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Dry Skin Brushing: use a natural bristle brush, and lightly ex-foliate the areas of the body from the extremities towards the heart. Use a circular motion starting at the feet and moving up the body; at the hands and moving into the body; finishing at the chest. Encourages circulation, dead skin removal, and lymphatic drainage.
Hot/Cold Showers: finish your shower with alternating hot and cold water. One cycle consists of 20 seconds hot, and 1 minute cold. Move your way up to 3 cycles at the end of your shower, always finish with cold.
Infrared Saunas: 30 minute saunas 2-3 x/week while detoxing. Uses infrared heat (rather than thermal heat) to penetrate deeper into the core of the body, to internally heat the body and encourage sweating.
Castor oil packs: massage a coin sized amount over the liver area (right side of lower rib cage). Place a piece of cloth or face towel over the area and apply heat (ex. hot water bottle) for 20-30 minutes. Repeat 3-5X week to encourage lymphatic drainage and detoxification (can re-use cloth).
Himalayan Sea Salt Baths: empty ½ lb of sea salt into a warm bath. Soak for a minimum of 20 minutes. May use 1-2x/week. A 'bath brine' made from these salt crystals neutralizes the acids of your skin, balances the fluids in your body, supports proper nutrient absorption and aids in toxin elimination.
AM Lemon Water: 2 tbsp of lemon juice (organic) in 8oz of water with a dash of cayenne pepper. May be sweetened with stevia for taste. Drink one mixture everyday first thing in the morning (half an hour before breakfast).
Eating: increase – artichoke, garlic, onions, cayenne, turmeric, green tea, watercress, pomegranate, ginger, and flax seeds to support liver metabolism and elimination.
Exercise: 30 minutes of daily activity (walking, hiking, swimming, running, etc.) to your level of ability to promote sweating, and movement of blood, bowels, and lymphatics.
Breathing: deep breathing for 5-10 minutes a day. Focus on the breath and imagine toxins be removed from the body with every exhalation.
Journaling: take the time to write about any feelings that may come up over the course of the detox. It allows you to better understand the situation and to express yourself fully. We need to emotionally detoxify as well as cleanse physically.
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DuMont Team Thanks Community; The Museum of Food and Drink's Opening Party
Plus: Mediterranean Night at Murray's Cheese Bar, plus more, in today's Leftovers.
In the wake of Brooklyn restaurateur Colin Devlin's tragic death last month, the team behind his restaurants DuMont and DuMont Burger have issued a statement of thanks for the outpouring of support from their customers and community. Despite the loss of Devlin, the team plans to keep both restaurants open. [Eater NY]
The annual Taste of Tennis banquet on August 22 will be hosted by Serena Williams this year and includes a long list of chefs including Leah Cohen and Harold Dieterle. Tickets are $275, and all proceeds go to the James Beard Foundation. [Grub Street]
The Museum of Food and Drink is hosting a "Puff Party" on Tuesday, August 13, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. to celebrate the upcoming launch of its inaugural exhibit, "BOOM! The Puffing Gun and the Rise of Breakfast Cereal." The event will include cocktails from museum founder Dave Arnold (Booker & Dax) and a short-rib dinner from Má Pêche. Lots of chefs will be there. Tickets cost $300. [Grub Street]
Murray's Cheese Bar is hosting a Mediterranean night on August 26, with a five-course menu and wine pairings for $60. There will be two seatings the first at 5:30 p.m. and the second at 8:30 p.m. But if you miss that, you can drown your sorrow any night of the week in one of their beer floats, which pair housemade cheese ice creams with craft pints. [Grub Street]
Chicago chef Graham Elliot permanently closed the doors to his sandwich shop Grahamwich yesterday, despite recent talk about expanding the operation to new locations. He hasn't given comment, though his other restaurants remain open. [Eater Chicago]
Hawker Bar is now serving brunch with a Southeast Asian flair, with dishes like a crab-cake Benedict with kaffir hollandaise. And you can turn brunch into a boozy adventure by purchasing a punch ticket aboard the "Orient Express," a.k.a. their cocktail program. Ten-dollar "coach" tickets buy three drinks, and a "first-class" ticket buys three classier cocktails for $15. [Grub Street]
Bowery Boogie has more news on the Icelandic restaurant that's replacing Les Enfants Terribles on Canal. Turns out it's called Skal, and it will have a full bar, plus a retail section, all in a low-key, rustic space. [Bowery Boogie]
The South Indian chain Paradise Biryani Pointe has opened its first New York outpost in Curry Hill. [DNAinfo]
David Rosengarten is hosting a charcuterie and Riesling dinner in conjunction with the owners of Calliope. Set in a private Upper East Side townhouse, the dinner will conclude with a hands-on dessert class from Rosengarten. Tickets are $95. [Grub Street]


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As Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness month comes to a close, efforts to educate and treat abuse victims, does not. Two important points to discuss include PTSD and Emotional Eating.
When you hear the term: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), think soldiers AND victims of abuse including domestic violence. The term Post Traumatic Stress is something we've all experienced at some time in our life. Add the word "disorder" and it now becomes something that needs treatment. According to The Department of Justice, most domestic violence is directed toward women...it often starts subtly and gets worse over time. The longer women and children stay in abusive situations the more chance of depression, doubting yourself, and eventually they may feel utterly paralyzed by fear. http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/
Recovery is a process and not something that happens overnight. A PTSD survivor can begin healing first by recognizing the problem and then working with a counselor and support group. Abuse affects everybody and close family members and friends can help more effectively if they educate themselves on the reactions (physical and emotional) of abuse. A caregiver should never judge or push but instead recognize that these symptoms are part of the grieving and healing process. http://www.ncadv.org
Complications from PTSD may include:
• being easily startled,
• feelings of hopelessness,
• social problems,
• becoming easily exhausted,
• having trouble concentrating,
• feelings of numbness and shock,
• extreme fear,
• sleep disorders,
• migraine headaches,
• Emotional Eating
When we feel overly-stressed we tend to reach for familiarity or comfort from tangible substances like drugs, alcohol or food. We can find outside help for those things that are widely talked about like drug abuse, alcoholism, or eating disorders. But, rarely do we reach out for help with Emotional Eating. Partly because most, if not all of us, have had bouts of Emotional Eating here and there throughout our lives. Also, because we don't think it's anything to be concerned about or maybe there just isn't any help available.
If we let Emotional Eating get out of hand, it can have negative consequences on mind, body and spirit. From a "health" standpoint, Emotional Eating that is frequent can lead to nutritional deficiencies, obesity, and chronic depression. Many patients are too embarrassed to tell their doctor because they feel isolated like they're the only ones who eat to comfort their pain.
Awareness is a huge step in the right direction. First of all, it shows the person that they are not alone.Education and Support puts a little voice inside of us that stops the other little voice that says those harmful things like," you can't do it," or "It's not going to get better," etc.. Sometimes simply understanding that emotional eating is a result of emotional pain and is temporary can provide hope that this will not be a permanent condition. Basically, allow yourself to feel the pain knowing that there is hope and you will get stronger.
If you feel you're struggling with a more severe eating disorder visit this site:www.nationaleatingdisorders.org, also the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: http://www.ncadv.org
Don't forget to support your local abuse shelter. In Ann Arbor, that place is The Safe House: http://www.safehousecenter.org/. Check with your local Chamber of Commerce to find out how you can help your local, abuse prevention center.


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by Martin Smith
Former striker pens latest column.
It was great to get the win at Wigan after having to hang on for the last few minutes.
The win was a great response to going out of the cup against Bolton and it was nice to get back to winning ways straight away.
I was following along on Soccer Saturday and when I saw the own goal come up early on I maybe thought it was going to be one of those days.
But the one thing you can say about this team is that they have great resilience, play for each other and never give up.
To put together a sequence of five wins in eight games is fantastic, because in this league you can quite easily go that length of time without winning
- Martin Smith
Their commitment can never be questioned; we came back to go three one up and then held out.
