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Lean Startups? I Prefer Mine Phat
I read the book and found it quite enjoyable.
And with all due respect to Eric Ries and all of the VCs out there chasing lean startups, I recognized one simple truth. I still like my startups Phat.
A phat startup aims to solve a very big, very difficult problem that will transform an industry. They typically take many millions, or even tens of millions and 1-3 years to get the first product out the door. They are big ambitious bets on deep technology and market transitions that are difficult to predict. They require invention and problem solving and risk, yes risk. They are a venture in the true sense of the word.
But my goal is not to dismiss the good ideas in the Lean Startup bible. There are many, but some simply don't apply.
For example, in Phat startups, the challenge is not whether customers will want it (or whether you need to pivot or iterate or some other euphemism). The challenge is whether it can be built in the first place—will it work at all? Will it perform to spec? Will it scale? Will it be reliable? Can it be manufactured? Will it hit the price point?
Very frequently, the last question is whether customers will buy it. I know this sounds "unconventional" and decidedly old-school, but in many of these cases, if you CAN build it, they WILL come.
Why? Because phat startups often address problems that simply can't be solved any other way, and customers are in dire need of solutions—from cancer treatments to robots for bomb disposal to switches capable of handing exponential growth in mobile data.
And that's why, once the product is proven, phat startups have been many of our region's, and our country's fastest growing and biggest winners. All of these were $1B market cap companies:
|$ Raised to 1st Revenue*
|Smartphones at 3G speeds
|Electronic medical records
|Enterprise search/analytics
|Electric vehicles
|Aveo Pharma
|Cancer treatment
|Storage for virtual infrastructures
|Big data analytics
|Military robots
|Acme Packet
|SIP/VoIP enablement
*These are my estimates based on VentureSource.
And there's a new generation of New England companies following in their footsteps:
Demandware (on-demand e-commerce), QD Vision (display color enhancement), 24M (grid storage), 1366 (direct solar wafer), Plexxi (10 GB networks), Affirmed (4G Mobile), Actifio (secondary storage), Qualtre (smartphone components), Xtalic (electronic components), Akiban (scale out databases).
But a key question comes to mind: Are phat startups riskier than lean startups? It depends how you measure risk.
One of the great virtues of lean startups is that they get customer feedback very quickly, on precious little capital. This can lead to a "hot" financing at an attractive price. But great early customer feedback is necessary but not sufficient in achieving long term success. For the most part, social/digital media categories are winner take all. They support a limited number of successful companies (typically one dominant, one contender) and the rest fail due to lack of attention.
A young company can get great feedback, get out of the gate with great growth only to be beaten to the punch by any number of others pursuing a similar dream. Perhaps equally common, a fickle market moves to a shinier new toy (Friendster → MySpace → Facebook). That's not to suggest that there won't be very valuable Lean Startups who "win" their chosen space. There will be, and for the lucky entrepreneurs/investors involved, the rewards can be handsome.
Phat startups have a different risk profile. Venture backed competition is often sparse or non-existent. The key risks are a) whether the technology can be built, and b) whether customers will adopt.
The first of these risks is often overblown. Of the 140 companies we've backed at NBVP, I can think of exactly two that couldn't get the technology to work. Delays are typical, some would say inevitable, but rarely fatal. The risk of market adoption, however can be significant and I'd suggest is the primary reason that phat startups fail. Market adoption is largely a function of the initial premise—that there are customers (lots of them) that have no other way to solve the problem at hand. The bigger the disruption, the less the risk. The phatter, the better.
All told, a truly disruptive phat startup can present the mythical low risk / high reward proposition. I have great respect for successful lean startup investors, it's just not for me. I'd take the phat startup risk / reward every time.
Maybe someday, someone far more articulate than I (or is it me?) can write a book on the virtues of Phat Startups. In the meantime, I hope we can all recognize the virtue in building these companies and the impact they can have on our innovation economy.
P.S. For those with a sense of humor, this says it better than I ever could (including some offensive language).
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Daughter of former presidential family, Chelsea Clinton, announced her first pregnancy yesterday. The news spurred absurd accusations about how "the baby" has or will affect the potential Clinton administration. Like vultures, conservatives have bombarded the internet claiming that Chelsea's baby could not only interfere with Hillary Clinton's prospective campaign, but that it also repositions the Clinton's pro-choice stance on abortion.
USA Today catalyzed a wave of questions concerning the fetus's potential, "affect" on Hillary's campaign. "Former president Bill Clinton and his wife have made no secret of their wish for a grandchild. It's unclear how Chelsea's pregnancy will affect Hillary Clinton, who is considering a race for president in 2016."
