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Trek Gary Fisher Collection Sawyer
Stylish steed with old-school cred. Steel frame, rigid fork and swept Bontrager Crivitz bars give it a cruiser vibe, but it's capable on the trails. Sliders and split dropouts allow for multiple drivetrain options. Modders already love this bike, and will continue to do so.
Lower end components and all that extra steel add up to one heavy bike. If function is more important than form, you should look elsewhere.
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
Yes, she's heavy. And yeah, she's probably overpriced.
But look at her. Seriously, up there in the photograph.
She goes by the name of Sawyer, just like all those hot girls in high school who had boys' names: Billie, Sam, Jean, Randi.
The first impression is hard to shake. The lines are retro, yet modern. The curve of the down tube, the split top-tube, the gigantic 29er tires and the understated matte paint job … all meant to hearken back to the days when Gary Fisher and his friends were bombing the hills of Marin, inventing what we now call mountain biking. These intrepid, harebrained souls took bikes that were meant for cruising around the block and hacked them into dirt-bombing adrenaline machines.
This specimen is a part of Trek's new Gary Fisher Collection — a special line of mountain bike models dedicated to the man who started it all. Among a wide range of frames all bearing his signature, the Sawyer is a sentimental showpiece. Fisher was one of the first bike designers to start mass-producing 29-inch-wheel mountain bikes in 2001, and Trek (which gobbled up his company) is celebrating his 10-year obsession by launching this bike.
The design of the Sawyer hearkens back to the sport's salad days. Given visions of those old-timers plummeting down Mt. Tamalpais on their sturdy steeds decades ago, there was no doubt in my mind that when I hefted the Sawyer, she was going to be a tank. And I was right: She's not quite 30 pounds, but she certainly rolled right past 20 like it was standing still.
After letting her sit around looking pretty for a couple of days, I finally got a chance to throw a leg over her and put some time in the saddle. At first, I assumed she was going to be all show and no go. After a few miles, I realized I could not have been more wrong.
The Sawyer is fun. A little like the fun your dad might have had if he were a member of the Repack, burning up his brakes and shredding his tires while laughing hysterically down the mountain.
A few issues got in the way of the good times. The shifting is not quite crisp, and I had some brake adjustment woes right out of the box. In this price range (the Sawyer is $1,500) you'd expect a better kit.
When I turned to the bike forums on the web, I found some kindred spirits. A great many riders are so in love with the Sawyer's curvy steel build, they are just buying the frame and fork and tricking it out. With some effort (and a small fortune) you can get the Sawyer well under 25 pounds, especially if you take advantage of the split dropout and convert her to a single speed. Belt-driven Sawyer, anyone?
In the end, I decided I liked her just the way she is, flaws and all. I wouldn't want to spend all day in her saddle, slogging through singletrack or whipping the downhill course at Downieville. And there are certainly better choices for commuting to work or riding a century.
But for shorter rides that involve a little of this and a little of that, give the Sawyer a shot. Just like the rest of her crew — the Randis and the Billies and the Sams — she'll make you feel like a man and leave you begging for more.
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As the nights draw in and the cold starts to chill the bones, what could be better than a warming, hearty dinner? Today and next Sunday, I'll be giving you recipes to prepare two delicious dinners that will fill your stomach and leave you blissfully content.
I've started this week's meal with a soup that is wonderfully elegant, but also has beautifully earthy base notes – and you can tell from its taste that it's good for you. Although it takes a bit of time to prepare, the beef becomes total comfort food when cooked gently, soft enough to eat with a spoon; and while the raspberry and orange pudding is light and delicate, it gives a delightfully cosy feeling inside.
Skye Gyngell is head chef at Petersham Nurseries, Church Lane, Richmond, Surrey, tel: 020 8605 3526, petershamnurseries.com
Potato, porcini and rosemary soup
Serves 4
180g/6oz dried porcini
300ml/1/2 pint warm water
120ml/4fl oz extra-virgin olive oil
3 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
6 sprigs rosemary, leaves only
3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
1 small dried red chilli
1kg/2lb Roseval potatoes
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
60g/21/2oz Parmesan, grated
The juice of half a lemon
A bunch of curly parsley, leaves only, very finely chopped
Place the porcini in a bowl. Pour over the warm water and leave for 10 minutes to allow the porcini to soften and the water to become infused with their lovely, musty flavour.
Place a large heavy-based pan over a low heat, add a tablespoon of the oil and, when just warm, add the shallots. Cook over a low heat for five minutes to soften.
Chop the rosemary finely and add to the shallots along with the garlic. Crumble over the chilli and stir well to combine.
Slice the potatoes into quarter-inch rounds (do not bother to peel, as the skin is delicious). Strain the porcini, reserving the infused water. Chop fairly roughly and add to the pan with the potatoes.
Add the rest of the olive oil, a good pinch of sea salt and a little freshly ground black pepper, stir to coat and cook gently for 10 minutes, stirring every now and then.
Pour in the reserved water and continue to cook until the potatoes are tender and beginning to fall apart. Add the Parmesan and the lemon juice. Sprinkle over the chopped parsley, taste one final time and add what you feel is necessary – perhaps a little more pepper and a pinch or two of salt. Ladle into warm bowls and serve.
Slow-cooked beef with pancetta and cavolo nero
Serves 4
6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1kg/2lb boneless rib of beef, cut into chunks
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 Spanish onions, peeled and sliced
3 sticks of celery, cut into fine slices
2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
4 slices of pancetta, cut into cubes
4 cloves of garlic, peeled but left whole
3 bay leaves, preferably fresh
4 sprigs of rosemary
4 tomatoes, roughly chopped, deseeded
A bottle of Barolo or similar hearty red wine
1 bunch of cavolo nero, washed
3tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
80g/3oz Parmesan, freshly grated
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
Heat the olive oil in a large casserole dish. Season the meat generously and brown in batches. As each batch becomes golden-brown, remove and keep warm as you brown the rest. Don't overcowd the dish. Pour out the excess oil and add the onions, celery, carrots and pancetta and cook over a low heat until the vegetables are light-brown and soft. Add the garlic, bay leaves, rosemary, tomatoes and wine and bring to the boil.
Return the meat to the dish and turn the heat to very low. Place a lid on and cook for two-and-a-half hours. Transfer the meat to a serving dish, turn up the heat to high and reduce the sauce by a third, and season.
To prepare the cavolo nero (Tuscan cabbage), blanch for five minutes, and add the olive oil, Parmesan and garlic while still warm. Toss through and serve with the slow-cooked beef.
Raspberry and orange pudding
Served warm with a dollop of cream, this is the perfect end to a meal in cold weather.
