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NVIDIA isn't planning to rename its GTX 260 parts, despite the planned increase in the number of Shader Processors - From 192, to 216.
This article from Expreview, also interestingly claims that the new GTX 260 part, featuring 216 Shader Processors, will perform roughly 5 to 10% faster than current versions in, for example, 3DMark Vantage.
Three tips on distinguishing the refined GTX 260 offerings from current parts are also offered, including the performance aspirations listed above, amongst other things.
September 16th is a date being thrown around and it is rumoured, that new GTX 260 parts shall be available from that stage, featuring extra Shader Processor magic of course.


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We aren't interested in being normal. The totally bizarre Birdie Light ($35) is a real conversation starter. It would go a little something like this:
"Hey, is your lightbulb wearing some kind of mini feather headdress?"
"Been watching those National Geographic DVDs again, huh? No, man. It's called a birdie, ya know, from badminton. Badminton is dope. Go educate yourself on real sports."
That's called a shuttlecock, actually.
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How To Install
Method 1
- Download the Full Client Installer
- Ensure minimum system requirements are met.
- Installer will automatically install both Garena Messenger and the Game Client.
- Launch Garena Plus Messenger.
- Log in with your Garena account. (Register here)
- Your Garena Plus [Region Settings] need to be in either Singapore or Malaysia.
- Your Garena Plus [Region Settings] need to be in either Singapore or Malaysia.
- Click on the Mstar icon to launch the game.
If you already have Garena Plus Messenger installed, please do not change the installation path. By doing so, you may encounter issues in launching the game.
Method 2
- Download G+ Messenger here
- Launch Garena+ Messenger & Log-in (Register here)
- Click on Mstar's Icon
- Click Install
Method 3
- Copy the files "GarenaMstar" from a friend (Location: C:\Program Files (x86))
- Paste it into your computer's C:\Program Files (x86)\
- Log-in to Garena Messenger
- Double click MstarLauncher (C:\Program Files (x86)\GarenaMstar)
- The "Install Mstar" button should update to "Play Mstar"
1. Uninstall your current Mstar
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Today's free iPhone apps for iPad, and iPod Touch worth getting now include the free iPhone app, "Infodeck", which protects your privacy with military-grade encryption, as Apple expands its iPhone trade-in program to Canada, according to 9to5Mac (Feb. 23).
While Apple has issued a free update to iOS on Friday, fixing a security bug which could be exploited by hackers, security and privacy protection is always a concern. This is where the free iPhone app, "Infodeck" comes in. This free app uses military-grade encryption to store your personal data, like bank account and credit card info, so safely that it would be almost impossible for a hacker to get it. You can quickly add your information to this app through templates. A passcode lock provides an additional layer of security. What's more, this app syncs with your family's other iPhones so this important data can be securely shared with a spouse.
For anyone who doesn't know, Apple has an iPhone trade-in program in the United States for customers who either want a new iPhone or choose to dispose of their old phone in an environmentally safe way. If consumer or business customers want a new iPhone, this "Apple Store Reuse and Recycling Program" gives them a store credit for their old, working iPhone –even if moisture sensors indicate water damage. Well, Apple will soon expand this program to Canada.
"WhatsApp" has been in the news lately thanks to a major outage that followed its sale to Facebook (Facebook wasn't responsible for the outage). But if you're looking for a free app with a free messaging service like "WhatsApp" that's reliable, safe, secure and fast, you might want to take a look at "Telegram Messenger", which added 800,000 users in just four hours when "WhatsApp" went down. This efficient app helps you participate in group chats, share 1GB videos, send multiple photos and instantly forward media that you discover on the web. You can also create private chats with end-to-end encryption for additional security—which can be set to self-destruct so there's no evidence of any conversation. Plus, this free app has no ads.
"Infodeck" is rated 9+ for profanity, crude humor and mature themes. This free app requires iOS 6.1+, is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and is optimized for iPhone 5.
"Telegram Messenger" requires iOS 6.0+, is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and is optimized for iPhone 5. This free app can be downloaded from the iPhone section of the App Store.
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GREER, SC – Doug Walton has joined the staff of Dillard-Jones Builders, LLC as marketing and sales manager for the mountain region of Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina
Walton is the founder and former owner of 24K Homes in Naples, FL where he built 63 luxury custom homes in numerous high-end country club communities and old Naples areas such as Port Royal. A degreed engineer, Walton was a U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot, flying more than 300 missions in Vietnam. Prior to his career as a custom homebuilder, Walton was a commercial pilot for Eastern Airlines for 21 years.
Walton now resides in The Cliffs Valley in a Dillard-Jones Builders custom home.
"Dillard-Jones built my home in the Cliffs Valley because I believed Tom Dillard had the right stuff. A Mechanical Engineering degree from Clemson University, a dozen years working for General Electric, and founder of his own homebuilding company. That is exactly my story," Walton said. "I joined Dillard-Jones to help those wanting to build a mountain residence obtain a top notch quality builder, which can be a difficult process for many who decide to build a custom home."
Established in 2004, Dillard-Jones specializes in high-performance, luxury homes ranging from the $500,000's to more than $2 million. A member of Southern Living Custom Builder Program since 2006, Dillard-Jones was named the 2011 Southern Living Custom Builder of the Year – the only two-time winner in the program's 18-year history, having also won the prestigious national award in 2009. Dillard-Jones also is a member of The Cliffs Signature Services program.
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Paul McCartney, who it was announced June 2 has joined Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon as opposing fracking, has been asked to include one of his songs on an upcoming anti-fracking compilation, Jason Samel, an organizer of the compilation, told Beatles Examiner exclusively Monday. The album, to be titled "Buy This Fracking Album," will be released sometime in 2014, though he said no specific date has been set.
"Buy This Fracking Album," from the organizers of the previous "Occupy This Album" benefit album, will feature songs from both well-known and emerging artists who are against fracking. The initial artist line-up for the album includes Pete Seeger, Anti Flag, Rusted Root, Bonnie Raitt, Rootz Underground, Marco Benevento and Dave Dreiwitz, Mike + Ruthy, Tom Chapin, David Amram, Chris Merenda, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jay Samel with DJ Logic, Josh Fox and Moon Hooch.
The album will be released independently on the Movement Music Records label and will be sold both digitally and physically, Samel says. Proceeds from sales will help the anti-fracking cause.
McCartney is among a group of celebrities who it was revealed Monday signed an open letter to the British government opposing fracking in the UK. The letter was printed on the website Talk Fracking, reports Business Green.com.
Other signers include Yoko Ono, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Carr, Noel Fielding, Lily Cole, George Monbiot, Will Self, Jude Law, Russell Brand, Sir Anthony Gormley, Thom Yorke, Chrissie Hynde and Tracey Emin. The website is sponsoring a series of debates in the UK on the issue starting June 9 in Glasgow, Scotland and running through June 16 in London.
"The government is telling us that fracking is safe even though it is banned in several European countries and American states. There is substantial evidence showing that fracking causes water stress and risks water contamination and soil contamination, earth tremors and a threat to human, wildlife, bird, fish and livestock health," the letter said. "We know that this technology will not bring down fuel bills and will not provide a jobs boom but it has the potential to leave a damaging environmental legacy for future generations.
"We need to talk about fracking. We the undersigned believe that the government must suspend fracking immediately while a genuinely independent, balanced and thorough public debate is held into the potential dangers this industry holds for the UK."


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by Stuart Vose
We must keep heads up, says defender.
Carlos Cuellar says Sunderland must focus and keep working as they look to secure a first away win of the season this weekend.
The Black Cats suffered a home defeat at the hands of Aston Villa last time out with Cuellar emerging on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline against his former club.
The defender believes his side didn't deserve to lose the game and says confidence in the camp remains solid.
"It is always disappointing to lose a game, and especially one against your former club, but I think we played better and didn't deserve to lose," he said.
"Sometimes the ball just didn't want to go in but we have to keep working. I thought we were comfortable and in control but Villa got their goal."
He added: "Now is when character comes out and I think we have big characters inside the dressing room.
"We are going to be alright. We can't put our heads down. It is a long season, this is just the beginning and we have to keep working.
"Confidence isn't going down. We know who we are whether we win or lose."


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Klinika Medical Assistant is an EMR (Electronic Medical Record) software being used in clinics in Manila, Philippines.
By the end of this year, the goal is to migrate the whole system to a lighter version, named Klinika Lite EMR, which will be based on the NetBeans Platform.
Klinika Lite software is the "lighter" version of the Klinika Medical Assistant EMR product, catering more to the private health care management needs of a patient. It is an application designed to monitor vital statistics, generate reports, archive chart history, and analyze health variables. Reports are electronically submitted to a professional medical provider for further management and assessment of patient health. It is a tool that can be used by private nurses and/or care giver type facilities for automation of their paper charts and monitoring tasks.


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Foreign Minister Bob Carr Wednesday said he was troubled by the mysterious 2010 death in Israel of an Australian prisoner with suspected Mossad ties, but without a complaint there was little he could do.
The story of the so-called Prisoner X first emerged in May 2010 when Israel's Ynet news website ran a story entitled "Who are you, Mr X?".
In the report, it spoke about a prisoner being held in top-secret conditions whose identity and crime were not even known to his jailers.