Wigan traditionally start picking results up around this time of year so to get three points was pleasing.
The result keeps the momentum going too and we can concentrate on looking up the league.
To put together a sequence of five wins in eight games is fantastic, because in this league you can quite easily go that length of time without winning.
We've seen Fraizer Campbell leave the club earlier this week and I'd like to wish him all the best at Cardiff.
Martin O'Neill has said it's a good move for him and I agree. Fraizer has a great chance of getting back in the top flight.
He wasn't getting a lot of game time here so I think the move suits both parties. Hopefully we'll see him back soon as he's a player who always gave everything he had every time he pulled the shirt on.
Now it's an interesting game coming up against Swansea. Of course it'd be nice if they took their foot off the pedal after reaching the Capital One Cup final, but I can't see it!
We've got a couple of extra days' rest, although I'm sure the lads would rather be playing against Everton in the FA Cup.
If we can pick up another couple of positive results over the next two games we'll be right up there in the mix.
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Friday Fun - Attacking from Parking lot almost pays off
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AUSTIN, TX (CN) Everyone knows how important the Wednesday Night Worlds are to a cyclist's career. Sure, there is no prize money and most of the riders are using the ride for training but not Local Cyclist. He uses the ride to increase his status in the local cycling community and give him something to talk about at work. This is why Local Cyclist is always working on what tactics will help him be a Wednesday Night World Champion.
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GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. GIMP works on many operating systems and it is translated in many languages. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms.
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The San Francisco 49ers are in an awkward place in the 2013 postseason. They won 12 games in the regular season and had one of the best teams in the NFL. However, if they want to make it to the Super Bowl, they will have to win every game on the road. Their second test comes in the NFC Divisional Playoffs against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. According to ESPN on Jan. 11, the Seattle Seahawks beat the New Orleans Saints, so whoever wins this game will have to head to Seattle for the NFC Championship next week. Here is how fans can follow the San Francisco 49ers vs. Carolina Panthers live stream on Sunday.
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While the 49ers have to face the facts that they have to win on the road. the Carolina Panthers come into this game with something to prove. They are at home and had a first round bye in the playoffs, yet the 49ers still had the point spread advantage heading into the big game. While the spread has recently been changed to even, Carolina still feels disrespected and want to make a point.
Another reason the Panthers might feel disrespected is that one of their celebrity season ticket holders - WWE Hall of Fame legend "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair - went to San Francisco last week to give the 49ers a pep talk. While the WWE scheduled this, Carolina fans are angry and Panthers' wide receiver Steve Smith said it was now a burned bridge. Needless to way, things in this game are shaping up for a nasty Sunday afternoon.
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Media Conversion Decisions And Avoiding Expensive Pitfalls
IntroductionMistake #1: Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater
Mistake #2: Preventing MigrationMistake #3: Getting Wrecked by Collision DomainsMistake #4: We Can Work It Out: Making Automation Work for
YouMistake #5: Faking Out Your Own NetworkMistake #6: Not Knowing What Network Management Buys YouMistake #7: Not Building on a Solid PlatformConclusion
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In the mad rush to increase
network speed, it is important to stop, take a deep breath, and consider where
you are going.
For good business reasons,
most companies are committed to building a high-speed backbone and extending it
to the desktop. However, the road to successful high-speed deployment is full
of curves and hazards. This white paper is a roadmap that points out some of
the potential rough spots. It highlights seven costly errors IS and IT people
make when moving to fiber. Some are strategic errors. Others are tactical
errors. Whether they arise from incorrect planning or installing correct
technology, these errors cost a lot of money. It is simple to avoid stumbling
as long as you are aware of where the pitfalls are located.
Rest assured that it is not
vital that you do everything exactly as outlined below. While we are sure you
can avoid making fiber flubs by following these proven strategies for success,
in some cases, there may be sound business reasons for doing things a different
way. Just be sure you have a good reason for deviating.
Mistake #1
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Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater
Even if they accept the
argument that fiber is the way to future-proof their network, too many managers
see migration to fiber as an all-or-nothing proposition. That is an expensive
strategy. In fact, the cost of a massive upgrade is the main reason so many
companies are going with the "nothing" strategy and are still installing
Category 5E, Category 6 or looking at Category 7 cable. The common complaint is
that, while they see the advantage of going to fiber, they simply cannot do a
forklift upgrade or throw out so many miles of installed copper.
So what's the problem? Do
the upgrade on the installment plan, a department at a time. There is no reason
to toss the installed copper base along with all of its associated electronics.
Keep it in place, let it do its job, and plan to keep downgrading the
importance of the copper plant as technology advances.
Meantime, install optical fiber each and every time the network has to be
upgraded. Simply link the copper cable with the fiber cable (using media
conversion technology) and rest assured that those on the network are enjoying
the best and fastest networking available without worrying about a call from
the financial department about wasting money.
Before the advent of media
conversion, this was a bigger deal. However, in the past couple of years many
people who are upgrading to high speed backbones have discovered that media
converters work, work well and work cheaply. Since humans began using
machinery, they have been adapting one thing to another. Media converters can
solve the problem by providing a transparent link between twisted pair
horizontal cable and the fiber backbone without requiring new cable or
replacement of expensive equipment.
For most applications, the
economical answer to linking fiber, copper and/or coax is media conversion.
Media conversion is the means by which one media type is converted to another
media type. Changes in networking equipment driven by the ongoing quest for
increased bandwidth, and structured cabling limitations, have helped define the
need for media conversion technology. As routers, switches and other network
devices evolve at a furiously fast pace, network administrators must develop
ways to keep up. This constant migration places demands on both human and
financial resources.
Put simply, media converters
make one cable "look" like another cable—without changing the nature of
your network. A media converter is a small device with two media dependent
interfaces and a power supply. They can be installed almost anywhere in your
network environment, expanding, rather than limiting your options. Your
networking infrastructure, and thus, your investment is protected. Adapting new
media types, such as fiber optics, does not require costly hardware
The end user has an
investment in fiber or twisted pair and is understandably reluctant to toss
that investment out the window to achieve a faster network. Even going from
copper to fiber or copper to copper presents a challenge. Most enterprises are
not financially prepared to put in an entire new infrastructure to meet the
needs of a new application. Media converters ease that transition by converting
a variety of media to another: coax to twisted pair; coax to fiber; twisted
pair to fiber and single mode to multimode fiber.
The device itself has two
media dependent interfaces and a power source. The style of connector depends
on the selection of media to be converted by the unit. For example, in a Fast
Ethernet environment a 100BASE-TX to 100BASE-FX Media Converter connects a
100BASE-TX twisted pair device to a 100BASE-FX compliant single or multimode
fiber port that has either a ST or SC fiber optic connector. Converters are
small enough to fit in a hand and can be stand-alone units on their own. Don't
be one of those network managers who says, "I wish I'd known last month that it
was possible to link TX and FX."
Check into media conversion.
Prioritize the network links which will be upgraded. Use media conversion to
bring the different technologies together, keeping the installed base while
upgrading on a pay-as-you-go basis. Even if you don't save money on the actual
fiber run, you will save a considerable amount by using the existing
The alternative to using
media converters would be expensive; to put many more hubs out in the network,
run new fiber plant, and make sure it would transition from one hub to the
other while still maintaining the purity of the signal.
Fiber can be connected to almost any legacy environment. Equipment equipped
with an AUI or MII port can also make use of fiber transceivers. Media
converters can also be used to link single mode to multimode fiber.
Media converters are as
simple to install as patch cables and connectors. Media converters function as
physical layer devices. As such, they do not interfere with any upper level
protocol information. This allows them to support both QoS (quality of service)
and Layer 3 Switching.