Serves 4
100g/31/oz unsalted butter, softened, plus a little extra for buttering the moulds
100g/31/2oz caster sugar
1 vanilla pod, cut in half lengthwise, seeds scraped out
2 whole eggs
100g/31/2oz self-raising flour
Finely grated zest of a lemon and an orange
A small pinch of salt
16 plump raspberries
4 tbsp golden syrup
Jersey cream to serve
4 tbsp finely chopped candied orange to serve (optional)
Heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas4. Butter four darioles (pudding-shaped moulds) and set aside. Mix the butter and sugar together until it forms a pale, smooth cream. Add the seeds from the vanilla pod, followed by one egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift in the flour and fold in gently. Finally, add the lemon and orange zest and a small pinch of salt.
Divide the raspberries among the moulds, placing four in each. Spoon the golden syrup on top, allowing about one tablespoon per mould. Spoon over the sponge mixture and cover each mould loosely with some buttered foil. Place on a baking tray and cook in the hot oven for 30 minutes, until they have risen and are cooked through.
To serve, run a knife around each pudding and turn out on to warmed plates. Finish by adding a dollop of cream and, if using, a spoonful of chopped candied orange. Eat while piping hot.
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The gloves came off and the punching of Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin began early in the night on PBS. Just after the Pledge of Allegiance, the analyst team of Mark Shields and David Brooks got into a squabble over Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter Bristol. Shields insisted a callous Gov. Palin chose national ambition over "love and consideration for her daughter...By accepting John McCain's offer she guaranteed that her daughter would be known globally as the best known 17-year-old unwed teenager in the world, and that decision many people question."
Brooks suggested we don't know enough to judge the Palin family values, and even suggested that the children of vice presidents have had problems, and that the media that usually lays off the children are covering this story in a "big massive way."
Shields began by suggesting that people in both parties can agree that making an issue out of candidates' children is "really out of bounds." He then turned around and made the mother's allegedly unseemly ambition an issue:
There is another question though which essentially I've heard expressed here many times today and from calls elsewhere, and that is the decision made by Sarah Palin herself, when knowing her daughter's condition, by accepting John McCain's offer she guaranteed that her daughter would be known globally as the best known 17-year-old unwed teenager in the world, and that decision many people question.
I mean, Republicans, it's not a partisan question. It's just a question of whether in fact family values, and whether family values collide in this case. All candidates – David and I have talked about this – have healthy if not overly healthy ambitions. But there had to be some tension here. The ambition of going on a national ticket, and her love and consideration of her daughter, being known once and for all as 'Aren't you the daughter who was pregnant of the vice presidential candidate in 2008?
Lehrer asked Brooks: "Do you share that concern?" Brooks did, but tried to be less partisan:
It's certainly something I've heard about today. To be perfectly honest, I think politicians at this level sacrifice a lot of their family life. Anybody who's running, especially with young kids, whether it's Obama, Chris Dodd, or Sarah Palin, is putting their kids at risk, and they do it because it may be a sense of service, maybe a sense of ambition, but they do it. And if we elect someone on the basis of whether they're good parents, I'm not sure Ronald Reagan would have been elected. I'm not sure that's a very good basis to decide.
I think the more profound issue for me is I don't know whether Sarah Palin's a good mom or not. I don't have the basis to know what's going on in her family. I have no basis to know how her decision affected her daughter or her sons or any of that. What happens in another's family is a darkness, even if it's your neighbor who's getting divorced. So it's just not something I feel I know about that.
Shields wasn't giving in, and doubled down in underlining what he insisted was Governor Palin's parental cruelty:
Jim, David is entitled to his opinion. The question of how it affected her daughter is not open to question. It has made her daughter a front-page item for the country. That would not have been the case if Sarah Palin had said to John McCain, 'thanks but no thanks. This is a private time for my daughter, an important and terribly difficult time in her life.' I really can only imagine the painful time that girl is going through, not simply to be known and introduced to the nation this way, but also being conflicted about what this pregnancy could do to her mother's career and all the rest of that. So I don't think there's any question the impact it was going to have upon her.
Brooks fought back, and brought in the media's role in blowing the story up:
I don't know if you can blame Sarah Pain for that. In the last 15 years, we've had vice presidents whose kids have gone through tough times. We've had public figures who kids have gone through tough times. And in general, we in the media have laid off, and laid off those kids. So it gets reported here and there, but not in a big massive way. And now it's being reported in a big massive way, what's on a MySpace page and we're having pictures of this and that, and long pictures and descriptions of the pregnancy and what it means about abstinence education and this and that. I'm not sure Sarah Palin's to blame for that. I think you make a decision. You hope people respect the privacy of your kids. Barack Obama hopes that. Joe Biden hopes that, John McCain hopes that, and I think it's our responsibility to respect that privacy.


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Re: Mathematica and Lisp
I don't think studying Lisp is necessary unless you are using lisp
through Run[].
Study Mathematica Book is all.
my bookmark senses say...
avoid Haskell: it's not mature, not much used, or well laid out.
Standard ML is worth a review abstract language just as much as Lisp
Finally. Mathematica's inner C language, smp, is worth a quick
review. Look into Mathematica's history. They used X windows,
Postscript, ideas and abilities from many languages and gui toolkits.
Amazing how it all came together. But smp drives the language part.


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The Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium, which is open to the public with a registration fee of $90, will be held at Promega Corp.'s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, 5445 E. Cheryl Parkway in Fitchburg.
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Madison, Wisconsin - The sixth annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium, Reprogramming & Controlling Stem Cell Phenotype, will be held April 27 at Madison's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute.
Talks by leaders in the area of cellular reprogramming will focus on using cellular cues to manipulate gene regulation and control the ability of stem cells to differentiate into various types of cells.
Featured presenters include:
- Kristi S. Anseth of the University of Colorado-Boulder
- Helen M. Blau of Stanford University
- Sheng Ding of the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif
- John Gurdon of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif
- Stuart H. Orkin of Harvard University
- Laura Kiessling and James A. Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Questions to be addressed include:
- How can we understand and manipulate gene regulation to control stem cell self-renewal and differentiation to specific types of cells?
- What are the signaling mechanisms that are shared among multiple stem cell types?
- What are the key mechanisms by which natural stem cell niches influence phenotype?
- Can components of natural stem cell niches be effectively mimicked to control stem cell phenotype?
- How can somatic or adult stem cells be reprogrammed to pluripotent phenotype using intracellular or extracellular cues?
This public symposium is co-coordinated by the UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute. These organizations, along with Michael Best and Friedrich LLP, EMD Millipore Corp., Promega Corp. and the WiCell Research Institute, are platinum sponsors of this year's symposium.
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Brad Paisley is the latest in a long line of high profile guests of The Rolling Stones. The country star joined the classic rock band on their song, Dead Flowers Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
Paisley is the fourth country star to join the Stones on their current tour. Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift have all played with The Rolling Stones on their current tour.
Members of the band and Paisley exchanged tweets about the collaboration.