It took less than 24 hours for conservative voices to go in for the kill -
Chelsea made her announcement at an event for No Ceilings, a Clinton Foundation-run organization, dedicated to enhancing the full participation of girls and women worldwide. Both conservative and liberal voices viewed this declaration as "good timing," but what I, like other writers are now asking is, why does this matter? Perhaps the announcement at the event on women's rights was somewhat of a political ploy and maybe it was a bit of a stretch to emphasize the importance of a baby at an event focused on the uninhibited achievement of women. However, whether or not this announcement was planned accordingly, the critique of this baby from anti-abortion sympathizers is out of control. If anything, the attack is more contradictory than the inconsistency Chelsea is being accused of.
Chelsea's choice, and let me italicize choice here for the sake of emphasis, to have a child is in no way indicative of a contradictory pro-choice agenda nor is it a new found pro-life agenda.
At the conference, Chelsea noted that, "Marc and I are very excited that we have our first child arriving later this year, and I certainly feel all the better, whether it's a girl or a boy, that she or he will grow up in a world full of so many strong female leaders."
It is in no way productive for conservatives to be using pro-choice rhetoric to slam Chelsea's CHOICE to have a child. Chelsea is an extremely accomplished woman, who, because of her beliefs, traveled down the path of her choice, which included, education and an extensive political career dedicated to education, women's rights, and many other social issues. Her and her husband have been married for almost 5 years, and now she has made the decision to have a baby.
Clearly Chelsea's path is not radical, as it remains extremely conventional and heterosexual to say the least, but this is a whole other conversation. Of course it would be cool to see the daughter of a pro-choice politician make more radical life- decisions. Nonetheless, this does not mean we should be trivializing Chelsea's path. If anything, this choice is entirely expected as it is rather reflective of her less than radical position on women's rights and therefore, deeming her choice contradictory seems like a step in the wrong direction.
Will this baby affect Hillary's potential campaign? Will this baby lead our future generations and continue the Clinton dynasty? Who knows? Who CARES? Certainly not us.
These articles claiming that they do care must realize that this conversation would not be happening if the political figure at stake was a man.
In an attempt to show how ABSURD it is to care about how this baby will affect the Clinton's political fate, we present you with an ABSURD image of Chelsea and Marc's potential baby created via "morphthing.com."
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22 graduate from Loudoun Country Day School
On June 11 at 11:00 a.m., 22 eighth grade students from Loudoun Country Day School walked to the stage of the new auditorium to "Pomp and Circumstance," played by the LCDS middle school orchestra, for their last official appearance together as a class.
For this class, it was a year of firsts – their first year at the new campus and the first class to graduate at from there.
The girls were dressed in white dresses, the boys in navy jackets and ties, as they sat in rows for the ceremony. After "The Pledge of Allegiance" and "America the Beautiful," Headmaster Randy Hollister welcomed students, faculty, parents, friends, and families and gave his traditional individual tributes to each student.
"Eighth graders, whether you have been at LCDS since pre k - as several of you have – or for three years – as three of you have – you have made us very proud," he said. "You have given us much to remember, to laugh about, and to reflect on, with admiration and appreciation. From your accomplishments in academics, the arts, athletics, and community service, you have lived our LCDS mission, showing that it is an affirming beacon for a meaningful educational experience."
After Hollister's tributes, the LCDS middle school choir sang "Don't Stop Believin", followed by Student Council President Elizabeth Woods' address.
Elizabeth stressed how students in eighth grade looked out for each other through the years, expecting they will remain close after their LCDS experience, and will always remember that they shared a connection from their time together here.
After Elizabeth's speech, the traditional awards were presented: the Angus Treviranus Memorial Award, given to the rising eighth grader that the middle school faculty judges to use the best of his or her abilities and talents, which was given this year to Nell Smith; the Philip E. DuPont Memorial Award, given to the eighth grader who most visibly exemplifies concern for other people – this year shared by Natalie Wylie and Brendan Kennedy; and finally, the Headmaster's Prize, awarded to the student who exemplifies the philosophy of the school, which was awarded this year to Drew Styles and presented to him by last year's recipients: Alex Rossi and Spencer Gennari.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Fred Schaufeld then presented the graduation certificates to each student.
Among the schools the graduating students will attend this fall are: Highland School, Woodgrove High School, Episcopal High School, Thomas Jefferson School of Science and Technology, the Bullis School, the Blue Ridge School, Mercersburg Academy, Middleburg Academy, Paul VI Catholic High School, Loudoun Valley High School, Tuscarora High School and Herndon High School.
WOW - I feel that I gave my children an opportunity to think outside the BOX and you just proved that I did and that they will be so much better off… Thank you for confirming this.
Sarah, I just feel bad for the kids who aren't continuing in a private school or going to Jefferson. I can't imagine the transition from this la-la land to Herndon High School. That kid is going to have to adjust real fast when they are sharing the hallway with some kids who were just recruited into the MS-13 fold.
