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|Next up on our sneak preview of the building block sessions for the Enabling cloud computing with WebSphere campaign is the Dynamic Infrastructure Services block. One portion of that block is a discussion about some of the technical capabilities of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise given by Nitin Gaur. Nitin is a Consulting IT Specialist within WebSphere, and an all-around WebSphere guru. I caught up with him to ask a few questions about his upcoming podcast.
|Me: When people think cloud computing, one of the core concepts is 'on demand'. They want just enough resource at just the right time. In that sense, can you tell me a little about the On-Demand Router (ODR) in WebSphere Virtual Enterprise (WVE)? What is it and what core functions does it provide?
Nitin: So, first allow me to take a step back. In my view, cloud computing is a new consumption and delivery model nudged by consumer demand and continual growth in internet services. I classify any Cloud computing platform exhibits the following 6 key characteristics:
I thus, deliberately use the term platform in the context of a cloud computing environment that facilitates flexibility, robustness and agility, as a systemic approach in providing a stage to hosting applications without the concern for availability or provisioning of underlying resources. Since hardware and software virtualization do offer significant cost and resource management advantages, it is not rare to see virtualized platforms as core building blocks of any cloud platform. Such virtualization technologies provide an elastic infrastructure service. In this respect, WVE provides application server virtualization, which enables an elastic business-policy-driven application infrastructure.
Now back to the On-Demand Router. The ODR is the autonomic engine that drives the activity enabling the elastic infrastructure discussed above. The ODR operates in a highly dynamic WVE environment, so it is imperative for the ODR to be aware of any changes in the environment such as newly deployed applications, the addition of new application servers, and any planned or unplanned server outages. It achieves this awareness by continuously interacting with WVE's fluid and dynamic feedback mechanism.
|Me: Autonomic capabilities seem to be a core part of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise. To that end, can you tell us a little about the autonomic capabilities provided by dynamic clusters in WVE?
Nitin: Dynamic application placement is a defining capability of WVE that directly contributes to WVE's ability to provide a dynamic, virtualized, and goal-oriented environment for workload management and continuous availability. The dynamic application management capability maximizes the efficient use of hardware resources by allocating resources appropriately per application based on fluctuating demands in the enterprise infrastructure. It determines which servers to stop and start in a dynamic server cluster in order to meet current demand for applications, and it does this in the context of a set of administrator-defined policies that uphold the enterprise's service level agreements (SLAs) for its application infrastructure. The dynamic application placement framework must balance resource availability against health policies, service policies, and the importance levels assigned to applications.
Dynamic server clusters are key to WVE's ability to dynamically adjust the application environment according to server load, and they provide the basis for a virtualized server runtime environment. The big difference between a dynamic cluster in WVE and a static cluster in WebSphere Application Server is that dynamic clusters grow and shrink as needed to meet current demand by starting and stopping members of the cluster. Although dynamic clusters and static clusters can co-exist in a cell, dynamic application placement can only work with dynamic clusters. To prevent unchecked growth, each dynamic cluster has a mechanism that you use to define a boundary for that cluster's growth. The boundary is both quantitative (based on criteria that define the minimum and maximum number of application servers that can run in the cluster simultaneously) and locational (based on criteria that confine the growth of the dynamic cluster to a defined set of nodes).
|Me: I know you have been around the country, and for that matter globe, helping our users to adopt and implement WebSphere Virtual Enterprise. Tell us about one of your favorite customer stories.
Nitin: So I would cite an example of one of the leaders in the entertainment Industry (and my favorite customer), let's call them Company X (since I cannot cite the name). The core of the company's application infrastructure system is the Sales App Infrastructure (SAI) consisting of more than 10 enterprise applications. To keep up with demand, Company X was required to procure more hardware and software to support the core systems. This strategy resulted in a large infrastructure footprint with low hardware utilization. The increase in hardware footprint became difficult to manage and required additional resources. The large footprint of the company's deployment put them in reaction mode rather than a posture of proactive monitoring. Some application servers rendered themselves unavailable and required the team to restart them every 24 hours. From a cost standpoint, it costs the company the same amount of money to request a virtual platform as it would to purchase a new physical server. This led to significantly under utilized hardware throughout the enterprise. WVE was brought in to Company X to help better manage their WebSphere Application Server footprint. Dynamic clusters, application health policies, and application editioning features helped the company to better utilize hardware, reduce hardware expenditures, increase visibility into their applications, and improve availability of their applications.
In addition to helping with the existing environment, WVE helped Company X to roll out a new project with applications that required continuous availability to worldwide users. The team made use of policy-based workload management to ensure performance and availability levels of these new applications met their business needs. In addition, the company was able to reduce the amount of WebSphere Application Server licenses and physical servers required for this new deployment. In sum, WebSphere Virtual Enterprise saves the company significant time, money, and management effort.
|Me: Thanks Nitin for your time!
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Ask any enterprise about its overall IT architecture or strategy, and it won't be long before you're taking a look at its middleware infrastructure and the services that are hosted there. This infrastructure is often key to an enterprise's IT capabilities because many services hosted there are outward-facing, revenue generating applications. This infrastructure needs to be able to support applications to provide efficient performance despite demand, and ideally this need is carefully balanced against inefficient resource use. However, that balance is much easier said than done. In reality, it's often the practice to statically configure environments for the peak demands of the system thus ensuring responsive services, but ultimately leading to resource and economic wastes during off-peak times. WebSphere Virtual Enterprise seeks to address this need for balance by extending the cloud computing concepts of virtualization and virtualization management to middleware and middleware applications.
