood isn't fun but with three or four guys feeding a 12" chipper, you can clean up pretty good and maybe only spend $600 on renting a chipper. Maybe a day and a half of your time there if you have to move around to the piles you make.
You should be able to make pretty good money off of this if you plan well. The low ballers will come in and want to cut and haul everything off and they will spend a lot of time trying to load trailers. Recycle as much as you can on-site and haul off the big logs or chips which you can stack or load easier.
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Thanks yellowdog. All debris will be piled in the back of the property. Im not bidding against anyone.
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around here just for felling trees, no cleanup $75/tree.... looks like you can fell them no problem. I'd work out a flat rate on chipping up the limbs and see if you could sell off the logs or something else.... don't guess you all have much use for firewood down that way? And the $75/tree I know of people who have had at least 10 fell and paid that with no discount.
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If you aren't bidding against anyone and just have to cut them down and pile them up at the back of property, I'd figure out what you need for about 3 days of work. If you have to traverse 25 acres in a skid moving at 6 mph (unless you have two speed) or a tractor with grapple, it will take awhile to carry that stuff back and forth. Without a dump trailer, using a trailer won't be that much faster by the time you load and unload it even if you use the machines to help.
I do a lot of this work on jobs where the oaks are too big to chip or mulch and the rancher wants everything in one "hole" or burn location.
It'll probably take you two days if the trees are spread out. Bid for three so you have a buffer if you find that a lot of the trees are falling apart and you end up doing a lot of hand work to clean up. That will give you enough time to rake everything clean, leave the stumps nice and low, and clean up any tracks you left.
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Yellowdog, could you pm me a lil info on how u would price this. I appreciate your info.
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I would guess about 2500.00 and will take 2 days with an excavator and skid. I am assuming that the trees will not have to be cut up small but hauled in long peices and or draggeed.
Property owner wants all debris cleaned up so grass can be mowed. And logs cut to maximum of 10ft lengths. Im meeting with the property owner 2morrow at 1pm.
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Tuesday, 27 July, 2010, 07:50 AM - War, Fraser, AfghanistanRating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
When I was a boy, I used to line up row upon row of neat little plastic soldiers, commanded by an officer, sat on a hill giving both a military and a moral lead. I thought that's how war was conducted. Of course, now that I'm grown up, I don't believe silly things like that any more. The Afghanistan leaks reveal that this is a far messier war. Rather than nice big, orderly battles, the war is an endless series of skirmishes, where every soldier has to make instantaneous life and death decisions.
The rulebook of legal warfare has become disconnected from the experience of the soldier on the ground. This is exactly the same as the Big Book of Magic Stuff, with its hundreds of rules that tell us how to be moral. Things like how to deal with people from another religion or how to deal with those evil rotters who wear clothes made of two types of material.
Thomas Aquinas was really clever and thought up many really important things that are so terribly useful in everyday life. One of the things he thought up was "action follows being". I'll just say that in Latin for you, "agere sequitur esse". It sounds so much better in Latin, don't you think? What Aquinas meant by that was that "action", i.e. what we do, "follows", i.e. comes after, "being", i.e. being. In other, other words, what we do is dictated by our character.
So the question is not, do we have the right rules of engagement, but rather, do we have the right people - people with proper moral, Christian backbones? Maybe we need a few more Rev Dr Canon Chancellors on the battlefield to show them how to be a bit more moral.
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Monday, 26 July, 2010, 07:07 AM - Be nice, Rabbi Lionel BlueRating 0 out of 5 (Not platitudinous)
Good morning Sarah, good morning Evan and good morning to you all, especially those of you who are now on holiday abroad and are making a special effort to listen to Thought For The Day from your bedroom overlooking the beach.
But holiday's are not all fun and frolics. They can be terrible times full of gloom and irritation - fourteen days with nothing but the same family or friends. So here's some holiday advice to make your time away from it all a bit more bearable.
Comfort is good, but you only get as much comfort as you pay for and there's no satisfaction in life in just being comfortable. A life of comfort is a life of diminishing returns. You can't eat two dinners even at the very best restaurant. There's no pleasure in simply delighting in what you have and others haven't.
Spreading happiness is the exact opposite, the more you give, the more you have. Share your happiness with others and it will always come back to you. Bring an outsider into your round of drinks. Relieve the burden of loneliness, so often found in crowds. And if you happen to enjoy a brief holiday flirtation, don't promise what you cannot give.
My ma was great on holidays. Once in Rome, she joked that they could convert the Coliseum into council flats, much to the annoyance of one Monsignor but to the hilarity of another.
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Saturday, 24 July, 2010, 07:32 AM - BrookRating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Facebook is BIG. It's really, really, really BIG. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think The Church Times website gets a lot of traffic, but that's just peanuts compared to Facebook.
For a while I, as a celebrity Christian writer, was on Facebook. With my extensive network of friends and colleagues it seemed the natural thing to do. It would satisfy my need to belong, to be heard, to share information and stay in touch.
But then the novelty wore off. It was all so banal and tedious and irritating and a complete waste of time. I really didn't need to know that John was in the "Quick Bite" cafe having a coffee and an egg sandwich with ketchup while waiting for his dental appointment. I had better things to do with my time, like some really useful celebrity Christian writing. I realised that, far from getting to know people better, Facebook served an entirely different purpose - it was the place on the internet where all the people I didn't want to stay in touch with went.
So I resigned from Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg pleaded with me to stay. Without a celebrity Christian writer like me, quality would inevitably nosedive.
"Without you, we'll only have 499,999,999 members. Please Rhidian - don't do it. I beg you."
But his pleas were in vain.
"Mark," I said (I call him "Mark" because that's his name), "Mark, your web creation is an offence to my Invisible Magic Friend. He commands that we know each other face to face, not through a computer screen (darkly) and a keyboard. Know you not that the face is the window into a man's soul? And I include women in that. The psalmist says Do not hide your face from me?"
"Yes, but taken in context, the psalmist was referring metaphorically to God's favour, it wasn't a literal reference to the face of God."
"Shutup. There's that bit in Corinthians about seeing face to face."
"Aha! Once again, if you take it in context, this is purely a literary device, an allegory for perfection rather than..."
"Look I'm doing this Thought For The Day, so why don't you just bug**r off back to Facebook."
The End.