Gonna be great duetting with @bradpaisley tonight in Philadelphia. We are just working on the song now #Stones50— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) June 18, 2013
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Another month, another new tech gadget. How is technology reshaping our lives and our interactions? Join the conversation as some of the brains behind the tech revolution speak about the future of our digital world at the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival. It's "Living Digitally," hosted by Kai Ryssdal.


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I am a Harvard undergrad and a Washington University Post Grad. where i graduated in the top 5% of my Medical School Class. Why does this matter??
All the information that I use is available on the Internet and is accurate. where am I misinformed?? Hmmm look for yourself... The stas do not lie.
What is your occupation and level of education?
I think our legislators should tackle healthcare reform as soon as they deal with the pesky issues surrounding education. Healthcare costs are out of control! My insurance premiums continue to rise and I'm also very concerned about the $800 bill I had to pay out of pocket for an emergency room visit I made last year.
I propose that we pay healthcare workers based on the survival of their patients and/or the improvement of their patients' health.
Wait a minute, you're an oncologist with a higher rate of patient mortality due to their bleak prognosis? Too bad. Looks like you will be out of a job soon because you are ineffective as a doctor if you can't save them all.
You say you are a cardiologist with patients who continually ignore your orders to lose weight, eat healthier, and exercise more and that is contributing to the decline of their health? Not my problem. If that patient dies, it certainly reflects your ability as a doctor. How dare you blame the patient--you're the doctor, their savior. YOU should be working miracles.
Now let's relate this to teachers. Please understand that teachers fight ignorance about the challenges they are up against every day. Teachers in areas with high poverty rates do not have cooperative 'patients.' Those kids do not do their homework, or stay awake in class, or have the support at home to enable them to be successful and follow the guidance of their teachers to do well in their courses let alone perform well on high-stakes state tests. This is why teachers fight so fiercely against student achievement being tied to their evaluations. They can write the prescription, give the advice, and work with their patients. But if that patient refuses treatment, it is unfair to blame the doctor.
Do we need educational reform? Absolutely. But I think you really need to acknowledge that teachers deserve respect and at the very least some empathy for what they do every day.
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|You're right erik. A lot of weather forcasts and such use the term "feels like" when listing wind chill factors. When you go outside and its 5 degrees but with a wind chill of -45, your body is going to cool down as if it were -45 outside. Wind chills effectively "pull the heat away from you" as if the ambient air temp was that cold, it won't cool you to -45.
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yeah, but he's saying that the wind only will help cool an object down quicker. it will not cool it below the current air temp but it will cool it faster. it would have no effect on a peice of steel.
for example= a cup of hot coffee, or chocolate. it's too hot to drink, so you can blow on it. the wind will make the liquid reduce it's temperature quicker than sitting without blowing on it. once it reaches room temp, however, you can blow on it all you want and it will not make it any cooler.
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I understand that. But the term "wind chill" in not the correct term to use. As I said before wind chill happens to warm blooded animals. From Wikipedia:
Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on exposed skin, which is a function of the air temperature and wind speed. The wind chill temperature (often popularly called the wind chill factor) is always lower than the air temperature, except at higher temperatures where wind chill is considered less important. In cases where the apparent temperature is higher than the air temperature, the heat index is used instead.
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i know that the "wind chill" applies specifically to us, like you said, but it's just the exact same principal. both are warm objects, and wind causes them to cool faster, or make it feel like it's colder to us.
Originally Posted by ptrapper65
Correct, but it should only be called wind chill when refering to warm blooded animals that feel it. It's called thermodynamics when refering to other stuff. My whole point was that word "wind chill" was being used wrong. It's the same as when people say "cement truck" when refering to a concrete truck, or when they say "motor" when refering to and engine. Get it?
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Alameda, Calif. - To provide integrated networking and telecommunications solutions, Wind River Systems Inc. announced Dec. 5 that it will support Motorola's recently launched MPC8250 and MPC8241 processors.
Alameda, Calif. - To provide integrated networking and telecommunications solutions, Wind River Systems Inc . announced Dec. 5 that it will support Motorola's recently launched MPC8250 and MPC8241 processors. Wind River's software and development tools, including its VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) and Tornado integrated development environment (IDE), are now fully available using Motorola's communications processors. MPC8250 and MPC8241 processors are suited for several market segments, such as data communications, storage and telecommunications. In related news, Wind River also now supports the latest version of Motorola's MPC8245 processor.
With help from Motorola and Wind River's recently established Center of Excellence relationship, Wind River can quickly support new communications processors upon their release with complete, end-to-end solutions for hardware and software development. Software and development tool support available early in a processor's lifecycle is a key consideration for developers implementing new processors in embedded designs.
Wind River's processor support of Motorola's processors enables embedded system developers to bring up new hardware, solve tough hardware-software integration issues, and facilitate the production and test of completed products. Specifically, Wind River offers developers using these processors:
Diab C/C++ compiler - an optimized compiling solution, supporting MPC8241 and MPC8250 processors;
Tornado II IDE - a complete development environment providing GNU and Diab compiler support, SingleStep for Tornado II software debugger, VxWorks RTOS, and board support packages supporting MPC8241 and MPC8250 processors for Motorola's Sandpoint evaluation system;
Tornado AE - Wind River's advanced platform with full memory protection. It features VxWorks AE RTOS and board support packages, which again support MPC8241 and MPC8250;
Complete networking solutions - Wind River's networking equipment vendors have integrated software platforms and development environments, including Tornado for Managed Switches, which are geared toward networking manufacturers, switch and router equipment, and Tornado for Home Gateways, for developing broadband access gateway equipment;
Network stacks - which are available to help developers build data communication, telecom, and storage applications based on these processors;
Java Solutions - Personal Jworks, a complete implementation of Sun Microsystems' PersonalJava application environment (PJAE) on Wind River's VxWorks RTOS. Personal JWorks is certified for full compatibility with the PersonalJava specification, and allows developers to embed Java into their applications.
visionProbe II, visionICE II, visionCLICK and SingleStep with vision - Hardware-assisted debugging solutions, including real-time target control, source-level debugging, high speed downloads to the target, flash programming and built-in hardware diagnostics; and
SBC8250 reference board - a solid platform for both hardware and software engineers to use in prototyping MPC8250 processor-based designs, and a live target for developing and testing code. The board will be available with a Wind River-validated board support package and a visionBOOT boot loader and board diagnostics.
These products complement Wind River's support for Motorola's family of processors that implement the PowerPC architecture, including the MPC6xx, MPC7xx, MPC8xx, MPC74xx and MPC82xx families.
Diab C/C++ compiler suite, Tornado II, Tornado AE, Java solutions and the networking stacks are all available today to supporting MPC8250, MPC8241 and faster MPC8245 processors. Hardware-assisted tools, including software debuggers, single-board computers and emulators will be available in 2002.