A fiber media converter can
reliably and inexpensively extend the distance between two 10BASE2 devices or
two 10BASE-T devices up to 2,000 meters. This function is done without the
monetary expense of a repeater or the use of a portion of your network repeater
Using media converters in a
100BASE-TX to 100BASE-FX back to back configuration, provides a single method
of extending the distance between a full duplex switch and a fileserver up to
2,000 meters. The same strategy will work between two switches. In fact, media
converters can function in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode. Full-duplex
Ethernet over UTP runs at 20 or 200 Mbps, while half-duplex Ethernet over UTP
runs at either 10 or 100 Mbps. Full-duplex Ethernet is especially valuable in
linking two switches or connecting a switch to a file server. No adjustments
are necessary when using either mode. A media converter will automatically
sense which mode is in operation.
Mistake #2
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Preventing Migration
Fast Ethernet offers two
fiber options. 100BASE-FX is the most common. It supports distances of up to
2,000 meters over multimode fiber but offers no 10/100 negotiation. To address
the need for 10/100 auto-negotiation and to lower the cost of fiber
connectivity, the industry is developing the 100BASE-SX standard. 100BASE-SX is
limited to deployments of 300 meters or less, but since it allows using both 10
and 100 Mbps, conversion technology can be used to run the link at whatever
speed is required.
While Fast Ethernet is good
for now, mixed network topology eventually will have to be scaled to Gigabit
Ethernet. Using a Gigabit Ethernet Media Converter enables converting one or
more 1000BASE-SX ports on a Gigabit Ethernet switch or 1000BASE-LX for use in
campus area networks or other applications requiring the distance advantages of
single mode fiber. It is only necessary to convert those ports required for
backbone connection.
Ironically, it is often less
expensive to purchase a multimode switch and an external multimode to single
mode media converter, than it is to buy a switch with single mode installed
internally. Additionally, some Gigabit Ethernet electronics are only compatible
with multimode fiber. In such an instance, a single mode to multimode media
converter makes the connection.
With single mode fiber in
the backbone, copper or another medium to the desktop and media conversion
tools providing connectivity between disparate technologies, the network
manager can confidently plan for a future network incorporating Gigabit
Mistake #3
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Getting Wrecked by Collision Domains
Understanding collision
domains is key when designing an efficient, robust Fast Ethernet networking
system. A collision domain is a group of Ethernet or Fast Ethernet devices that
are directly connected by repeaters. Collision domains are separated by
switches and routers that allow separate collision domains to communicate with
each other. Only one device within a collision domain may transmit at any one
time. When a device is transmitting, all other devices in the collision domain
listen. Both Ethernet and Fast Ethernet use a collision sensing standard
protocol that allows multiple devices to access a shared Ethernet or Fast
Ethernet network. This is known as CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple
Access/Collision Detection).
For each collision domain,
the CSMA/CD determines which device has access to the network. The CSMA allows
a node to transmit if there is no existing traffic on the network. The CD will
detect simultaneous transmissions and stop all traffic. All devices will then
re-send at random intervals, allowing each node to retransmit successfully
unless another collision is detected. However, collision domain size is
limited. Collision domain size is not measured in terms of distance, but in
terms of bit time. This is because a signal on the network has a constant speed
relating to the type of media it is traversing-fiber or twisted pair. Bit time
is measured by the time it takes the smallest allowable packet to make the
round trip from the transmitting node to the furthest node in the collision
domain. The smallest allowable packet size in Ethernet and Fast Ethernet is 64
bytes or 512 bits.
If a node is too distant
from other nodes in its collision domain, then packet transmissions may not be
able to make the entire round trip distance needed to ensure that collisions
are heard by all devices on the network. This is referred to as a late
collision. Late collisions increase the possibility of lost packets and overall
network problems.
The 512-Bit Rule says that
the total bit times between any two devices in the same collision domain cannot
be greater than 512 bit times in a round trip.
To eliminate the guesswork,
here are three simple guidelines to follow:
1) Between two hubs: (2)
Fast Ethernet Bridging Media Converters
2) Between a hub and a
switch: (1) Fast Ethernet Bridging Media Converter on the hub side and (1) Fast
Ethernet Media Converter on the switch side
3) Between two switches: (2)
Fast Ethernet Media Converters
Mistake #4
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We Can Work it Out: Make Automation Work for You
Look for a media conversion
product which is auto-negotiation enabled. Believe us – it's a lot easier
to let well-designed components negotiate speed and compatibility automatically
than it is to do it by hand, on a piecemeal basis. This holds whether setting
up speeds and resolving full/half-duplex issues, or sorting out which cable
pair has the transmit and which the receive function.
Here's how auto-negotiation
works. Whenever two copper 10/100 ports talk to one another there is a
negotiation process. Each port broadcasts its capabilities. It may say it can
do 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps or both; or that it can handle full-duplex or only
half-duplex, or both. A typical switch can do either 10 or 100, either full or
half. If both have similar capabilities, they resolve to the highest performing
common denominator (in this case 100 Mbps full-duplex). However, if a 10/100
switch is being connected to a dual-speed hub, the switch will come up and say
it can do 10 or 100, full or half-duplex; the hub will say it can do 10 or 100,
but can only do half-duplex. The result will be a 100 Mbps half-duplex
Lastly, consider a switch
talking to an old, legacy NIC (network interface card). It may be a 100BASE-T
NIC which does not have auto-negotiation. It is fixed at 100 Mbps. Again, the
switch tries to establish a contact. But the NIC ignores the requests, since it
has no idea what the switch is requesting. The NIC does not respond in
auto-negotiation language. The answer to the conundrum is "parallel detection."
When it does not get an auto-negotiation response, but rather discovers a
legacy device, it has to respond in kind.
Parallel detection allows
the intelligent device to detect the speed (in this case 100 Mbps), but has to
take the safer road and set up a link based on the lowest common denominator:
The same scenario works for
media conversion. Take the same intelligent server. Put an auto-negotiating
10/100 NIC card at the other end and both will be fully capable of
auto-negotiation, with the result being a link running at the highest
performing common denominator. A plain-jane media converter, without
auto-negotiation, will have the same problem the dumb NIC had, and will give
similar results—a link with the correct speed but the wrong duplex mode.
The result is a three-aspirin headache for the network manager.
If the media converter does
not understand auto-negotiation, the switch will fall back on parallel
detection and the network ends up with the right speed, but an unwanted
half-duplex link. The media converter has to be intelligent enough to allow the
link to be set up at the desired state (in most cases, full-duplex).
Transition Networks
converters (on the copper port) will broadcast ability to do 100 Mbps. There is
a DIP (dual in-line package) switch which can be set either to allow the
converter to broadcast ability to run in full-duplex or ability to run at
The advantage of having this
capability on media converters is that the converter will never give the other
end a choice. It will either broadcast ability to do 100 Mbps full-duplex, or
100 Mbps half-duplex…nothing else. Think of this as ability to do just
enough auto-negotiation to get by for the job at hand. The media converter can
not negotiate to 10 Mbps and can not change on the fly—it is somewhat
fixed. But the advantage is that, given this level of intelligence, the media
converter can sit between the server and the NIC and the link will come up
properly, never realizing there is a converter in between them.
4A: Don't Get Crossed Up
If the cable pair running
through the media converter does not match what the system expects, the system
will not operate properly. This is because the transmitter of the one interface
should talk to the receiver at the other end. If the lines are not setup
properly, this will not happen.
The solution is
AutoCross—a feature which saves time and money during installation.
Whenever a tech plugs in cables to any hub there should be an automatic
transmission delineating which cable pair has the transmit and which pair has
the receive capability. At this point, the system automatically re-configures
itself on the fly and the link starts to work properly. This allows you to plug
in a straight-through cable or a cross-over cable and it will sense the proper
configuration for the link.
While this sounds simple
(and, indeed, it really is), this AutoCross capability is a feature which can
eliminate much of the backtracking through an installation. It is a huge
time-saver for the technicians. All new Transition Networks media converters
will have this ability; existing converters are being redesigned to include
Mistake #5
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Faking Out Your Own Network
Even with auto-negotiation
and other sophisticated features, it is possible to create confusion on links
running through media converters which are between router pairs. It is
important to maintain link integrity. Transition Networks offers a feature
called LinkAlert™ which does just that.