Pampered brats that don't know the first thing about sacrifice or doing without.
Way to go Drew!
Thank you LCDS for 3 unforgettable years! Best of Luck to all 22 students…We will miss seeing all of you together. The Browns.
Great class, great school! We will miss everyone…Congratulations Robbie and the rest of the class! The Weatherwax Family
Jessica Crew we are so proud of you - best luck at Highland School - Love Mom and Dad
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News release from GCC:
If you think you've missed out on a chance to take fall classes at Genesee Community College, think again! While the full fall semester began August 26, 2013, there's still time to register for late start classes which begin Monday, September 23, 2013. These classes run for 12 weeks and are offered at most of GCC's seven campus locations as well as online.
Classes in the 12 week session are easily accessible and run mornings, afternoons and evenings, during the week as well as on Saturdays, on campus or online. Busy students can pick the right time, day or place that meets their needs and their schedules. The fall 12 week session boasts more than 35 courses in a variety of dynamic subjects including American Sign Language, Principles of Business, Healthful Living, Introduction to Computers, Human Relations and Interpersonal Communication to name a few.
Late start classes are offered at most of GCC's seven campus locations:
• Albion, 456 West Avenue / 585-589-4936
• Arcade, 25 Edward Street / 585-492-5265
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Nearly a dozen classes are also offered online through the eLearning program. GCC will also offer late start eight week classes beginning on Monday, October 21, 2013. For all the class options at GCC visit www.genesee.edu/courses/schedule.
"Providing ready-access to higher education is one of GeneseeCommunity College's leading priorities, and our late start course schedule is one of the many ways we try to achieve this goal. The fall semester starting at the end of August can be a challenge for some families, especially those with younger children at home. So our twelve-week and eight-week sessions are perfect for many people," Dr. Virginia (Ginny) Taylor, vice president for Student and Enrollment Management Services said. "We also offer classes on the weekends and during Winterim, which is through the semester break."
To apply online for classes at any Genesee Community College campus location, new students should go to http://www.genesee.edu/Admissions or call the Admissions office at 585-345-6800.


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Cosplayer KateMonster > Costume of Rikku (Final Fantasy X-2)
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- 07-12-2013
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- Final Fantasy X-2
- Character
- Rikku
- Year Completed:
- 2012
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- Katsucon 2013
This Costume has been retired
About this Costume
- Personal Thoughts:
- So I finally finished this costume after like 2 years. I'm Showing off too much skin really isn't my thing, but I just love Rikku too much. I made everything but the belt and pouches (official set Square put out years ago) and the blades (purchased off someone on cosplay.com).
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- Wig Name
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- The wig I ordered turned out to be WAY too thin. Barely any hair in the ponytail. It came with 2 braids to work with but not nearly enough for the rest of them. I ended up using like a whole pack of wefts in a close matching color from Arda to fill out the Ponytail more and add the other braids.
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"Joe would make a great president." That's what Jill Biden said about her husband the vice president Tuesday on the "Today" show. Spousal pride aside, there's a building consensus Joe Biden shouldn't even be on the Democratic ticket this year.
Mr. Biden is viewed unfavorably by 50 percent of independents and 52 percent of those who say they are not yet committed to a presidential candidate, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll from late May. Even more poignant if the election is close, the veep's unpopularity is worse in swing states than his national average. "In the 12 swing states likely to determine the outcome of the presidential election, only 40 percent of registered voters view Biden favorably, while 54 percent view him unfavorably," USA Today reported. "The 12 swing states in the poll are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin."
The likelihood that the next man a heartbeat away from the presidency won't be a Democrat brings up the important subject of who Republican standard-bearer Mitt Romney should select as his running mate. Among the countless personality considerations in play, there are several perennial factors modern campaigns look at to determine what would help balance out a ticket to make it more competitive for the general election. The three major areas being taken into account are diversity, geography and ideology.
Race and sex are always on the table. In an increasingly multicultural nation, diversity isn't merely a superficial afterthought. Picking a woman or a Hispanic, for example, might help a ticket broaden its appeal. In our politically correct age, there is also the question of whether two stuffy white guys would come off as too boring on the stump.
Given Mr. Romney's East Coast and Midwest connections, some strategists recommend that he reach out to different parts of the country by picking a running mate from the South or West. Or more precisely, perhaps he should go for someone from a specific state he absolutely needs to win, such as Florida or Ohio. In every election except one since 1972, elephants have carried their VP nominee's home state. This tactic hasn't worked as well for Democrats, with John Edwards of North Carolina in 2004, Lloyd Bentsen of Texas in 1988, Geraldine Ferraro of New York in 1984 and Sargent Shriver of Maryland in 1972 all losing their home states. Even more humiliating was 2000, when sitting Vice President Al Gore lost his own state of Tennessee when he was running for president.