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"It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea..." Edgar Allan Poe
You sure that's not an antenna for picking up communications from UFOs? Looks pretty suspicious to me....ReplyDelete
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Hey Joan, just left you a comment on FB, but wanted to say that if you every know that you're going to be out this way in advance, give me a head's up - if I'm here, I'd love to meet you at Gringo's for lunch!
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Show which users are assigned to which project roles of a project
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10 Subterranean encounters - Our first set of random encounters in a Subterranean setting. Comes with 10 encounters, 30 adventure hooks, and a new game mechanic.
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Hi, Can you point me what i need to change to fit your layout info Facebook iframe? FB iframe is 760px. My first idea was to zoom out the page using some CSS but i failed to achieve it, second idea is to squeeze the content to 760px. Can u please help me with it?
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It's not easy, you would have to rewrite a great part of the code. The template is based on the 960.gs grid system, so you would have to change all the widths.
Hi, i've two issues. 1) With Safari (Mac and iOS) the menù doesn't work. 2) In the mobile version, div #work is too hight. I've set 900px and in desktop browser all is fine, but in Safari for iOS there is a big white space.
Sorry for my late response, I'm on vacations.
1) I will try to fix this when I return home.
2) The template is not responsive, so it will not look good on smaller screen devices.
1) It's been 3 months, and nothing has changed
Can I repeat the effect you get at the beginning, with the work overlapping the text? I want to do that like 3 times?
Hi, sorry I don't know how to do that. Maybe with some js plugin, but with HTML/CSS only I think it's not possible.
Any update on the Safari menu issue? I would really love to use this for a client, but need the menu to work on Safari. Thanks!
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Ok, I figured out the line 49 issue, but would still love to hear about the Safari issue – thanks
Sorry for the late reply, I didn't notice I had a comment here. I'm working on updating all my templates. I have to have this one fixed in about 2 weeks.
It's strange, my video's that used to play ok in the PrettyPhoto plugin no longer work.
And the code for embedding above through Vimeo doesn't seem to work either. Is there another alternative?
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Posted by Michael Yamnitsky on March 31, 2014
According to recent Business Technographics data, half of US enterprise technology management professionals report that there is 1.) no way to gain a single view of status and availability across their portfolio of cloud services, 2.) that they don't have a clear way to assess the risk of using a third-party public as-a-service offering, and/or 3.) that they have no way to manage how providers handle their data.
An interesting debate is ensuing regarding how to best protect cloud data, given the market landscape. So far two modalities are emerging:
·A. Inserting in-line encryption between the enterprise and the SaaS provider that encrypts and/or tokenizes all data before it goes to the cloud to ensure safety interoperating within public cloud systems.
·B. The human-firewall model, in which IT closely monitors activity with context/content analytics and anomaly detection tools.
The truth lies somewhere between the two. By carefully applying Forrester's data security and control framework, clients should incrementally encrypt data deemed sensitive to compliance or regulation, such as credit card and Social Security numbers, and closely monitor all activity across users and cloud applications.


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Okay I was driving along interstate 75 with my dog and head in to a rest area came back to my car turned it over and now my Radio, Clock, and Blinkers all work incorrectly or don't turn on. Radio and clock don't turn on. I figured the radio was fried, purchased new one and its fine. I don't have a multi-meter to test the lines but when I plugged the two radios in both CD players seem respond with movement just not the Radio. Its a 08 WRX and it runs fine. I checked all the fuses minus the square ones/relays don't know if they are good or not. And my blinkers hyper blink and are dull but the bulbs are fine tried replacing all of them.
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Wall-crushing human drama anime Attack On Titan had introduced Titan wall decorations some time ago, and now Levi and some of his men return to decorate your wall!
Levi Wall Decoration set ¥840 yen
Survey Corps set ¥840 yen
Both are open for pre-order on Amazon as well as other retail shops and will be released on October 15th.
This Colossal Titan set and two other designs were released earlier and currently sold out. Above is a sample use posted by the vendor's official Twitter account.


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Video tutorials for the SAP HA wizard available Community Blog
Duvenbeck Tags: policy availability business wizard high sapsrv automation continuity system sap 935 Views
Have you ever wondered how to create a System Automation for z/OS policy for your SAP components ? There is no need to find your way through dozens of ISPF panels in the SA z/OS customization dialog - we have developed a wizard to do this, see our Business...
from Blog: Community SAP on IBM z Systems
5 Things to Know about Geographically Dispersed Resiliency for IBM Power Systems
JamesPistilli Tags: ha recover disaster dr power high redbooks systems dispersed ibm availability recovery resiliency 4,530 Views
Geographically Dispersed Resiliency (GDR) for IBM Power Systems is a new automated disaster recovery solution that enables Power Systems users to achieve low recovery times for both planned and unplanned outages. This solution provides...
from Blog: 5 Things To Know IBM Redbooks BlogModified on by JamesPistilli
Use Case: Redundant Architecture for Solr Master in a WebSphere Commerce V8 environment
Sven Telge Tags: slave v8 availability high redundant websphere master solr commerce architecture 2,782 Views
In this blog I'd like to share my experience in setting up a redundant architecture for the Solr master in a WebSphere Commerce V8 environment as a reference guide. The requirement is to switch to a failover Solr master within non or minimal downtime of...
from Blog: CSE-WebSphere CommerceModified on by Andres Voldman
New WSRR article: High Availability caching with Out of the Box WSRR Nodes in IIB flows
DavidSeager Tags: high availability iib wsrr 1,420 Views
A new article about WSRR and IIB has been posted. Titled "High Availability caching with Out of the Box WSRR Nodes in IIB flows" this documents the build and test of a high availability scenario in an IIB message flow. Check it out here:...
from Blog: Service Registry SagacityModified on by DavidSeager
z/VM 6.4 available today
Ingolf24 Tags: vse announcement vm availability 1 Comment 1,450 Views
As announced a few weeks ago, the new z/VM 6.4 release is now available. z/VM 6.4 requires a z114 / z196 server or higher. Below are key z/VM 6.4 enhancements: Support for up to 2 TB of memory Increased efficiency with HyperPAV Easier...
New KVM for IBM z Systems release available today
Ingolf24 Tags: vse announcement kvm availability linux 1,574 Views
Besides the z/VM 6.4 announcement there was a KVM for IBM z Systems release announced on Tuesday, too. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) provides a new virtualization option for Linux on z Systems, available since more than a year. That is you may...