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Isn't the media just shameful? The way it treats gay people is just appalling. Every time gay people appear in TV dramas it's always in a negative light. They're portrayed as promiscuous, predatory or a figure of fun. I mean, tut, tut. I can't think where they might have got this prejudice against gay people from.
Contrast that with we Christians. We actually pray for these people. What many people don't seem to realise is that many of these people are just ordinary people. Some have even done good things, like write some really good tunes, or write some very readable books. And what would we do for hairdressers and fashion designers without gay people? The thought is simply outrageous.
Yes, Christianity is right out there, leading the moral crusade for gay rights. Just because someone has the wrong sexuality and is morally reprehensible is no reason to portray them negatively. All portrayal of gay people in Christianity is done in a totally non-patronising way and is always done in the best possible taste.
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Rev Dr. (hon. Kingston) Dr. (hon. St. Andrews) Joel Edwards, International Director of Micah Challenge, Human Rights Commissioner, Council Member of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
Depression is a bad thing. And it's not just me that thinks so, scientists think so as well. Thankfully, depressed people can be very creative, so we can all enjoy the benefits of their gloomy moods. In the arts, entertainment and philosophy, some of our greatest works have come from people bordering on the edge of suicide. That's why depression is such a good thing. Even people who aren't depressed themselves have written some jolly good dramas about those who are, thus providing us all with endless hours of entertainment.
One in five of you will suffer depression at some point in your life. It will be thoroughly unpleasant both for you and anyone who comes in contact with you, but on the positive side, a very small number of you will write a fantastic sonnet or record a really, really sad, depressing, miserable, but very good song. Perhaps even as good as one by Elton John.
If you're feeling a bit under a cloud, then you're in really good company. It doesn't actually say anywhere that the prophet Jeremiah (who really was the best prophet there ever was) suffered from clinical depression, but I suspect the Babylonian captivity left him a bit down. Elijah got a bit depressed from time to time. He'd cheer himself up by slaughtering a few rival prophets from another, not so good, Invisible Magic Friend, or having some bears maul some kids for shouting "Up yours baldy".
Finally there was King David, a hero to people of all faiths including Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. Even people of no faith are always saying, "Gee, wasn't Kind David just brilliant? That guy really knew how to deal with a bit of depression."
So don't just think about the down side of feeling depressed. Think of all the good things that come out of it as well.
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Jolly hockey sticks everyone! My hockey mistress made me take off my second hand school uniform skirt because it wasn't fashionable.
I just hated the privately paid for, exclusive, classical education that taught me to play music and quote Shakespeare and the bible. Every streetwise, urban jungle, savvy middle class street kid like me did. Don't you just hate that bossyness? That shrill, domineering, lecturing, hectoring, sermonising, holier than thou tone?
So I'm against banning the burka. Women should be free to interpret their faith and wear what men tell them to.
Of course sometimes there are security concerns, at banks, airports that sort of thing. In situations like that a ban on the burka is something I'd support.
But then again, some Muslim women are scandalised at the thought of having to show their face. They'd feel like such brazen hussies. So I'm against the ban on the burka.
Then there was the wonderful work of Gladys Aylward (a Christian) who did so much to implement the Chinese policy that banned foot binding. So yes, banning the burka could definitely be a good thing.
Saint Paul, always a reliable source on what women should do, was very much in favour of women wearing bags. So, on balance I think I'm against the ban on the burka.
But there are women who are forced to put a bag over their head against their will. That's a bad thing, so I'm for the ban on the burka.
I don't think the ban on the burka will come here. It's not very British. And why is it not very British? Well because we're a Christian nation, unlike horrible, smelly old secular France. Christians never compell anyone to do anything. So I'm going to stick with Saint Paul and say that women should definitely be allowed to wear a bag over their head.
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Tuesday, 20 July, 2010, 05:24 PM - Democracy, Freedom of speech, Not TFTDOn a recent visit to London, Cardiff LibDem councillor, John Dixon, tweeted that Scientology was "stupid". As a result of a complaint, the Welsh public standards watchdog has investigated and has concluded that Dixon was likely to have breached the code of conduct for local authority members and will face a disciplinary hearing.
I have no doubt that readers of this blog will share my outrage and indignation, that one of the world's great faiths, promoted by such luminaries as John Travolta and Tom Cruise, should be shown such disrespect by an elected councillor. Thankfully, the story has now been mentioned on the PM Programme, where millions of listeners will now have had the opportunity to be equally outraged and indignant.
As a Rev Dr, you will know that I always do my utmost to respect the deeply held beliefs of people of all faiths. I would never, ever, call any religion stupid.
I would never call Scientology stupid.
I would never call Catholicism stupid.
I would never call Islam stupid and I would certainly never show one of those evil cartoons, like this one:
I would never call Anglicanism stupid.
I would never call Judaism stupid.
I would never call Zoroastrianism stupid.
I would never call Sikhism stupid.
I would never call Hinduism stupid.
I would never call Wicca stupid.
I would never call Presbyterianism stupid.
I would never call astrology stupid.
I would never call crystal healing stupid.
In fact, there is not one single system of beliefs that I would ever mock or ridicule by calling it stupid. Thank goodness the Welsh public standards watchdog is there to crack down on this shocking abuse of free speech.
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Accorrrding to New Sshientisht, poor people live young and dies fasht (hic!). They have teenage pregnanshees then turn to (hic!) turn to the bottle or the lottery ash a way out. They don't live ash long ash ush effluent pipple, sho they 'ave to cram it all in a lot quicker, poor people do.
Ian Dunk'em Smiff 'nd Flank Flield ar' gonna change all that (hic!). They gonna revolvooshinise welfare they are. 'nd it won't involve jusht cuttin (hic!) benefits 'n gettin soshal services on the cheap frum faith groups.
In the News Tastymint you won't find nuffin about soshal iniquillill... analquallill... (hic!) unfairness. Nope, nuffin at all. Complete washte a time. The Old Tastymint'sh diffrint. That'sh got a proper God innit. He knew how ta deal wif teenage pregnanshees 'n (hic!) unmarried muvvers 'n shtuff like that.
Sho letsh 'ope Ian Dunkin Donuts comes up wif summin truly brandsh shpankinly 'nnnoviviv (hic!). We gotta giv poor pipple mor 'an jusht the lottery and the odd glash of sherry.
What? Oh, yesh please (hic!).
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Monday, 19 July, 2010, 11:04 AM - Gibberish, Rabbi Lionel BlueRating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
I've told you about Fred before. Many of you Radio 4 listeners have told me how you also secretly speak to Fred. Even atheists and agnostics speak to Fred, except they call him their conscience or their sense of duty. They very rarely call him Fred and they very rarely have conversations with him.
When I think of the ordination of women priests and the Holocaust I ask Fred what it's all about. Fred is very old, just like me, and he likes a bit of a snooze. "Wake up Fred! I want to talk to you about women priests and the Holocaust."