LinkAlert monitors 100% of
physical uplink & downlink failures, ensuring that hubs, converters,
repeaters, transceivers & NICs can detect Link status.
A common problem on trunked
networks is that the network on each side of the media converter may begin to
act independently of the other. Take a link where there is conversion from
copper to fiber and back to copper. When the copper link goes down on one
switch the fiber is not dropped.
Some switches may run a
trunking algorithm, splitting traffic across multiple ports. If, at the
physical layer, the switch does not see the that the port has gone down, the
box becomes confused. It sees that it is not getting data through, yet it
thinks the port is there.
Spanning tree also can be
tricked the same way. If the spanning tree does not see the physical link go
down, it will not be able to re-route it to another path, even though the
primary path is bad. The physical layer appears intact.
The answer is simple: a
media converter that says, in effect, if the copper side goes down then the
fiber side goes down as well; or, vice versa. LinkAlert accomplishes this
simply and elegantly, allowing either trunked or spanning tree-based networks
to "see" that the physical layer has been broken. The result is an alert sent
to the network manager who can proceed to make whatever correction is
Mistake #6
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Not Knowing What Network Management Buys You
A well-designed network
management system allows network managers to respond to problems quickly
– often before the people using the network know there has been a
degradation of service. Proactive management means catching problems before
they become service-disrupting.
Network management has been
standardized around SNMP and is used by virtually every network management
system as a means to communicate information. Network management requires
information to be passed from the SNMP agent to the management station and vice
versa. Because each managed item is unique, there needs to be a standard way to
define it so that any SNMP management system can "talk" to it. This is
accomplished by using a Management Information Base, (MIB) which defines status
and control items that are available in a particular piece of equipment and
does it in a very structured method. As an example, a MIB might define a media
converter as having a status item called "FiberLink" or "CopperLink." With
these links, any SNMP software would know that this status information is
available, and understands how to obtain it from the media converter.
This exchange of information
can happen in one of two ways, in-band and out-of-band. Most managed items
support both in-band and out-of-band connections. The in-band method can be
done using SNMP, telnet or recently with HTTP (Web browser based management).
Out-of-band management typically utilizes an RS-232 port and a dumb terminal
type interface.
While SNMP management has
been around in high-end LAN equipment for several years, the physical plant has
been largely neglected, primarily due to cost issues. Previously, it was
expensive to install equipment that manages the cable plant. When fiber started
being deployed, people often used media converters to connect it to legacy
copper equipment. These devices were typically not managed and further
complicated the issue of managing the physical plant.
Now several manufacturers of
media conversion products offer managed conversion solutions. These are
typically in the form of a chassis that can manage up to sixteen media
converters, allowing them to be placed in critical locations within the
In managed media conversion
systems the primary piece of information that is gathered is a port link
status. Simply put, it is the link up or down. This information is available
upon request (like when looking at a graphical representation of the product)
or as a trap. Traps are sent to the management system as soon as the SNMP agent
detects that the link is down. When the link is restored, another trap can be
sent which notifies the administrator that the problem has been solved.
For example, if there is a
physical loss of a patch cord going to a managed media converter, the media
converter senses that the link has been lost and sends a trap to the network
management system. Even though the problem could not be prevented, the network
manager is able to fix the problem before anyone realizes that the network is
down. Without management, there is no indication of a problem until someone
calls the help desk complaining that he/she can not log onto the server.
Once the network has been
installed, operability testing is always a challenge. If the network is not
performing correctly it could due to any one of a variety of problems: it could
be the media converter slowing the packet down, the cable itself, a problem
with the patch cord or the NIC card. There may be a difficulty with the
application itself. Or, the server might simply be too slow. Troubleshooting
follows standard Ethernet procedures.
The keys are being proactive
in management or, alternatively, responding rapidly when a problem does strike.
In the media conversion sense, this usually means the latter – a trap
will show when a link goes down. It may warn of the loss of a fiber link on a
given port. Management can work around the problem, thus preserving
Mistake #7
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Not Building on a Solid Platform
Once the decision to do
media conversion is reached, it is important to know what kind of media
converter platform will be used for the application. There are three types of
platforms to consider:
1) chassis mount
2) fixed-port unit
3) stand-alone
For management, a chassis is
the best way to go. Fixed-port units have six or twelve of the same type of
media converter in one enclosure. They are not modules which can be slid in or
out. The structure is more like a hub. In an application that requires
redundant power, the chassis also is the platform of choice. In many networks,
an hour of downtime costs the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars. A
redundant power system costs about $300, making this the classic example of a
"no-brainer" for companies involved in fail-safe networking, such as those
requiring meeting service level guarantees, electronic commerce, EDI
(electronic data interchange), banking and similar pursuits.
A company which does not
need redundant power or is not concerned about continuous management on every
link, but which will do a lot of conversion, should look at a fixed-port unit.
Fixed port units have six or twelve of the same type of media converter in one
enclosure. They are not modules which can be slid in or out. The mechanical
structure is more like a hub. This is especially indicated when a lot of the
same type of conversion is going to be done in the same spot. Take, for
example, a network converting twelve 10BASE-T's to fiber or six 100BASE-TX to
fiber, the fixed port unit will provide the required number of media converters
in a single enclosure. These fixed-port units are smaller, so they save rack
space. Typically you can fit twelve converters in a space one rack unit high.
If racking economy is important, this is probably the way to go. The old
"cheaper by the dozen" rule applies, too – racks are cheaper than buying
For single end node
conversion, the stand-alone product is the answer. The right media converter
will allow linking one type of media to another. Page 12 shows a number of
common conversions and which converter will do the job. This is not an
exhaustive list, but does show the versatility of media converters.
No matter who you chose to
deal with, there are several basic questions you should ask any media
conversion provider. First, look at their demonstrated commitment to quality.
This includes not only the reliability of their existing products, but also
their commitment to upgrading those products and to introducing new, useful
features on future devices.
Second, look at the
company's range of product line. It is rare that a network will have only one
kind of fiber or only a single type of connectivity need. As you upgrade
different segments of the network to increase network speed or versatility,
you'll encounter the need for different types of converters. There is
copper-to-fiber, copper-to-coax, coax-to-fiber and many other permutations. It
is much easier to find a full-line media conversion vendor at the outset than
it is to hunt for a new supplier every time you encounter a new conversion in
the project.
Lastly, be sure your vendor
is committed to media conversion. This may sound like a given, but it is not.
Do business with a company which is focused on media conversion, which has a
primary engineering and technical background in media conversion, and where the
sales staff speaks conversion as a first language, not something picked up on
the fly.
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Economics, more than
electronics, often determines the way a network ends up being designed.
By continuing to use as much
of the installed copper as possible, designing around 100BASE-SX to gain 10/100
based functionality over fiber, being aware of collision domains, letting the
components transparently do as much of the work as possible, and staying on top
of network management issues you will be able to keep the economics under
Lastly, deal with
forward-looking, reliable vendors who design with the future of your network in
mind. With these elements in choice, you're ready to pick the correct
converters for the job, install them on the platform of your choice, and
proceed to enjoy the benefits of an easy, economical, evolutionary upgrade to
high-bandwidth networking.
Transition Networks offers a
complete line of media converters that give you the highest price-performance
available in the industry. We are continually expanding our product offering.
Check our web site for the most current product information. Transition
Networks offers copper to fiber (multimode & single mode) media converters
as well as single mode to multimode media converters for the following
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This past Thursday, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Julie Henderson, along with Social Life Magazine's Publisher Justin Mitchell and Events Director Rolise Rachel, hosted a health and beauty event presented by the Art of Dermatology at the Social Life Residence in Midtown. Notable attendees included Nicole Noonan, Dr. Steven Knobel, Miss New York 2013 Amanda Mason, Rae Morris, Dr. Jessica J. Krant, Robin Cofer, Dr. Kenneth Mark, and Harry Dubin. Guests enjoyed hors d'oeuvres by Elegant Affairs as well as Altaneve Prosecco.
