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Over the summer, Jim McLaughlin, operations manager for the City of Eugene (Ore.) Public Works Department, showed me several mobile applications he has integrated into his operations to assist with inspections and management of assets. All of their applications have been developed in-house by an IT project team managed within the public works department. And all of the applications are "IOS" set to run on an iPad.
Three helpful PW apps
He explained how his vactor crew uses one of the programs to help guide them to structures that need cleaning and then documents their inlet and catch basin maintenance operations. As they drive, they can view a map on the mobile device that displays their location as well as the location of storm drains in the area. If a basin needs to be cleaned, it shows up red. After they have stopped and cleaned the basin, they can enter their activity into the app to indicate maintenance has been done, and the drainage structure on the map will then turn to green.
McLaughlin's team also developed a Mobile RFS (request for service) application to help crews and supervisors send requests, set up work orders, and track their progress. The person setting up the work request is prompted for a job code and has the option to take a photo and capture the location of the issue. The location can also be manually entered. All requests go into a bucket list that can be viewed through the program. Only a supervisor can convert the request to an actual work order. If additional problems are found while the crew is completing a task, they can be directed through the application to a supervisor for follow up. At this time, it is not accessible to the public and is not used for critical service requests.
Finally, McLaughlin has also arranged for the development of a mobile app to be used to inspect ADA compliance of sidewalks. This "Ramp Inspector" displays all sidewalk ramps in the city and allows the user to add new ones as needed. A screen shot of the app can be seen in the image. Each square on the map designates a ramp and contains data including the ramp type, intersection type, crossing direction, and the latitude and longitude of the ramp. Users can also include a photo of the site.
The argument for iPads
One of the issues we discussed was security and the hesitation of some agencies to assign iPads to their employees and allow them the use of this type of technology. If you work for this type of agency, you might want to try using McLaughlin's comment regarding his decision to give his staff tablets: "I trust them with a $400,000 truck so I can trust them with a $300 piece of equipment." His reasoning can be extended even further when you add in the other responsibilities we entrust our public works staff to take on. We trust them to manage and treat our drinking water, to ensure the water we discharge to the environment has been cleaned and is safe, and to keep our roadways safe for us to drive on. So why would we restrict them from using a relatively low-cost piece of equipment that saves them time and allows them to better perform their more critical duties?
If you're interested in checking out some industry-related apps, Public Works has collected a list of those currently available here (the list is a work in progress). And if you would like to contact McLaughlin for more information about his operations and use of mobile apps, email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Things get so much clearer and easier when BOTH hands are on the job and not one holding an SLR. Just saying.
I don't disagree with you ...
First off, I start clueless (so maybe it takes me ten times longer); and, as anyone who has documented a fix knows, it takes much longer to document the steps than to just do them (so that makes it fifteen times longer); plus, I take pretty good pics ... so maybe it's twenty times longer (what with all the angles, lighting changes, selection, cropping, annotation, posting, etc.). And I certainly try to respond, in detail, with pictures, to every single relevant query (so maybe it's twenty five times longer). ... plus I freeze like a deer in the headlights when I have to make a decision without data ... (that's where you guys get me over the hurdles!).
But, keep in mind, not only am I helping myself by asking these questions, I'm also trying to help the clueless (of which I always start out as one).
When the clueless read the final DIY (which always seems to take ANOTHER ten times longer) ... THEY can follow in just a couple of hours. That's progress!
In fact, at this point, with just my "text" directions (I haven't posted the pictures yet), I "probably" could do an entire belt-drive system swap in just a few hours (assuming fewer mishaps because of the knowledge of the cn90 thread-nut trick, for example).
Of course, my "I'm being towed in 30 minutes" original post "grew" from a charging system question --> to an alternator R&R --> to a belt-drive system overhaul --> to a PSP leak fix --> to a stripped water pump shaft --> to a fan shroud removal --> to a broken nipple --> to an aneurysm in the lower radiator hose --> to a cooling system overhaul parts research (and some say,
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shown below) --> to a valve cover gasket replacement --> and from there to a VANOS seals (thank God I dodged the bullet on the ICV and CCV and OFH repairs).
At this point, my biggest problem is selecting the parts and suppliers at a good price for the cooling system overhaul (doing all the research necessary and
posting results into this thread
for myself & others).
It seems the most highly recommended suppliers (overall) are:
- eactuning, oembimmerparts, bmaparts, bavauto, autohauzaz, bmw-parts-direct, eeuroparts, bimmerspecialist, and trademotion ...
So, I'm in the cooling-system overhaul parts-research stage at the moment.
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Doc Wasabassco and his crew celebrate Labor Day in this show that honors a near-universal sentiment. Evelyn Vinyl, Gal Friday, Madame Rosebud, Mala Morrigan, Medianoche, Nasty Canasta, Natasha King, Penny Wren and Tansy will work their hearts out on the Bell House stage. We've always backed the proletariat, but this is the kind of labor movement we can really get behind.
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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
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After the injury to Victor Martinez, Jason Varitek was in line to take over starting catcher duties. However, it seems the captain himself was not immune from the injury bug going around, fracturing a foot and landing on the disabled list with nine of his teammates.
With only Gustavo Molina left standing as a healthy major league ready catcher (AAA catchers Dusty Brown and Mark Wagner are on the minor league DL), Theo had to make a move. Thankfully, old friend Kevin Cash, who served as Tim Wakefield's personal catcher in 2007 and 2008 was available, having been designated for assignment by the Astros a few days earlier.
Cash did not receive the same kind of fanfare in his return as Doug Mirabelli (State Police escort from the airport) but his return is much more important as is taking over starting duties behind the dish rather than serving as a backup caddy and knuckleball specialist. While Kevin Cash won't contribute much with the bat (.187/.249/.289/.539 career line) he is familiar with the team and some of the pitching staff.
With any luck, Victor Martinez will return after the All-Star break, but until then, Kevin Cash will try to hold the ship together and not foul a ball off his foot or collide with Adrian Beltre.
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The artist and computer scientist shares why he believes that the internet needs to be a slower-paced environment that acts as a repository for shared human experience.
On March 30, 2012, we will be hosting our sixth annual PSFK CONFERENCE NYC celebrating and sharing new ideas. Since 2007, the PSFK conference series has catered to creative professionals from around the world, exploring the latest trends, inspirations, and ideas. PSFK brings together the world's leading creative thinkers with both established and emerging business leaders to bring to life the conversations that take place daily on PSFK.com. Click here to purchase tickets and find additional information about this year's event.