But the story was quickly taken offline due to an Israeli government gagging order.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "Foreign Correspondent" programme Tuesday identified the prisoner as an Australian national from Melbourne who it said was recruited by Israel's Mossad spy agency.
It named him as Ben Zygier, 34, but said he was known in Israel as Ben Alon.
His body was reportedly flown home for burial a week after he was found hanged in a high-security cell at a prison near Tel Aviv in late 2010.
"Those allegations certainly do trouble me," Carr told the ABC.
"It's never been raised with me. I'm not reluctant to seek an explanation from the Israeli government about what happened...
"The difficulty is I'm advised we've had no contact with his family (and) there's been no request for consular assistance during the period it's alleged he was in prison."
Under international conventions, when a foreigner is jailed or dies, their diplomatic mission must be informed. Carr said Australia only knew of Zygier's incarceration after his death.
The ABC cited a former operative with Australia's overseas spy agency ASIS as saying Zygier's transgression must have been due to "espionage, treachery -- very, very sensitive information that, known to others, would pose an immediate threat to Israel as a nation state".
The Israeli government has gone to extreme lengths to suppress the story, imposing a complete media blackout. But two Israeli MPs on Tuesday questioned the justice minister over the ABC report.
"Can you confirm that this Australian committed suicide in prison under a false name so it wouldn't be revealed he was being detained in Israel?" Arab Israeli MP Ahmed Tibi asked Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman.
Neeman said he was not able to answer "because the justice ministry is not responsible for prisons".
Warren Reed, a former ASIS intelligence operative, told "Foreign Correspondent" that Australians were ideal recruits for Mossad.
"Australians abroad are generally seen to be fairly innocent," he said.
"It's a clean country -- it has a good image like New Zealand. There aren't many countries like that, so our nationality and anything connected with it can be very useful in intelligence work."


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For the week of
September 21, 2012
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Reaction of the Week
RALEIGH — North Carolina could save $2.7 billion
a year by moving away from its primary-care focused Medicaid structure
reports Carolina Journal and adopting a managed-care model used in five large Florida counties,
based on research by the Foundation for Government Accountability.
"I think the Florida success story is one of the great untold tales of
health care in America," said Christie Herrera, vice president of policy
at the Naples, Fla.-based foundation. "Today, those five counties are
saving the state of Florida $118 million a year."
Backers of the risk-based managed care model used in Florida say it
forces medical providers rather than taxpayers to absorb any losses if
the costs of care exceed the amounts agreed on in state contracts.
Moreover, the Florida model allows Medicaid recipients to choose among a
variety or providers and plans, rather than granting most Medicaid care
management to a state-sanctioned monopoly, Community Cares of North
The foundation projected what other states would save if Florida's pilot
project were applied to their Medicaid programs, Herrera said.
"What we found was, in North Carolina, $2.7 billion in savings if North
Carolina implemented Florida's reform," Herrera said. Of that, $1.3
billion would be saved annually in the disabled population, and $1.4
billion from the Medicaid-eligible population, she said. For the state
budget year ended June 30, North Carolina's Medicaid spending was $14.2
CJ: Climate for school choice improvingRALEIGH — A new political climate in the state
capital could result in a number of school choice reforms enacted into
law next year, a panel of legislators said Tuesday during a luncheon on
school choice.
CJ: 10th congressional district race highlights contrastsRALEIGH — The only thing the two candidates for
North Carolina's District 10 congressional seat agree on is that their
opponent is an extremist who will move the country in the wrong
CJ: Goodwin, Causey say experience matters in insurance commissioner raceRALEIGH — The incumbent and the challenger in the election for state insurance commissioner share a number of policy positions.
Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, a Democrat, and Mike Causey, a Republican,
agree that the state needs to find more insurers willing to underwrite
property near the coast.
CJ: Lawson and Tine vie in N.C. House 6RALEIGH — Legislative redistricting in 2011
created a new state House District 6 that left an incumbent from each
major party running to serve the same district. Rep. Tim Spear,
D-Washington, opted to retire, and Rep. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, chose to
run for state Senate District 1.
CJ: Barringer and Portman vie in Senate District 17RALEIGH — Jobs and education are the top issues
in the campaign to succeed retiring five-term Republican Sen. Richard
Stevens for state Senate District 17, which covers southwestern Wake
County. The race pits Republican attorney Tamara Barringer against
Democratic Wake County Commissioner Erv Portman in this
Republican-leaning district.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 12:00 p.m.A Headliner Luncheonwith our special guest Dr. Charles MurrayComing Apart at the Seams: America's New Cultural Divide
Capital Quotes
"The state is on an up escalator and a down escalator simultaneously."— Ferrel Guillory, director of UNC Chapel Hill's Program on Public Life, describing North Carolina's economy to the Raleigh News & Observer.
"I don't know whether the candidates, either one of them, really appreciate the differences in message that they ought to do in Charlotte versus in Raleigh and versus in the eastern part of the state."— UNC-Charlotte economist John Connaughton, talking to the Associated Press about the need for presidential candidates to tailor their message to North Carolina's different regions.
"This is as much a federal issue as maintaining our military or managing our money supply."— Larry Wooten, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, talking to the Charlotte Observer about the need for Congress to tackle immigration reform. Wooten that many North Carolina farms are having problems finding enough workers.
"The fight is far from over; the fight is just beginning."— Elizabeth Ouzts, director of Environment North Carolina, commenting to the Raleigh News & Observer on the debate on whether to allow fracking in the state.
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The season of Bike Ninjas
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Even thought the sun is setting earlier the weather is still plenty nice to still ride after work causing those unprepared to be Bike Ninjas. Don't be a Ninja, light up! And when getting lights and you are cheap, a front light is WAY more important than a rear.
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Oasis Academy Oldham moved into a brand new £30m building on the site of the former Brook Mill on Hollins Road in 2012. Oasis Academy Oldham opened in September 2010 and replaced South Chadderton and Kaskenmoor Schools. In 2013, we were the most improved school in Oldham and Greater Manchester as well as being in the top 4% nationally for improved GCSE results.
The facility is purpose built for 21st century education with outstanding ICT facilities and resources for the whole community including fitness suite, 3G sports pitch, and multi-use games area.
Oasis Academy Oldham is sponsored by Oasis Community Learning, which is a separate charity but is part of the Oasis Global Family.
Oasis UK, a Christian organisation, was founded by Reverend Steve Chalke MBE in 1985 and began its work in the UK but now delivers educational, healthcare and housing projects throughout the world.
The Academy is diverse, co-educational and takes students from across Oldham and Manchester.
Oasis Academy Oldham offers a breakfast club from 8:00am and high quality after school activities.
If you would like to view the Academy or talk to any members of staff, visits or appointments may be arranged by telephone, letter or enquire online.
Progress, Update and Review Days are held three times a year for parents and carers to discuss progress and pastoral issues. Full reports are issued at the end of each academic year.
Year group and House assemblies are held every day. They celebrate achievement as well as addressing a wide range of academic, pastoral, social, spiritual and cultural themes. We will hold our first full annual presentation evening in July 2014 to celebrate achievements and excellence during the year.
The Principal is part of the Future Leaders network, which is an organisation focused on high aspiration and academic success for students from all backgrounds. This ethos has underpinned the ongoing commitment to improved outcomes for all students at Oasis Oldham.
Oasis Academy Oldham is part of the wider Oasis Hub Oldham, which includes Oasis Academy Limeside. The two schools work side by side on a daily basis to ensure the best all round educational provision for students in our combined community.


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Winter in the City of Sydney
Welcome to winter in Sydney. Monday 7 July marks the start of NAIDOC Week, a celebration of the culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and an opportunity to learn about the oldest living culture in the world.
We begin today with the annual NAIDOC flag raising-ceremony at Redfern Community Centre, from 9am to 10.30am.
Then, from 11am to 3pm, head to Hyde Park North for the City of Sydney's free NAIDOC in the Cityfestival, featuring food, song, dance, art and children's activities.
Sample some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander treats cooked in a temporary earth oven, hear live music from Newtown-basedsinger-songwriter Marcus Corowa and hip-hop outfit Horrorshow, enjoy traditional dance, or try your hand at seashell art and weaving.
On Tuesday 8 July, visit Customs House Library where Di Stevens, director of Rozelle's Tali Gallery, will be discussing the artworks being created at the Darnley Island Arts Centre in the Torres Strait. The free talk, from 6pm to 7pm, will be accompanied by a stunning display of fabrics printed with traditional designs. Phone the City on 02 9265 9333 to book a spot.
Learn more about other exciting NAIDOC Week activities, being held until Sunday, by visiting sydneynaidoc.com.au.
Although September seems a long time away, we're already accepting entries for some Art & About Sydney exhibitions. This year there's a new Instagram photo competition based on the 'Australian Life' theme. Submit an image before 18 September, reflecting life anywhere across the country, by tagging it #australianlife. The weekly top 10 images will be displayed at artandabout.com with the winner awarded $5,000. For more, visit artandabout.com.au/australian-life.
The much-loved Sydney Life photographic competition has grown larger in scale and subject to also include the 'Australian Life' theme. Open to amateur and professional photographers across the country, the 22 finalists' work go on display in Hyde Park, where they are seen by thousands of people.