Part 2: Postgres HA Community Blog
Ryan Bertsche Tags: patroni gitlabha z gitlab availability potgresha postgresql high etcd linux linuxone postgres 2,628 Views
GitLab HA Part 2: PostgresHA Introduction This is part 2 of the GitLab HA series. Check out the other entries in this tutorial series: Part 1: Omnibus Installer The second part of our GitLab High Availability installation guide is...Modified on by Ryan Bertsche
SAP high availability with Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms - New WhitePaper released 2016 Community Blog
KonstantinKonson Tags: tivoli sap automation ha tsa solution availability high system 1,404 Views
This White Paper describes the SAP high availability solution with Tivoli System Automation (TSA) for Multiplatforms. Setup, configuration and tests are discussed. View Details | High Availability solution for SAP with TSA.pdf
from Blog: Data Center AutomationModified on by KonstantinKonson
JMS Messaging - High availability, scalability and Maximo Integration Framework using a single Service Integration Bus Community Blog
Belinda Fuller Tags: high scalability messaging jms integration availability 2 Comments 3,602 Views
In the past, the documentation that was created for Maximo clustering with JMS resources typically contained separate buses – one per cluster – to avoid affecting performance while loading data to Maximo, but this is often complicated and has...
from Blog: Asset ManagementModified on by Belinda Fuller
Part 1: Building GitLab Omnibus Installer Community Blog
Ryan Bertsche Tags: ha high gitlab linux one z omnibus availability 2,754 Views
GitLab HA Part 1: Omnibus Installer This is the first blog post in a series that will explain how to build a high availability instance of GitLab on the Linux on Z platform. The first step in that process is to build the GitLab installation package for...Modified on by Ryan Bertsche
Announcing the draft publication of the IBM PowerHA SystemMirror v7.2 for AIX Updates
DinoQuintero Tags: power high powerha availability ibm systemmirror aix systems 1,752 Views
The residency team is pleased to announce the draft release of the IBM PowerHA SystemMirror v7.2 for AIX Updates, SG24-8278 publication which provides details on the latest features and updates of IBM PowerHA SystemMirror v7.2. Table of contents Chapter...Modified on by DinoQuintero
The Informix 12.10.xC6 fix pack: full of features, as usual!
IngeHalilovic Tags: timeseries json nosql availability restore multitenancy security warehousing jdbc backup informix administration 4,248 Views
The IBM® Informix® team has added the following features to version 12.10.xC6, which is available today: Administration Multitenancy Limit shared memory and connections for tenant databases Restore tenant databases to a point in time Backup and...Modified on by IngeHalilovic
New IBM Redbooks available for Linux on z Systems
Ingolf24 Tags: availability distribution linux redbook vse 2,335 Views
Today's blog entry may be of interest for z/VSE users, that implement our PIE (Protect, Integrate, Extend) Strategy. There are new Redbook puplications available related to Linux on z Systems and the SUSE distribution. First the IBM Redguide: Keep...
Advancing reliability, availability, and serviceability with the IBM z13 Community Blog
Anthony Giorgio Tags: ras serviceability reliability z13 availability 4,170 Views
Note: The following article was published in the IBM Journal of Research and Development (Volume:59 , Issue: 4/5 ). Each new system family brings changes from its predecessor as technologies...
from Blog: IBM z Systems Development BlogModified on by Justin McCoy
75 ways to demystify DB2: #29: Techtip : What is a tiebreaker in DB2 HA (High Availability)?
DougRK Tags: db2_techtip cluster 75_db2demystify high tiebreaker hadr availability 4,100 Views
Rocks, Paper, Scissors? Heads or Tail? Good guess's but none of the above. A tiebreaker is a object used in a DB2 HA (High Availability) cluster environment comprised of even number of nodes. In such a cluster environment, when both nodes cannot...
from Blog: Thoughts from SupportModified on by DougRK
Announcing the IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX Updates residency program
DinoQuintero Tags: ibm systemmirror powerha aix power systems continuity business availability high 3,217 Views
I would like to announce the opening of the next IBM PowerHA residency to continue architecting, exploring, and developing content on high availability and challenging business continuity requirement scenarios. The goal for this residency is to continue...
3 Ways to resolve CWRLS0030W
Kumaran Nathan Tags: hamanager cwrls0030w websphere manager websphere_application_ser... was availability memory high out oom dcs out_of_memory of 21,187 Views
Background: High Availability (HA) Manager is a framework that allows singleton services to make themselves highly available. Transaction Log Recovery is one of the HA Manager users. Every WebSphere Application Server process is a member of a HA...Modified on by SteveWebb
Informix: Roadmaps and Availability Community Blog
martinfu Tags: informix availability roadmap 5,842 Views
Informix: Roadmaps and Availability Blog Content/Topics List For a change and due to a recent request, this blog entry is not about the Informix Warehouse Accelerator, but instead attempts to set the record straight about false claims of some...
from Blog: Informix Warehouse AcceleratorModified on by martinfu
IT Service Management: Your Customer Doesn't Care If The Server Is Up Community Blog
MarcelaAdanRochester Tags: systems_management ibm availability sap ibm_software tivoli 1,386 Views
Picture an IT manager proudly presenting a set of charts to his customers indicating that all is well with the world, only to be blasted by an irate business line manager armed with a completely different, user-based, and wholly contradictory view of system...
from Blog: IBM Redbooks Software BlogModified on by Admin5
50 DB2 Nuggets #39: Tech Tip - Configuring pureScale Client Affinity with WebLogic
Jun Su Lee Tags: 50_db2_nuggets db2_techtip client purescale high weblogic affinity availability 4,408 Views
The pureScale client affinity feature allows client specification of a single primary server and failover sequence to alternate servers and all rerouting is controlled by the client driver. That means all you have to do is basically configuring the right DB2...
from Blog: Thoughts from SupportModified on by MaryKKassey
SP1 for PowerHA 7.1.3 is now available at IBM Fix Central
DinoQuintero Tags: service powerha high aix pack systems availability power ibm systemmirror 7,707 Views
The IBM PowerHA 7.1.3 Service Pack 1 - fix pack 220.127.116.11 is now available. Refer to the following website: www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Other+software/PowerHAClusterManager&release=7.1.3&platform=All&fun...
Today is the GA of z/VSE 5.2 !
Ingolf24 Tags: release availability ga bookshelf vse ckit documentation collection_kit 1 Comment 4,258 Views
We released our new z/VSE 5.2 today. All our web pages are set up for this new release. I hope you will like it. It would be great, if I could get your feedback on z/VSE 5.2's functionality. Do we exceed your expectations ? What functions are still missing...Modified on by Ingolf24
IBM PowerHA Migration best practices requesting feedback on topics
DinoQuintero Tags: ibm hacmp systems power availability systemmirror powerha aix 1 Comment 4,462 Views
I am working brainstorming topics with my residency team about IBM PowerHA with focus on migration practices. After evaluating the current documentation including: Installation guides (manuals) and available Redbooks, there is very good documentation on...