Joining us as a speaker at the conference will be artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris. Known for innovative work that explores how humans relate to technology and to each other. He is the co-creator of We Feel Fine and has exhibited around the world at museums such as MoMA and Le Centre Pompidou.
His latest venture, Cowbird, is an online community that aims to offer a deeper and longer-lasting way for people to tell stories about their lives. As a slower-paced alternative to services like Twitter, Cowbird aims to be a rich public repository of human wisdom and experience.
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Investing: Bets off the Beaten Track
Wall Street's financial magicians never take a break from innovating. There seems to be a way to play the financial angles on almost everything human beings deal with as they go about their daily business. Investors can make bets on everything from the weather and nuclear energy to the powdery stuff that goes into your energy drink.
Here are some of the offbeat ways investors—financial pros and fearless individuals alike—can get a piece of the action:
The Weather
As the old saying goes, everybody talks about it, but no one does anything about it. Well, some investors might disagree. Hundreds of thousands of people trade weather futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Since their launch in 1999, these futures have been popular among weather-dependent parties like energy companies and farmers, as the number of "hot" days and "cool" days directly affect their businesses. About a million contracts, representing bets on the monthly and seasonal weather in cities from Tucson to Stockholm, change hands every day.
The Job Market
Nonfarm payrolls futures, which will be introduced later this month, allow people to "bet" on the monthly jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report is considered an important bellwether of the health of the U.S. economy and can often influence the direction of stocks and bonds. Thus, payrolls futures could provide an opportunity for investors to hedge their positions when the report is released on the first Friday of each month.
House Prices
While it's a good bet that few people are making money in the physical housing market these days (take a look at all the "For Sale" signs dotting the landscape), financial pros are trying their luck on housing index-related futures. These futures are based on underlying residential property values, weight-averaged, grouped, and packaged into indexes. Usually, mortgage brokers and developers use them to hedge risks or gain profits as the real estate market gyrates, by buying or selling contracts that pay off on the difference of "estimated" and real housing index numbers.
Futures based on the widely followed S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index started trading two years ago on the CME, but the product "has not worked very well" according to a CME spokesperson, as the U.S. housing market headed into a major downward spiral shortly afterward. In theory, retail property owners can use it as a way to hedge or speculate as well, but few people appear to have tried that approach.
Nuclear Energy
While many investors shun the housing market as "radioactive," they might consider putting their money in things that really are. New York-based fund Van Eck Global introduced the first nuclear energy exchange-traded fund last fall as demand for alternative energy soared. And ETF heavyweight PowerShares just launched its own ETF based on nuclear energy on Apr. 3. These ETFs invest in various companies involved in the nuclear power industry by tracking indexes with constituencies in areas from uranium mining, plant infrastructure, and power generation, to storage and transport.
Van Eck's Market Vector ETF has not been particularly successful, with the price down about 25% over the past six months. The fund was heavy in mining stocks and thus was influenced by the price volatility in uranium. The new PowerShares ETF will focus more on power generation.
Agricultural commodities have been enjoying their biggest bull market in the past few decades, with rising demand in food and clean bioenergy across the world fueling the boom. Among the products that have attracted investor attention: whey.
Whey? The stuff that Little Miss Muffet ate with her curds? It turns out that dry whey, a byproduct of the cheese-making process, is a key ingredient in the high-protein, low-fat power shakes that have caught on among health-conscious Americans in recent years. Consumers' thirst for these drinks has helped push up the demand for dry whey.
And some people are making big bucks by betting on dry whey futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. High price volatility has made dry whey attractive to commodity traders and commercial users, the two major types of players in the market, for either speculating or hedging purposes. Commercial users—farmers, food processors, or other companies who deal with a particular commodity in their businesses—buy or sell futures contracts to offset their risks as the underlying commodity price moves out of their comfort zones. Professional commodity traders bet on the future price movement of a commodity and pocket the difference between the price on a futures contract and the price in the cash market on a certain date—if they bet in the right direction.
Ever since their debut last year on the CME, where they joined agricultural stalwarts soybeans, corn, and pork bellies, prices of dry whey futures contracts have seen some wild swings. (A pound of dry whey is worth only about one-third of what it was a year ago, based on the April futures contract.)
Whey may not be a good ingredient for most portfolios. "You won't want to touch that. The illiquidity makes it a particularly risky market even for experienced traders," said Steve Briese, an independent commodity futures analyst and author of the industry reference The Commitments of Traders Bible. For most retail investors, it seems that a safer way to play the market and ride the commodity boom would be to put their money into various funds that trade commodity derivatives or stocks.


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Ouray Ice Festival Clinics
Ice Climbing Clinics are an integral part of the Ouray Ice Festival! Each year we strive to offer quality, interactive and educational clinics to climbers of every skill level.
We are pleased to partner again with San Juan Mountain Guides to provide over 100 clinics and seminars for the Ouray Ice Festival. For information pertaining to Festival Clinics please contact San Juan Mountain Guides: 970-325-4925 or (800) 642-5389.
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Global roseKey West, FL, USA
"I ordered roses for the cake from Global Rose and had them delivered on Thursday for a Saturday wedding. By Saturday they were wonderfun and was asked several times where I had gotten them. I will be using them for occasions in the future. Hard to beat 75 roses for 80 dollars. Very reliable and no problems what so ever."
Hy-Vee400 S Locust St
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"I know this sounds a little weird to get flowers for your wedding from a grocery store but they were wonderful and reaonably priced. They were extremly fresh and delivered on time. Great experience. Check it out."
Artistic PhotographyDubuque, IA, United States
"I could not be happier with Shawn and the pictures he took for our wedding. He captured the entire day and his pictures are simply amazing. He provided us with a DVD of all our pictures and there were about 700-750 on there!!! It was simply unbelievable. My wife and I talk about him doing baby pictures (and we have not even discussed having one) and family pictures, ect. Top of the line photographer, be sure to check out his blog and read the top mistakes as I think he has really good points. He states to choose a photographer that is right for you, I like artistic pictures and to have fun with them, if this is not your style you may not want to go with artistic. Check out the website and see what you think. Again my wife and I could not be happier and he was worth every single red cent we paid him and than some. I seriously feel like we got a bargin."