You may be wondering how WebSphere Virtual Enterprise provides such balance. That brings us to a very important concept of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise. Dynamic provisioning of middleware and applications is directly linked to application performance. Application performance goals are stated to the system via application service policies. These goals are expressed in terms of both application responsiveness and the importance of achieving such responsiveness in relation to other applications deployed within the system. This allows for a quantitative description of what 'good' performance is, and it also allows users to separate business-critical applications from those that are a bit more secondary to the business. By linking provisioning directly to application performance, enterprises can be assured that resources are being allocated based on the needs of users of the system.
It's nice to have the ability to state application service policies, but the policy is nothing if the system doesn't have the ability to act on it. That's where dynamic clusters and on demand routers (ODRs) enter the picture. Dynamic clusters provide the capability to expand and contract the number of middleware servers and associated applications that are available to serve requests. If the system notices service policies are being violated, more instances of servers hosting the application associated with the service policy can be started on the dynamic cluster. Conversely, if WebSphere Virtual Enterprise detects that service policies can be met with fewer resources, instances of servers can be stopped and resources reclaimed. It's also important to point out that dynamic clusters can contain both IBM and non-IBM middleware components allowing the capabilities of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise to extend to many different technologies.
ODRs are the entry point into a WebSphere Virtual Enterprise environment and help to shape the request traffic entering the system. ODRs provide all the features of an HTTP 1.0/1.1 compliant proxy, and incorporate additional on demand features such as request prioritization, request queuing, request routing, and more. Intelligent request routing is achieved by balancing the current system load with the service policies of the application being requested to ensure members are targeted in a way that allows the system to meet the service goals. ODRs provide the necessary gate-keeping duties to most effectively utilize components of a WebSphere Virtual Enterprise environment.
The four short paragraphs above only begin to scratch the surface of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise. Its ability to provide dynamically-scaled, autonomic middleware and middleware applications can give companies a leg up over its competition by ensuring responsive services balanced against efficient resource use. In effect, WebSphere Virtual Enterprise helps companies implement a smarter middleware infrastructure. Click here to read more about WebSphere Virtual Enterprise, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter. If you have any questions about WebSphere Virtual Enterprise or cloud computing, send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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A Senior Cruise can be either an entire cruise tour devoted to seniors or a cruise that offers special deals and packages for those who meet a minimum age requirement. So if you are 55 years or older there is a great chance you can find an exciting and exotic cruise at an affordable rate. But another great reason many seniors citizens take cruises is that they have more time. This is a great thing because to truly experience all that a country has to offer; you have to spend more than a few days there. A river cruise lets you visit many major metropolitan cities over the course of a week or two. The major cities and capitals of the world almost always lay on the coast of a waterway. The Golden Years are meant to be a time where seniors can enjoy themselves and travel the world. Taking a cruise is the best way to immerse yourself in the culture of a country.
|5 Great Senior Citizen Cruise Destinations – Read about a few great destinations for the senior citizen cruiser. These locations are hand picked by the Big Boss and offer a great variety of adventures that range from the luxury river cruise to journeys in far away lands. This mix is great for the senior citizen as these cruise tours are multiple day tour packages that expose you to unique cultures, exotic lands, and historical landmarks.
|Senior Citizen Tips and Advice – Check out these Frequently Asked Questions about Senior Cruising. We provide many answers for many common questions. Get advice on what to pack. See tips about on board etiquite. Our Senior Cruise Advice page is a great read. And as always you can contact us directly with any questions.
Just a handful of years ago you had to rely on your local travel agent to book a cruise. But now with the advent of the internet, a whole world of new cruise tours and a wealth of information has been opened. With a few click of the keyboard, it's easy to get all the information about an exotic cruise you could ever wish for. Subscribe to a couple of email newsletters to be notified of monthly cruise deals and discounts. Look for coupons that are aimed at senior citizens.
Retirement brings with it an abundance of free time to do the things you have always dreamed of. Travelling the world exposes you to many new and amazing adventures. When the travel bug catches you a little later in life, this is the best time for you to live it up and celebrate the Golden Years by treating yourself to something exciting. As a retires senior citizen you should have far fewer responsibilities and less distractions means all the time in the world to explore new destinations. One of these ways is by taking an exotic cruise. For someone who desires fun and travel and has the free time that retirement offers, you will be able to appreciate the relaxing and interesting atmosphere a senior cruise affords you. Taking a long cruise down one of the worlds most famous rivers or waterways allows you to travel to multiple destinations while being pampered with excellent service and food. And most senior cruises are all inclusive with daily shore excursions meaning you pay one price and get the whole enchilada.
Not only will you be cruising to beautiful and exotic areas around the world; but you will also enjoy many programs and activities which are available on board the cruise ship to keep your brain and body active and entertained. Nothing makes a person feel younger than learning a new skill. Cruises today offer enrichment programs that may include culinary arts, photography classes, various computer classes as well as craft classes. Let's not forget perfecting a dance step, or wine tasting or maybe just watching a movie under the stars. But maybe the most interesting part about taking a senior cruise is that you will be exposed to cultures and people you never expected to experience. A senior cruise allows you to really get to know the history of a country from the inside.