5 Things to Know About HiperSockets on System z
MikeEbbers Tags: cost_savings performance multi-tier system_z availability security hipersockets 2 Comments 6,297 Views
Many data center environments today have multi-tiered server applications. Although it is common to see a variety of middle-tier servers surrounding the System z data and transaction servers, there is a way to minimize the cost and complexity of the...
from Blog: 5 Things To Know IBM Redbooks BlogModified on by MikeEbbers
Storage availability risks?! it is so simple to avoid them
mipi Tags: performance_bottleneck svc analysis availability performance risk storwize 2,432 Views
There are so many possible reasons for availability risks in a storage system. It Is best to lower or turn off these risks by closely monitoring the most critical areas. For a limited time we offer you an analysis of your storage system without effort,...
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Well today I am a whole year old! In people years I would be 16! David said I can get my license then....but, mommy said no. :( We woke up and went to a whole new part at the lake this morning.....there were 2 other dogs like me, well they weren't blue...they were Weims tho! Their names were Mo and Tucker. Mo was shy like me...but we played alot together, his dad said he is a resue dog and doesn't usually run off and play with other dogs but maybe it took a really pretty girl like me to get him to play....hehe. I hope we see them again sometime. It was really hot so when we eat home mommy grilled some staek and let us have homemade ice cream since it's my birthday. I guess I am getting a cake...but I have to share my cake with Jay...he is 2 on Thursday! We are gonna go to mommies work and share it....maybe they don't like those cakes from the doggy bakery...if they have been bad maybe mom won't tell em till after they eat it.... ;) I am gonna go play awhile with my brother....I might stay up later since I'm a big girl now....maybe....I am kinda tired all ready. Night....
It's Sunday April 30th, 2006. It seems as though it's been raining for days! We haven't got to go the dogpark...since...umm...I don't know, it was a longtime ago though damnit! Like Thursday maybe, we played with Xena and Jordan...and there was this cute Pitbull I like there, I don't really like dogs at the park...so it suprised me too! He has a spikey collar, and two guys own him...I am not sure if that has anything to do with it...I am just throwing things out here. ;)
Jay and I got in an arguement awhile ago since I am sleeping in his kennel. Mom is working on the computer so I getta lay close to her I guess. He hates that. He is bored too though, plus he is a chicken and won't even pee without an umbrella! Good grief! At least I am not bored and trying...to hold it!
What is it we are supposed to do anyways....on days like these? We went riding around to some stores this morning, we gotta go look at the Hamsters at Petco for awhile.....we were sure we were going to the park, till mom kept telling us she would be right back....and she bought grass seed? We needed to go along to get grass seed...weird! I guess she thought we needed a car ride or something. It wouldn't have been any fun anyway, it's been pouring all freaking day.
Well I am gonna go play for a little while, mom says we getta do some tricks....before the Sopranos come on....
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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger has dedicated his World Coach of the Decade award to his staff.
The Arsenal manager was honoured by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics this week, edging out the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho.
Wenger will receive a golden trophy at the World Football Gala later this year but he believes his colleagues at Arsenal should share any plaudits that come his way.
"I think it rewards the work of our club as a unit and all my staff who are here every day," Wenger told Arsenal TV Online. "So I would like to dedicate that [award] to everyone who has worked so hard with me at this club for the last ten years.
"Many people have put a lot of effort in and that's a great reward for them as well.
"If it [the award] is confirmed by statistics then I am happy because that shows we have a great consistency,"Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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|Why I made this costume: For a while I was looking for a costume that was going to be challenging for me and also something that really attracted me. I love the design of the costume, and the sword looks so cool! I always wanted to cosplay as a knight anyways. I decided to pick Shidou out of the other girls because of her desire to need to prove herself. She seemed like the most fitting for me. When I get a chance i'll have to play the game.
About this costume: Getting the fit just right for the shirt was a challenge. It probably took me the longest, I wanted it to be perfect. I drafted all my own patterns for everything, and it took a lot of calculating and time. The gold is hand painted on my bottom and neck piece of the costume. All the lace is hand stenciled on the slip and around the edges of the top. The skirt took a lot of measurements to get the lines to match up just right, and be at the edge of every pleat. I used boning for the corset front piece, and tied in the ribbon using hooks. I did some leather work with the belt and connected it to 2 straps that screw into the sword. The sword, sheath, and hilt were made with a variety of materials consisting of plastic, wood, and sculpey.


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Replacing floor framing
I am restoring a 125 year old brick home. The ground was leveled off and the brick walls built on the ground - no footers/concrete foundation. The first story floors are completely rotted away. There is at most 22" of space between the dirt and the bottom of the door frames -22" being the distance I fell before hitting solid ground ;0)
The first room I want to tackle is 12'x14'. What would be the best approach to building a floor back? Keeping in mind there's nothing along the ground at the walls except the walls themselves. Would I set block up against the bricks to set girders on? Also, with the limited amount of space, what size joists and girders and at what spacing? I went to get the building permit but where I'm at (way out in the county in TN) the only permit/inspections required is for new structures, exterior additions (porch/deck/garage), new electrical and new plumbing. So it won't be inspected but I want to do it right regardless. The brick were all handmade so the interior bricks are pretty fragile, don't think I could actually anchor anything to them. Any advice is appreciated.
I think if it were me doing it i would come in about 2 feet from outer opposite walls and dig a footer, when set would set 2 rows of block then fit a base plate on which to set my floor joists that way you wouldnt be damaging the brickwork but would have a secure floor. Of course anchor bolts fitted in the block construction.
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Created by Pascalle Burton, the 'Zine-in-a-Matchbox' has just had its twelfth issue printed.
Created by poet and musician Pascalle Burton of The Lavender Room, 'Zine-in-a-Matchbox' is a miniature magazine that has published up to issue #12. Like regular magazines, each issue consists of a standard set of content. However, this tiny zine which fits inside a matchbox comes with a single matchstick to burn it once it has been read.
Each issue of the Golden Stapler-nominated series features vintage books Burton has found in secondhand shops, quotes from J.D.Salinger, her pick of talented friends, tools that have featured in her life lately, and more random goodness. Click through to see images of the 'Zine-in-a-Matchbox', which are available to purchase on Etsy:


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BROOKSVILLE — William Alderman couldn't stop smiling. Couldn't stop laughing. Heck, he couldn't stop dancing.
"Do you mind," he asked, then raced off to get funky with his Hernando teammates, the cheerleaders and the band, celebrating a decisive 21-0 victory over Nature Coast Tech.
It was senior night for the Sharks, but after a pregame walk to midfield with their parents, there wasn't much to celebrate.
Hernando, on the other hand, had everything to celebrate.
"It's the first time we've beaten them since I've been here," said Alderman, a senior linebacker. "And it puts us in the playoffs for the first time in five years."
Last year, the Leopards (8-1, 6-1) played in this same game to clinch a playoff spot. They stumbled and had to go to a Monday tiebreaker, where they fell short again.