I often get nervous before going on stage. That's when I talk to Fred. "I'm nervous Fred. What if I make a mistake?"
And now for my customary witty little tale at the end. You'll love this one. A Rabbi asks his Rabbi, "Fred appeared to me in a dream. I know it was him and not just a dream because he said I was going to be the bestest and most spiritual Rabbi anywhere. What should I do?" The Rabbi's Rabbi replied. "Go and appear in everyone else's dreams and tell them to become your followers."
Well it's time for bed. Good night Fred.
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Saturday, 17 July, 2010, 07:01 AM - VishvapaniCongratulations to Vishvapani who's getting married on Friday. I hope everything goes well and you and your wife-to-be have a wonderful day. May your life together be happy, loving and full of joy.
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Charlottes are molded desserts. The mold is lined with cake and filled with fruit and custard or cream mixed with gelatin. Charlotte russe, made with ladyfingers and rich Bavarian cream, is served with fruit sauce. In our version, raspberries are combined with the cream filling, and toasted almonds add the final touch.
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Over the years that I have worked with Great Plains and Microsoft Dynamics GP, I have seen (and written) many customizations at customer sites. Some of those customizations are in the form of products to handle specific vertical markets or generic tools to enhance functionality. Some of those customizations are in the form of customer specific Dexterity or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code.
I have seen systems where there is almost more custom code that original code. And I have seen the pain that can be caused by too much customization. Pain caused by trying to get a system work in a way it was not designed to work. Pain caused by customizations breaking core functionality. Pain caused by customizations preventing the installation of upgrades, service packs and hot fixes. Pain caused by having to maintain customer specific customizations every time new Microsoft Dynamics GP versions are released.
While some level of customization can make the system fit better or run smoother, there is such a thing as too much customization. Don't get me wrong, Microsoft Dynamics GP has some of the best architecture and tools to allow for easy customization and I love using them. Well written customizations will not break core code, will not have issues with service packs, etc. and will be easy and quick to upgrade. However, we need to be smart about what we customize. We must not customize for the wrong reasons.
This brings me to the great article on MSDynamicsWorld.com by Mariano Gomez, The Dynamics GP Blogster. Mariano discusses 5 wrong reasons for customization and makes suggestions how to handle them. Please click on the link below to read the article. You will need to sign up for a free account if you don't already have one.
Customizing Microsoft Dynamics GP? 5 Excuses You Will Want to Bury Once and For All!
My previous article on this topic can be found at Before you Write a Customization, check Solution Finder.
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It was a wonderful senior night for the Lady Tigers, not only did they get the win, but senior Tierra Hodges scored her 1,000th ...
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Coming off a horrid 120-51 loss to Newton, it may seem the tunnel for Alcovy basketball is only getting darker, however if you take a ...
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In this Q&A with Alcovy head football coach Kirk Hoffman, we talk about Hoffman's role in coaching a young team, Tigers' quarterback Bubba Hickson, the team's strengths/weaknesses and more.
In case you missed it, Eastside topped Alcovy 5-4 in an early evening matchup that showcased talent on both teams, but also shed a light on areas of improvement. We break down the strengths and weaknesses for both teams as of right now.
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There's always something special about your first love. You never forget that first one – whether it lasts or not. Micah Williams Jr.'s first love was basketball. He even played for Newton High School for a while before transferring over to Alcovy.
As the clock struck 12 a.m. on Saturday it was finally time for the gridiron gladiators of Alcovy High School football to put on their armor and practice – so they did. After midnight, the madness ensued. For the first time since spring, the Tigers were back in action.
To say the Alcovy basketball program has been in a flux for the past couple years would be an understatement. Now with a new coach in Duane Kelley, the program could finally be headed in the right direction. In our Q&A with Kelley, he speaks on summer workouts, his style of play and getting the program to the state playoffs.
Brianna Archer was grinning from ear to ear – with her mother sharing a similar smile sitting on Brianna's right – as she sat in front of Alcovy High School's championship trophies for her signing with Brenau University.
Dr. Kristopher Williams finally had the opportunity to sit in his office as the new athletic director at Alcovy High School on Monday after officially starting the previous Wednesday.
An Alcovy High School graduate's hard work in the classroom and on the field paid off when the United States Air Force came calling.
About a month ago, Alcovy High School sophomore quarterback Ar'mon Hickson took home top quarterback honors at the VTO Elite 100 camp in Atlanta.
The following is a review of the 2014 Alcovy Tigers spring athletic season:
The Kennesaw Mountain varsity baseball team scored early and often as it swept a doubleheader from the Alcovy Tigers and advanced to the second round of the Class-AAAAAA state baseball playoffs Friday night.
The Alcovy Lady Tigers varsity soccer team put up a good fight in their Class AAAAAA state playoff opener, but the Kennesaw Mountain Lady Mustangs were just too much for the Lady Tigers as they defeated Alcovy 8-0 Wednesday at Kennesaw Mountain.
Alcovy High School football player Tristan Payne and basketball player Daja Barnes inked their National Letters of Intent Thursday morning in a ceremony held at Alcovy.
The Alcovy High School varsity boys soccer team's 2014 season came to a close Tuesday afternoon on the road in the first round of the Class AAAAAA Georgia High School Association state playoffs, as the Tigers fell to host Campbell 5-0.
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WWE SmackDown
July 30, 2010 – Corpus Christi, Texas
Announcers: Todd Grisham & Matt Striker
Alberto Del Rio defeated Chavo Guerrero:
World Heavyweight champion Kane : There was a casket in the ring behind Kane. Kane said for 60 days and 60 nights he's sat at his brother's bedside waiting as he suffered silently to show him a sign. Kane said yesterday the unthinkable happened; he moved. Kane said he also opened his eyes and then for the first time in 2 months; spoke. Kane said his voice was weak and frail, and he could only manage to utter 2 words. Kane said those 2 words was the name of his assailant. Kane said when he heard the name a tidal wave of anger and pain coursed throughout his body. Kane said he couldn't believe what he had heard. Kane said this entire time the guilty party has been staring him in the eyes but he's been too blind to see it. Kane said it was Rey Mysterio! The name echoed for some reason. Kane said his brother and I sat staring at each other before he closed his eyes and drifted back into unconsciousness. Kane said the name Rey Mysterio hung in the air like a demon. Kane asked why? Kane said Rey couldn't have done it alone but that doesn't matter. Kane said the more he realized that it's true it started to make sense. Kane said Rey had the most to gain. Kane said it all goes back to when Rey beat him to earn a spot in Fatal 4 Way. Kane said after that match Rey made a conscious decision to take the coward's way out. Kane said like a virus invading its host Rey won a battle royal and went back into the Fatal 4 Way. Kane said 2 weeks later Rey emerged victorious, laced in gold. Kane said for what Rey had done, the only reason he won is because Taker wasn't there to stop him but HE was there to stop him. Kane said at SummerSlam he will beat him again, but this time victory will not be enough. Kane said this time he will make Rey pay for his sins and experience what his brother had endured. Kane said he will open the casket and stuff Rey inside. Kane said he will damn Rey to eternal Hell where the fires will consume him over and over. Kane said Rey will be praying, but not to God, he will be praying to Kane! Kane said then he will shut the lid and Rey Mysterio as they have known him, will cease to exist. Kane said as Rey gasps for air and the light dims, his fate will be sealed and so to will his soul. Kane said as the life oozes out of his pores, the last thought that will go through his mind will be to repent over what he had done. Kane said then the only thing left will be the darkness.