Some senior citizen cruises are designed with singles in mind. In fact many cruise ships today may offer studio cabins instead of double occupancy rooms. This is a great way to meet new people and make new friends. Single senior cruises are designed so that people will mingle together for instance during cocktail hour in the lounge or even at a singles lunch. Those cruise lines that offer senior citizen cruises also comply with mobility issues as well as health issues. If you have physical limitations, the cruise line can usually help. Ships comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and some may also go the extra mile with wheelchair accessibility and oxygen among other medical care amenities.
In the past if you were interested in taking a senior cruise then your only option was whatever program your local travel agent offered. Now with the internet boom you can visits any number of websites that gladly offer up objective information about various cruise lines, ships, cruising regions and ports. Besides getting useful information on senior cruises, there are reviews from past customers; these will help you decide which cruise is right for you. Cruise websites also offer useful tips on how to choose a program, what to pack, what to expect, and also what is expected from a traveler in a foreign land. Be sure to check the internet for special packages tailor made for senior citizens. Before embarking on your cruise, consult with your physician. Discuss with him about the change in diet and it impact on any existing medial conditions you may have. Check for any vaccinations that are required to travel to the area of your choice and get a complete dental check up before traveling.
With time on your hands and the world at your feet you can travel the world. And what better way to see a land and experience all it has to offer than by embarking on a nice long cruise. With the internet at your disposal, a little planning, a lot of time and a bit of fortitude; you can take a senior cruise that will open you eyes to new worlds.


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Teens More Stressed Than Adults
"Teens have it easy today," is a familiar sentiment from adults who feel that being a teens is pretty easy, but don't tell that to teens.
A new survey by the American Psychological Association found that teens don't have it so easy. In their "Stress in America" survey, that posed questions to teens and adults about stress. Over 25% of teens said they feel extreme stress compared to only 20% of adults.
Dr. Rose Signorello is the Executive Director for Counseling and Disability Services at the University of St. Thomas and says teens have a lot to be stressed about, "I think in today's fast-paced world, with a lot of pressure to achieve, they do feel a lot of anxiety and stress in their day-to-day living."
The survey found that teens consider the last two years of high school to be the most stressful as they try and pick careers and get into colleges. The teens said that they felt irritability, angriness, anxiety, and depression as they delt with having to decide earlier than previous generations, what to do with the rest of their lives.
Dr. Signorello says there are more family pressures today, "Many young people also work and I think in more recent years there are more financial pressures that weren't present some years ago."
The survey found that teens aren't very good at coping with the stress either, citing results that more teens turn to things like video games or the internet to relax instead of exercise. Some teens also turn to substance abuse to deal with the stress, contributing to the growing prescription-pill abuse problem among teens.


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Your rifle may be picky on ammo, put some match grade ammo down the tube and see what happens. I'm not an owner of any .223 rifle, so I'm not going to recommend one for you but plenty of people on this site can.
It could just be you- not to be blunt, but shooting accurately, like anything else, takes practice. I don't know you or your history, but if this is your first rifle, you may just need practice. Are you shooting off a rest or sandbags front and rear?
Check to make sure the scope rings and base are torqued properly, check to make sure your action is torqued properly.
Your barrel should be broken in by now, but don't be surprised if you find that it keeps getting more accurate as you put more rounds down it.
As for cleaning: I'm one of those guys that's a stickler for a clean firearm, but it actually can hurt your accuracy if you keep cleaning it while you shoot. You'll find that the first round through the cold, clean barrel will likely be off from the rest of the group, but as you keep shooting the groups tighten up (as long as the barrel doesnt overheat). A lot people will put a couple rounds down the tube before they start measuring for accuracy. For some reason a little bit of copper down the barrel helps in accuracy, and some people on this site don't even clean their barrel until it's had a few hundred rounds down range.


text: EDISON, N.J., Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Majesco Entertainment Company (Nasdaq: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced both Pet Zombies in 3D and Face Kart: Photo Finish exclusively for Nintendo 3DS™. Pet Zombies in 3D lets players reanimate their very own zombies with a range of customizations and then care for (or torment!) their pets as they play with them in creepy 3D environments. Face Kart: Photo Finish literally puts YOU in the driver's seat of an arcade style kart racer; players take photos of their face with their Nintendo 3DS camera and use them as avatars for their custom 3D racers, billboards and power-ups. "We're incredibly excited about the potential of the Nintendo 3DS," said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco Entertainment. "Nintendo continues to innovate and Majesco is committed to being a leader in supporting this new device with products that offer consumers engaging and fun interactive entertainment experiences. We look forward to sharing additional Nintendo 3DS product announcements shortly." Developed by 1st Playable Productions, Pet Zombies in 3D lets players raise their very own decaying human pets by managing their special dietary preferences (brains and the like), bodily maintenance (or lack thereof) and morbid activities needed to keep them happily undead. Players can choose to play with, care for, or even mischievously torment their zombies in creepy locations like cemeteries, evacuated malls or rundown military bases. Each 3D environment is customizable with mix-and-match objects, themed backdrops and even music to best fit each pet zombie's personality and tastes. 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When I see someone walking into a dark alley that I just saw a gang go into I am going to warn them, and the next innocent guy who comes along too.
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The fact that there are hacked over frame swap projects at every swap meet is the evidence of how difficult they are.
Yes, people don't get the whole steering geomotry thing, that does get you into the advanced fabrication class.