In addition, guests enjoyed a variety of treats at the event. They got pampered with manicures from Pedicure.com, as they met the website's Publisher Ruth Shelling and Editorial Director Elise Wright. They also got to check out pieces by Mina D. Jewelry. Other brands at the event included Au Naturale, Mynt Smile, Skinney Medspa, Aquaffinity, and Developing Faces. It was certainly a great blend of health and beauty brands. What a fun night!


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One of the oldest pastimes of man has been to activate his contemplative and analytical faculties to find out the final answer to the riddle of creation of the universe. We have answers to this enigma in every religion. We have scientific theories throwing up endless ever-changing conclusions. We have philosophers' speculations and poetic imaginations. But the mystery of creation remains as much unfathomed and unsolved today as in the Vedic days.
Creation is interpreted in the Vedas as a developmental course rather than as bringing into being something not hitherto existent. It is considered as a process and not an event. In the Vedas, the Upanishads and other Hindu scriptures the creation of the perceived universe is described over and over again in a bewildering variety of ways that often seem to contradict one another. This is because the Vedas being the revealed knowledge to several sages at different points of time the interpretation of a single theme varies in myriad ways. The human intellect being finite or limited it comprehends the Infinite or the Unlimited – Brahman - which has no qualities or attributes amenable for description, in a variety of colors. Thus we find each Upanishad and sometimes in the same Upanishad there are several theories about the saga of creation. (For a detailed analysis on this topic readers' attention is invited to my Article entitled "Mystery of Creation - Some Vedantic Concepts" appearing in this website under the category 'Vedanta' –click here to read).
In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad we have seen in Section II a discussion about 'Creation and Evolution of the Universe' through the concepts of Death and Sacrifice. This section of the same Upanishad expounds another theory about creation of the universe through the concept of 'Brahman', the totality called Purusha. The concept of Purusha has been discussed in various ways in several scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.
It may be noted that the Purusha Sukta, the most commonly recited Vedic hymn in almost all Vedic rituals and ceremonies, expounds the concept of Purusha elaborately. It appears in the Rig-veda (10.7.90.1-16) and in various other Vedic Scriptures as also its contents have been reflected and elaborated in the Bhagavata Purana (2.5.35 to 2.6.1-29) and in the Mahabharata (Mokshadharma Parva 351 and 352).
This section of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad develops the concept of the Purusha as follows:
In the beginning there was only Brahman (Self). It was alone, undifferentiated and unmanifested. It is called Purusha. The word "I" was born when Purusha became conscious of Himself. Purusha was not happy being alone. So He projected out of Himself a pair – the male principle and the female principle. This was the beginning of the universe of living beings. Urge to reproduce is a cosmic urge; there is nothing to feel embarrassed about it.
The entire creation is Self, the Cosmic Person Himself. The food that we eat and the energy that is derived from it is also He alone. He made the universe differentiated by name and form. He entered all these differentiated entities of the universe up to the tips of their nails like a sword in its scabbard, like the fire in its source. He is the person that breathes, sees, speaks, hears, and thinks. He is the Self that should be meditated upon as a Totality. Everything becomes One in Him. This whole universe is like footprints which ultimately lead to Him alone.
That Self which is the whole universe is also the Self in me, in you and everybody else. Therefore I am all this Totality, Brahman. Hence this Upanishad boldly declares "Aham Brahma Asmi - I am Brahman". This one of the four mahavakyas, great sayings of the Upanishads.
The Upanishad proceeds telling us that the universe owes its elegance to its diversity. This diversity was also created by Him (the Cosmic Person). For example He created the four vocational orders in the society- the teachers or the priests, the rulers, the businessmen and farmers and the service providers. He also created Law and Justice – Dharma.
He is the Self in all of us. We must meditate on this Self and know It in our lifetime. If we do so, all our cravings will disappear since all our desires would have become ineffective as a burnt seed. Self is the support of all beings- from gods down to animals. Thus everything in the universe is interdependent and everything is dependent on Him. When we realize and practice this Truth, all living beings will wish well for us, just as we desire our own well being.
A man is complete only when he has a mind of his own, a loving wife, loving children, adequate wealth and a life style of performing good deeds. metaphorically, these five are like his Self, speech, breath, eyes and ears respectively. Thus the number five occupies an important place in many objects and phenomena of the universe.
In the beginning, this universe was the Self (Viraj) alone, in the shape of a person. He looked around and saw nothing else but His Self. He first said: "This is I". Therefore He came to be known by the name I (Aham). Hence, even now, when a person is called or summoned, he first replies: "This is I" and then says whatever other name he may have. Before all this (purvam), He had burnt up (aushat) all evils; therefore He is called Purusha (pur-ush-a), a Cosmic Person. He, who knows this, verily, destroys everyone who tries to become Viraj before him.
In the beginning, before the creation of bodies, all this was just the Self, undifferentiated from the body of viraj. This Self was like a human being in shape. He is referred to as the first born virat, the first person to have a body endowed with the capacity of willing, acting and knowing. He naturally felt his existence and expressed himself thus "I am". This is the reason even today when somebody is called he immediately responds by saying "I am". and then gives out his name. This being is now known as Purusha, the word Purusha indicating that he was the first among all beings to have destroyed all evils in the form of attachment to sense-objects and ignorance. By identifying himself with pure vital force he killed the evil of attachment of the senses. One who meditates on this Cosmic Purusha excels all others in their spiritual endeavors.
When he did not see anything else whatsoever except himself. This first self, in the shape of a man, became afraid. Therefore people still are afraid when alone. This fear indicates the universal desire for self-preservation. The virat (the sum total of all gross bodies in the universe) then thought: "Since there is nothing else but Myself, what am I afraid of?" Thereupon His fears were gone; for what was there to fear? Assuredly, it is from a second entity that fear arises. Thus fear pre-supposes duality or a second person. When the truth of non-duality dawned on him, fear which was an effect of ignorance vanished.
Although his fear has passed away he was not at all happy due to his being alone. Therefore none feels happy when he is alone. He wished for a second person as his mate. He grew as big as a man and a woman closely embracing each other. He divided this very body into two. From that division arose husband (pati) and wife (patni). Therefore, as Yajnavalkya used to say, this body is one half of oneself, like one of the two halves of a split peanut. Therefore this space is indeed filled by a wife. He was united with her. From that union human beings were born.
The original being, Self, looks around and sees nothing else but himself. When he realizes his loneliness, he has two feelings, one of fear and the other of a desire for companionship. His fear is dispelled when he realizes that there is nothing else of which he has to be afraid of. His desire for companionship is satisfied by projecting another body of the size of man and woman united in close embrace. This body was then called husband and wife. From the union of these two the race of human beings is produced.
According to the mantra, Prajapati or Hiranygarbha or the Cosmic Person, the Purusha appeared to divide himself into two halves indicating that both are his elements. The two are not separate; they do not mean any duality. One half of the Cosmic person becomes man and the other woman each incomplete without the other like the two halves of a split pea. When the peanut is split into two halves each half becomes incomplete without the other. Both the halves are needed to make each other complete. So too are men and women in the world. Thus the teaching of equality between the genders is as old as the Vedas themselves; but unfortunately we are not implementing this principle in our day to day life in our society.
In this passage the Upanishad presents man and woman as two equal halves, each incomplete without the other. This teaching of equality is of tremendous significance with far-reaching consequence viewed from the present day settings of gender-bias like sex-determination tests, female foeticides, and the so called honor killings of girls and such other facets of degradation of women as a class. This is a great advice that should inspire us in creating a society where the dignity of men and women can be maintained on equal footing. This mantra conveys the idea that man and woman have been created equally – none superior or inferior to the other, nobody is better-half or worse-half.