St. Peter Lutheran Church3200 Asbury Rd
Dubuque, IA 52001, US
"Wonderful experience all around. We had just moved to Dubuque about a year prior and the pastor agreed to do our wedding even though we were not members. We had fully intented on becoming members however we moved about 5 months after being married there. Highly recommend it."
Grand River Center500 Bell St
Dubuque, IA 52001, US
"By far the best location for a reception in Dubuque. We went with the room where you had cocktail hours in the glass room overlooking the mississippi and guests were blown away by it. Definately the best deal. I received so many compliments on this location I simply can not say enough about it. Get the pizza for the late time snack, was a huge hit. Very very nice."
Days Inn - Dubuque1111 Dodge Street
Dubuque, IA, USA
Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark350 Bell St
Dubuque, IA 52001, US
"Grand Harbor is very convient when having the reception at the Grand River Center however I was dissappointed with the lack of rate discount and working together with the grand river center. The fact that they sell you a block of 10 rooms and whatever is not used you need to pay for did not go over well with me either. They could definately be more accomodating and reward the bride and groom by discounting the rooms for the guests or giving the bride and groom one of their specialty rooms for free. Weddings are big business and Grand Harbor Resort does not seem to either care or understand that..."
Hampton Inn Dubuque, IA3434 Dodge Street
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Hilton Garden Inn Dubuque1801 Greyhound Park Drive
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Holiday Inn450 Main St
Dubuque, IA 52001, US
"Extremely accomadating and would highly recommend. Their shuttle came down to the Grand River Center and picked guests up. I would recommend your guest stay here rather than Grand Harbor Resorts due to price and willingness to accomodate."
Timmerman's Supper Club7787 Timmerman Dr
East Dubuque, IL 61025, US
Bricktown Brewery299 Main St
Dubuque, IA, USA
Dubuque 365 Com-VUE365210 W 1st St # 1
Dubuque, IA, USA
"Not a location but rather a link to a website. Check it out for events, nightlife and civic opportunities 24/7/365"
Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical3125 W 32nd St
Dubuque, IA, USA
Miguel's Coffee Bar806 Wacker Dr
Dubuque, IA, USA
Hartig USA Drug703 Main St
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Hy-Vee400 S Locust St
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USES: Clonazepam is used to prevent and control seizures. This medication is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. It is also used to treat panic attacks. Clonazepam works by calming your brain and nerves. It belongs to a class of drugs called benzodiazepines.
HOW TO USE: Read the Medication Guide provided by your pharmacist before you start taking clonazepam and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.Take this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor, usually 2 or 3 times daily.Dosage is based on your medical condition, age, and response to treatment. For children, the dose is also based on weight. Older adults usually start with a lower dose to decrease the risk of side effects. Do not increase your dose, take it more often, or take it for a longer time than directed.Take this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same times each day.Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor. Some conditions may become worse when this drug is suddenly stopped. Your dose may need to be gradually decreased.This medication may cause withdrawal reactions, especially if it has been used regularly for a long time or in high doses. In such cases, withdrawal symptoms (such as seizures, mental/mood changes, shaking, stomach/muscle cramps) may occur if you suddenly stop using this medication. To prevent withdrawal reactions, your doctor may reduce your dose gradually. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details, and report any withdrawal reactions immediately.When this medication is used for a long time, it may not work as well. Talk with your doctor if this medication stops working well.Along with its benefits, this medication may rarely cause abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction). This risk may be increased if you have abused alcohol or drugs in the past. Take this medication exactly as prescribed to lessen the risk of addiction.If you have several different types of seizure disorders, you may experience a worsening of seizures when you first start using clonazepam. Consult your doctor right away if this happens. Your doctor may need to add or adjust the dose of your other medications to control the seizures.Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.
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Q-106.5 Playlist – October 2014 Top Songs
Fall has begun and so has another month of great country music from Q-106.5, Maine's Country Station! Where is your favorite on our list?
Fall has begun and so has another month of great country music from Q-106.5, Maine's Country Station! Where is your favorite on our list?
Labor Day weekend has come and gone, summer is un-officially over, but the country music is still hot! Here's the music that will usher in the cool fall days of September 2014!
Pharrell Williams probably had no idea when he sang 'Happy' for the movie 'Despicable Me 2' just how big a hit it would become. From the videos colleges, towns and individuals are doing to the song...to country superstars like Rascal Flatts performing it acapella on tour, and on last nights CMAFest 'Country's Night to Rock' on ABC. If you missed the show, watch Rascal Flatts and their band perform 'Happy'
With summer in full swing, the great country music just keeps coming! Here are the Top 30 songs we play on Maine's Country Station.
July 9th Birthdays read like a list of Hollywood's Who's Who! They include Oscar Winner Tom Hanks, TV's Jimmy Smits & Fred Savage, Actress Kelly McGillis from 'Top Gun'. Actors Brian Dennehy & Jack White, Bangor Mayor Ben Sprague...plus former Football Star and now Lovelock Correctional Resident #1027820 O.J. Simpson and of course ME, yes, I share this July 9th Birthday with many great people! But we're here to say Happy Birthday to country singer David Ball!
Only four more days until the first official day of summer and you know what that means...BBQ, fishing, and sunshine galore! To help celebrate the impending fun I've gathered the best of the best country summer songs and listed them for you here...
Summer officially arrives this month, and the music is as hot as the weather will be getting! Who has the Top Song on Q-106.5 going into June 2014?
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As we get closer and closer to the Summer of '14, these are the songs that will be enjoyed at back yard BBQ's, fire pit gatherings, beaches and generally enjoying Summer with great music! These are the Top Songs for May 2014!


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Game-changer: The Hyundai Veloster started the sportscar revival and remains the style price leader, despite the arrival of the exciting new Toyota 86.
9 July 2012
By DAVID HASSALL
SPORTSCARS are making a comeback in Australia, thanks largely to more affordable and attractive coupes such as the recently launched Hyundai Veloster and Toyota 86.
And the growing market segment is set to get a further kick along this month with the launch of the BRZ, Subaru's version of the headline-grabbing 86.
But it is really the 86 that has lit the touch-paper on a market segment that has been largely stagnant for years as younger buyers have turned increasingly to sports-oriented SUVs and utes rather than the MGs and Alfas so admired by their fathers.
After years of walking away from sportscars – having discontinued long-time staples such as the Celica, MR2, Supra and even the much-maligned Paseo – Toyota appears to have emerged from its recent troubles with a new appreciation of fun.