The winner is awarded $10,000 and as entries close on 18 July, you should start snapping. Visit artandabout.com.au for more details.
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Ronald Forde is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to a matter of rape which is under investigation, a police bulletin said yesterday.
Forde's date of birth was given as December 5, 1985
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Forde is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 225-6411, 229-2701 to 2703, 229-2557, 229-2569, 911 or the nearest police station.
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The northern carriageway of Carifesta Avenue has been closed to traffic. This is to facilitate ongoing improvement and lighting works to the thoroughfare.
GRA sacks heads of Customs, HR
Chairman of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Board Rawle Lucas yesterday announced a major shake-up in the management of the tax body, including the removal of the heads of its Customs and Human Resources divisions for unsatisfactory performance and the appointment of a Deputy Commissioner-General.
$2B in EU funding for sea defences
While urging the swift operationalisation of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), European Union (EU) Representative to Guyana Ambassador Jernej Videtič yesterday handed over a $2 billion cheque to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan to aid in improving the country's sea and river defences.
Put citizens first
With the controversial parking meter contract instigating fractures within the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), President David Granger yesterday reminded city councillors that they are accountable to the citizens who voted them into office.
Canal Number One businessman beaten, shot in home invasion
A Canal Number One businessman is now injured after he was beaten and shot early yesterday morning when armed bandits invaded his home and escaped with a quantity cash and jewellery.
City councillor accused of invading Town Clerk's privacy
A city councillor has been accused of invading the privacy of Town Clerk Royston King and his family after contacting one of King's daughters about the controversial trip he made to Mexico with the Mayor and other council members.
Chainsaw operator, 16, charged over rape of 10-yr-old
A 16-year-old chainsaw operator was yesterday charged with the rape of a child under the age of 16 years old and later released into the custody of his parents.
Guyana overall w-i-n-n-e-r in first Inter-Guianas Spelling Bee
Guyana's students yesterday emerged the overall winners in the first Inter-Guianas Spelling Bee Competition. The Spelling Bee brought together students of Guyana and Suriname, from ages 10 to 14, in a concept of solidarity dubbed "Guianame." The participants were drawn from several regions in Guyana and from the AlphaMax Academy, which has been the winner of the National Spelling Bee in Suriname for the past three years.


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EUGENE, Ore. -- For the first time in 10 years, Oregon has been selected to the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship. The Ducks earned the No. 3 seed in the Athens, Ga., regional, where all matches will be played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia. UO will meet second-seeded North Carolina State (17-9) in the first round on Saturday, May 10, at 7 a.m. (PT).
Saturday, May 10
MATCH 1: 7 a.m. – #2 NC State vs. #3 Oregon
MATCH 2: 10 a.m. – #1 Georgia vs. #4 Jacksonville State
Sunday, May 11
MATCH 3: 10 a.m. - Winner Match 3 vs. 4
Oregon will be making its fourth NCAA Championship appearance in program history and the first under head coach Nils Schyllander. The Ducks previously advanced to NCAA competition in 2004, 2000 and 1998. UO is in pursuit of its first-ever victory at the NCAA Championship.
NCAA Championship results (0-3):
2004: Vanderbilt 4, Oregon 0
2000: Fresno State 4, Oregon 0
1998: UC Santa Barbara 4, Oregon 0
The Ducks are in the midst of one of the best seasons in recent program history, posting a 17-9 overall record with numerous accomplishments along the way. A timeline of UO's top achievements is listed below.
• April 29: UO earns first NCAA Championship bid since 2004.
• April 24: Oregon stuns third-seeded Stanford for the second time in program history and reaches the Pac-12 Championship semifinals for the very first time.
• April 23: Ducks down UW for the second time this season, collect first win at Pac-12 Championship in program history.
• April 5: Robin Cambier wins twice and UO defeats Arizona, 4-1, on senior day.
• March 28: Cambier defeats nation's third-ranked player in three-set thriller.
• March 26: UO improves to 14-1, tying its best start in the past 20 years.
• March 26: Schyllander reaches the 100-win plateau with UO men's team.
• March 16: Ducks ranked No. 24 - their first-ever top 25 ranking.
• March 12: UO snaps Drake's 37-match home win streak with 4-0 sweep.
• March 9: Cambier becomes UO's all-time winningest singles player.
• March 2: UO defeats #15 Boise State, the highest ranked foe UO has ever beat.
• Feb. 28: Ducks defeat the Huskies for the first time since 2004.
• Jan. 17: Oregon opens the spring season ranked No. 52 in the nation.
Oregon improved five spots to No. 44 in the latest ITA national rankings, released last Tuesday. The doubles tandem of Robin Cambier and Kevin Farin improved to No. 44 in the doubles rankings. Cambier remained ranked nationally in singles, checking in at No. 72 this week.
Robin Cambier and Kevin Farin have tallied 24 doubles wins this season, which ranks second-most in Oregon history. The Belgium natives are 24-7 overall with a 16-6 record at the No. 1 doubles position.
With singles victories against Stanford, Cambier and freshman Jayson Amos each collected their 23rd win of the season. That mark ranks tied for fourth in program history. Cambier is 23-10 overall with a 14-8 record this spring. Amos is 23-5 overall with a team-best 19-3 record in dual matches.
Oregon won the doubles point in 19-of-26 matches this season, and is 16-3 when doing so. UO has a combined doubles record of 45-20 (.740) this spring. Cambier and Farin lead Oregon with a 24-7 record. Junior Daniel Sardu and freshman Jayson Amos are 16-10 in No. 3 doubles. Sophomore Daan Maasland and junior Joey Swaysland are 12-5 in No. 2 doubles.
With a 23-10 overall record this season, senior Robin Cambier now has four of the top 10 singles seasons in UO history. Cambier is UO's winningest doubles player with 92 wins and is also the top singles player in program history with 90 wins. The Brussels, Belgium, native holds seven major program records.
• Career singles wins: 90
• Career doubles wins: 92
• Career singles & doubles wins: 182
• Season doubles wins: 29, with Jeff Mullen
• Career doubles wins by a team: 57, with Jeff Mullen.
• Consecutive singles wins: 15
• Consecutive doubles wins: 14, with Jeff Mullen.
• #1 GEORGIA BULLDOGS: As a top 16 team, Georgia earned the right to host the first two rounds as the top seed of their regional. The Bulldogs posted a 16-7 record this season and went 11-1 to win the Southeastern Conference regular season title outright. The Bulldogs have three players with at least 25 singles wins: Nathan Pasha, Hernus Pieters and Austin Smith.
• #2 NORTH CAROLINA STATE WOLFPACK: The Wolfpack posted a 17-9 record this year with five wins in the challenging Atlantic Coast Conference. North Carolina State has three ranked doubles team, and is led by Austin Powell in singles.
• #4 JACKSONVILLE STATE: The Gamecocks earned an automatic bid as the winner of the Ohio Valley Conference. Jacksonville State is 17-7 overall with an 8-1 mark in conference play. The Gamecocks are led Jefferson Wendler-Filho in singles wins.


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Via's church grew, and today her community rents space from a Lutheran church in the dry hills of Serra Mesa, a middle-class neighborhood in San Diego. One Sunday evening in November last year, Via celebrates Mass as she always does, standing behind a simple wooden altar, wearing a beige liturgical robe accented by fall colors: red and brown, with yellow stripes on the sleeves. She addresses God as "she" and the "Holy One, the Inclusive One." Instead of simply watching their priest consecrate the bread and wine, as traditional congregations do, Via's community members stretch out their hands toward the chalice and together recite the prayer that Catholics believe changes bread and wine into Christ's body and blood. In the congregation's reworked version of the Lord's Prayer, they replace the words Lord, kingdom and Father with Christ, kingdom and Loving God."The first time I attended Via's Mass, women priests were a novelty," says Ann Morey, parish treasurer. "Now it's the new normal." Terry Jackson, 72, a former priest who married a former nun, says they drive an hour to get there on Sunday evenings. "A lot of progressive bishops believe women should be ordained, but they don't dare say it. They're such robots." Jackson and his wife began attending this church five years ago, and "we fell in love with the inclusiveness and the nonsexist language," he says. "My wife feels so at home here and delighted with the femininity in the liturgy."
What these parishioners consider "the new normal" is still anathema to the Catholic Church, which saw a new pope elected in March. None of the women profiled here thought he would initiate big changes. "My modest hope is that Pope Francis will lift the excommunications of women priests and their supporters, such as Father Roy Bourgeois," says Venne. "However, nothing I have read so far indicates that he is open to ordaining women. So my tempered hope is that he will expand the priesthood to married men. I believe that once that happens, the other groups of people the church bars from ordination will gradually be accepted. But I do not expect to see women accepted into the Catholic priesthood in my lifetime."
Some women priests have totally given up on the church and have emotionally moved on. One of those is Ree Hudson of Sedona, Arizona. She says that before her ordination on November 11, 2007, the archbishop of St. Louis sent her, via process servers, five documents threatening excommunication. "I don't give a damn what they say," asserts Hudson, a retired schoolteacher who doesn't depend on a Catholic institution for income. "The bishops keep shooting themselves in the foot. Every time they do something against ordination, it helps our cause. It's only a matter of time. Soon the church as we know it will crumble." Like the other rebel priests, she continues to pray for the church that she hopes and wishes could be.