A series of transformations of the original human pair into animal forms is described in these mantras which conclude with the statement that the Cosmic Person, Viraj, produced everything, whatever exists in pairs, down to ants. Then he (Viraj) realized: "Indeed, I am the creation, for I produced all this." Therefore He was called Creation. He who knows this becomes a creator in this creation of Viraj. Then fire, food, liquids, moon and gods were created. This is the highest creation of Viraj, that He projected the gods, who are even superior to Him.
Thus creation is nothing else but His nature and power of manifestation through which he goes on creating men, animals and other beings. Therefore creation is not different from Him. the Purusha.
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THE CREATION EXPERIENCE by Steve Savage "King of the Beasts"
(This is the Third of Eight Major Spiritual Experiences in my life)
"There was neither non-existence nor existence. There was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. There was neither death nor immortality. There was no distinguishing sign of day or night. That One breathed by its own impulse. Other than that, there was nothing beyond." - Veda Hymn of Creation
August 1973, at age 36, I experienced what is now popularly termed "Cosmic Consciousness." The "Experience" was such that I didn`t know whether I was dying, hallucinating, poisoned, or what or why this was happening. My experiential reality ("Maya") was suddenly stripped away and I was confronted with "God only knows what." I was infinitely small, a singularity, a point of view looking out through the eyes of a tremendous being of infinite dimensions, i.e., if, oxymoronically, dimensions were possible. Looking down at my legs and body, I was amazed that I was inside of, controlling, such a huge Being, a Kabbalistic Adam Kadmon, as it were. It was like looking out from the eyes of the Statue of Liberty in a way; "a Rockefeller Plaza Prometheus," alone in the Void. This "Body," this "Universe," was all there was. There was nothing else. No light. No darkness. Nothing!
Suddenly, the Nothingness began to separate into shapes and forms. I was witnessing Creation. What was assembling before me was a scene separated from me by a Great Abyss. Across that Abyss was a Mountain and a Sea off in the distance. On that Mountain, seated on a Rock, in the nearly identical pose of Rodin`s "The Thinker," was a God-like Bearded Man of unimaginable anatomical perfection in Left Profile. Nothing seemed real; the perfectly round Disc (Moon) in the sky appeared stage-like as well (no radiance) (?"It`s only a Paper Moon sailing over a Cardboard Sea"?).
I was observing all this as a Being of Pure Consciousness; the Life observing the Clay, as it were. The thoughts of the Man on the Mountain were my thoughts. He ("I") was asking him ("My") self the Eternal Questions. "I" the Observer, the Man the Observed, yet One and the same.
He never looked toward me. It was "I" who was aware of him, he unaware of me. He stood up, walked toward the Peak of the Mountain, his back towards me. He walked around, then down, the right side of the Mountain and disappeared from my view.
"When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and which neither die nor become manifest, how much you will have to bear!" Gospel of Thomas (84)
I next became aware that "I" was separate from my body. I thought, "What`s happening? I`m so afraid." Then, "There`s nothing to be afraid of; I`m all there is." Looking down from the right, out of my seated body, "I" suddenly had great compassion and love for this Beast, this Primate, who had harbored me for all my life. "I" was the god to whom he prayed for all these years. "I" was his immortal.
"If not for me, he would have been the King of the Beasts in the Natural Order of Things." "I" thought, "When Buddy (body) dies, he hits the ground and rots. What happens to me? Where do "I" go?" This, of course, is a very brief, very superficial recollection of a much greater "Experience" that could fill volumes. It is what has been driving me to seek answers for 40 years to the Eternal Questions.
I have lived a Mystical Life in a Quest that has rewarded me with a wealth of "a posteriori" knowledge that corresponds exactly to my "a priori" experiences; yet, Absolute Knowledge was still not in my grasp until my 8th major spiritual experience which occurred December 8, 1976 ("I" am not here).
Of the 1,000`s of books that looked for me, were read by me, a select few have given names to, and are in agreement with, the elements of the "Experience": 1. The Bhrihadaranyaka Upanishad; 2. Proverbs 8:22-27; and 3. "The Wisdom of the Vedas," by J.C. Chatterji in which I was amazed to discover an exact description of the Unitive Vision, the Third of Eight Major Spiritual Experiences in my life in Part I, the chapter titled "Waking Up."
I have since bought from Amazon.com "Hindu Reality" and "Kashmir Shaivism" by J.C. Chatterji seeking further insights. However, it is "The Wisdom of the Vedas" that validated my Experience of August 1973.
My Weltanschauung changed after the Experience of August 1973. Ignorance is truly Bliss. It beats Infinite Insanity. Why do I know what I know? I keep trying to pull the wool over my own eyes but it`s of no use. If you are someone who is truly spiritually awakened, on the Path, please post a comment.


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Turns out the whole tracklisting for the Amnesty International Bob Dylan tribute album isn't, as we previously suggested, You're a Big Girl Now: An All-Female Dance-Pop Tribute to Bob Dylan. At all.
First off, you should know that this thing has four CDs, which means that assembling an album with any overarching similarities other than "we're all covering Dylan here" would be impressive. It has Bad Religion and it has Ke$ha. It has Evan Rachel Wood and it has Joan Baez, Maroon 5 and Flogging Molly. It's got a group of musicians you might have assembled yourself by culling all the well-known artists from All Music Guide and randomly choosing a few.
Well, OK, that's an exaggeration. The similarity is probably their support and/or experience with Dylan and/or Amnesty. But even leaving that aside, these people fall into a few categories. There are the obvious choices we're OK with (of course Adele and TashBed are on there, as are the likes of Diana Krall). There are the obvious but still welcome choices–we'll never have bad words to say about Lucinda Williams or Marianne Faithfull covering Bob Dylan. There are the obvious and less welcome choices, by which we mean the Dave Matthews Band. There are the less obvious, more welcome choices (Thea Gilmore is fantastic. Great to see the Carolina Chocolate Drops on here.) And then there's this.
RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat* 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'
Happy Thanksgiving, guys! Just… let that sink in. Here's the full tracklisting:
Raphael Saadiq 'Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat'
Patti Smith Drifter's 'Escape'
Rise Against 'Ballad of Hollis Brown'
Tom Morello The Nightwatchman 'Blind Willie McTell'
Pete Townshend 'Corrina, Corrina'
Bettye LaVette 'Most of the Time'
Charlie Winston 'This Wheel's On Fire'
Diana Krall 'Simple Twist of Fate'
Brett Dennen 'You Ain't Goin' Nowhere'
Mariachi El Bronx 'Love Sick'
Ziggy Marley 'Blowin' in the Wind'
The Gaslight Anthem 'Changing of the Guards'
Silversun Pickups 'Not Dark Yet'
My Morning Jacket 'You're A Big Girl Now'
The Airborne Toxic Event 'Boots of Spanish Leather'
Sting 'Girl from the North Country'
Mark Knopfler 'Restless Farewell'
Queens Of The Stone Age 'Outlaw Blues'
Lenny Kravitz 'Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35′
Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli 'One More Cup of Coffee' (Valley Below)
Blake Mills 'Heart Of Mine'
Miley Cyrus 'You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go'
Billy Bragg 'Lay Down Your Weary Tune'
Elvis Costello 'License to Kill'
Angelique Kidjo 'Lay, Lady, Lay'
Natasha Bedingfield 'Ring Them Bells'
Jackson Browne 'Love Minus Zero/No Limit'
Joan Baez 'Seven Curses' (Live)
The Belle Brigade 'No Time To Think'
Sugarland 'Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You' (Live)
Jack's Mannequin 'Mr. Tambourine Man'
Oren Lavie '4th Time Around'
Sussan Deyhim 'All I Really Want To Do'
Adele 'Make You Feel My Love' (Recorded Live at WXPN)
K'NAAN 'With God On Our Side'
Ximena Sariñana 'I Want You'
Neil Finn with Pajama Club 'She Belongs to Me'
Bryan Ferry 'Bob Dylan's Dream'
Zee Avi 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time'
Carly Simon 'Just Like a Woman'
Flogging Molly 'The Times They Are A-Changin'
Fistful Of Mercy 'Buckets Of Rain'
Joe Perry 'Man Of Peace'
Bad Religion 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue'
My Chemical Romance 'Desolation Row' (Live)
RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'
Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren 'Abandoned Love'
Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales 'New Morning'
Cage the Elephant 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll'
Band of Skulls 'It Ain't Me, Babe'
Sinéad O'Connor 'Property of Jesus'
Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project 'Shelter From The Storm'
Ke$ha 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right'
Kronos Quartet 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right'
Maroon 5 'I Shall Be Released'
Carolina Chocolate Drops 'Political World'
Seal & Jeff Beck 'Like A Rolling Stone'
Taj Mahal 'Bob Dylan's 115th Dream'
Dierks Bentley 'Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)' (Live)
Mick Hucknall 'One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)'
Thea Gilmore 'I'll Remember You'
State Radio 'John Brown'
Dave Matthews Band 'All Along the Watchtower' (Live)
Michael Franti 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'
We Are Augustines 'Mama, You Been On My Mind'
Lucinda Williams 'Tryin' To Get To Heaven'
Kris Kristofferson 'Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)'
Eric Burdon 'Gotta Serve Somebody'
Evan Rachel Wood 'I'd Have You Anytime'
Marianne Faithfull 'Baby Let Me Follow You Down' (Live)
Pete Seeger 'Forever Young'
Bob Dylan 'Chimes Of Freedom'
* A relative, maybe? RedOne's name is Nadir Khayat.