But even putting all that aside. You set up the car to riding height, you splice the frame in and using an angle finder you set the control arms at the proper angle to allow for stock like alignment capibilities. Or outside of stock for that matter, personally it makes sense to set it up to be able to align it just as the car the clip came from. You weld the clip on at that point. THIS is a huge undertaking for you average home hobbiest.
But this is only the begining! Now you have inner fenders to cut up, you have a rad support to modify, most likely installing a whole new rad (cross flow). You then have bumper brackets, and this is before you get to the steering column.
Now, trimming inner fenders or the rad support isn't that big of a deal when you can put a template up against it and trim it, big deal Brian, but when one can't put that template because you have MANY things hitting, all over the place. How much do you trim one when you can't put it into place to figure it out because it's hitting four other places?
This gets very complicated and hard to figure out so one usually end up over trimming stuff, just cutting the living hell out of it. Often they WAY under estimate how much needs to be trimmed and trim and trim and trim until the sheetmetal fits into place and it is a hacked over mess. This is AFTER all the work in setting up the suspension geomotry correctly!
Now this is on a front clip, multiply those headaches by TEN at least.
Can it be done, hell yes. Can it be done by a home hobbiest, hell yes. With enough time and planning hell yes! One small step at a time just like anything else on these cars I have a lot of faith in the home hobbiest I have way too much respect for their ingenuity to think they can't. But looking at the odds, what would work out better, then pulling off the frame swap or bolting and welding on the great kits that are available that come with instructions (thought I admit many are pretty basic "install in place and weld". )?
I say for the average non pro builder it is better to take one step at a time and do the rear, that is as simple as you can get. Then move to the front and do that with the body and front sheet metal on the truck you can see exactly what you are doing and it is just by the odds going to be much nicer.
And then there's me, representing the clip swap/frame swap group. There are legitimate arguments both ways and I'll admit that I never have seen a swap that someone else has done that looked right or operated right. 9 out of 10 guys that say they can do it right.....can't do it right. And that's the problem. Most of the swaps you will encounter have been done by hacks who have little understanding of suspension geometry or how to get the clip or frame under the body with the proper body attitude when the whole mess is finished. Time after time, I have seen "Goober" put a clip under a car/truck and then use cut springs, dropped spindles and other mickey mouse fixes to get the attitude of the vehicle looking right. Geez, what a bunch of knuckleheads. That's what gives frame clip swaps and frame swaps a bad name.
I like to tell the story of one of my friends. He came by the house several years ago to show me his new Effie ('56 Ford pickup). Beautiful paint, upholstery and blown BBC. He said he paid....I think.... $35,000 for it. He offered for me to drive it and I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in a vehicle. On each turn, you had to manually return the steering wheel to center. The builder apparently had no idea of how to include positive caster into the IFS.
There is so much junk like that out there running around that I'm not surprised that some of the guys on this forum have a negative outlook on swaps.
There are 704,298 different suspension kits for your truck available from 8,157 different suppliers in 16 different countries. There is no reason what so ever to "swap" the wrong frame under your truck.
Frame "swaps" don't save you money, time, or work. It only "swaps" the money, time and work to another frame, that is ALL it does.
These are simple facts. What someones opinion on whether it is worth the different money, time, or work is up for discussion. Personally I don't think it is, FAR from it in my opinion.
|dirty dixon
Bob knows what he is talking about. When you switch frames you have to worry about the fit of every thing, fit of wheels, engine, tranny, rear, driveshaft and body mounts, etc, ect, etc. There is a lot of extra work. It is much easier and most likely cost effective to buy a mustang 2 crossmember and a crate SBC, if you're looking to modernize. If your frame is in good shape I say keep it.
But in the end it is your call, some people do swaps because they have the parts, time and know how. My truck isn't on the og frame, but I wish is was. Everything would fit better and finding replacement parts would be easier.
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This is one of the most asked questions we get here, people want to put a different frame under this or that. I think you will find that most of us will ask why? Then they will say keep the frame you have, of make one to fit, in your case, the panel. Not knowing why you would want to put a s-10 frame under it, I will tell you it is a lot less trouble working with the frame you have than put one from a different truck that is not close to what you have. It's your choice, and you might get some help, this will get it in the right spot. A lot of guys have done it but then when they start we get a lot of questions on how would I do this or that.
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frame swap 47 gmc to s-10 frame
hi every one this is tom. Building 47 gmc panel for shop truck for my bike shop. Play with cars and trucks for long time. Putting s-10 frame under it .What do i need to watch for. any help or ideals
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Re: Hummingbird
No tracing was done for this shirt. I hand-drew the picture then scanned it in, then cleaned it up with photoshop and illustrator. I only wish I knew how to post the original drawings here in the comments section. I am technically deficient and could barely figure out how to upload to Woot's site to begin with. Hope you like the shirt though


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AFP - US apartment rents are expected to climb next year as the economy recovers from recession, a rise that may fuel inflation, a real-estate industry group said Monday.
US apartment rents are expected to climb next year as the economy recovers from recession, a rise that may fuel inflation, a real-estate industry group said Monday.Multifamily real estate will star in an overall modest improvement in commercial property markets in 2011, the National Association of Realtors said in an outlook report.NAR said ailing commercial real-estate markets -- office, industrial, retail and rental housing -- were flattening out after a steep plunge amid the worst recession in decades.