Julia Duin is the author of Quitting Church and Days of Fire and Glory.


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Nationally recognized doctor and president of Masterpiece Living to provide insight on how seniors can live longer and healthier lives Roger Landry, MD, MPH, President of Masterpiece Living®
Did you know that diet, exercise, a sense of purpose and a strong social support system can help you live a long and healthy life?
On June 17, 2014, The Lutheran Village at MILLER'S GRANT, a planned not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Ellicott City, will host nationally renowned physician and president of Masterpiece Living® Dr. Roger Landry. During his presentation, Landry, a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health, will share insights from his book Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging. Additionally, Howard County area seniors and adult children will be educated on how to control the Mayo Clinic's 12 risk factors of aging and achieve longevity through incorporating simple lifestyle changes. Seating for this event is limited. To register, please visit www.millersgrant.org or call 877-900-6618.
WHEN/WHERE: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. EST
Turf Valley Resort - Wedgewood Room, 2700 Turf Valley Road, Ellicott City, Md. 21042
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Training for and completing a full marathon and fighting debilitating diseases such as cancer require similar levels of dedication, hard work and effort; the metaphor is so ideal that not only do many marathoners choose to run for a cause, many runners choose to run a marathon because of the cause.
Besides the obvious benefit of raising money for a charitable organization, training for and running a marathon with a charity team adds immeasurable financial and moral support. In addition to paying for runners' gear, travel costs, and hotel rooms, charitable organizations provide a literal support group to train for and tackle the daunting 26.2 mile journey, from training schedules and group runs to encouragement along the route of the marathon. For many runners, running with a struggling or lost loved one in mind adds the extra motivation required to persevere.
George Guerin, blogger of NJ.com, muses: "I ran the NYC Marathon with Fred's Team, which raises money for pediatric cancer research. Having cancer patients cheer me on along the route was certainly inspiring and the medal I received after completing the race (designed by a pediatric cancer patient) is something I will cherish forever."
The role of charity runners in marathons has significantly increased since the early 1980s. Since the London marathon announced its first official charity-sponsored entries in 1984, the race has ballooned to a field of participants of which over 3/4 run for a charity. If runners can't qualify for the elite Boston marathon or were unable to gain entry to the New York marathon through its lottery system, they can enter the races by running for a charity.
Boston's limited number of entries available to charity runners who don't need to qualify upsets some who feel it taints a race of elite marathoners; yet, according to the Eagle Tribune in North Andover, MA, out of 26,700 participant's in last month's Boston marathon, 21,000 qualified, and Boston turns away about 100 charitable organizations per year because of limitations in the feasible number of runners on the course.
Marathons, half marathons, triathlons and cycling events increasingly draw charity-driven participants, and the benefits for the organizations and the athletes are equally fantastic.
Here is a partial listing of major charity organizations which sponsor marathon runners:
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training
- Team Hole in the Wall
- DetermiNation
- Fred's Team
- Susan G. Komen Marathon for a Cure


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Back to School!
Please send us your stories, memories, and helpful hints for this exciting and super busy time of year! Email [email protected] if you would like to be published on our blog!
The following is a guest blog post from mom blogger Katie of katieblake.blogspot.com
Have you ever tried worrying and being grateful at the same time?
Go ahead. Try. I'll wait.
Did you do it?
Didn't think so.
The antidote for worry is gratitude and well-being. It's impossible to worry about something when you're busy being grateful. Unfortunately, the same is true the other way around. You can't be grateful for something if you're too damn busy worrying about a million other things.
Have you ever been stuck smack in the middle lane of the interstate during 7AM traffic? Do you cope by blowing your horn, or huffing and puffing because you're going to be late to work, only to get yourself so worked up, you actually break a sweat? And what does all that blood, sweat, and tears (I exaggerate. Kinda.) get you? A headache? Maybe two inches of black top, only to be cut off by a punk on a motorcycle? …aaaannnd, now we're cursing.
Next time, instead of focusing on the negatives, why don't you try being grateful? Katie, how can I be grateful for morning traffic?! Well, my friends (& I hope we can be friends!) it's simple. You have to change your way of thinking and count your blessings: I may be sitting in bumper-to-bumper agony, but at least I have a car. There are people who have never even set foot in a car, let alone have paved roads. I'm grateful for that. I'm grateful I have the money (at least for now) to fill up my tank. I'm grateful this seat belt is keeping me safe. I'm grateful I don't have to walk to work. I'm grateful for my air conditioning & music to keep me company. And if, and only if, I'm stopped at a traffic light, I'm grateful for Facebook on my iPhone.
Have we forgotten about that punk on the motorcycle yet?
Good! And trust me, it works in all sorts of situations: Baby screaming? I'm grateful she has working lungs. Shins and calves burning after that two-mile run? I'm grateful I have legs to run on. With practice and determination, you'll soon be riding the "Grateful Train" first-class to "Calmville." Scout's Honor.
Now how did I get to be all expert-y, noble & wise about gratitude?
{Hi, my name is Sarcasm. Nice to meet you.}
I am who I am today because of a nasty thing called Postpartum Depression; or "Hell," for short. The past six months of my daughter's life have been a whirlwind for me, to say the least. I, probably like most women, skimmed over the PPD sections in the baby books since 'yanno… never thought it would happen to me. Ain't that how the story goes?
Anywho… long story short: I found myself hospitalized for a week at a behavioral center. Most terrifying and astounding life-changing experience of my life! I'd like to share with you my personal testimony after spending an additional month in an outpatient recovery program:
Written on February 15, 2011
I have certainly come a long way in this ever so challenging journey. This has been by far the hardest thing I've ever been through. My dream has always been to be a mom, so when the foreign and nightmarish thoughts hit me like a brick, it scared the living day lights out of me, to say the least. The anxiety attacks were like nothing I've ever experienced or even seen before. I didn't know who I was anymore.
The best decision I ever made was going to the hospital. Although it was absolutely terrifying at first, it was the right place for me to be. And PHP [the Partial-Hospitalized Program] has continued to help me tremendously. I have learned so much—especially about myself. I never knew I had so much strength and determination.
I learned that in order to gain massive momentum in my recovery, I had to get moving! That became my new mantra. I lacked a lot of motivation when I first stepped foot in here, but I soon realized it didn't mean I couldn't still do the things I used to love. I am capable. I am capable of so much. It took a lot of practice, but my mood is finally catching up.
I made a promise to myself to never give up no matter what! I wanted things to change, so with the picture of my husband and daughter in my mind, I knew the only way I was going to make that happen was to JUST DO IT! Even if I didn't feel like it, I made myself do it because it was the right thing for my recovery. If I didn't change my thoughts and behavior, then things were going to stay exactly as they were, and I definitely didn't want that! I took my first step, stayed committed to my recovery, and things started becoming easier day by day.
Seven weeks ago, I was crying and screaming on the bathroom floor, begging to die; and now I'm playing flag football and caring for my daughter like I always knew I could. It's hard to imagine I once thought about taking my own life, and now I would give it away in a heartbeat if it were to benefit my daughter.
I despised the fact that I got Postpartum Depression. I thought, Why me? Why is God punishing me? But now? Now, I see the beauty of this experience and how it has strengthened me. Every day I'm a little bit more of who I want to be. Every day I become a better person; and for that, I am truly grateful.
You can't have a testimony without a test, right?
A fellow patient—a mom, who lost her twenty-six year-old [former soldier & current police officer] son, to a heinous murder as he was called to a robbery, told me I inspired her. Well if that doesn't humble your heart, I don't know what will! If she had the courage to dust herself off, then I surely didn't have any excuses. I could hold my baby in my arms—she no longer could.
Life isn't always easy. But it sure is worth the fight.
So that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it! I'm Katie. A devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, who strives to be the best I can be, every day, for all the right reasons.
Katie, a Sunshine State native, created her blog, "Loyal, Loving, & Learning" nearly two years ago to keep family and friends updated on her adventures while supporting her husband (then boyfriend) through Medical School. A lot has happened since then. Six months ago, she & her husband welcomed their first daughter, Emmalyn/"Emmy," into the world. It was her lifetime dream to become a mommy; & always imagined how wonderful it would be. Little did she know she'd be hit with the "Postpartum Blues"—big time! A nasty case of Postpartum Depression changed her life forever. Besides being a SAHM, Katie is passionate about yoga, dance, spending time with family, and being grateful for every single day.
Blog: "Loyal, Loving, & Learning" http://katieblake.blogspot.com
A Surprising and Very Effective Version of Disciplining.
When our kids make a mistake, whether it's a small infraction or it's something that sends us through the roof, punishment rarely works. I know, I know – that's not what you wanted to hear. However, I'm not going to suggest that you have a long, ideological chat with your little one about it, either. There is a fine line between logical consequences and punishment – and it's all about the tone of voice you use and your follow through. If done consistently and correctly, logical consequences get better results. Here's just one example:
Four-year-old little sister Prudence is playing nicely with her six Disney princess dolls. Five-year-old, bored Justin comes up, grabs Ariel, throws it/her across the room and snatches Bell. Prudence screams, looks at you with big, sad tears that say, "Please rescue me, Mommy." You remember how unfair your siblings were to you. You must correct the unbalanced situation. Justin doesn't care. And to make matters worse, you have spanked him and sent him to his room several times for the same exact action.