Christian defeated Drew McIntyre : Christian got behind Drew but Drew backed into the turnbuckle. Drew went for a cheap shot but Christian ducked it and hit a punch of his own. Christian tried to roll Drew up but Drew stomped on his face. Christian back dropped Drew out of the ring and hit a drop kick after missing a baseball slide. Drew crawled under the ring and pulled Christian into the apron. Drew stomped on Christian's arm and put in a key lock. Drew clotheslined Christian onto the apron shoulder first. Back from commercial Christian was getting back in the ring. During the break Drew gave Christian a shoulder breaker onto the steel steps. Drew locked in a chicken wing and sat on Christian. Drew body slammed Christian onto his arm and slammed it down against the apron. Drew went back to the key lock. Christian managed to fight out of it and hit Drew with a drop kick. Christian drop toe held Drew into the middle rope but was back dropped onto the apron. Christian stunned Drew on the ropes and hit a cross body but Drew rolled through for 2. Drew went for the Futureshock but Christian reversed it into a killswitch attempt, Christian couldn't get it so he went to an inverted DDT instead. Drew wrenched Christians arm down hard for 2. Drew stomped on Christian's arm. Drew went for a stomp off the middle rope but Christian kicked Drew in the face. Christian went for a sunset flip but only got 2. Christian hit a flying uppercut off the middle rope. Drew kicked Christian in the gut and threw him into the steel ring post. Drew went for a Futureshock but Christian reversed it into a small package for 3.
DCR GROOMING TIPS: "Dashing" Cody Rhodeswanted to talk about acne. Cody had given himself a facial and told us to do it too. Then he smiled like a total dork at the camera.
VINGETTE: Alberto Del Rio talked about excellence and how he has it.
Straight Edge Society (C.M. Punk & Serena & Luke Gallows & Joseph Mercury): Punk asked who would let him down tonight. Punk wanted to smell Serena's breath. Punk thanked Serena for showing up to work sober. Punk got mad at Joey for not doing anything while Show ripped his mask off. Punk said Luke's been incompetent since WrestleMania. Punk showed everyone his sling and told them it was the reason he couldn't stop Show. Joey said his mask was taken off to. Punk yelled at Joey and asked him if he needed a tissue. Punk said there's one person standing in the room who would be okay on his own, him. Punk said they couldn't stop Kane from injuring him, Rey from shaving him, and Show from tearing off his mask. Punk said they were all nothing without him. Punk told them to do something. Punk threw a bag at Luke and said if they don't do anything they can all pack their bags.
The Big Show defeated Luke Gallows w/C.M. Punk & Joseph Mercury & Serena by DQ: Luke went straight for Show but Show took him down quickly. Show smacked Luke in the chest. Show told Tony to bring the mic over there so everyone could hear him smack Luke's chest. Luke went for a right hand but Show locked in a front chancery. Show threw Luke across the ring. Show clotheslined Luke out of the ring and went after him. SES attacked him, causing the DQ. Luke and Joey held down Show while Punk stomped Show's hand into the steel steps. Serena stomped her heel into Show's hand. Punk threw the sling at Show and they left.
Dolph Ziggler w/Vickie Guerrero defeated WWE Intercontinental champion Kofi Kingston by DQ: Kofi put in a front chancery but Dolph hurried to the ropes. Kofi put in a half nelson but once again Dolph scurried to the ropes. Dolph took control but Kofi quickly hit a monkey flip and the corner punches. Kofi took Dolph out with an uppercut for 2. Dolph started attacking Kofi's back with body slams. Kofi kip upped into a hurricarana. Dolph put in a cravat and stunned Kofi on the ropes. Kofi fought back but Dolph hit an inverted power slam. Back from commercial Dolph was still in control, attacking Kofi's neck and spine. Dolph put in a last chancery at one point, but didn't hold it in for long. Dolph went for another neckbreaker but Kofi fought out of it and took some kicks to the head. Kofi managed to grab Dolph and catapult him into the corner. Kofi double palm struck Dolph and hit a superman punch but Dolph fought back with a famouser. Dolph choked Kofi on the bottom rope and Vickie smacked Kofi in the face. Kofi lost his temper and attacked Dolph. Kofi wouldn't stop attacking Dolph even though he was in the ropes, getting himself disqualified. Kofi threw Dolph over the announce table and continued to attack him. 2 referees had to pull Kofi away.
Josh Mathews & Jack Swagger: Jack said he wasn't in the mood for Josh's brainless questions. Jack asked if he wanted to know how he felt about the title or about his father's recovery. Jack said Josh should be asking what he's going to do to Rey tonight in the no DQ match. Josh asked Jack and he said he would throw him down a flight of stairs and throw him into the Gulf of Mexico. Jack said if Rey can't walk he can't swim and with 2 broken legs he won't be able to compete at SummerSlam.
WWE Women's champion Michelle McCool w/Layla defeated Tiffany w/Kelly Kelly: Vickie Guerrero came out and said Michelle would defend the title instead of Layla. Michelle began taunting Tiffany, who retaliated with a drop kick and some stomps. Tiffany put Michelle onto the top turnbuckle and hit a superplex. Layla tripped up Tiffany so Kelly attacked her. Tiffany kicked Layla down and went up top. Michelle pushed Tiffany and hit the faith breaker for 3. After the match Teddy Long came on the TitanTron and said that there was only one women's championship and that Lay-Cool needed to figure out which one of them was the champion by next week or he would.
VIGNETTE: Alberto Del Rio talked about how people want things. Alberto said everyone has the power to get these things, but they don't. Alberto said people are mentally constipated.
Jack Swagger vs. Rey Mysterio ended in a No Contest: Jack Irish whipped Rey hard into the turnbuckle but missed the Swagger bomb and took a drop kick. Rey went for the 619 but Jack got out of the ring. Rey went for a springboard moonsault but Jack grabbed Rey by the ankle. Rey used Jack's momentum to throw him into the steel steps. Back from commercial Rey was getting out of a superplex attempt. Rey hit a west coast pop but Jack ducked a cross body. Rey managed to send Jack out of the ring. Jack wheelbarrow slammed Rey into the dasher board and went after him through the audience. Rey kicked Jack in the face and went for a hurricarana off a rail but Jack caught him and ran Rey into it. Jack threw Rey around and wound up throwing him outside down a flight of stairs. Jack followed Rey across the highway. Jack started carrying Rey across the highway and almost got run over. Jack put Rey down and yelled at the driver. Jack continued to carry Rey to the Gulf but Rey started fighting back. Rey threw Jack over a barricade and hit a west coast pop. Jack got ready to throw Rey into the gulf but Rey turned it into a headscissors take down and threw Jack into the Gulf! Jack started freaking out saying he couldn't swim. Rey started to walk away but Kane grabbed him by the throat and threw him into the Gulf.