Perhaps encouraged by the critical acclaim and almost certain success of the joint venture with Subaru to develop the 86 and BRZ twins, Toyota has also forged an association with BMW to produce a new sportscar.
This is expected to be a high-end machine that would provide BMW and Toyota's Lexus division with rivals to the iconic Porsche 911, sporting high-technology componentry such as carbon-fibre and advanced powertrains.
From top: Toyota 86; Subaru BRZ; Porsche 911; Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe.While there is lots of excitement at Porsche Cars Australia about sales growth potential with the all-new 911, Boxster and Cayman ranges, the business end of the sportscar market is all happening below $40,000.
Just as sportscar brands like MG and Austin Healey grew out of post-WW2 austerity in Britain with people looking to add some fun and colour to their lives, perhaps people are more attracted to frivolous cars again as they emerge from the global financial crisis.
This year alone, the total sportscar market in Australia is up 50.1 per cent on the first half of 2011, with almost half of the increase coming from the Hyundai Veloster that was launched here in February this year priced from $23,990.
Having racked up a total of 1859 sales, the front-drive Veloster is selling at the rate of about 400 cars a month – about the same as Toyota Australia has projected for the rear-drive 86 – and taken a 26.0 per cent slice of the segment for sportscars priced below $80k year-to-date.
Its nearest rival YTD is the more expensive Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, which was launched here in August last year priced from $58,900, although its position will be usurped by the end of the year by the hot-selling and hotly priced Toyota 86, which created headlines last month with its $29,990 launch price.
Nevertheless, the sleek Mercedes Coupe has accounted for an impressive 1122 sales in the first half for a 15.7 per cent share compared with only 311 sales in the same period last year for its predecessor, the CLC.
Volkswagen also aided the cause in the sub-$80k segment with the return last November of the Golf Cabriolet (431 sales YTD) and the sleek new Scirocco coupe (407 sales YTD) from early this year.
Sales in the over-$80k sportscar segment have been slowing over the past five years, since the BMW 3 Series coupe and cabriolet models were at their peak with 2921 sales for the year in 2007, when the Audi A5 coupe arrived and took sales away from not only BMW and Benz but also Audi's own TT.
In recent years, the over-$80k segment has been dominated by the Mercedes E-Class coupe and convertible models (824 sales YTD), but the smaller new-generation Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster launched last August has contributed 374 units this year, more than compensating for BMW's fall in the changeover to new 3 Series coupe and cabriolet in March this year.
Naturally, the GFC curbed the top end of the sportscar market, especially for Aston Martin, Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz (CL and SL). Sales are down at least one-third over their 2007 peak, but Porsche expects a recovery in the next two years with the arrival of new 911 variants.
But the real interest among sportscar fans remains at the lower end for once, with all eyes on the market reaction to the 86 and BRZ, and how they will affect the top-selling Veloster.
Longer-term, many car companies will be watching with interest to see if this is a sustainable trend back to small driver-oriented sportscars, and perhaps away from big gas-guzzling sports utes, or simply a post-GFC over-adjustment.
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BALTIMORE — The new director of the FBI is emphasizing the agency's commitment to combat terrorism and fostering strong partnerships with local law enforcement.
Director James Comey stopped by the Baltimore FBI field office Monday on his tour of the 56 FBI field offices in the United States.
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When I go away, I like to buy a cheap shower puff to take with me so that I can throw it away at the end of the week and this was one that I purchased in the summer. I always prefer using a puff rather than a sponge as I feel a lot cleaner when I have used as the netting scratches against my skin gently exfoliating it.
The netting of the puff is quite soft, so much so that my daughter uses it without causing any irritation. The puff has a hoop of material attached so that it can easily be hung up when not using, which I find more hygienic, I prefer the puffs that have material hoops as they don't scratch against my skin and also, they puff can dry out when not is use rather than staying damp until the next time it is used. The puff soaks up water and shower gel really easily and always produces a good lather against my skin.
The puff is available in a variety of different colours, to be honest, I just picked up a white one and it costs around £1, it is worth noting that this isn't available online and only in store for some reason.
Overall, this is a good puff and an excellent price therefore I would recommend and give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Thanks for reading.
I frequently like to use shower gel during my showers, mainly because I find that bathing in bubble baths can irritate my skin and also I don't always have the time to wait for the bath water to fill up for bathing. Therefore having a body puff is a shower item I use quite frequently and once my Body shop body puff started to wear away I decided it was time to buy a new one.
I remember coming across an Asda branded body puff during my weekly grocery shop and when I saw it was priced at around 98p I thought it was a great bargain price and decided to give it a go. It was available in two colours white or blue; I opted for the blue one as I thought the white colour would start to look dirtier fairly quickly.
The body puff is shaped as a ball and is intertwined together by its nylon material that scrunch together to form a bouncy net looking puff, It is kind of hard to explain so I apologise for my description! My particular body puff is coloured blue and in my opinion looks well designed and put together by intertwined stings that and the end produces a hanging part that allows me to easily hang onto the door hook in our bathroom or on a hanging peg in my bedroom.
I first wet my body puff with some water allowing it to absorb some moisture and then pour on some shower gel. I found that the body puff easily allowed the shower gel to lather up into a nice foamy bubbly consistency, I also loved the fact that I did not have to use much shower gel to get the lathering effect as the body puff did all the hard work and was able to produce more than enough lather and foamy soap to rub myself clean. This is of course a plus side as it means I tend to use lesser amounts of shower gel and save money in the process.
I found it felt nice and soft against my skin, with the foamy soap it felt like silk against my skin and definitely helped clean my skin more effectively compared to not using any body puff at all.
I found that my body puff has kept its colour quite well and the blue has not faded even after frequent use. I have been using my body puff for a good few months and it still manages to do the job quite well, although it is starting show signs of wear now but that was expected considering it has been a few months. In fact I was quite surprised that it lasted me this long, as in the past I have used more expensive body puffs and they tended to fall apart after a 3 weeks! So proofing the Asda branded version is a good quality product and well designed.
I would recommend this Asda branded body puff, as it does its job perfectly. It is nice a soft against the skin, lathers up shower gel and soap well and is also long lasting. I would definitely purchase this again once mine falls apart, and with a price of only 98p I manage to save a few pennies too!