"How many times do I have to tell you to leave your sister alone?" you bark. Well, apparently many times. You grab his upper arm and demand that he give Bell back and apologize. He gives you the most defiant look that you know is about to cause a big problem. But you are stuck. You have to make him apologize.
"Say you are sorry, Justin." He looks in every direction but yours and his sister's. "Justin, give back Bell and tell your sister you are sorry or I will put you in your room."
He throws Bell at Prudence. She starts to cry again. Your blood pressure rises. Damn it.
"Okay, young man, that's it." You grab his upper arm and lead him to his room. You "accidentally" squeeze his arm.
He screams and cries. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
You don't believe he really means it. You put him in his room and say something like, "Stay in here and think about what you've done."
Actually, all Justin can think about is how to manipulate you into letting him come out.
Prudence is quietly playing again and you've gone back to the computer.
You can't concentrate.
You are extremely annoyed.
Exasperated, you get up and go to his room.
"Are you ready to apologize to your sister like you mean it?"
He says nothing. You can't stand the thought of wasting more time on this. "Okay, then let's tell Prudence you're sorry."
You stand there with him. He squeaks out a little meaningless, almost inaudible "sorry". You don't care if he is insincere. You won. It's over. You can go back to what you need to do.
Next day you find Bell's head in his Leggo box.
At a time when the family is calm and there are not a whole lot of distractions, you tell Justin you need to talk with him.
"Justin, I notice that sometimes you take things from Prudence or you hit her. This is not okay. The next time you do that I'm going to take you by your hand and I'm going to put you in your room. You can come out when you are ready to play nicely," you explain in a pleasant tone.
This will be his one and ONLY warning.
Next day Prudence is playing with her six Disney princess dolls. Justin comes up, grabs Ariel, throws it/her across the room and snatches Bell. Prudence screams.
You don't say one word. You simply take his hand in a kind and firm manner and lead him to his room. If he starts to drop on the floor or resist in any way, you stand still and gently continue to hold his hand. Your face is calm because you have a plan, and you are simply following through with the plan. Nothing stops you from your destination: his room. He yells and begs and says I'm sorry. You are undaunted. You say nothing. You wait patiently while he struggles in your hand, and as soon as you can, you continue leading him to his room. You may have to stop and start several times down the hall. You still have not said a word. Not one word. As you begin to close his door with Justin in the room, you say in a mild fashion, "Come out when you are ready to play nicely."
If he comes right out and plays nicely – all is complete. The second he goes on the attack, you take his hand and begin again. This time you say, "I can see you weren't ready to play nicely." And lead him back to his room. Do this silently. If he should come out and harass his sister a third time, you say, "Now I will decide when it's time for you to come out."
If you have to hold his doorknob, do.
Each and every single time he breaks the rule, you move into action, remaining calm, quite and firm. I know how annoying this is, but you and Justin are in training – and you will see a big pay off within a week – that is, only if you don't miss one cue. Once you give in, it's all over.
It's up to you, mom. Following through with a strong, kind and firm attitude, rather than giving into anger and power struggles, will work like a charm. The trick is being consistent. Once you tell the child what YOU will do, you must follow through. No further chit chatting, reminding, nagging, explaining why you are mad or letting him know how bad it is to throw, etc. Those things don't help. Just use consistent kind and firm actions. Put yourself in the driver's seat. Believe me, this really works!
Among many other things, Marilyn Kentz is a parenting coach. Go to www.marilynkentz.com or contact her at [email protected] if you want to schedule an appointment. You can order Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson on Amazon.com
TMAMB from a Mental Health Perspective
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Too Much Mommie
By Caryl Kristensen
Well as the school year comes to a close I am once again reminded that our generation has gone bat #@*! crazy over their children. I used to bemoan the fact that my own parents didn't come to a single one of my basketball games, so in response, I went to every single sporting event my boys ever played in. I was the team mom, organized the banquets and ran them all over the state. My life was inextricably entwined in their activities. Then it came….that huge thud! Time to send them off to college, where they would continue on with their fabulous lives while I was left to pick up the pieces of my own life, one that had nothing to do with them. So really what favor had I done for them or for me? I certainly could have shown my support in moderation, a happy medium between our parents adage, "You should be doing it for yourself, not for us" and the helicoptering version that my generation has adopted. God forbid they should fall or fail without us on standby. God forbid they might not actually get a trophy they didn't earn during award season.
As a college counselor at a college prep high school, everyday I witness well-meaning parents who are stealing the essential tools of life from their kids by doing everything for them. From signing them up for the SATs and still waking up 17 year olds for school, to managing their meetings with teachers and coaches; parents are swooping in to rescue them at the expense of their children. The sooner we teach our kids how to deal with failure and adapt resilience, the more successful they will be in life. Every time you do something for a child that he or she can do for himself or herself you have robbed them of another opportunity for them to learn how to communicate, self-advocate, critically think and problem solve. Without these opportunities, by the time they are seniors in high school, it can be disastrous. Just like breastfeeding, weaning them into independence is just as important as drinking from a cup. I had a meeting the other day with a soon to be senior whose mother finished his every sentence. She came armed with a list of colleges that she thought was appropriate for him, but the subtext was clear, "Darling I love you but you can't possibly do this without my help." His body language spoke volumes, "why should I try, she's just going do it for me anyway". The meeting soon devolved into a nagfest of how he wasn't working up to his potential. If she had only seen a playback of this meeting, she would have been shocked to see how clear it all was. By contrast I had a meeting with a mom who said she would not talk unless her son asked for her input. Of course, this young man was quite articulate, able to express what his fears about college are, what he was looking forward to and how he planned to approach the process. In their home there are lively discussions where he has been able to exercise and form his own opinions. It was also easy to see that his relationship with his mom was an easy-going, respectful give and take.
We all want the best for our children but sometimes our best intentions get in the way of the real truth. It is possible to "mother" too much. In fact I am more convinced than ever, that the best moms, have lives of their own and that wherever their son or daughter gets into college, is not a report card on their parenting.
Caryl Kristensen is the other half of the comedy duo that hit it big in the 90′s in the popular television and live comedy show, The Mommies. She co-created the comedy show for other stressed-out mommies in the hood; co-wrote the satirical book, The Motherload, appeared as the "Mom" in Palmolive commercials and has performed in numerous infomercials. Caryl has reinvented herself in the field of education where she found a fresh new audience every year! She is presently a college counselor and co-founded, MYCOLLEGEi.com, an online college video interview platform. She is still happily married to the same root of all her humor and lives in Los Angeles, CA. Her kids are now grown and officially off the payroll.
Opening Night of The Mommies – A Musical Blog!
May 6, 2011
By Marilyn Kentz
I'm in Orlando staying with writer/producer Jeanie Linders …and her two doggies. I'm upstairs in the lovely "coral room". By judging her beautiful house and yard (she has such a creative flair) it's no wonder her play was such a success. Now it's time to launch the next edition: The Mommies.
I arrived in time to see last night's dress rehearsal – and I've got to tell you I LOVE the cast. You will, too. First of all, they look like real moms; that is to say, though they are all quite adorable, they don't "do glamorous". Wouldn't that be irritating? I cannot bear those television dramas and movies where the female lead is way too gorgeous to be doing an autopsy or wrangling some homeless drug dealer in her pretty uniform. Please! No, our mommies are beautiful in the ways females should be: smart, funny, charismatic, and yes, a little sexy. Like they sing it, "Mommies rock!"
Tonight is the big red carpet premier. There are flowers being delivered, limos coming, dresses to be squeezed into. I'm eager to see how the audience reacts tonight. It was so much fun last night to see the songs I wrote come to life. Our mommies have great voices – something Caryl and I lacked. We had to do the Milly-Vanilly version of our song parodies. Oh, and that's another thing…these are not parodies, they're original songs created by the 3 of us, mostly over the Internet. Hey, it's fitting – the show's called: A MUSICAL BLOG. So, there you have it. I'll report from the plane tomorrow. We'll be on our way to celebrate Mother's Day with our families after having walked the red carpet. Oh my!
What will they grow up to be?
Marilyn Kentz has dedicated her career to supporting women. During the 90's she co-developed and appeared in The Mommies comedy show and later in the TV series. She has co-authored three books to both empower women and give them a reason to laugh at life with her. Today she is a ghostwriter, an artist, a parent educator, and she facilitates several women's support groups. Since her children became young adults and are out on their own, Marilyn now lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, four Chihuahuas, two cats and two tortoises.
Mother's Day Story
By Katie Jasiewicz of Katie's Cucina
Growing up I remember my mom making macaroni and tuna fish salad. This was a seasonal dish in our house that was typically made on Good Friday, throughout the summer, and the last batch would be made for Labor Day weekend. This is the way her mother did it, and it's the tradition she kept upon my grandmother's passing. The mac and tuna salad (the nickname I gave it many years ago) is accompanied by salty plain potato chips. When I was younger I would use the potato chips as a substitute for silverware, scooping macaroni, vegetables, and tuna onto each chip.