Back in September, we explained that when it comes to "boom" in US real estate, there are three key driving forces: i) the Fed's monetization of mortgage backed securities whose impact however is at best to stabilize the demand floor (and judging by the recent collapse in refi activity even that is questionable), ii) an implicit subsidy as banks keep millions of units on their books (to get a sense of how much check out at the chart in "
Apartment Rents Fall, Vacancies at 4-Year High
A new survey out Wednesday points to a massive surge in apartment construction, as inventor demand from pension funds competes with traditional condominiums.
Toronto-based Urbanation Inc. says the current development pipeline for units, either under construction or proposed, is up 75 per cent compared to the number of purpose-built units constructed over the past 10 years.
Strong population growth of around 0.8% per year over the next five years will be driven by a combination of natural increase and immigration.
Apartment Rentals Surge in U.S. on Foreclosures, Jobs
By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK (Reuters) - Finding an apartment to rent got even harder in the third quarter, as the U.S. apartment vacancy rate fell to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to an industry report released on Tuesday. The national apartment vacancy rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 4.2 percent in the third quarter from the second quarter, according to a preliminary report by real estate research firm Reis Inc. It was the lowest vacancy rate since the third quarter of 2001 when it was 3.9 percent. Some 47 out of 79 markets that Reis tracks posted vacancy decreases. ...
Five years and 16 million foreclosures after the 2008 housing crash, most Americans have not lost faith in real estate.
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Re: Time-Lapse
Sweet line art, Spirit! What I love about your design is the care you put into each one. They are always super polished.
jessc1077 wrote:I really love this design! Colors and details are great, I would buy it in a heartbeat! *sigh*
thanks a lot ;-)))
SkekTek wrote:Thanks! I loved this image, surprised it isn't doing better vote-wise.
I am too. This derby's been a bit weird in terms of what succeeded and what didn't. Most of my favorites aren't in the fog. Oh well, sometimes that's just how it goes.
Thanks for coming up with and executing such an awesome design. Hopefully things will work out better in the next derby!
This is one of my absolute favorite entries in this derby. The contrast between the mural and the urban scene and the bunny's body language worked well together to create a captivating, moving design. Wonderful job.
I like how you incorporated the design with the shirt's color. I'm a sucker for when that effect is done well.
toby8915 wrote:So let me get this straight. a wild rabbit, probably in the shade of gray or brown, painting a mural on a city wall is reasonable, but a white domestic bunny would not be able to paint it?
It's a freakin bunny painting a freaking mural! Who gives a rat's ass what color it is. It looks phenomenal.
Gosh people. Where's the artistic integrity here? I mean really... a rabbit doesn't even have the opposable thumbs required to achieve the fine level of detail with a paint brush.
And beyond that, it's not a matter of where it would grip it. It's a simple matter of height ratios. A 10 inch rabbit cannot paint a 3 foot mural!
You really captured a beautiful image. I am pulling for you!
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lonelypond wrote:bright + sweeping, I like it
Thanks lonelypond!
ecccodesign wrote:HAHAHA So cute!
In an unrelated story...
"Country boy mauled by rabid fox. More at eleven..."
tjschaeffer wrote:At this point in the derby it's pretty clear this won't print, but nonetheless it's unfortunate to not see the rejectionator around as it lends some credence to these sort of antics.
There are no rejections at all this week actually, and I'm sure there are others that should have been axed too. Maybe it has to do with the sponsor? What was the last sponsored derby, was it DEVO? I think that one had rejections.. hrmm..
Thanks so much for the great comments and 11th hour support.
That's kinda nice...a tree that plants itself. Perhaps it will pull up the weeds, too? Or maybe it will destroy Saruman's fortress along with Treebeard.
Re: candy mountains over acid lollipop landscape
Wow... this is pretty cool. Reminds me of some trippy 1970's picture book from my childhood.
You've got some awesome designs in this derby...hopefully you'll submit some of them elsewhere because they are too cool to not print. I think you've got way too much talent and creativity for this crowd.
Re: Clean Up
Nice work. Reminds me of one of my favorite designs that unfortunately never got printed (to my knowledge).
alexanderjd wrote:Gosh people. Where's the artistic integrity here? I mean really... a rabbit doesn't even have the opposable thumbs required to achieve the fine level of detail with a paint brush.
And beyond that, it's not a matter of where it would grip it. It's a simple matter of height ratios. A 10 inch rabbit cannot paint a 3 foot mural!
Actually I think this is a photograph of Patrick's pet bunny and the mural it drew on a building. Then he just went in and edited it to look like he made the whole thing.
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I want this
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This is a hilarious concept and well executed.
Re: iceland islands
It's so gorgeous. I wouldn't mind this as a wallpaper
zhala wrote:It's so gorgeous. I wouldn't mind this as a wallpaper
Also, I REALLY want this on a shirt. I want to buy this one so badly.
It's available as a print at artbymichaux.com
The peeing cloud does it for me.
Re: Starry Arches
I would like to thank the other 22 people who voted for my design. Thank you it is appreciated. Hopefully my designs will improve.
elviswind wrote:You've got some awesome designs in this derby...hopefully you'll submit some of them elsewhere because they are too cool to not print. I think you've got way too much talent and creativity for this crowd.
thanks a lot ;-))
zhala wrote:Also, I REALLY want this on a shirt. I want to buy this one so badly.
kevlar51 wrote:I think this guy knows what you're talking about
Yeah that one looks like he might know exactly what I'm talking about!
cfdunbar wrote:Hiker's Dawn
5 colors on Navy
I hope all of you like! I love this derby!