Asda body puff
Personally, one item that I always use during my morning shower is a shower puff or a body puff. The shower puff provides a lovely gentle daily skin exfoliation and it makes all my rather expensive shower gels last that little bit longer. Simply put a shower puff is a bunched up mesh like material that when used with shower gel creates a nice abundance of lather, much more than you would ever get with a typical face or wash cloth. Really in my opinion a good shower puff will make any shower far more enjoyable as well as saving you money because you really do need to use less shower gel than you would otherwise to get a lot of lovely lather.
I like to think of myself as a bit of a shower puff connoisseur :) and really in my opinion Asda have made a pretty good puff. As far as I am aware the body puff is only available in white, but then that's not a bad thing unless like me you enjoy a bit of variety. The Asda body puff is initially quite a tight mesh of netting like material, but it does loosen with use and really it's a fairly standard shower puff. I would have to say that the Asda puff does seem to start to separate faster than some other shower puff brands I have tried and personally I do find that I need to replace the Asda puff sooner than I have in the past with others brands. But then having said that the Asda puff only costs a fraction of the price.
So far I have had a few of the Asda shower puffs and they really are as good as some of the more expensive brands, if not just slightly smaller and maybe a little tighter held together. Overall, it does exactly what you want it to do for a low price. If you are interested the Asda body puff typically retails for around 85 pence, which is in my opinion a complete bargain. There really isn't a whole lot more to be said about the Asda body puff, it is a simple and fairly standard shower puff that delivers exactly what you would expect from it.
From me the Asda shower puff gets a well earned four out of five stars and it comes highly recommended.
I have started putting together Nappy cakes and hampers in my spare time and as such I was looking for items in my local Asda toiletries section to see what would be suitable to use.
This particular puff is from Asda although you can buy similar in many different places this one is great value at £1 each, the puff is available in white and pale blue, I have stuck to the white one as it matches in with anything I am doing. The puff comes attached to a small piece of cardboard so it doesn't really have actual packaging.
The body puff is literally a sheet of mesh material concertinaed ona piece of thin rope and bunched up together. The material isn't what you could call soft but it isn't too rough on your skin either. As I use these items for making up gifts for other people I like to try them out first so I bought one myself and then have bought others for in the hampers now I know it is a suitable product.
The puff is great and makes your shower gel go much further, you need to wet the puff to use it and then if you place a small amount of shower gel on it you will find that it lathers up really well and you don't use half as much so it pays for itself pretty quickly with your savings. The puff also helps to exfoliate your skin whilst you are washing, I have tiny little bumps on the back of my arms and have found this area feels much smoother when using the puff.
This puff is great it is well worth the £1 I paid and I have been using it for a couple of months now and it is still in great condition, the puff is soft enough for childrens skin too as I use it on my 5 year olds skin and there has been no nasty reactions or complaints from her.
I love using a body puff, it maximises the lather quality of soaps and shower washes and a little product goes a long way with these. I'm going to try and review my body puff I purchased from Asda, I'm not quite sure how much you can write about a ball of fabric!
The body puff didn't come inside any kind of packaging. The only thing it had was a little label containing the barcode and product name attached by a plastic tag. The body puff was available in two colours, either white or light blue. I purchased the light blue.
The puff is made up of lots of layers of a wire type material, it isn't particularly soft but it isn't unpleasant to use either. The buff has a white loop of material attached to it so it is easy to store either on the bath tape or tied to the shower hose. I've found that after use, I squeeze the excess liquid out and hang it over the bath taps and when I go to use it the day after it is completely dry.
Using the puff makes my shower products go much further than if I was applying by hand, so it is a good investment for the long run. It also lightly exfoliates as it's being used as well as the body puff does have a slight scratch to it. It allows me to lather up my products with ease, and a little goes a very long way.
Price wise, this body puff cost me £1, it doesn't sound expensive and after looking around since buying it I've found the same kind of product, that feels the same as this Asda one, a lot cheaper in places like Wilkinsons, and even in pound land you can get 3 for £1.
This body puff has a fantastic quality, and ease to use and store. Although I love my body puff, when I replace it I'll be purchasing elsewhere as Asda aren't the cheapest place (for once!). I'd definitely look around before purchasing one.
I'm a shower girl, I don't have time to laze in a luxurious bubble bath, I wish, so I often like to use a good quality shower gel to get a sense of opulence. In order to get my shower gel to lather up well, I always reach for a body puff, and the last one I bough was from Asda for around 98p.
A body puff is basically a very fine mesh, or nylon netting all bunched up to make a big fluffy ball. It is held together with a thick piece of rope. The rope also functions as a hanging device, which I attached to the little hook on my shower head.
Mine is light blue in colour, not white as pictured. I have had a white one in the past but it turned an odd colour, probably from all the false tan I tend to apply. The blue one has managed to retain its colour quite well.
When I'm showering I just wet the puff and squeeze on a rather large dollop of shower product. I then use the puff as I would a sponge, and work up a nice thick lather that takes ages to rinse out. I think I over do the shower gel, and I know I should use less as the puff does tend to make a luxurious lather, but I can't help myself. I love the smell and feeling of my current shower gel, so I tend to go over board!
The puff makes a better lather than a sponge or regular flannel, so I use the foam to shave my legs also, so it helps make my shower gel a 2 in 1 type of product.
My current puff has been on the go now for a few weeks, but it is starting to unravel a little, so I think I may be on the look out for a new one. I've used more expensive ones in the past, and while they may look prettier, be a nicer colour and a bit bigger, they all tend to last me around the same amount of time before they begin to come undone.
Would I recommend this product? Definitely, its well worth the price tag of less that £1.00 and does a great job of lathering up nicely. What more could you want from a puff?
At the minute I'm using a Soap And Glory shower puff and I love it because it looks so good and is also proper well made. The one I had before though was from Asda and I remember paying £1.00 for it about 3 months ago.
It's dead basic, mine is like a goldy beige colour with a white plaited loop so you can hang it up. It's quite a fat puff and there's loads of netting to make it up.
It was good to start with, exactly the same as any other puff really! lol The problem came after about 2 weeks and that was when the stitching holding the netting together starting coming away, it didn't all go but a few stitches ripped so the net started unravelling a bit. That made it look bad in the bathroom but also meant it was hard to hold onto the puff in the shower.
You couldn't get a good scrub with it once that happened because the netting was too loose. It's a shame that happened because I liked the fat size of this puff, I'm not mad keen on body scrubs and that's why I use a puff because as long as you use a creamy body wash it's the next best thing to a scrub.
I might have got a dodgy one but I still won't buy another Asda shower puff because 2 weeks proper use for £1.00 is a waste of money, especially when the pound shop sells 2 in a pack but I couldn't get there that day!