For year's we would dine out at a restaurant on mother's day up until my freshmen year of high school. That's when I decided that we should celebrate mother's day at the beach: pack a picnic lunch and enjoy the sunshine together (since that's what my mother loves to do). I would help pack the bags and coolers, but I always insisted my mother make her mama's macaroni and tuna fish salad. To an extent, it always felt like my grandmother was at the beach with us in spirit – through her mac and tuna salad! To this day, when I make mac and tuna I think of my grandma and my own mama, bite by bite.
Recipe: My Mama's — Mama's, Macaroni & Tuna Fish Salad
Source: Katie Original
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Serving: 8
1 16oz. box elbow macaroni
1 can Solid White Albacore Tuna Fish
1/4 mayonnaise (or more if desired)
1/4 cup bell pepper, diced
1 rib of celery, diced
1-1/2 tsp dried onion flakes
1-1/2 tsp dried parsley flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Boil elbow macaroni according to the box directions. Drain and rinse in cold water, set aside.
2. In a large storage container, add drained tuna fish, *mayonnaise, diced bell pepper, celery, onion flakes, parsley, salt and pepper and mix well.
3. Then slowly add in cooked elbow macaroni mixing mayonnaise mixture until well incorporated. Once all the macaroni has been mixed together, place container in refrigerator and chill for at least 2 hours.
4. Serve cold with salty plain potato chips!
*I like my tuna salad a little on the dry side—if you'd like it wet add more mayonnaise!
Bio: Katie Jasiewicz, an Orlando, Florida resident and author of Katie's Cucina, a blog that was started in 2009 to document and share with family and friends the recipes she cooks. She enjoys making new recipes weekly: "To me cooking is a form of therapy. After a long day at the office I like to get in the kitchen and cook a delicious meal that is both rewarding and nutritious. I hope that my food adventures bring a little more excitement into everyone's kitchens!"
Blog: http://katiescucina.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @katiescucina
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KatiesCucina
Texting & Having Babies
By Amanda Keefer (aka Mamma Mia)
On our way to school today five-year-old Mia blurted out, "Mom, there's two things I'll never do. Text while driving or have a baby."
When I heard these words come out of Mia's mouth, I did everything I could to keep my composure. Her serious demeanor meant one giggle out of me would send my deeply emotional child into hysterics. Calmly, I asked if she could explain. (Which, by the way, is exactly what she wanted.)
Her response was, "Well, we saw a re-enactment of what can happen when you text while driving and it was scary. I know a baby has to come out of your private area and that is scary too."
Cherished are the moments that make me stop and look at the world through a five-year-old's eyes. Oh, and it makes for great material to tweet and blog about.
Amanda Keefer, Orlando, FL resident and author of The Mamma Mia Blog, began the blog in 2009 after being inspired by her witty and talkative daughter, Mia. Now, a mom of two girls, Amanda has no lack of content in her busy world. Even with a full-time career in marketing and two girls (one hanging from each leg), there's always time to blog. Amanda prides herself on the philosophy of working hard to be a good parent, but never working hard to be perfect. Content includes honest accounts of real life parenting situations, tips, travel, random giveaways and local events.
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Boys and Gas
By Marilyn Kentz
One hot summer day, the neighborhood kids were all swimming in our pool. The little
girls were swimming in the shallow end pretending they were otters. One was playing
the mommy otter and the other two were sister otters. The mommy otter was teaching
her children how to swim on their backs with clams on their chests.
Meanwhile, the boys were seeing how far into the middle of the pool they could jump. I
heard an inventive Billy exclaim, "I know… I'll fart!" Apparently he thought his gas would
propel him farther into the pool.
I just don't get it. Do you think passing gas is funny? Every single time? On any given
night my two boys would be cutting them, laughing, imitating them, laughing, lighting
them, laughing, "hey…pull my finger". Gas can be endless entertainment for boys. If I
should let one little bubble slip out, they'd be horrified. Everyone would yell "MOM!" in
an accusatory tone.
They are grown men now, and my oldest often brings up a bitter memory. It was a time
when they were ten and eleven years old. It was a hectic evening and the boys were
being wild as usual – intermittent squabbles, followed by chasing, roughhousing,
laughing and barking at one another. My husband and I had set their chicken patty
burgers on the dining room table and went back in the kitchen to get the fries and
"Aaron farted on my chicken-patty!" announced an angry Richie.
"Just sit down and eat!" was the simultaneous response from both my husband and
"Are you KIDDING?"
"Do we look like we're kidding? Just eat and then finish your homework." We didn't want
to hear one more complaint.
"But…." Richie tried to protest.
Now, we never really believed Aaron had time to do such an awful deed, but to this day
we cannot gather round a dinner table without Richie reliving that horrid experience.
He's about to have his first child. I really hope it's a boy. And I hope he has another
one. It's the only way he'll ever see his way to forgiveness .
Marilyn Kentz has dedicated her career to supporting women. During the 90's she co-developed and appeared in The Mommies comedy show and later in the TV series. She has co-authored three books to both empower women and give them a reason to laugh at life with her. Today she is a ghostwriter, an artist, a parent educator, and she facilitates several women's support groups. Since her children became young adults and are out on their own, Marilyn now lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, four Chihuahuas, two cats and two tortoises.


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Well today I did get a generic email stating that 2.6 lbs of "something' had been shipped by "somebody" from West Columbia SC and it should get here by next Tuesday, January 21st. If that is indeed from PSA, I just hope they noticed how many orders I placed with them recently and combined the packages. If not, I guess they'll get here when they get here.
It looks like that UPS notification email is probably from PSA. I received two more UPS Tracking emails after the first one. One is 1.7 lbs coming from West Columbia and the other is 6lbs but it hasn't shown up as to where it's coming from yet (but I have a good idea now anyway).
They may not have much to say, but it seems that they are at least making a good faith effort to email me tracking info on the packages they are sending out. I just won't know what it is in each package until they get here. I can kinda sorta guess what's in them by the listed shipping weights and maybe by the order they are getting sent out.
Same here my stuff finally shipped. Got the tracking numbers. Now that I know what to expect all is good.
Thanks PSA
i've never had much trouble getting stuff from PSA--
i think while the panic was going on-- they got way behind in shipping--but everybody else was in the same boat--
hopefully they have caught up. i still think PSA is far faster than DSA -- DSA is also catching up on orders. if they would only send those barrels i ordered--LOL
I got my first package from PSA today. It was just the PTAC AR-15 MOE LPK that was listed for $49.99. However when I opened the package they shipped me a LPK with the MOE pistol grip and MOE stock parts. I wasn't expecting the stock because it wasn't in the pics or in the kit description when I bought it.
This is the link to the kit I ordered: http://palmettostatearmory.com/index...parts-kit.html
And after looking around PSA's website, this is what I received instead: http://palmettostatearmory.com/index...uild-kits.html
I guess now I don't feel so bad about them taking another $5 off the MOE LPK (down to $44.99 now) a few days after I had already ordered and paid the higher price for it. So far I'm more than happy dealing with PSA. ;)
anybody got the $289 m4orgery upper kits yet?
Mine should be here Friday with most of the rest of my PSA orders. The PSA blem lower is supposed to hit my FFL Friday as well.
Since I got that extra stock I looked at the PSA website again last night and decided to pick up a few more bits and pieces. The $29 LPK deal was back on so I got two of those coming and I went ahead and picked up a couple of the Anderson lowers as well. That'll just leave me with one lower needing an upper of some sort for it. I'll have to think if I want to try out any different calibers on it...
Has anyone tried picking up parts from here.
I/we purchased quite a few firearms last year and I promised my wife I'd wait until our anniversary for the next purchase this year(and believe me she is very good about it)...but damnit j427x youre gonna make me piss my wife off pretty soon here!


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I'm trying to avoid
kill -9 for the reasons described in the Useless Use of Kill -9 form letter. Is this function sufficient, or do I need to kill the
kill processes after a timeout or take care of other subtleties?
# Try to avoid forcing a kill
# @param $1: PID
kill $1 || kill -INT $1 || kill -HUP $1 || \
(echo "Could not kill $1" >&2; kill -KILL $1)
As an aside, what's a better name for this function? The current name reminds me of "Killing Me Softly", and
manslaughter sounds a bit severe. Maybe
spoon_kill (Google it)?


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Hiking in California
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Timeline of the 20th Century
Visual history of computing
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History of Knowledge
History of Knowledge in slides
History of Silicon Valley
History of Thought in slides
Greatest writers
Modern literature
World writers
History of poetry
My poetry
Annotated bibliography on mind
Book reviews
Cognitive Science news
Timeline of modern science
My book on consciousness
My book in slides
My seminar on consciousness
Art/Science Evenings (LASERs)
Audio interviews
A Timeline of Neuroscience
A Timeline of Artificial Intelligence
A Timeline of Psychology
Machine Intelligence and Singularity
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 1: From Impressionism to Surrealism
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 2: From Abstract Art to Conceptual Art
A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 3: The Age of Globalization
Greatest paintings
History of painting
Comic Art
Museums of the world
Pictures of museums and artists
Timeline of the 20th century
Art/Science Evenings (LASERs)
Audio interviews
My art
My essays
Milestone books
Quotes from my writings
50,40,30,20,10 Years Ago in Music
World, wake up
The Thinkers
The Viewers
The Dancers
Modern music
Religion: Is the Bible a book of Peace?