Wow, very nice job. I love this design. As a hiker, I can relate to how beautiful the sun is coming through the trees. You've captured it wonderfully. I hope the design does well. I'd love to buy one!
love the cloud! would go great with my tickles to tinkles shirt!
3rdmaestro wrote:This one is really good. Could I make a suggestion though? Next time don't add a color for the night time sky and just let the shirt color be the sky color. Then it would be perfect!
Really hoping to see this resubmitted in the next relevant derby!
Re: Open Your World
Can't wait until this can be second-chanced or resubbed for another theme. Or.... message me if it ends up on Redbubble or something!
Re: From the Heart
I couldn't figure out how this one didn't win, but I'm guessing people skipped the votes because it wasn't technically evoking an open space. Either way, PLEASE let us know if you print this elsewhere!!
I was really hoping this would place. Its a great design.
Re: Trade Winds
That is the cutest thing I have seen in a long time. I <3 Walmazon's mind! SO clever!
Re: I Heart Trees
Love this! I would have bought one.
So glad I was able to purchase this design. Thanks Woot and thank you Spiritgreen.
I want this to made into a shirt also!
man i missed out on this. where do i buy this?!
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Reform must speed up, not slow down
The mainland has come to a point where only a determined drive for comprehensive reform can surmount problems resulting from three decades of high economic growth, says eminent economist Professor Wu Jinglian.
Delivering last week's 'Prospects for China's 12th five-year plan', part of the University of Hong Kong's Centenary Distinguished Lectures series, the 81-year old liberal economist told his audience it was no accident that the plan called for 'accelerating the transformation of the economic development pattern'.
Approved by the annual session of the National People's Congress last month, the plan provides a road map for the country's economic and social development for 2011-2015.
'President Hu Jintao made a speech at a provincial-level study class early this year about the need for change. In the speech he used the term jiakuai (accelerate or move fast) 50 times, plus expressions such as 'let's lose no time'. That certainly says a lot about the urgency seen at the highest level.'
The top leader's words of course carried weight, and action immediately followed. But 'it was done within the old framework and mechanism, such as the government-led mobilisation of capital and resources. The results are less than ideal,' adds Wu, a veteran research fellow at the State Council Research Development Centre.
Such a deep-rooted mindset could be traced back as early as the 1950s when the Soviet model was introduced in China.
'China imported the investment-driven model of the Soviet Union in the first five-year plan (1953-1957), which remained basically unchanged until the 1990s,' he says.
Although the old Soviet economic model is now a thing of the past, its ideology, Wu says, remains deeply entrenched among some people.
'That, in fact, has been a major problem in China's economic reform throughout the past decades, that is, a rapid growth based on investment of resources but not a rise in efficiency to realise the growth, leading to rampant shortage of resources and damage to the environment.'
It was not until the 1990s that China began to discuss a new model for its economic growth, and the expression 'transformation of the economic development pattern' was coined in the ninth five-year plan (1995-2000).
But due to low domestic consumption, which in China in 1990 was 40 per cent of GDP compared to the global average of 65 per cent, China adopted the export-driven model of some Asian countries such as Japan, to sustain growth.
'The export-led model brought about impressive results at first, as it did to Japan and other Asian economies initially. But it did not take long for problems to surface: resource wastage, environmental damage, an imbalance between internal and external growth, excessive issuance of yuan, the formation of a bubble economy, inflation, just to name a few.'
It was under these circumstances that the 12th five-year plan reiterated the call for the privatisation of most state-owned enterprises.
To Wu, the reiteration of a call made 15 years ago is no waste of time; it has garnered stronger resistance to reform and change from new vested-interest groups.
'The 15th party congress in 1997 resolved that all state-owned enterprises would be released [to the market], except those of a strategic nature [such as defence and power industries]. Those remaining as state-owned enterprises should become corporatised. But these plans were never carried out to the full. Over the years there has been good progress among small enterprises. But most of the large corporate groups stay the same. In recent years they have even gone backwards, leading to what some describe as guojin mintui (state-owned companies advance while the private sector retreats).'
Wu says these corporations, despite their enormous profits, failed to honour the stated policy of 'giving back to society' but instead invested in projects for profit. The same can be said of the local governments, whose income is rarely proportionate to their social responsibility.
As a result, the domestic consumption rate keeps on dropping despite the country's increasing wealth, to just 26 per cent of GDP in 2009.
So Wu finds it hard to accept the argument that economic reform has succeeded and no more is needed.
'I don't really agree with that notion because I think China has yet to pass its economic test, especially the state-owned enterprises.'
The main issue at stake, Wu says, is at the structural level.
'During the discussion of the 11th five-year plan [in 2005], the following 'structural obstacles' were identified: too much power of the government over resources; the GDP growth figure used as the standard for the government's merit; flaws in taxation, manipulation of factor pricing etc.
'During the 11th five-year plan, moreover, despite great strides in technical innovation, few became industrialised. The crux of the matter is a lack of an economic, judicial and social system and environment that is conducive to innovation and industrialisation.'
To Wu, the emphasis on a change in the economic development pattern in the 12th five-year plan is necessary and timely. Specifically, its targets should be to raise efficiency, develop service industries and boost domestic consumption.
He particularly applauded the plan's preamble statement, which reasserted reform as the 'driving force' for change and called for 'greater resolve and courage to push forward reform in all sectors'.