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So Moisturisers, Cleansers and Toners are essential Skin Care. Foundation, Lipstick and Blushers are essential Make Up. Perfume Sticks, Body Spray and Perfume is essential Body Fragrance. I always claim things are real essentials to have, like Make Up, Perfumes, etc. But I found my actual essential product, the Body Puff, or scrunchie, and during a weekly shop, I saw this Puff in Asda, so thought I'd try it out, as I hadn't used one in ages, and knew my arms could do with some treatment using the Body Puff, so for £1, I thought how what could I lose?
The Body Puff, is a ball of netting, which is tightly scrunched together, and from Asda comes in two colours, White and Light Blue, I choose the White colour personally. A criticism, is that there could be other colours, like Pinks, Purples and even patterns, as it may appeal to more people then, but I liked my white one, and It matches my Bathroom, and I love matching things! To use the Puff, you apply your usual Shower Gel or Soap, and rub in using the Puff, which makes the Shower Gel or Soap more soapy and softer.
Using the Body Puff from Asda, was really great, as the Puff was of good quality, so it made using it much easier and nicer, and it really made my shower gel really soapy, which I loved. Also my skin became exfoliated, and more much softer, which was great for my problem area, my arms, where I got spots, which look like a rash, and the Bath Puff made my skin feel softer and nicer, and the rash looked much less obvious compared to what it used to be, so I had the confidence to wear a dress, which showed my arms off abit more then usual. I would defiantly buy this, ladies and gentlemen, as the Puff is very unisex men would benefit from using it too, as the Bath Puff makes my skin lovely and soft and helps tackle any bad parts that you may have.
Available from Asda for a £1, this is an essential product, and amazing value for money!
It was whilst I was shopping in my local Asda supermarket that I picked up some body care toiletry items such as bubble bath and shower gel and the like. Seeing the body puffs in the same aisle, I decided to 'splash out' (pun intended) and treat myself to a new body puff as my old one was a bit past its best!
In case any of you are unfamiliar with these types of product, the body puffs (or body 'scrunchies' as they are also commonly known) is a kind of 'balled up' design, and the material is made of a sort of netting fabric or material, which is a light plastic. There is a little 'loop' made out of rope that allows for the body puff to be hung up after it has been used and rinsed out, which makes it easier to dry and store. I tend to hang mine on the shower or one of the bath taps, and this is easy to do thanks to the little hoop design.
From memory, I think there were two colours available, but I opted to buy the blue coloured one. The packaging is fairly minimal and really only consists of a label/tag which is attached to the body puff with a plastic tag... The product is exactly like the one shown in the picture at the top of the Dooyoo page.
I do find that the body puffs make it a little more pleasant experience when in the bath or shower as they really allow you to achieve a luxurious lather with your body wash or shower gel, assuming that your product of choice is of a reasonable quality of course!
Furthermore, I find that my skin is exfoliated - even if it is only a little bit - a little better than if I had just bathed with a flannel. In particular, I find there is a little improvement in 'problem' areas such as my elbows. The results achieved in this respect are of course not to the same standard as if I had used a loofah say, but there is a slight improvement nevertheless.
I find that the body puff glides easily across my skin once wet. I also find that once a product of my choice has been applied, such as shower gel or body wash, the body puff allows said product to be lightly 'scrubbed' onto my skin with ease. In my opinion, this makes for a pleasant washing experience when in the bath or shower.
The body puff from Asda cost in the region of £1, and whilst it is worth noting that you can pick up a similar item from discounted drugstores and the like for less than this, perhaps 40 pence or so, I do think that these cheaper offerings aren't just as robust, and in my experience they tend to disintegrate by coming loose after a short while. For this reason, I was happy to pay a bit more for my Asda body puff.
It is worth noting too that I regularly pop my body puff into the washing machine and whilst this can cause the puff to lose a bit of its shape as it seems to loosen the 'knot' out a little, I do find that washing my puff in the machine helps to reassure me that there is no nasty bacteria lurking around... To say I am a bit paranoid about such things is a bit of an understatement, but I personally feel happier using items like this once they have been 'freshened up' in the machine.
I did think that the body puff from Asda was of a fairly high quality and thus I was happy to pay a bit more for this puff than cheaper offerings I have bought before. I would recommend it, and will award it full Dooyoo marks.
When I was in Asda recently, I saw this body puff, or bath scrunchie as I call it, and decided to buy it as my old bath scrunchie was coming loose and unravelling.
The scrunchies come in plain white, or light blue. I have the blue one, but I would prefer they came in some prettier colours such as pink or purple! They come with a small cardboard tag attached to them with the Asda Essential Care symbol on it.
The scrunchie has a white, thin rope attached to it in a loop. This is useful for hanging it from the bath tap after use, which allows the remaining water to drain off into the bath and helps the scrunchie to dry. I also use it to loop around my wrist whilst I am using the scrunchie, as it allows me to keep a good hold on it.
The puff is made out of slightly wiry material which is wound quite tightly. It is not too rough but it is not soft either - it is firm enough to provide some light exfoliating when being used on the body.
I find that using a puff makes my bathtime much more economical both from a time standpoint and from a financial point of view. Using the puff is quick and easy, it means I spend less time lathering up shower gel in my hands and it allows me to spread it over my body in no time at all. The scrunchie also helps shower gel to go a lot further than when I use shower gel on its own. For example, I use Snow Fairy shower gel from Lush, and I find that without a scrunchie, a large blob will cover one arm. With a scrunchie, the lather produced will wash my entire body, so I only need one large squirt of it rather than four or five!
However there is a disadvantage to the scrunchie and that is the price. The puffs cost 98 pence each which doesn't sound like much, but I later saw ones in Wilkinson's and other places for around 30 pence, which means I could buy three times the amount!
This is a perfectly fine bath scrunchie but I wouldn't really recommend it, because it is possible to get ones for so much cheaper elsewhere, and that's why I have only given it three stars.


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"Everybody's got a plan, until they get punched in the mouth. "
Yeah, most don't have a plan for that.