Philosophy: Children's stupidity and Adult intelligence
Politics: Brexit is a good thing for everybody
Technology: Piero interviewed about 3D Printing
Politics: Pardon the heroes
Technology: Piero interviewed about Wearables
Politics: Globalization ends here
Technology: Piero interviewed about the Space Industry and Drones
Politics: Another Aviation Mystery
Video of my talk on "Intelligence is not Artificial, Beijing 2016
Politics: Obama in Hiroshima
Politics: Democracy's Apocalypse
Technology: Piero interviewed about Blockchain and Fintech
Philosophy: Social Animal or Curious Animal?
Technology: Piero interviewed about Social Media
Art: Patricia Piccinini
Video: Dada Centennial Celebration 2016 at Stanford Univ
Technology: Piero interviewed about Biotech
Event: Dada Centennial Celebration at Stanford Univ
Technology: Piero interviewed about Nanotech
Interview: Dan Schneider interviewing piero
Tech: A.I. and the Singularity
Art: A brief History of Videogames
Politics: Enemies of the People
Literature: Best poetry of all times
Technology: Piero interviewed about the Internet of Things
Music: Revisiting the 2000s
Technology: Piero interviewed on Artificial Intelligence
Politics: What Donald Trump represents
Technology: Piero interviewed on Big Data
Poetry: Chamber Suite "The End"
Technology: Piero interviewed on Virtual Reality
Technology: Humanity without Humanity
Politics: The US politicians terrorizing the world
Technology: Why i am not scared of Artificial Intelligence
Travel: Bhutan
New book: The 2015 update to "A History of Silicon Valley"
End of the year lists: The year 2015 in review
Politics: ISIS Got it Right, or The Merging of Civilizations
Politics: ISIS - Not the terrorist group but the screwball comedy
Politics: The end of the USA
Events: Berkeley: Weidong Yang (Kinetech Arts), Lisa Wymore (UC Berkeley/ Theater), Paul Payton (Visa Research), Gregorij Kurillo (Berkeley/ Teleimmersion Lab) , Stanford: Christine Metzger (California College of the Arts), Sally Benson (Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project), James Doty (Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education), Danielle Siembieda-Gribben (Visual Artist and Curator)
Philosophy: Essays: There is no Doing and no Undoing, Science is the Discipline of Unhappiness, Wisdom is a Malfunctioning Brain, Does the Future still Exist? , The Quest for Authenticity, Creation and Ownership of Information, Stories will Survive Rituals, The Rule of the Dumb, Beyond Consciousness, The Invisible Technology of the Future, The Opaque Civilization, Cognition is Noise, The Demise of the Unknown, Knowledge is a Spiral of Ignorance, Power after Biopower
Poetry: English translation of "Dialogue of the Lovers" - first excerpts
Book review: Patricia Churchland's "Touching a Nerve - the Self as Brain"
Interview: John Law: 1 - Suicide Club, 2: Cacophony Society, 3: Burning Man
Book review: "The Empathic Civilization" (2009)
Philosophy: The Demise of Empathy
Politics: The Biggest Ecological Disaster of the 21th Century
Art: Marc Giai-Miniet
Book review: "From Counterculture to Cyberculture"
Videos: Stanford: Photos and videos from the 3rd LAST festivals (all talks): Nanotech, Biotech, A.I., Neuroscience, Mars, Burning Man...
Politics: Congratulations NRA on another well-executed massacre
Event: Stanford: The third LAST festival
Lecture (China Academy of Art): "The Best Kept Secret in Silicon Valley"
Politics: War and Peace in 21st Century China
Teaching: Sep-Nov: History of Thought at UC Berkeley
Lectures and interviews: Beijing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, etc
Travel: China
Politics: The demise of the dollar has been wildly exaggerated
Book review: "The Future of Mind" (2014)
Art: "The Straight Line and the Labyrinth - Art and Science in the Digital Continuum" (2015)
Book review: "Knowledge and Power" (2013)
Politics: Erdogan's wars
History: A timeline of Russia
Architecture: Sou Fujimoto
Politics: Revised: ISIS is both Islamic and a state
Event: USF: Artificial Intelligence, Bitcoin, Architecture...
Architecture: Dionisio Gonzalez
Politics: The cost of Greek austerity
Book review: "The Next America" (2014)
Book review: "Biology as Ideology"
Politics: The month that changed the USA
Politics: Allah is great
Politics: Hardline on Putin?
Politics: Iran, Pakistan and North Korea: the USA and the nuclear threat
Politics: Countries that sponsor terrorism
Philosophy: A brief History of Western Philosophy and Physics
New book: "Thinking about Thought" 2015 edition
Interview: Interviewed on Silicon Valley by a Chinese magazine
Teaching: Slides and videos of my class on Brain, Mind, Consciousness
Travel: Zimbabwe, Seychelles, etc
Science: Slides of my 2015 class on Consciousness
Cinema: Raul Ruiz
Plagiarist of the year: The Daily Mail has plagiarized my page on genocides (scroll down after the table of dictators)
Science: A Timeline of Biotechnology
Politics: Hoping for a three-state solution
Hiking: Hiking to the Race Track in Death Valley
Politics: Hindu fundamentalism is funny
Politics: Comparing Russia's and Western Europe's Kleptocracies
Cinema: Sergei Parajanov
Art: Kal Spelletich
Book review: Katherine Hayles: "Chaos Bound" (1990) and "How We Became Post-Human" (1999)
Cinema: Ming-liang Tsai
Music: Mark Appelbaum, Mumma, Ligeti, Cage, etc
Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami
Cinema: We mourn Manoel de Oliveira
History: History of Knowledge in slides
Rock: Best albums of 2014 (finally!)
Art: Luigi Serafini
Hiking: Death Valley, etc
Essay: The Genetics and Neuroscience of Torture
Event: Stanford: Roger Malina (Univ of Texas), Chris McKay (NASA), Allison Holt (Visual Artist), Katharine Hawthorne (Choreographer) on "Imagining the Universe"
Album reviews: Abu Lahab, Bill Callahan, Chvrches, James Holden, Dead C, Main, Juana Molina, Pissed Jeans, Polvo, Alasdair Roberts, Kurt Vile, etc
Teaching: Theories of Brain, Mind & Consciousness
Event: USF: Indrani Baruah (Architect and Visual Artist), Stephen Bailey (Lawrence Berkeley Labs), Weidong Yang (Kine-tech), Christine Metzger (California college of the Arts)
Travel: Micronesia
Politics: We are Charlie Hebdo, or The Globalization of Blasphemy
Politics: Invite president Hassan Rouhani
Presentation: "Cosmology, Neuroscience, Rock Music"
Politics: Iran vs Saudi Arabia
Event: San Jose: Finally found the time to reorganize the material about the two LAST festivals
Essay: The Algorithmic Society and the Birth of Religion
Videos: Recent art/science talks: Multimedia artist Meredith Tromble on " Dream Vortex" (Virtual-reality art), Choreographer Sasha Petrenko on "A World without Nature", Stanford scientist Charlotte Jacobs on "Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio", Poet and cognitive scientist Pireeni Sundaralingam on "Poetry & Memory", Kinetic and sound artist Laetitia Sonami on "Your presence is Required", Projection artist Amy Ho at a USF LASER, Berkeley computer scientist Carlo Sequin on "Hyperbolic Hexagon to Evolving Trefoil"
Politics: World War IV
Album reviews: Danny Brown, Caribou, Alvin Curran, Richard Dawson, Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura, Demdike Stare, Disclosure, Julia Holter, Los Random, Murmur, Pyrrhon, Qa'a, Run the Jewels, Andy Stott, Sun Kil Moon, Swans, Vampire Weekend, War On Drugs, etc
Currents: The year 2014 in review
Art: Storm Thorgerson, Kay Sage
Politics: ISIS is right: give the Sunnis a state
Politics: The Sony hack and the case against North Korea
Presentation: "Five reasons why the Singularity is not coming any time soon"
Art: Tetsuya Ishida
Cinema: A Chronology of Science Fiction Cinema
Cinema stills: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Art: New edition of "A Visual History of the Visual Arts 1860-45"
Hiking: Best of 2014 hikes
Poetry/Meditation: Apophenia
History: A summary of Hindu scriptures
Politics: Of heroes and thugs: African-Americans and cops
History: A timeline of the ancient Hebrews
Art: Hannah Hoch
Politics: The looming world crisis
Politics: What Netanyahu and Putin have in common, part II
Art: Scott Hess
Book review: Nunez's "Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality"
Videos of art/science evenings: Birgitta Whaley (Quantum Computation), Danielle Tullman-Ercek (Synthetic Biology), Amy Ho (Projection Artist) , Lia Cook (Visual Artist), Alan Rath (Digital Sculptor), Drue Kataoka (Visual artist) , Loren Frank (Neuroscience), etc
Philosophy: My essays organized by topic
Politics: Democracy in 2014
Politics: Why oil is getting cheaper
Event: Neuro, Space, Ebola, A.I., Nano
Teaching: Slides of my Berkeley class
Book review: Nick Bostrom's "Superintelligence"
Politics: ISIS thanks Turkey and Israel
Hiking: Hikes of 2014 so far
Politics: China and the democracy virus
Essay: The Cacophony of Life
Art: Tomiyuki Sakuta
History: A brief history of oil
Art: Jim Denevan
Travel: Beijing
Art: Antony Gormley
Lectures: Lecturing in China
Presentation: My Chinese lectures on Silicon Valley
Art: Mati Klarwein
Politics: Domestic and foreign challenges for China
Politics: Resist the blackmail
Lots of essays: Caring for the Future , Death is not a Binary Value , You are a File , The Decline of the Visual Sense , The Artist as a Revolutionary and a Propagandist , The Deregulation of Sexuality , Nature is a Vast Cemetery , The Death of the Hero , You are an Abstraction , The Internet is an Excuse not to Admit that We are What we are , Children and the Elderly in the Secular Society , Abortion and Euthanasia , Society and Technology , The Cognitive Value of Videogames , Five Steps towards Physical and Existential Survival , Art since World War II , The Competition between News and Adverts
Politics: What Netanyahu and Putin have in common
Essay: Crime and State
Politics: A Lesson from Serbia for Ukraine
Essay: How Contemporary Morality is Created
Travel: Iceland
Politics: The unspoken truth about the eurocrisis