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Committee Recommendations
June 17, 2010
View standing committee reports and Executive Committee action.
Many great recommendations came out of AQHA's 14 standing committees, which met during the AQHA Convention.
The Executive Committee spent a great deal of time reviewing the reports. You can review the reports and recommendations by visiting Member Services (second column below MEMBER ACTION, click COMMITTEE REPORTS) to view all the standing committee reports and the Executive Committee's action.
I believe you'll notice on the committee reports/recommendations that the Executive Committee concurred with virtually all recommendations and agrees that, in these economic times, AQHA needs to do all it can to be more inclusive rather than exclude anyone or any reasonable opportunity.
I am grateful to AQHA's directors and standing-committee members who attend the Convention at their own expense and meet to propose and help implement changes for the betterment of AQHA.
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- The Power Of Design
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- Kenize Murad An East/West Journalist
- Hope For Egypt: Dream Or Reality?
- Autumn Beauty: KARS
- Defenses For Winter
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The earthquake that struck the city of Van on October 23 has drowned all of us in deep sorrow. We as Turkish Airlines have
done everything in our power to bring assistance of every kind to the victims. Turkish Airlines considers it a humanitarian duty to extend a helping hand to everyone in need wherever disasters of this kind happen in the world.
Dear Guests,
An airline's flight network is a key indicator of whether or not it is a global player. However extensive that network is, however many different destinations around the world that airline can take you to, the bigger and more successful it is. We are eighth in the world today in terms of size of flight network. Thanks to that network you can travel now to close to 190 destinations, all with Turkish Airlines' quality. We aim to move up to seventh with the new routes to be added in 2012. Turkish Airlines today has increased its number of transit passengers by 18.5 percent on 2010. Thanks to the faster and more convenient connections we provide to the world's major hubs compared with other airlines, more transit passengers are choosing Turkish Airlines by the day. We have taken advantage of Istanbul's strategic geographic location to make it a hub in every sense of the word. Turkish Airlines makes its difference felt especially on long haul flights, as our 37 percent seat occupancy rate on flights to North America and Asia demonstrates. We are also continuing to strengthen our focus on the Middle East. New routes will soon follow our most recently inaugurated route to Dammam (Saudi Arabia), and we intend to sustain our position among the strongest players in the region.
Dear Guests,
The aim of all our efforts is to make travel better, more comfortable and more enjoyable for you, our valued passengers. It gives us pride and confidence to sense your satisfaction and to see first-time Turkish Airlines passengers choosing us again for their next flight.
In closing I wish you a happy and blessed Feast of Sacrifice, I would like to remember the great leader and founder of our Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, on the anniversary of his death, and to wish our valued teachers a Happy Teachers' Day on November 24.
Have a pleasant flight.
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The only true contest in this game was determining which was worse — the sloppy play on the field or the unseemly call on the radio.
Somehow, the Nationals didn't lose despite committing a week's worth of errors in one inning while the Braves scored nine times to take a 14-6 lead at the game's midpoint.
Thanks in large part to the Atlanta relievers issuing 11 walks*, Washington made the most out of its 12 hits and a pair of sacrifice flies to erase the eight-run deficit with a pair of five-spots in the 5th and 6th innings.
* Jim Powell and Don Sutton, too busy trolling the DC fans, failed to notice this while wondering how the Nationals were scoring so many runs while being outhit, 25-11
The win went to newly acquired Felipe Rivero, who gave up a run on three hits in the 6th with no walks and no strikeouts. Luis Ayala earned the save by stranding two runners with an inning-ending double play in the 8th and worked around a hit in the 9th.
Jordan Zimmermann got the start and threw two scoreless innings, allowing a hit and fanning one. Matt Purke, Blake Treinen, and Josh Roenicke were touched (torched?) for 14 runs in the 3rd, 4th, 5th innings on 16 hits combined, including five doubles.
Here's a rundown of how the notable minor-leaguers fared at the plate:
• Brian Goodwin, 0-for-1, 3R, RBI, 2BB
• Jeff Kobernus, 0-for-2, RBI
• Matt Skole, 1-for-1, R, BB, RBI
• Sandy Leon, 0-for-1, 2R, 2BB
• Steve Souza, 1-for-2, R, 2B, RBI, SB
• Michael Taylor, 0-for-3, R
Taylor was charged with two of the five Nats errors, both coming on the same play as the 22-y.o. Floridian missed a catch and air-mailed the subsequent throw while playing right field as part of the disastrous 5th inning.
The Nationals will send Doug Fister to the hill tomorrow for Game 3 of the Grapferuit slate against the Marlins, which will also be the first MASN telecast.
4 Responses to "Nationals Don't Lose, 16-15"
I sure was glad to see Sutton move back to Atlanta. The only reason he took over for the far superior Tom Paciorak in 2007 was Stan Kasten needing one of HIS guys in the booth.
How curious. So where are all of today's "Michael Taylor is ready for the majors right now" comments? Perhaps we've had some people come back to the land of reality. He'll be in AA. Period.
And the windy conditions had no effect on things? I guess Rendon is in trouble too since he unlike Espinosa made an error right?
Was looking at the box score and the line that jumped out was Goodwin was 0-1 but had an RBI and 3 runs scored.


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I'm was trying to change the path for mysql so I can merely call mysql in Terminal to start working with my databases.
However, although I edited my
~/.profile and inserted PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH in there, I still had no luck with calling mysql directly.
Now later on, I deleted everything in the
~/.profile and
~/.bash_profile files.
Yet when I call ECHO $PATH, it shows
Why could this be happening when I removed everything from my
~/.profile and
Also, if it's showing the
in my path, why am I still unable to get into MySQL by typing mysql into the Terminal prompt?
Also how can someone set up MySQL to be accessed via Mac OSX Terminal instead of through XAMPP (that's how I got mySQL).
Help would be greatly appreciated. Someone should really make a semi-decent MySQL manual too...the online documentation doesn't help much at all.


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In the 1910s and 1920s, 325 country houses of over 25 rooms were built on Long Island, which became home to some of the wealthiest families in America. Among them were the Guggenheims, Belmonts, Astors, Mackays, Vanderbilts, Goulds, Hearsts, Pratts, Coes, Phipps, Morgans, and Whitneys.
Behind the gates of these estates, the needs and desires of the owners were attended to by cadres of household maids, cooks, domestics, groundskeepers, superintendents, stablehands, chauffeurs, dairymen, and gardeners. Some stayed on their jobs for a few years, others for a lifetime. "Small" estates had 10-15 servants, while the largest had up to 400. Estate workers shared a unique way of life that has long since disappeared.