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INGREDIENTSCyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Pentapeptide-29 Cysteinamide, Pentapeptide-30 Cysteinamide, Tetrapeptide-28 Argininamide, Tetrapeptide-29 Argininamide, Keratin, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Hydrolyzed Keratin PG-Propyl Methylsilanediol, Cocodimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Keratin, Schinziophyton Rautanenii Kernel Oil, Aleurites Moluccana Seed Oil, Psidium Guajava Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycolipids, Hyaluronic Acid, Water/Aqua/Eau, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Arginine HCL, Glycerin, Thioctic Acid, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Polyquaternium-55, Allantoin, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Linalool, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Fragrance/Parfum, Yellow 11 (CI 47000), Red 17 (CI 26100).
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I am Asian, little coarse, fine with medium .( about 4inch dia pony) little dameged by hair color and dryer & very senstive scalp.BSL length.
I've been looking for something make my hair shiny and Bounce.( I don't want to staraight because I don't want to my hair weight down or flat,)I always looking for a hair care product make my hair not just shine but bounce.
this Joico oil ( I use one pump )+ Agadir Argan Oil Spray Treatment ( use this 3 spray) made my hair wonder! and looks like I have beautiful hair from bigining.
I apply both ( agadir and Joico) on wet hair after I wash my hair
( when hair has still has water from shower)
then towl dry. then about an hour later I blow dry hair.
for fine hair people I would try sample at first.
I don't use it any longer.
my hair got very soft nowdays. I guess that because don't have mush damage. so heavy serum cause my hair weight down.
( as morrocan oil too )
Age: 44-55
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Cool
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I have "Stunning Silver" hair. I am always looking for products to soften and and shine. This product is wonderful. If made my hair very, very soft. It also added a "glow" to my hair. I only needed 2 pumps for my shoulder length hair. I also used another pump for my chest, shoulders and hands. It feels too good to use just on my hair. Can be used on damp hair/skin or dry.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
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Great product! Leaves my hair bouncy, shiny, smooth and healthy looking! I have coloured & highlighted dry, wavy, fine hair which is in pretty good health now thanks to switching to Kerastase, Joico and Redken products. See My Notepad for my hair care products. Previously I was experiencing severe hairloss and my hair was extremely damaged. I got a good haircut and had my blonde hair coloured copper with golden blonde highlights. To prevent fading of the colour and to provide my hair with extra moisture & nutrition I use Kerastase Masque Chroma Riche and as of lately this new Joico K-Pak Color Restorative Styling Oil. From the Joico Website:
�Seals and nourishes the cuticle to lock in color
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The main ingredients are Cyclopentasiloxane, Argan Oil, Mongongo Oil, Evening Primrose Oil and Kukui Seed Oil; those oils contain lots of beneficial vitamins, (oligo-)minerals and essential acids/lipids.
It's a multi-purpose product; you can use it on damp hair after washing as a leave-in treatment, use it as a pre-styling treatment or use it on dry hair after styling to add some extra shine. It comes in a convenient plastic bottle with a pump dispenser. A few small drops will do so a bottle will last you a long time. Smells nice and I'm very picky when it comes to fragranced products. Retail price is around $17 for a 3.4Fl.Oz bottle. Highly recommended!
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:Lady Love: by Asher-BeeWatch
©2010-2016 Asher-Bee
I like this! The colors are lovely.
Cool! I love the melting heart!
~You are the sunshine of my life, that's why I'll always be around ~
~You are the sunshine of my life, that's why I'll always be around ~
freaking gorgeous! i love the eyes and i love the hearts all over the place.
Aw, the ends of her hair form little hearts! Beautiful! ^_^
oh ho ho *drool* I love this @0@ She's gorgeous and the heart's gorgeous! No wonder its your new avvie xP lol
Very nice!!!!
Flipping love her eyes!
nice style! i think there's too much of a clash of symbols and color palletes, though, makes it kind of raise your temper
sorry i'm trying to say there's an intense red, and then a soft pink... you used the colors nicely but i think they don't work in the same composition, and that you have both a crown, and a heart, and a skull, all together which is confusing too
i love ur vector style!!
i love ur vector style!!
I don't even know what to say...this is incredibl...holy shit
So beautiful, Asher!! She's gorgeous!! Love those eyes The pinkness makes her so soft and sweet looking...then there's that melting heart with the skully...adds just the right amount of deviousness to her!
if you look at the picture from a distance, she seems foggy, and it's even more stunning
Really nice, lovely in fact!
gorgeous!!! i love the beautiful pink hair and her face
The colors in her hair look wonderful, a beautiful pink!
The colours are so yummy! And I love the smoothness of your style too
Nice work.
Like the skull
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When I first came across Heroku it was a Ruby-only cloud service. I wasn't a Ruby developer so I quickly forgot about it. But then they partnered with Facebook and you could create a Facebook app hosted on Heroku with the Facebook PHP-SDK in just a couple of clicks. Now the question: is it possible to create a PHP application with Heroku that works both outside and inside of Facebook?
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Many analysts in Turkey were pretty convinced that the Syrian army would give in after a short while given the defections and the sectarian nature of its command structure. After all, nearly two-thirds of the population are Sunnis and they were expected to oppose the "minority regime."
Now they are extending their previous deadlines. As the Syrian army proved more resilient than expected, the Turkish administration began to complain about being left alone in shouldering the increasing refugee problem and finding it hard to meet internal criticism of its ardent commitment to the Syrian opposition.
One major reason for the Syrian army to hold on is the nature of the opposition forces (labeled by some as "fundamentalists" or "jihadists," who are accused of gross human rights violations that match those of the government forces), which scare a number of peoples that have heretofore supported the Assad regime for its secular character and the economic advantages made available to them. These groups see supporting the government as a matter of survival.
It is obvious that the Syrian army units are better equipped and trained compared to most of the irregulars of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). If the army units succeed in preserving their cohesiveness, some analysts believe, they can resist the opposition or even triumph over them.
Given the fact that Iran, Russia and China are there to help, this likelihood is seriously discussed in different circles. Another reason why individual defections did not turn into mass action is that highly trained and disciplined professional units are paired up with drafted soldiers that see their fortunes aligned with that of the government.
The strongest side of the Syrian army is its armored forces and the artillery. Trained and equipped to fight against a likely Israeli aggression, the mechanized forces and supporting artillery are capable of "softening" rival targets and rounding them up with the help of the infantry provided by the Republican Guard and loyal militia.
Unfortunately neither of the conflicting sides worry much about the people they are killing in the process; after all, civilians are considered to be "collateral damage."
In need of more foot soldiers, the government called in the reserves and organized new irregulars. The Syrian army is also employing a pro-government militia called the "shabiha," which are accused of committing some of the most brutal atrocities of the conflict. The way this civil war is going indicates the fact that fighting will continue even after the Assad regime falls. The "shabiha" are largely drawn from the ruling Alawite community that is stated to constitute roughly 12 percent of the population.
The present Syrian government is very brutal and has no limits in violating human rights, so it will vanish sooner or later. Despite this, it inevitability is mitigated by the ongoing support of the Alawites, non-Muslims, integrated Sunnis and the aloofness of the Kurds. This crucial support, which is still intact, helps prolong the life of the existing central authority.
Furthermore, the West (the US, the EU and Israel) is reluctant about a fast regime change for two reasons. It does not want to be drowned in the unending power struggles of the Middle East (or the Muslim world) as it has been in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Secondly, it does not want to engage in a global power struggle in Syria with other major contending powers like China and Russia. These factors will increase the survival of the Damascus government for some time to come.
However, the simple fact that the same government is fighting with its people in the outer districts of Damascus and the second biggest city of Aleppo shows it has lost a lot as it is. The loss of any of these cities will be the declaration of the fall of the Assad regime. Another loss will be turning these ancient cities into dirt if it is impossible to reclaim them. Cutting the water supply to Aleppo is a step towards total disengagement of the government from its people.
On the other hand, the rebels are doing similar things, including destroying the supply lines the army and its supporting factions use. The anxiety for survival has turned the civil war into carnage.
In the meantime, the rebels are getting more adept at destroying armored vehicles by roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades. The Syrian army is getting out vintage armor from the post-World War II era, like T-54 and T-55 tanks. The major reason why more advanced weaponry like the T-72 tanks have been withdrawn from the battle zone is in preparation for a final showdown that must be won at all costs.
Of course the biggest advantage of the government forces is air power. But experts are predicting that sooner or later the rebels will acquire anti-aircraft weapons. When they do, the procuring side will teach them how to down aircraft, and that can change the course of the civil war.
In short, nothing is certain in Syria. There are no reliable scenarios; improvisation rules the day. But one thing is clear: The battle for Syria will continue even after the Assad regime is brought down.