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"Everybody's got a plan, until they get punched in the mouth. "
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All of our bedrooms open on to the main room of the house, with bedrooms on two levels. I too take my cues from the dogs. If the Min Pin is out of our bed there's something wrong. Our lab will bark at deer, or raccoons in the yard but if the little one is up there's something to go check out. We are down to one 20 something still at home, so its usually him coming in late. But the little dog alerts when he opens the gate at the top of our driveway. That's about 100 yds away from the house. DR
No kids, no dogs, full house alarm system all ports of entry alarmed. If they come in the alarm will go off and has done so 2x with a window that was not latched and the wind got it. Alarm goes off it is check the zone and then call 911 before the alarm company as it will be a cell call since the alarm system will have the home phone line in use. I will wait for them to come to me. I keep a set of house keys on a large dongle to throw down to the Police to get them inside with out the doors getting kicked in, and it also has two challenge questions and answers they can use to verify if it is really me on the other end of the conversation so I don't get shot. From there it is play it as it goes.
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Just personally, in my state the fact an intruder is in my home at night has him bought and paid for. There is only my wife and myself, nobody that knows me would knock on my door at night without yelling who they are much less enter unannounced so I have no worries there.
That said I wake the wife give her one shot gun leave her in the bedroom and go deal with the problem.
If the cat hasn't growled there's nothing to worry about. I'm not (completely) joking! If someone of something is in the yard or house in the middle of the night one of the cats has what can only be called a gutteral growl that sends chills up a grown man's spine!
OK, there is more to it than that but trust the animals. If the dog didn't respond it was a noise he (or she) knows. Same with the cats at my house. Watch the animals' reactions. If something or someone is moving in the house they'll know.
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Osbourne, who isn't exactly the most modest lady out there, didn't offer an explanation for her skimpy panty pic and only added the caption, "It's not a #FullMoon but it feels like one!"
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Scarlett Johansson was elated to find a reptile in her room when she was a little girl.
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With Tuesday night's district showdown between rivals South and North Oldham looming, the Dragons took to the court a little early Jan. 29, ending the school day with a blacklight themed pep rally to prepare students for one of the most important games of the season — a rivalry game that was the deciding factor for the 29th district race.
In addition to recognizing many winter athletes, the rally pitted students against their peers and the faculty members in a series of challenges, including a dance-off.
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Nearly 10 months after closing the 2011-12 with a loss in the regional final, the South Oldham Lady Dragons took the first step Monday in a return appearance, sweeping their district schedule with a 56-39 win over Trimble County.
It certainly didn't take long for them to assert themselves as a 17-3 push in the games' opening minutes was enough to give South all the momentum needed for the rest of the game.
It may not have been his team's prettiest game but South Oldham head coach Steve Simpson certainly won't argue with the results after his team's gritty defense and flair for the dramatic set the stage for a memorable 72-65 win over rival North Oldham Tuesday night.
It also earned the Dragons the school's second 29th district championship in as many days.
Oldham County Schools officials are planning to redistrict students before the 2014-15 school year.
Decreased birth rates have lowered enrollment projections and school board members voted to close Liberty Elementary while postponing the building of a new elementary school late last year.
Tracy Harris, the district's communications director, said administrators understand the difficulties and frustrations that can arise from redistricting.
A new enclosed trailer, donated for the county's inmate work detail program, will be seen soon on the roads.
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It took a little while for the Oldham County Lady Colonels to get started Wednesday night but once they did, there was no looking back as they trounced rival North Oldham 77-38 to move into second place in the 29th district.
Through the first six minutes of the game though, North Oldham, not OC, looked to be the team with all the momentum, grinding out to a quick 13-7 lead behind tough interior play from forward Taylor Moore.
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In the last decade, one of the most recognizable sites patrolling the outside of the Patriots offensive scheme has been No. 80, Troy Brown.
In Brown (5'10", 196 lbs.) the Patriots have had the epitome possession receiver, someone who will catch the ball in the flat and accumulate YAC (yards after catch) and make the tip toe catch on the sideline. With his career winding down, the Pats would have been foolish not to attempt to replace such a key element to their offensive scheme.
Enter Wes Welker, a wideout with a similar build (5'9″, 185 lbs.) and a similar repertoire. Welker, 26, played the last two seasons with the Miami Dolphins. While not putting up gaudy overall numbers (96 catches, 1,121 yards in two seasons), Welker boasted a durable tenure with the Dolphins (playing in all 16 games in '05 and '06) and a freakishly similar yards per catch average (11.7) to Brown's.
There's no doubt that head coach Bill Belichick and his staff were partly sold on Welker because of what the agile receiver had done against the Pats in the past. Last October, Welker torched the Patriots for nine catches and 77 yards, and showed breakout ability while returning kicks during a Dolphins 21-0 win.
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Welker could be viewed as a rich man's Tim Dwight as he won't blow you away with speed, but his route running from the slot and his quick cuts will give headaches to the safety or linebacker in charge of covering him.
Many forget that Welker was the first wide receiver acquisition of the off-season for the Patriots. After signing Donté Stallworth and trading for Randy Moss, Welker's importance (and fantasy stock) soared because of the amount of weapons now at quarterback Tom Brady's disposal.
Welker – along with tight end Benjamin Watson – will run wild underneath while Moss and Stallworth demand double coverage on the outside because of their big play ability. The Patriots have locked up Welker long term and while we don't expect to see him on the defensive side of the ball like his counterpart Troy Brown, his value at WR and punt returner make Welker a perfect fit for the Pats.
2007 Prediction
Like most of the other off-season acquisitions, Welker will fit in perfectly to the offensive scheme. He's Troy Brown a decade younger and his ability to catch at the sidelines molds perfectly with Tom Brady's throwing style. Through just two pre-season games, it's apparent he and Brady are already on the same page and their relationship should flourish. With names like Moss and Stallworth patrolling the deep and wide receiving lanes, it will be Welker who becomes the linchpin of the offense and will lead the team in catches in the 2007 season.
2007 Stats: 86 catches, 895 yards, six touchdowns
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The 'Tourist Welcome Coaches Welcome' sign isn't blind optimism: stuck out on a bend of the main road between Peckham and Europe, this idiosyncratic gem once attracted busloads of adventurers bound for Dover.
Somewhere in the attics of neat homes across Holland must be snaps of this weird English pub with zebra heads and maritime knick-knacks; perhaps even a group shot with laconic Stan, the timeless landlord, and his evergreen bar ladies.
It's not only Eurostar and easyJet that have changed the dynamic of this low-ceilinged anomaly: locals who 20 years ago would have scoffed at the Casiotone entertainment provided by Peter 'Two Moogs' London from the main stage now cherish the place.