Essay: Matter is as Inscrutable as Mind
Presentation: "The Best Kept Secret of Silicon Valley" for the Alpbach Technology Forum
Book review: Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels of our Nature" (2011)
Interview: Bill Pentz
Events: Berkeley: Philip Marcus, Marion O'Leary, Andrea Lingenfelter, Danielle Siembieda , Stanford: Lynn Rothschild, Stuart Kendall, Jonathon Keats, Indrani Baruah
Lecture: Speaking at the Alpbach Technology Forun on August 23rd
Cinema: Best films of the 2000s
Cinema stills: Sion Sono, Tsui Hark, Kenji Mizoguchi, Paolo Sorrentino
Politics: Shooting down civilian planes
Essay: Tradition and Innovation
Poetry/Meditation: Apophenia
Book: A History of Silicon Valley - Almost a Third Edition
Politics: The art of inventing inexistent wars
Essay: Elitist Art, Unpopular Art and Popular Art
Book review: Ramachandran's "The Tell-Tale Brain"
Politics: How to discredit a revolution (Iraq)
Essay: The Universal Law of Happenstance
Politics: So you want to be a superpower? (China)
Event: Photos and videos of the first LAST Festival
Book review: Gilbert Ryle's "The Concept of Mind" (1949)
Politics: The West and Russia
Art: Chinese artists of the 2000s
Music: Angry at serial plagiarists
Events: Berkeley: Annapurna Pandey, Tania Lombrozo, Rachel Haurwitz, David Stork, Stanford: Stacey Bent, Soraya Murray, Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Kiri Rong
Art: A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 3
Travel: Madagascar
Politics: The Ukrainian crisis is three crises in one
Event: San Jose: The first LAST festival
History: A timeline of the automobile
Politics: Of museums and philanthropists
Science: Revised version of Nature of Consciousness
Music: 50,40,30,20,10 Years Ago in Music
Essay: Literacy and Superstition in the Age of the Internet
Poetry/Meditation: Apophenia
Essay: The Origin of the Copyright
Presentation: "Body: An Introduction" (California College of the Arts)
Poetry/Meditation: Half Moon Epigrams
Art video: "The Dancers at the Top"
Essay: The Fear of Loneliness
Presentation: Lecture on Silicon Valley and Creativity (UC Davis 2014)
Essay: The Shallow Culture of Busy Lives
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Cognitive Science: All the slides of my class "Thinking about Thought"
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Dell Boomi Exceeds 1 Million Cloud Integrations Per Day
Date : 11/02/2013
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- Dell Boomi AtomSphere platform enables businesses with massive scalability, improved flexibility and business agility
- World's largest integration cloud* can support up to 3x more integrations than nearest competitor*
- Dell Boomi partners with Wipro to Accelerate 'Cloud-First' Enterprise IT Strategy
Dell Software today announced that application integrations using the Dell Boomi AtomSphere platform now exceed 1 million cloud-managed integration processes per day, enabling enterprises of any size, flexibility and scalability for their integration deployments. This milestone sets a new industry pinnacle for Dell Boomi in on-premise to in-the-cloud integrations and is up to three times that of its nearest competitor. In related news, Dell Boomi also announced today a strategic relationship with Wipro to drive "Cloud-First" IT strategies for enterprises.
Since the 1980s, middleware has been the de facto solution in linking new applications to older legacy systems, often referred to as the "hub-and-spoke" model. It has also played a critical part in integrating and connecting multiple applications across the IT infrastructure.
Dell Boomi has transformed this once rigid, complex and costly approach into an easy and fast distributed integration of cloud-based and on-premise applications, without requiring additional appliances, software or coding. Dell Boomi continues to sustain strong market traction with its new class of integration solutions, generating growth of an estimated 263 percent in integration processes executed since last year. In addition, Dell Boomi provides "production-grade scalability, in terms of endpoints and daily volume of data flow, as well as very broad support for public SaaS and IaaS vendors."[1]
"Traditional integration architectures based on hub-and-spoke models are no longer relevant and forcing all integration of the spokes or application traffic through one central hub simply won't work anymore," said Rick Nucci, founder and general manager, Dell Boomi. "In short, we're witnessing the end of middleware as we know it."
The chase to the cloud has uncovered a significant mismatch between traditional middleware approaches with today's "as-a-service" application environments. Clients using competing integration solutions have been exposed to costly and complex approaches, including rip-and-replace or buy-more-hardware strategies as well as expensive managed service engagements to do the heavy-lifting of application integration.
"As a global leader in high-performance storage systems, we need to focus on the core of our business, not managing integration infrastructure," said John Lake, director of information systems, Panasas. "The Dell Boomi AtomSphere platform has reduced the time-to-value on multiple projects and allowed our team to create innovative solutions that were once not possible. We're helping to drive our business forward, finding new ways to leverage Dell Boomi across our organization, and delivering the value and cost savings so important in today's economy."
"Raising the bar for agile, efficient and seamless cloud-managed integrations has been our focus since Dell acquired Boomi two years ago," said John Swainson, president, Dell Software. "Continuing to deliver unparalleled value to application integration that surpasses our customer expectations is not only our goal, but also a formula for fueling ongoing software revenue growth."
Dell Boomi understands that being a trusted cloud partner means keeping customers informed on the health of the systems running their business. www.Trust.boomi.com offers customers and the industry a comprehensive view of the number of Dell Boomi application integrations processed daily as well as a picture of the overall system health.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. For more information, visit www.dell.com.
|Dell and Dell Boomi are trademarks of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.
[1] Enterprise Management Associates, EMA Radar™ for Integration Technologies for Hybrid Cloud: Q4 2012, November 2012
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I must admit, if you're planning on making the recipes yourself...most of them are for the more experienced pastry chef. I stuck to a couple of very simple recipes, myself...
...neither of which look nearly as good as the book and ....the rest I leave to those with more skills than I.
According to the book, the Seven Sins of Chocolate are....
Sloth (laziness) ...which includes tart a l'antillaise...comprised of a sweet pastry, chocolate ganache and flambeed bananas...a little too energetic for a lazybones like me, but...the chocolate crepes look like I could possibly manage;
Anger...frankly how can fresh berry chocolate tarts or Viennese chocolate cake make a person angry...unless there's no one around to make them for you, I suppose;
Lust...well, frankly I lust after each and every recipe in the book, so....what can I say, but the opera cakes and chocolate savarins with vanilla ice cream are definitely up there;
Pride...I know they say "Pride goes before a fall", but I'd love to be able to make profiteroles or mille-feuille that match those here and totally floor all my friends and family;
Envy...for me it's simply the ability to make my versions look only half as good as theirs - especially the chocolate and salted caramel tart which looks stunning;
Avarice...well, frankly, with a list like chocolate goblets, chocolate and poached pear tart, chocolate and pistachio financiers, who wouldn't want them all; and lastly...
Gluttony ...Dictionary.com defines it as excessive eating and drinking but I simply call it "pigging out" and we definitely did with the chocolate nut cookies. Five dozen didn't last very long.
I'm off to wolf down the last of the cookies and drool over all the other chocolate delights the book has to offer.


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The Commission is represented in each EU country by a local office, called a "representation".
Commission representation in Latvia
Latvia has 7 representatives on the European Economic and Social Committee. This advisory body – representing employers, workers and other interest groups – is consulted on proposed laws, to get a better idea of the possible changes to work and social situations in member countries.
Latvia has 7 representatives on the Committee of the Regions, the EU's assembly of regional and local representatives. This advisory body is consulted on proposed laws, to ensure these laws take account of the perspective from each region of the EU.
Latvia also communicates with the EU institutions through its permanent representation in Brussels. As Latvia's "embassy to the EU", its main task is to ensure that the country's interests and policies are pursued as effectively as possible in the EU.
Member countries' financial contributions to the EU budget are shared fairly, according to means. The larger your country's economy, the more it pays – and vice versa. The EU budget doesn't aim to redistribute wealth, but rather to focus on the needs of all Europeans as a whole.
Breakdown of Latvia's finances with the EU in 2014:
More figures on the EU budget, revenue and spending:
The money paid into the EU budget by Latvia helps fund programmes and projects in all EU countries - like building roads, subsidising researchers and protecting the environment.
Find out more about how Latvia benefits from EU funding.