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Kam VedBratwatch this spacehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/atom.aspxTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)2007-07-06T22:45:00ZTune in to the DirectX blog!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2009/04/21/tune-in-to-the-directx-blog.aspx2009-04-21T10:29:00Z2009-04-21T10:29:00ZWe've started a dedicated blog for all things DirectX, including Direct2D, DirectWrite, and some of the other new graphics technologies created for Windows 7. I'll focus most of my posts regarding Windows Graphics on that blog moving forward. This one will remain active for other things...

Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSDK Documentation for Direct2D and DirectWrite now live on MSDNhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2009/01/13/sdk-documentation-for-direct2d-and-directwrite-now-live-on-msdn.aspx2009-01-14T00:52:48Z2009-01-14T00:52:48Z
The SDK documentation for our new graphics and text API's in Windows 7 is now available on MSDN. Here are the links:

· Direct2D

· DirectWrite

Happy coding!
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxLocating DirectX content on "The Goods" from PDChttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/11/06/locating-directx-content-on-the-goods-from-pdc.aspx2008-11-07T10:11:03Z2008-11-07T10:11:03Z
We've had a handful of PDC attendees contact us directly asking for help finding the DirectX related materials on the hard-drive that was handed out as part of "The Goods" at PDC.

If you look in this folder:

\Windows7\Windows_Whitepapers_and_HOLs\High-Fidelity Graphics and Media\DirectX

You will find:

Four white-papers about DirectX innovations in Windows 7, including introductions to Direct2D and DirectWrite

A zip file containing the source code and documentation for each module of the DirectX Hands-On-Lab that was available in the "the Big Room" at the conference.

As an aside, the code in the Hands-On-Lab includes the examples that Leonardo walked through on stage during our session.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxneowin covers my talk!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/10/30/neowin-covers-my-talk.aspx2008-10-30T20:56:09Z2008-10-30T20:56:09Z
It looks like some press folks from neowin were in the crowd for my talk yesterday, and posted some handheld video of the demo's.

link: http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=49358
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWatch my PDC talk on Channel 9http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/10/30/watch-my-pdc-talk-on-channel-9.aspx2008-10-30T20:48:38Z2008-10-30T20:48:38Z
My PDC talk is now posted on Channel 9! If you weren't able to attend at PDC, you can watch it here: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC18/.

If you were in the audience at PDC, thank you very much coming. It was great to finally be able to talk about what I've been working on since shipping Windows Vista!

If you have questions, or want to know more about Driect2D and DirectWrite, you can get in touch with me by posting a comment, or using the email link on this blog. I'll also be watching the discussion on channel 9, so you can post comments & questions there as well.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxAttend my presentation at PDC2008!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/10/09/come-to-my-presentation-at-pdc2008.aspx2008-10-10T08:35:00Z2008-10-10T08:35:00Z

As you've probably guessed by know, I've been busy working on something that is part of Windows 7 for the past year and a half since Windows Vista shipped.

I'll be presenting session PC-18, "Windows 7: New Text and Graphics API's" which will cover a great deal of what I've been working on.

If you haven't done so already you can register for PDC here, and build your own agenda on the sessions page.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxChuros!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/09/04/churos.aspx2008-09-05T09:24:04Z2008-09-05T09:24:04Z
Not much to add here - just watch the clip...(updated with higher quality video)
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Video: Shoe CircusKam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxEngineering Windows 7http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/08/21/engineering-windows-7.aspx2008-08-22T05:55:05Z2008-08-22T05:55:05ZI can't talk about my work quite yet - but some of the senior leadership on the Windows 7 team have started a blog about the engineering process. You'll want to subscribe to this one!Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxOff Topic: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Abridged Scripthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/06/29/off-topic-indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-the-abridged-script.aspx2008-06-29T10:32:28Z2008-06-29T10:32:28Z
I saw this over at Craig's blog. Made me laugh out loud. I actually enjoyed Indy 4 quite a bit, but this was still hilarious.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxEric Tan's Poster Arthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/06/22/eric-tan-s-poster-art.aspx2008-06-23T09:39:40Z2008-06-23T09:39:40Z
Sorry for radio silence on work related posts. I promise to come back to it when there's something new for me to talk about.

In the meantime, Slashfilm has a nice write-up on some super-cool retro poster-art that Eric Tan did for the new Pixar movie WALL-E. Check it out.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxStamps!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/02/24/stamps.aspx2008-02-25T00:25:53Z2008-02-25T00:25:53Z
I was scrolling through shelterrific this afternoon and came across a post to some new 2008 stamp designs from the postal service, including this one, honoring Charles & Ray Eames. Nice!
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxIt's late...http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/02/20/it-s-late.aspx2008-02-20T12:33:14Z2008-02-20T12:33:14Z
...and I'm catching up on my blogroll. Two things that popped for me this evening are Brand New, which has a guest editorial write-up about how the brand of American Gladiators was updated for the return to television, and Jan's review of the updated Zune client. I had a chance to work with Jan for a while in the early days of Longhorn. Jan has one of the strongest senses of empathy when it comes to UI design I've seen in many years. It really comes through in his blog, as well as his latest professional efforts.