Friday, they left little doubt. Their victory, combined with Dunnellon's Class 3A, District 6-clinching win over Leesburg, gives the Leopards the runnerup spot and a first-round playoff game at North Marion Nov. 19.
After an ugly first 23 minutes that saw neither team gain any traction offensively — though Nature Coast missed three field goals — the Leopards dominated thanks to a smothering defense and scoring frenzy by star Alvin Delaine.
It started with a fumble recovery with one minute left in the first half, followed the very next play by Clevandre Pope's 25-yard touchdown pass to Delaine, and continued into the second half, in which Hernando opened with a 12-play, 74-yard smash mouth touchdown drive to make it 14-0.
"We came out in the second half and did what we had to do," said Delaine, who capped the opening drive with an 8-yard run.
The defense did the rest. Nature Coast (5-4, 3-4) was held to 142 total yards, though almost half that total came as the Sharks ran out the clock on the final drives of each half.
Delaine, who set the school record for career interceptions this season, added one more, picking off Brenton Nuby and returning it 66 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter.


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The Attendance Incentive Program allows you to cash out a portion of your sick leave balance. Cash-outs are allowed once a year during January.
You must meet the following requirements to participate in the program:
- Your sick leave balance is greater than 480 hours as of January 1.
- Your ending balance is greater than your starting balance for the year just ended. (You must have accrued more hours in that year than you used or donated.)
- Your balance will be at least 480 hours after your cash-out.
Payment is at the rate of 25 percent of the value of your accrued sick leave. The value of the sick leave is based on your current salary.
For example, if your hourly rate is $20 and you want to cash out 10 hours, you will receive $50 ($20 x 10 x .25). Cash-outs are subject to taxes, so the amount you take home will be less than $50.
Full-time employees may cash out up to 96 hours per year. Maximums for part-time employees are prorated based on the employee's FTE.
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- Confirm your sick leave balance is above 480 hours. You can find this information in Employee Self Service (ESS) or by speaking to your department's timekeeper.
- Compare your starting and ending sick leave balances for the year just ended. This information is also in ESS or with your timekeeper. If your ending balance is higher than the starting balance, you may cash out all or part of the difference, as long as the remaining balance is 480 hours.
- Complete the appropriate version of the Request for Payment of Year-End Unused Sick Leave form:
- Allow enough time for your department to process the form and turn it into the Payroll office. Payroll must receive it no later than 5:00 p.m. on the last working day in January. Forms received after the deadline may not processed for payment.
You will receive your payment no later than the second paycheck of February. Once your cash-out is processed, your sick leave balance will be reduced by the number of hours you cashed out.
Department leadership should note that cash-out payments are charged to the department's budget; they are not paid centrally.
Nearing retirement
If you are close to retiring, you may want to consider saving your unused sick leave. When you retire, you can create a medical expense account (called a VEBA) to pay post-retirement medical expenses for you and your eligible dependents. The cash-out rate is still 25 percent, but funds placed in VEBA are tax-free. See VEBA for more information.
Members of the Inlandboatmen's Union are not eligible for a VEBA and therefore receive a taxable cash payment for their unused sick leave at the same 25 percent rate.


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Special Report from Afghanistan. This reporter was on the Obama plane that flew to Afghanistan today. During the flight, we noticed strange Muslim looking men meeting with the president and they spoke in hushed terms. According to our source, the Muslims were representatives of the Taliban who were informing President Obama they would not attempt to assassinate him during his visit to Bagram airfield. I just received an email from Glenn Beck who displayed a series of lines leading from Pakistan to this plane which appears to verify our report that Obama's flight to Bagram has nothing to do with American fighting men and women, but is a signal to the Taliban they are on the road to victory. Is there any coincidence that the president is flying to Afghanistan and on his plane are Muslim looking men?
The plane touched down and we noticed that President Obama demanded that General Petraeus extend his hand and come to attention and then salute a man who has never been in combat. It is the same tired old demeaning manner in which liberals treat those who serve their country. General Petraeus attempted to speak with the soldiers gathered in the hangar, but Obama shoved him aside and went into a rant against the American people for voting Republican. The president told those gathered that "your'e on the offense," but never once did he say they would defeat the Talbian within a few months. It is the same old defeatist liberal trash talk when encountering our fighting men and women.
We have been unofficially informed the cost of this public relations expedition which took our wonderful soldiers away from killing the Taliban is estimated to cost the nation about $250,000,000 per day. I do not make any charges, but is there any connection between Muslim looking men on the Obama plane and forcing US soldiers to cease fighting and listen to his political rant? Just asking.


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Fire danger remains high in Southern Colorado (Chieftain). El Paso County is placed under a fire ban (Gazette).
In Colorado Springs, the vote count is set to resume this morning, with 9,000-10,000 ballots still to count. Unofficial and incomplete counts show Richard Skorman and Steve Bach headed for the mayoral run-off. Jan Martin leads the Council At-Large race, with 11% of the vote. In the 2nd District Council race, Angela Dougan has garnered 40% of the vote, and in the 3rd District race, there's no clear winner with less than 150 votes separating Lisa Czelatdko from Michael Merrifield. Both issue 1A and 1B appear to be passing, though 1A is a much tighter contest, with 53% of voters saying yes (KRCC).
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Books read this month but not yet reviewed here:
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (okay..)
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (loved!)
- Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman (okay..)
- The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (my feelings are complicated... you'll see what I mean when I post my review).
Giveaway Issue?
One thing I noticed was interesting, I had a giveaway recently for Bond Girl. I really enjoyed it, but I wonder if my review didn't demonstrate that. I had an extremely small number of people enter the giveaway... I don't think I've ever had that low of a turnout. I wondered if it was because I added a field for address in the giveaway form. Is it possible that people didn't want to leave that so they didn't enter? My page views, which I rarely check but did in this case because I was confused, were average. I'm not going to use the address field on my next giveaway and see if that changes anything!
Savannah Trip!
Oh, I'm super excited.. a few friends and I are planning a trip to Savannah later this spring. I wasn't sure what all there was to do there but I looked around online and found some things that look fun. Any suggestions? Also, I saw they have a tour related to the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil which I have NOT read yet so my plan is to read that soon because I'd like to do the tour. I hear it's a good book (and I want to watch the movie). So any suggestions for things to do, bookish and non, are appreciated!!
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I have written the review already for The Orphan Master's Son and will probably post it soon (I'm trying to keep my reviews spaced out), but I'm interested in talking about it. I was really disappointed in it but the more I think about it the more I appreciate it. Yeah, it's one of those for me. Has anyone else read this yet?
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Oh, one more thing... Heather and Sandy have already mentioned it, but this year's UCF Book Festival is this year on March 31, 2012! (I'm trying to make sure my girls' trip doesn't coincide with this...!!) We talked briefly about doing another get together this year for local bloggers... who all would be interested in attending??