'I think confirming reform as the driving force hits right at the heart of the matter. Only by reform can structural obstacles be dealt with and the transformation of the economic development pattern be possible.'
The reform, Wu adds, has to be comprehensive to resolve many problems accumulated over the years, such as those in state-owned enterprises, the fiscal system, taxation, currency, justice, and reform of the government itself.
But past experience suggests these reforms 'will surely encounter all kinds of resistance and obstacles from vested interest groups and ideological concern'.
'Our country is moving from a government-controlled, centrally planned economy to a market economy. So it is inevitable for some in power to take advantage of the change for their own profit. While corruption becomes prevalent, these people in turn obstruct further reform and twist reform. On the ideological side, moreover, the resistance comes from the residue of the former Soviet model and its dogma, which is deeply rooted among some people, and that also becomes an obstacle to reform with or without allying with the vested interest groups.'
Wu says 'the key to the whole thing lies in the government, and how much determination and courage it has to press for the change into a modern market economy'.
After the talk, the professor laid out what he sees as the key areas for reform.
'Economically, we need to continue marketisation. Socially, the creation of a social safety net is necessary, such as medical care and care for the elderly, as well as minimum protection for those who live below the basic subsistence level. As for political reform, I think it is best to start with the rule of law.'
On those who use the rise of China as a reason for arguing against further reform, Wu said China's rise showed the great potential of the Chinese people, but 'only through further reform will China's potential be given full play'.
He said there were strong voices suggesting alternatives to reform, such as the Chongqing model. The southwestern municipality has taken to, among other things, broadcasting Maoist songs on its local television station.
'[Leftist] groups such as the website Utopia (wuyou zhixiang) have their own well-substantiated agenda and seize every opportunity to propagate it, such as holding conferences in Beijing and Shanghai early this year on the Chongqing model.'
Although Wu said he did not feel any pressure for speaking out in support of reform, he did encounter controversy in 2008 when accusations emerged that he was an American spy. There were even claims that he had been arrested.
The official People's Daily and Xinhua blamed 'overseas media' for '[cooking] up rumours trying to slander [Wu]'.
'I think the source of the rumour is not from without, but from within,' he said, 'I have requested our judicial authorities to follow up the case, but I don't know whether there is any action.'
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Coming from the guy who pulled out of the original fight!?!
Sometimes it's better to just say nothing.
Rob McCrum, Pro BW. www.bjjscotland.co.uk
Massive announcement for all SFC Fans -
Welterweight Champion Steven Ray has informed us that he is being backed to take up the opportunity to enter into the TUF trials in Las Vegas on December 5th.
Unfortunately due to the close vicinity of SFC 5 - "Rivals" to the try outs - he has opted to relinquish his SFC Title and head off to Las Vegas - we wish him all the best, not just for him but for his gym and Scotland.
Daniel Hope who actually is the only fighter to beat Stevie in a single bout fight - and not a tournament format as was Stevies only other defeat at On Top - will step into face Jonathan Westin for the SFC Welterweight Title.
Thanks to Dan and his team especially Paul McVeigh , Rob McCrum and Warrior Promotions for making this fight happen.
Also thanks to Jonathans team and Sweden Fighters - MMA Team for being understanding towards the situation which was out with our control - as Jonathan was also thinking of going to the TUF try outs but chose not to due to the match up.
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welldone on finding a replacement and a gd 1 at that, i was offered something i couldnt turn down not going into it too much or anything hope this is a good fight and gd luck to dan hope
How did you guys come up with dan hope to be stevies replacement
This is the most fun i can have without going to jail
What do you mean by " come up with"?
Dan had made himself available to fight and kindly offered himself up to fight on the show. Don't know if that answers the question, or am i missing something?
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Not missing anything mate, worded that wrong and thot to myself fuck here comes everyone to moan! Lol
Just ment exactly wat I said but, how did you come about it, did you have a few guys in mind, was it a case of he beat ray so that's gd idea, was there a few guys in mind, was dan next in line to get a shot etc etc.
And yes it answers the question mate thanks
This is the most fun i can have without going to jail
Ye obviously there were other people who would have been more than worthy of a shot at the title. ( of course)
John Quinn
Allan Johnston - rising very quickly and impressively in the rankings
Dean Caldwell
Three off the top of my head - i don't see anyone having any legitimate reason to say any of those fighters - plus im sure others in Scotland certainly UK who could challenge for the title.
But apart from anything else Dan had made himself available for this show before Ray decided to pull out.
Should be a big fight!
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gangrig25 wrote:SO YOU WANT A PAT ON THE BACK OR WHAT
bgoldhunter wrote:When you drop one off to a processor, he isn't going to have time to do anything then.
It's gonna sit in his cooler for 3-4 days before he can get to it anyways.....
Sagebrush wrote: in Calif. one old trick is to place the meat between bed mattresses during the day ,when temperatures rise, which keeps the meat cool, if you don't have a cooler.
Botiz630 wrote:Careful, then you'll have to get something to get rid of the geckos. And then something to get rid of what got rid of the geckos. Before you known it your camp will be full of great white sharks fighting velociraptors.
Rick Hall wrote:Never mind the ideal. I thought it pretty gross when I moved to the sunny South, too, but likely 9/10ths or more of Southern deer do time in ice water and taste just fine if handled with care before hand. Doubt the water gets far enough into the meat to have much effect on flavor, and know I've never heard of anyone getting sick on it.