Finally, Businessweek had a great write-up about the newest technology object of my desire, the Lenovo X300.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWindows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) REDhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/01/24/windows-vista-ultimate-product-red.aspx2008-01-25T00:27:00Z2008-01-25T00:27:00Z
Microsoft, Dell and (RED) announced a partnership to help people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa. All the details are over on the Windows Vista blog. There's also some coverage of it over on Engadget.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxKeeping the taskbar transparent when your deskband is enabledhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/01/22/keeping-the-taskbar-transparent-when-your-deskband-is-enabled.aspx2008-01-23T02:51:05Z2008-01-23T02:51:05Z
If you have code that implements a deskband for the Windows Taskbar in Windows Vista, you may have noticed that it causes the taskbar to appear opaque when there is not a maximized window open, instead of being transparent, but darkly tinted which is the normal state of the taskbar.

You can get around this by implementing the IDeskBand2 interface and responding to the associated methods appropriately.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxClutterhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/01/20/clutter.aspx2008-01-21T10:29:50Z2008-01-21T10:29:50Z
Someone at work forwarded me a link to this video on the New York Times site about the clutter around us.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxThe Final Frontierhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/01/19/the-final-frontier.aspx2008-01-20T08:02:00Z2008-01-20T08:02:00Z
I saw this over on one of the home server blogs I read.
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One of the features we added in Windows Vista was a platform to support for decoding camera raw images in Windows Photo Gallery (and later Windows Live Gallery), Windows Explorer, and Win32 & WPF applications. The camera IHV community has done a great job supporting this effort by creating codecs that enable raw files for various cameras. The Microsoft Professional Photography website just posted a page where you can download Codecs for Windows for your camera.

 Updated: a couple folks pointed out that the link I posted was broken. That is fixed now.

Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxlong time - no bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2008/01/03/long-time-no-blog.aspx2008-01-04T10:37:00Z2008-01-04T10:37:00Z
As you may have noticed, I've taken a bit of a hiatus form blogging for a while. Hopefully you haven't unsubscribed because I'll be picking up the blog again in coming weeks and months.

Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxIntensity Prohttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/09/26/intensity-pro.aspx2007-09-26T22:58:00Z2007-09-26T22:58:00Z
Does anyone out there have any experience with the Intensity Pro from Blackmagic Design? I'm looking for info on what kind of metadata gets captured along with the video stream through HDMI from a camera like a Sony HDR-HC3. If you have some experience with this, please let me know via the contact link on the blog.

Thanks!
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxVista Virtual Desktop Managerhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/08/22/vista-virtual-desktop-manager.aspx2007-08-23T08:49:28Z2007-08-23T08:49:28Z
I recently discovered this project over on codeplex. It's a virtual desktop manager for Windows Vista that uses the live thumbnail preview API's exposed by the Desktop Window Manager. It's still very beta, but a great example of some of the innovation that can be built on the platform that the DWM provides.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxDon't Try This At Home!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/08/06/don-t-try-this-at-home.aspx2007-08-07T07:52:26Z2007-08-07T07:52:26Z
This evening, I'm watching a recording of "Shark Weekend HD" on Discovery HD. The first frame of the program has a big blue screen that reads:

"WARNING

Diving with great white sharks without the protection of a cage is extremely dangerous.

The scenes you are about to see were conducted by professional shark divers with years of experience.

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!"

Upon reading this, I have to ask:

Is diving with great white's with the protection of a cage not extremely dangerous?

Are there people watching who have great white's at home that are thinking of diving with them without the protection of the cage?

It's a mind-boggling to me that people would take a television show like this as an invitation…
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxA Ribbon Gotcha!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/07/17/a-ribbon-gotcha.aspx2007-07-18T07:52:04Z2007-07-18T07:52:04Z
I ran into an interesting foible using the Ribbon in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 today. I'm generally a big fan of the Ribbon in Office, but today it got the best of me. Hopefully this post will help you avoid this pitfall if you use it the same way I do.

The "gotcha" stems from the fact that I tend to use the Ribbon in "minimized" mode. I like this mode because it lets me reserve the vast majority of my screen real-estate for my content in my window, and I can still get at all the Ribbon stuff in a single click.

You see, one of my favorite features in Office is a thing called "format painter". It's a little paintbrush icon on the home tab. When you click on it after selecting some text, it will let you "paint" the formatting of the selected text on the next block of text you select. The thing I really like is that you can make it sticky by double-clicking. When you double click, you can paint multiple selections in a row, and then tap the <ESC> key to exit format-painting mode. This is useful if you like to type a bunch of stuff and then fix the formatting after the fact.

So here's the "gotcha". Normally, when you click a button on the Ribbon in minimized mode, it dismisses the ribbon back to minimized mode and lets you go on about your business. Unfortunately, this behavior doesn't seem to understand the concept of a "double-click". This issue conspires with the unfortunate placement of the format painter icon in Outlook – which overlaps the "Send" button in minimized mode. The result of these two things is that when you double-click format painter to make it sticky, the first click of the double-click selects format painter (in non-sticky mode) and dismisses the ribbon, and the second click gets sent to "Send", which in turn sends your incomplete email message.

Luckily, the workaround is simple – you can add format painter to the "quick access toolbar" using the Quick Customize Menu, and then you're free to format-paint in safety!
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxReally High DPIhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/07/09/really-high-dpi.aspx2007-07-09T20:47:26Z2007-07-09T20:47:26Z
I got a question from a colleague about this recently, and thought I should share the answer with everyone. Windows Vista has some special functionality for running on very high DPI displays (greater than 120 DPI). When you set your system DPI to a size larger than 120 in the control panel, the operating system will perform additional actions to scale the output of Windows that are not DPI aware.

The operating system virtualizes the system DPI for non-DPI aware applications, telling them that they are running at 96 DPI. The applications then get rendered to an off-screen surface and then the desktop composition system scales that surface up to a more appropriate size based on your DPI settings.

If you're using an application that doesn't scale well even at 120 DPI, you can also invoke this style of scaling at smaller sizes (between 96 and 120).

Here are instructions on how to do this:

Open control panel from the start menu

Type "dpi" in the search box to the right of the breadcrumb bar

Select "adjust font size (DPI)"

Select "allow" when User Account Control pops up

The DPI scaling property sheet will pop up, click the "custom DPI…" button above "Apply" in the bottom right corner

Uncheck the checkbox labeled "Use Windows XP style DPI scaling" to the left of the "OK" button.

Click OK.

Keep clicking OK until it tells you to reboot – then reboot.

This gets set automatically when you set your system DPI to a value larger than 120. Later on, if you set the value back to 96 or 120, the checkbox remains checked, so if you want to revert the default (XP-sytle) scaling, you need to manually uncheck the box.
Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxanother new jobhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/07/06/another-new-job.aspx2007-07-07T09:02:00Z2007-07-07T09:02:00ZIt's wasn't that long ago that I moved to work on the Microsoft Expression line of products. As fate would have it, my stay on the Expression team has been relatively short. A while back, I accepted an offer to return to Windows for something very unique that I couldn't pass up. As such, I'll likely be blogging about Expression a lot less than before.