Megan Rumbelow grew up around the Gold Coast Estates. Her uncle, Evan Williams, worked as a chaffeur at the Guggenheim estate in Sands Point. Her mother and aunt were also employed as servants. In the following interview excerpt, she tells historian Elly Shodell about the realistic depiction of servant life in the British TV series Upstairs,Downstairs:
"Don't talk… stand straight…" Click the arrow to listen. (2:06) Click here for a transcript.
To hear more of this interview, read transcripts, and view more photos, please visit the Port Washington Public Library Local History Center.
Megan Rumbelow interview (excerpt) conducted by Elly Shodell. © Port Washington Public Library, 1983.Some text adapted from the PWPL publication "In the Service," ed. Elly Shodell. © Port Washington Public Library, 1991.
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Fontaine Fox (1884-1964), the celebrated "Toonerville Trolley" cartoonist, lived in Port Washington from 1914 to the 1930's. His "Terrible Tempered" Mr. Bangs, the "Powerful Katrinka," Banker Grey, and Old Man Flint were small-town characters who earned Fox a syndication in over 200 newspapers.
In the interview excerpt below, long-time Port resident Bill Bohnel tells historian Elly Shodell about the local inspirations for these memorable characters, and about Port Washington's history as a home for artists and writers.
"The whole town was a cartoon!" Click the arrow to listen. (3:49)
"Toonerville Trolley" (officially known as "Toonerville Folks") ran from 1908 until 1955. It was adapted into cartoons, used in numerous advertisments, and inspired a number of short films starring Mickey Rooney.
To hear more of this interview, read transcripts, and view more photos, please visit the Port Washington Public Library Local History Center."Toonerville" cut-outs are from the collection of the PWPL Local History Center.


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Morris confident that Thompson will attend UM, opt not to turn pro
Note: This blog post was written by Anthony Chiang, who headed out to UM baseball practice on Thursday:
CORAL GABLES — Dual-sport recruit David Thompson from Miami Westminster Christian is going to be a Hurricane, at least according to baseball coach Jim Morris.
Thompson has already signed a letter of intent to come to the University of Miami, but there is some concern that the baseball and football star could go high in the Major League Baseball Draft on June 4 and turn pro.
"He's going to school," Morris said. "He's going to school. He may not be drafted because of sign-ability in my opinion. He may be drafted I don't know, but he needs to come to school. He's a great hitter and needs to find a position in baseball, but he can really hit."
Morris envisions Thompson playing either third base, first base or left field at Miami. And on the football field, the 6-foot-2, 195-pounder is a quarterback. According to Rivals.com, Thompson is rated as a three-star football recruit.
"It's a tough combination being quarterback and a baseball player," Morris said.
Hurricanes football coach Al Golden has already said he is fine with Thompson missing spring practice in order to play baseball.
"He's a hitter, which we need right now of course," Morris said. "We think he can start for us as a freshman."


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- 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3 drops green food coloring
- 1-1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- Prepare cake batter according to package directions, using a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
- Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl, combine the frosting ingredients until smooth. Spread over cooled cake.
- For topping, in a microwave, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Stir in extract. Spread over frosting. Refrigerate until set. Yield: 20-24 servings.
Reviews for Mint Chocolate Cake
"I think Im going to use mint flavored chocolate chips in the topping in place of the plain milk chocolate. Ill just skip adding the extract to the topping"
"Love the chocolate mint taste! I used chocolate mint chips for the top layer, so I only needed the peppermint extract for the middle layer. Such an easy and delicious dessert!"
"This cake was a hit! In stead of making a flat cake, though, I made a two-layer cake with the mint frosting and chocolate on both layers, and there was plenty of the chocolate for both the inside layer AND to cover the outside of the cake. I will definitely make it again."
"I make this dessert often for church suppers. It is always a huge hit!"
"It was delicious. The green frosting was thick and caused the cake to crumble so I put a tablespoon on each piece and spread it evenly with a wet spoon. The melted choc was a little thin and messy. I needed to cool it a bit before using it. Maybe that step should be first and it would be ready to spread at the end."


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We adore photomanipulations & love Adobe Photoshop tutorials. Sometimes finding nice, new and inspiring tuts is not a piece of pie. I mean all of us starting from the average home users all the way to Hotshot designers & celebrities (we all know those photoshoped magazine covers). Sometimes we have no inspiration so we need someting to fire up our imagination. Because of that, I have prepared a collection of 10 of the newest & most creative photomanipulation tutorials.
Draw Realistic Microsoft ARC Mouse in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to create realistic and creative computer mouse design – Microsoft ARC mouse in Photoshop. If you compare it with the real ARC mouse, you will not find a difference from our design. Mostly we will use Pen tool and color it by shading and highlight techniques using the Burn Tool and Dodge Tool to create a 3D effect. This is a very detailed tutorial which is used more than 70 images to help you easily learn drawing basics in Photoshop. So, lets start to draw.
The Red Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland
I am really waiting to see the new movie Alice in Wonderland . As I remember I was not a fan of this book when I was little but I a sure I will like it now. So in meantime I have decided to create my own photo manipulation inspired by one of the official movie posters . The character choosed is the Red Heart Queen. I hope you will enjoy reading this tutorial!
Create a Vector Style Magazine Cover in Photoshop
This is a detailed and step by step tutorial for creating an Vector based cover page design in Photoshop. This tutorial demonstrates effective usage of Photoshop's vector tools and techniques. PSD file included.
Create an Alien Invasion Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Creating a destruction scene is a very challenging part in any manipulation because it involves a lot of attention in details, perspective and proper use of images to achieve the best result. In this tutorial I will explain you how to create a destroying city manipulation by using some basic techniques like color correction, masking and brushes.
"Piece of the Artic" Pie Chart Photo Manipulation
I saw some beautiful 3D illustration of Madagascar that inspired me to create this illustration. In this tutorial, I'll share my experience in recreating this illustration. This tutorial will utilize Photoshop 3D features, layer masking, and a lot of selections.
Create Floating Island in Photoshop
Hello, in this tutorial I want to show you how simple it is to make a floating island! You only need two images for the sky and castle. And you need other two images for the mud and grass texture. The tehniques used are croping, blending, vector drawing (tree roots) and free brushes! Hope you enjoy it!
The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland Photoshop Tutorial
I have decided to create a new character from Alice in Wonderland and I hope that maybe someday to recreate all the important characters in Photoshop.
After the Red Queen of Hearts and Alice now it is time for the Mad Hatter! I hope you find this tutorial interesting enough to create your own mad hatter! If you do please leave me a comment with the link!
So let's begin!
The Night of the Halloween Killer Pumpkin
On the night of the Halloween many strange creatures roam the streets. Just hope you don't run into the Killer Pumpkin. He is a character that I created based on the theme of Halloween pumpkins and bad spirits. In this tutorial I will show you how I created this horror character by blending different images, adjusting the color balance, creating the light and shadow environment. I really hope you find this photo manipulation both useful and interesting! Please leave me your comments, suggestions and questions in the comments area! And don't forget to share!
How to create Beautiful Fallen Angel?
I saw this beautiful stock image with the girl and decided immediately that she is perfect for an angel so this is how my image came to life. It is an easy to create photo manipulation and you can play with settings, colors, shadow and light! I hope you enjoy reading this tut! Let's start!
Create this "City to Country" Photo Manipulation with Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to create a beautiful "city to country" composition using several images. You'll accomplish this by combining & blending images, and also creating a few lighting/color effects.
Create an Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Photoshop
Creating imaginary scenes from scratch can be a lot of fun. Today, we will create an ancient Egyptian scene using stock images, textures, and some basic knowledge of perspective. Let's get started!
Photo Manipulation – "The Fourth Kind"
Create an abduction scene above the cityscape. This tutorial explores combination of different blend modes, manipulating lens flares, and displacing lines, to create that extraterrestial inspired sci-fi scene.