On Sundays, when medieval-sized hunks of meat are slathered in gravy and served to the compact row of dining tables, you can't move. Regular gigs bring a fresh crowd from Goldsmiths, happier with the plain lagers rather than the three or four ales.
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Forrester Consulting conducted a study commissioned by IT management software maker CA to learn how IT organizations are adopting virtualization and if challenges hinder the technology's expansion in enterprise companies.
Many IT departments have turned to virtualization to consolidate resources and minimize investments in new hardware, but not as many have realized the full cost-saving benefits of the technology – mostly because virtualization adds complexity to environments, requiring updated IT skills, advanced management and automation tools, and new security standards.
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"We still are just not getting over that hump. We see the level of virtualized servers at 30% today, and many predict that will grow to more like 50% in two years, but honestly everyone was saying the same two years ago," says Andi Mann, vice president of virtualization product marketing at CA. "I don't think the economy played a role in slowing it down, rather the downturn economy probably sped up adoption rates."
Forrester Consulting interviewed 257 IT professionals to learn more about the barriers to adoption and found that a lack of skills specific to virtualization worries many. Not only do new skills need to be acquired for virtual systems, but new management and automation technologies must be introduced into the environment to truly reap the rewards of virtualization. According to the report, "the proper skills for the future are difficult to attain and retain."
"Staffing is the number one challenge, that and security," Mann says. "Right now, virtualization is being put to use on low-hanging fruit, such as file servers and departmental servers because many believe there is still a lot of work to be done to use virtual systems for enterprise-wide, mission-critical applications and workflows."
But with a depressed economy, training staff in virtual systems might not have been possible for some. And because virtualization demands automation to truly run efficiently, worry over losing positions to automated processes could keep some from fully adopting the necessary automation tools.
"Existing staff must be trained in new technology and its complexity mandates automation. As functions are automated, reliance on skilled staff decreases," the report reads. "A potentially dangerous skills gap is emerging. Another skills concern is how virtualization fits into an overall service management movement. Such expertise is currently in short supply."
With full-blown virtual environments in a sort of wait state, the promise of private clouds could also be delayed, according to Mann. Cloud computing provides a pool of virtualized resources that could be allocated on demand, growing and shrinking as needed. For many, security worries keep them from considering public clouds today, but private cloud environments could help IT departments model themselves as service providers and enable business units to consume only the resources they need. Yet without virtual server adoption peaking past 30%, cloud environments could be stymied.
"Virtualization is not a project, it is a strategy and the logical evolution to that strategy is cloud, private or public," Mann says. "For companies starting to think about cloud, they need to work at increasing the body of skilled labor and realize how critical advanced management and automation tools will be to get over the barriers of adoption virtualization is creating."
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Yet there was something very reassuring, very approachable about Mr Ball. He was not at all formidable, the way some librarians are. And he was being very helpful to anyone who came his way.
In the old days, Mr Ball would have been just a furtive figure, unnoticed or mostly hidden between the stacks or the big cardboard catalogues. These days he's a bit more exposed.
There have been suggestions staff should wear a red vest to identify them. Mr Ball is against it. He wants things to stay the way they have been for the 30 years he's worked there.
Mr Ball loves books, working with them and reading them. He's worked his way through the classics, he says, and he's now on to Proust and the Bible.
It's probably just as well that Mr Ball retains his enthusiasm for the job, because in the course of restoring the Domed Reading Room, they've also changed the contents. This is confusing some people.
Instead of the room housing general reference books, it's now the La Trobe Reading Room, with thousands of Australian books on open access and 150,000 or so more accessible from the storage.
The first query Mr Ball got this week after the opening was "where are the books on bee-keeping that used to be there?".
The good news is that all those sorts of books will be available again later this year when the Redmond Barry Reading Room is re-opened.
Sir Redmond, the Supreme Court judge who sentenced Ned Kelly to death, is very much respected around the library, which he helped to found.
The statue of the man himself at the Swanston Street entrance was getting a bit of a buff-up on Friday. And it was noticeable that wire spikes stick out of his head to stop the pigeons expressing their opinion of him.
The restoration of the Domed Reading Room, opened by Premier Steve Bracks last week, seems to have won the approval of its more serious users.
Dr Ken Manley, former principal of Whitley College at Melbourne University, was there on Friday doing some research for an international paper he's giving in Prague on the Baptist Church in Australia.
He's been a user for many years and was appreciating the airiness, the sense of almost cathedral-like space and the light flooding in among the Australian collection from which he was drawing material.
Everyone spends a lot of time looking up, and they notice there are now no books on the shelves that line the walls in the tiers of balconies that ascend like a wedding cake to the dome.
Amazingly enough, when they ask Kent Ball about it, he tells them the truth - the conservators have decreed it actually too bright there to store the precious old books in the collection. They need the old gloom.
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The symbols in this painting map out some of the significant sites of Atnwengerrp country, Betty's mother's country, as well as land formations such as sand hills, campsites, flora, fauna, awelye (women's ceremony), spiritual figures and ancestral dancing tracks, as they can still be seen today, etched in the rocks at Anthep. Anthep is an ancestral place that remains the most significant site on Atnwengerrp country. Ceremony and dance are still performed there. It is a place where everyone - men, women and children can meet together and camp. It is also a place where permanent water can be found.
Betty's mother was a renowned aboriginal artist named Minnie Pwerle who passed away in 1996. Her work was famous for these markings and Betty was given permission by her family after her passing to continue to paint in this style.
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The release of a major report in January regarding women rights in Turkey upset many people when they learned 42% of Turkish women have been victims of physical or sexual violence by a male relative at least once in their lives. Moreover, the vast majority of women have victims of psychological abuse. Nebahat Akkoc, founder of the Diyarbakir based Women's Consultation and Solidarity Center, (KAMER) is optimist because recent changes in Turkish law relating to women's rights more or less meet standards of the European Union. However, despite this step forward, "although these rights exist on paper now, they are still waiting for more decisive implementation." In a sense, the laws now run ahead of society's acceptance of what should be rights for women.
KAMER has ventured into the economic sphere and assists women to start up their own business enterprise. The organization also conducts workshops to raise awareness for women on their legal rights since many do not know of recent changes in the Penal Code.
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We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition "ZINESHOW" in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. Any theme and format. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog http://zineshow.blogspot.com All works will be exhibited also in the gallery "tymutopiyapres" http://tymutopiyapres.blogspot.com is not a commercial gallery. Welcomed but not "necessarily" summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation).
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