Kam VedBrathttp://blogs.msdn.com/KamVedBrat/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxNo Motion Capturehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/07/06/no-motion-capture.aspx2007-07-07T08:45:00Z2007-07-07T08:45:00Z
This weekend I saw Ratatouille. The fine folks at Pixar constantly amaze me. The movie was excellent. I stayed through the closing credits hoping for out-takes or funny credits (none yet) and noticed something interesting - there was a credit with an image that read something like "100% pure animation - no motion capture". And I thought - that's amazing. In the old days of cel animation, you couldn't do motion capture because you were using ink and a pen, but with all the fancy tricks that modern computer rendering provides, they decided to keep this totally in control of the artist. Every frame of every movement of every character was intentional.

There's a lesson to be learned here for folks who are doing software design - it's so easy (and tempting) for us to create systems which take data and perform actions in some automated fashion based on what they see. This is usually very useful, but all too often results in the inadvertantly bad error message, dialog box, or other such mishap. There's defenitely a place for systems like this - but when we build things that are more end-user facing, making them behave more intentionally will go a long way to improving the PC experience for everyone.

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Facility Fix: A Clean Sweep
Roy Campbell is the lead electrician for the DPW Electrical Section, based in Green Bay, WI.
Facility Fix: A Clean Sweep was published on at and updated at .
By Jillian Ruffino
Published in the July 2007 issue of Today's Facility Manager
What is your position? How many years have you been in this profession?
I am a master electrician and the electrical lead worker within the electrical division of the City of Green Bay's Public Works Department. I have been working in this field for 28 years.
Please give a brief description of the facility involved in this project.
Lambeau Field is a public facility and home to the Green Bay Packers. Originally built in 1957, it is the first public stadium designed specifically for professional football. Since then, it has doubled in size and undergone multiple renovations. Today, it has a seating capacity of 72,601.
The Lambeau Field sewer storage system, located below ground, operates strictly as an overflow basin that uses pumps and mixers to control the flow of sewage after each of the 10 home football games every season (two preseason and eight regular games) and, when necessary, playoff games.
Why was the decision made to monitor the stadium's sewer systems more closely?
Each football game generates an average of 156,335 gallons of sewage. The city's sewer system cannot handle this volume of waste. A system of four pumps and six mixers helps stir the sewage and suspend any solids to help speed up drainage. In a process that takes 16 hours, the sewage is pumped into the city's drainage system for treatment. If this equipment malfunctions, it can result in an overflow for the stadium and parts of the city of Green Bay.
To prevent this, a Sensaphone SCADA 3000 unit now remotely monitors each of the facility's mixers and pumps. When the system detects a problem, it alerts facility management via phone, pager, fax, or e-mail automatically. The SCADA 3000 also activates a backup, should a failure occur.
Please describe the decision making and research process for this project.
The Sensaphone system was selected because our application required a high degree of control logic but not constant monitoring; the system is only in use after events at the stadium.
One of the other things we can do with it is data logging. The system makes a record of all inputs and outputs every 10 minutes while recording levels. We use that information extensively for troubleshooting purposes.
What benefits have you reaped as a result of this project?
With the system monitored by Sensaphone, I can keep an eye on the site and issue control commands remotely. For example, I can turn a pump or mixer on or off whenever necessary, from anywhere.
The monitoring system saves many hours of labor by sensing failures and implementing backup procedures to make sure the process is completed without operator intervention. In addition, we are able to review the data log sequence to help pinpoint time and conditions of failures.
How did this project require you to change your operations and maintenance practices?
Even though it is considerably more complex than the old system, it hasn't required any additional support because of the high level of automation. After I choose to start a process, the system completes it without intervention, even if it means implementing a programmed backup procedure if an unexpected failure should occur. Then, if there is any deviation from the normal procedure during the
What has been the reaction to the project from upper management and elsewhere in your organization?
There was some initial anxiety about operation, maintenance training, and costs, but thankfully those issues never materialized. The system has proven to be reliable, beneficial, and cost effective, which management seems to appreciate. Although the stadium renovations have received acclaim, we're happy when the sewer system doesn't receive any special attention.
How has the community responded to this project?
There was one situation in particular when the Sensaphone system helped the city (not the stadium) avoid a potential headache. The system tanks were filling up when there wasn't a game, which indicated a problem downstream from the stadium. I alerted the city, and they checked the sewer lines and found a clog that would have caused significant problems if left undetected. The city was grateful.
What was the most professionally rewarding aspect of this project?
The trust and cooperation that has developed between the Green Bay Packers' staff and the city's staff in maintaining the facility is very rewarding.
Roy Campbell is the lead electrician for the DPW Electrical Section, based in Green Bay, WI. For more information on Sensaphone, please contact Bob Douglass by calling (877) 373-2700.
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Rackspace Cloud Backup: What We've Been Up To
What day of the week is the most popular day for cloud backups? Take a guess and read on to see if you're right.
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Product & Development
on Jan. 22, 2013 by Jerry Schwartz
Quality Control App TruQC Taps Rackspace To Get The Job Done
A leading
industrial painting company
has embraced all that cloud technology has to offer, specifically when it comes to documenting the work they're doing as they continue to restore the
Eads Bridge
in St. Louis, Missouri, one of the country's most historic bridges.
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Partner & Customer Updates
on Jan. 17, 2013 by Benjamin Chute
Cloud Block Storage: An Overview
Rackspace recently
launched a product called Cloud Block Storage
, and many people are curious to find out exactly what it can do. I think, however, you probably have a good idea about what it is already; so before we talk about the cloud, let's talk about your home computer.
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Cloud Industry Insights
on Dec. 3, 2012 by Chuck Thier
Protect Servers Using Bastion Hosts And Isolated Cloud Networks
We know that the public internet can be a scary place for servers. Log files of servers attached to public addresses show regular port scans and URL snooping and are a constant reminder that your hosts are one misconfiguration away from catastrophe.
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on Nov. 27, 2012 by Brandon Philips
Manage The Rackspace Open Cloud With Windows 8
The open cloud is all about choice. And we want to provide you, our customers, the ability to choose how you manage your Rackspace open cloud environment.
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on Nov. 14, 2012 by Cole Humphreys
Windows In The Cloud: The Various Flavors Of Migration
As you begin exploring the cloud and how it can help your business, you might be wondering, "So how do I migrate from my on premise
Windows server over to the cloud
?" There are actually many different ways that you can perform this migration that are similar to what you would do in migrating to another dedicated environment.
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Cloud Industry Insights
on Oct. 30, 2012 by Tobin Behling
Migrate Snapshots To The Rackspace Open Cloud In 1…2…3…Done
Open cloud is here and Rackspace wants to help customers embrace it. Through OpenStack®, Rackspace continues to contribute to the open cloud movement along with hundreds of other companies.
Filed in
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on Oct. 30, 2012 by Greg Kirkland
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KDL Recommends For Kids > Early Literacy > Katie L. Sings: Books to Get You Singing Together
KDL Recommends
It's Raining, It's Pouring
Title: It's Raining, It's Pouring
Author: Peter Paul and Mary
KDL Description:
Intertwines lyrics to various children's songs with an indoor game of hide-and-seek.
Amazon Description:
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