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Some activists, who want to keep the first past the post system, attacked the plans during a debate in Inverness.
Despite few backing PR, those who want the status quo did not call for a vote.
Scottish minister Andy Kerr said that with just 34% of the vote last May, Labour's only option had been to broker a deal with the PR-supporting Lib-Dems.
The debate on Friday came as campaigners demanded a greater voice for grass roots members.
Dave Watson, the Scotland organiser of the union Unison, believes ordinary members should be consulted more and "not just be told".
It will mean that the new voting system will be introduced for local government elections in 2007.
Mr Kerr, who is finance minister north of the border, reminded activists that the Scottish Parliament itself had a voting system partly based on PR and declared: "The die was cast on PR for local government a long time ago."
He said those opposed to PR in local government elections could not be opposed
to coalitions as there had been coalition government in the executive and there
were currently 11 coalitions out of 32 Scottish councils.
And the European elections in June would be fought under PR.
Mr Kerr added: "The challenge is not the system, it is the battle for hearts and minds, the fight for every Labour vote.
'Deafening silence'
"We know we don't lose elections when we change electoral systems - we lose
them when the political argument is lost.
"Delivering what people want is what matters."
"PR was the one thing that the Liberals really wanted above everything else.
"But the price for them was high.
"They agreed a whole raft of our election commitments."
Bill Butler, Labour MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, told delegates that at
the last election campaign, there had been "a deafening silence" from the
public on PR.
He said: "Local government opinion is overwhelmingly against the single transferable
vote system - not out of self-interest but because they know it's not in the
public interest.
"Local government will not be improved by tinkering with the electoral system
but by improving local services."
"To impose an unwanted change on the basis of little or no evidence that it will improve matters will not produce one extra school or deliver one extra community centre."
And Gerry Leonard, a Glasgow councillor, said: "This government was
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He defended Labour's record in Glasgow, saying its achievements included
delivering the lowest council tax rise in Scotland and insisted: "We don't need
to change the system.
'Tail wagging dog'
"The opposition needs to change the system - because they can't win.
"PR is a kid-on. Do not accept it, but be accountable to the electorate and
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The proportional system came in for a savage denunciation from Jim McCabe, leader of North Lanarkshire Council, who complained that, at Holyrood, it had led to a situation where a party with 14% of the vote ended up as "the tail wagging the dog".
And he warned: "That is what will happen in local authorities if this is
He said the change could lead to Labour losing 150 council seats while the
main beneficiaries would be the SNP, who stood to gain 100 seats, and the
But Deputy Health Minister Tom McCabe argued for the executive's case and said: "The achievements of the first four years of the Scottish Parliament were on Labour values and the stability created to secure those values."
The Scotland Act had made coalitions inevitable, said Mr McCabe.
He told the conference: "There are hard choices as all of us know as
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The 9th Annual Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival will return to the Historic 4th Avenue Business District (4th Avenue North & 18th Street) on September 22, 2012 after enormous success from last year. Several area jazz groups will perform, with renowned saxophonist Euge Groove as the headliner. The 2012 festival will kick-off at 2:00 p.m. and conclude at 10 p.m.
The goals of the festival are to educate and expose Birmingham area residents about the rich culture of the 4th Avenue Business District, which was a historic place for black businesses, music and professional services.
In addition to the musical entertainment, a business seminar is scheduled from 9 - 10:30 a.m. aimed at entrepreneurs and small business interested in learning more about the value of investing in 4th Avenue Business District. Euge Groove will host a lecture/demonstration and question-and-answer session following the seminar from 11 – Noon at the Carver Theatre-Performing Arts Center for Birmingham area students (K-12) and music educators.
The festival will have an Art Village for artists to showcase their art and Kid's Village for children to learn and play. Vendors will include businesses located in the 4th Avenue Business District and other outside vendors.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Starting with a low F note, the 14-year-old saxophone student focused on his breathing as he began a run.
The professional...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Starting with a low F note, the 14-year-old saxophone student focused on his breathing as he began a run.
The professional stopped him.
"Keep the airflow up," said Euge Groove, a smooth jazz professional with numerous album credits and who used to tour with such rock acts as Tina Turner and Joe Cocker. "Work on keeping the mouthpiece in. Don't close it. Keep it like you're playing that low F and go up."
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Just this evening he was helping his sister's rearrange something in their bedroom. Unfortunately they never asked for his help and it happened to be their fish tank. They now have a turtle and hot wheels theme going on instead of the normal sea life. Forget sharks, those poor fish have to dodge the never ending net that Adam keeps using trying to catch them so he can "hold" them. I wonder if they have fish shrinks because they're definitely going to be needing one.
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After touring with the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra, the Jazz Ensemble takes the stage of Tyler-Tallman Hall at the end of January for a riveting guest artist concert, featuring an accomplished member of the jazz faculty at Davidson. The ensemble has had the pleasure of performing with saxophonist Patrick Brown, percussionist Adam Snow, guitarist Dustin Hofsess, and, most recently, saxophonist Tim Gordon. The group also hosts a "Sing with the Jazz Ensemble" competition each spring, allowing student singers a chance to perform backed by the full big band ensemble in a crowd-favorite Live Thursday concert.
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Eugene Borowitz, January 20, 1984
Topic: Sephardic Jews, European Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Sensitivity
Name of Publication: Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas
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