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I gave this a mental run through while in Target this morning.
My plan would be to head for the back exit (follow the EXIT signs), and get people moving out that exit. Take up a covered position inside the exit area and be prepared to engage if the BG starts heading that way.
I am not sanguine about seeking out and engaging the BG. In the awful event that I take a shot at him that ends up hitting a bystander, I'd by far rather it be a case where I was shooting to defend my life rather than a case where I sought the bad guy out for battle.
I have no illusions about being robocop. I'll try to herd some of the sheep to safety, and rear guard them as they get out. Seeking the BG out is a losing proposition, IMHO. You've gone from defense to offense, and depending on where you live that might be the difference between freedom and many years in a cell with Mongo.
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4 oz. lean, thinly sliced pork loin, mixed with 1/2 tsp. pepper and 1/2 tsp. salt.
2 T shallots, minced
1 T garlic, minced
3-4 C cooled cooked rice
1 C cubed, gold, sweet pineapple
1 T oyster sauce
2 T broth or water
1 T ketchup
1 -2 T light soy sauce
1 tsp. hot sauce, such as sriracha (optional)
In a hot wok, with 2 -3 T canola oil, saut the shallots for two minutes. Add garlic. Stir for 30 seconds, then add pork. When the pork is brown in two to three minutes, add the rice. Toss to blend until heated through (two to three minutes). Add a bit more oil if needed to prevent rice from sticking. Swirl in sauce. Add pineapple. When rice is hot to the touch sprinkle in the herbs and serve.
Tip: The key ingredient in good fried rice is the sauce taste. Adjust the soy sauce. You may need a little more or a little less to fit your taste buds. I like cilantro in this dish, but if you don't like cilantro, don't use it. I always use fresh pineapple. If fresh isn't available, one small can of chunk pineapple will do. Make sure to drain well.


text: Internet Use and Publishing Guidelines Index: INTRODUCTIONGUIDELINES FOR INTERNET USERSGUIDELINES FOR INTERNET PUBLISHERSPublishing on UTPB's Internet ServersThe UTPB Home PageResponsibilities Of PublishersInitiating Web Material At UTPBRequired Elements For Material Published on UTPB Web ServersInstitutional (departmental) pages or sitesPersonal pages or sitesUTPB Web SupportComplaint Resolution Process INTRODUCTION (Back to index) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) promotes and supports the use of the Internet and Internet applications to inform the global community about the services and operation of UTPB and to provide support to university personnel in the administration of programs. UTPB places conditions and guidelines on the use of the Internet, Internet resources, and Internet applications on computer systems and facilities that are the property of UTPB. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide specific information to campus users of the Internet resources. Several principles underlie UTPB's guidelines regarding access to and publication on the Internet. The university upholds an individual's constitutional right to freedom of speech and the faculty's right to academic freedom. The authors of these guidelines appreciate the spirit in which the Web was created and exists. UTPB also recognizes that material created by its component departments, schools, labs and other "official" sources represent the university to audiences within the institution and far beyond. In the creation of these guidelines, a conscious effort has been made to balance good stewardship of institutional assets with the need for individual freedom and creative expression. GUIDELINES FOR INTERNET USERS (Back to index) As good stewards, all users of UTPB's information resources, must act professionally and with regard for others. 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We're expecting our first at the end of September. I have 2.5 weeks of vacation time left. I was considering taking Fourth of July week off (burning four vaca days) and then keeping the remaining week and a half for when the kid is born so I can help out, etc. My wife says she has no problem with this, but I don't know A) If she's just being a trooper, or B) She has any idea what she's in for.
Just curious what some other dads did. For those of you that took extended paternity leave, I am jealous, but my wife is planning on four months off so that's not really an option for us finacially.


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Coral, the country's third-largest bookmaker, is preparing to break ranks with Ladbrokes and William Hill by signing a contract for live racing coverage with Turf TV, the company that will have exclusive rights to betting shop broadcasts from half of Britain's courses after January 1.
No deal has yet been signed between the two parties, but a source close to negotiations between Coral and Turf TV said yesterday that "talks between the two companies have been going on for several weeks, and are continuing." The same source added that "no deal has yet been reached, but both sides remain very hopeful of an agreement."
From January 1, only betting shops that take the Turf TV service will be able to broadcast live coverage of races not covered by terrestrial stations from 31 British tracks. The list includes most of the high-profile venues, such as Ascot, Cheltenham, Newmarket, Epsom, Sandown and York.
To date, the major off-course bookies - particularly Ladbrokes, Hills, Coral and BetFred - have presented a united front against Turf TV, claiming that it will have unacceptable implications for the overall running costs of their shops.
If such a major player in the off-course market as Coral does indeed decide to take the Turf TV service, there will be immense pressure on their rivals to do the same. The commercial advantages to be gained by showing every race at the Cheltenham Festival, for instance, while the Ladbrokes or Hills shop a quarter of a mile away cannot, could be considerable.
Between them, the four companies form about 80% of high street betting shops. Ladbrokes and Hills are also shareholders in Satellite Information Services, which has held a monopoly on off-course picture broadcasts for the last 20 years.
The Tote became the most high-profile convert to Turf TV as long ago as early June, at which time Wilf Walsh, then the managing director of Coral, said that his firm was "absolutely, 100% not" going to follow suit, adding "it seems like a case of who's gonna blink first, and I ain't gonna blink". However, Walsh left Coral soon afterwards to pursue other interests, and his replacement, Nick Rust, who arrived at the beginning of September, is not thought to share his antipathy towards the new company.
The mere fact that Coral are even negotiating with Turf TV also has important implications for the argument over the next Levy scheme, which will be determined by the government after the bookies and racing's interests failed to reach an agreement by October 31.
Chris Bell, the chief executive of Ladbrokes and a director of the Association of British Bookmakers, has called for bookmakers' payments for the Turf TV service to be offset against their Levy responsibilities. However, Nic Coward, the chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, has insisted that Turf TV is strictly a separate, commercial issue. Coral's willingness to negotiate a deal to take the service, while the determination of the Levy continues, appears to back Coward up in his fight.
Sir Michael Stoute seems certain to retain Ryan Moore as his stable jockey next season, after he confirmed that he will have talks with the 2006 champion jockey when he attends the Japan Cup in Tokyo this weekend.
Moore rode 47 of Stoute's 111 winners during the latest Flat turf season, despite missing nearly three months of the campaign through injury, with the highlight being his audacious ride on Notnowcato in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown in June. Moore took Notnowcato to the stands' side on the way to beating Authorized, the Derby winner, and George Washington.
Stoute has not employed a stable jockey since Kieren Fallon left Newmarket to ride for Aidan O'Brien early in 2005.