The last major factor is ideology. Many conservatives insist Mr. Romney needs to pick a red-meat running mate to shore up the party base, while some big-tenters argue for someone more liberal to try to attract disaffected Obama voters. Above all, of course, is electability, which brings us back to Joe. His persistent gaffes and low ratings have some Democrats clamoring to dump him in favor of someone serious like Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. No matter which party wins the race for the White House, Mr. Biden might not get a second term.
Brett M. Decker is editorial page editor of The Washington Times. He is coauthor of the new book "Bowing to Beijing" (Regnery, 2011).
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Gordon, Loney lead way against Cubs
Nieve, who was assigned to the Minor League camp on March 24, was making his first spring start. He exited after giving up four hits and one walk over four innings while striking out two.The Cubs are not preseason favorites to win the National League Central. That's OK, according to Dempster. "We have a plan of what we want to do," Dempster said. "We'll go out and play the game the right way and play hard and let our talent take over. We've put in all this hard work the past six weeks and hopefully it turns into results on the field. "Hard work and playing the game at a high intensity can make up for lack of talent a lot of times. I know it has for me. I don't have much talent, but I try to work hard and play the game the right way. Sometimes it becomes contagious and a way to get the best out of each other." Cubs manager Dale Sveum has set the tone. "He's a great communicator," Dempster said. "He's kept camp very loose but at the same time, asked us to work hard, and I think we've done that. He's given us respect and treated us like men, and we've respected him back and put a lot of hard work in. He's been a lot of fun to be around and you learn a lot. He's always talking the game, always trying to figure out scenarios and what he can do best to help us win, and we're looking forward to the start of the regular season and go out there and win some games." How does Sveum compare to some of Dempster's previous managers? "He's got more tattoos than most of the managers I know," Dempster said. "I can't see Lou [Piniella] riding onto the field on a Harley." Up next, Dodgers: Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw will make his final tuneup for Opening Day when he faces the Arizona Diamondbacks and Ian Kennedy at Salt River Fields on Saturday at 1:10 p.m. PT. It will be Kershaw's fifth start this spring, all on the road. Likely relievers include Javy Guerra and Jamey Wright.
Up next, Cubs: Paul Maholm will make his fourth Cactus League start on Saturday when the Cubs play host to the Angels at HoHoKam Park at 3:05 p.m. CT. Maholm, who will be the fifth starter in the rotation, has struck out 10 over 10 innings this spring. He's given up one earned run on eight hits. The game will be broadcast on Comcast Sports Net and also WGN Radio.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter@CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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my sentence range says 16-2-3, what does that mean? and what can my penalty be if i am facing a felony charge hs11377a and a misdemeanor charge sdmc58.0102a?
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'16-2-3' means that the low range on your sentence is 16 months, the mid range is two years and the maximum is three years. These are ranges for sentences in a state prison, not county jail. Do not take this charge lightly.
The latter charge refers to the San Diego Municipal Code and is a curfew violation. This is pretty minor in comparison to the former.
You should seriously consider hiring, or asking someone to hire on your behalf, an attorney to represent you. If you cannot afford one, the public defender will be appointed.
Feel free to contact my office directly if serious about getting legal help.
Best of Luck!
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This means that on the felony HS 11377 charge you could potentially face a sentence of 16 months or 2 years or 3 years. That said, a treatment program in lieu of jail might be available as an option for you.
Jacek W. Lentz, Esq.
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Minimum 16 months, max 3 years. Hope that they do not charge you as an adult. As long as you stay in juvenile court, you should come out o.k. unless you choose to continue to get high on meth, then you will ruin your life. This is a most serious matter.
The courts have tne most accurate information on the effects of meth use. Number one, it cannot be used as a recreational drug; two, only 3% are able to discontinue use; and, three, a meth addict is an unfit parent.
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16-2-3 means two years normal prison sentence, subject to up or down in range, depending on circumstances. The Misdemeanor can add another year in jail. Feel free to contact me if serious about getting legal counsel.
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A date with destiny in the Forbidden Forest
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'Deathly Hallows, Part Two' brings the Harry Potter series to a sensational finale"Join me in the Forbidden Forest, and confront your fate!" Talk about an offer you can't refuse. The challenge, of course, comes from the supremely sinister sorcerer Lord Voldemort, who makes one final bid to do away with his archenemy, Harry Potter, in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two," the suitably sensational finale to a series that has kept much of the world happily spellbound for the past 10 years.
When Warner Bros. originally announced the last of J.K. Rowling's Potter novels would be split into two films, many observers commented it was purely a move to maximize revenue. In fact, it turns out to have been a perfectly valid decision from a storytelling standpoint: Having covered the first two-thirds of the novel in "Deathly Hallows, Part One" leaves director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves free to concentrate on making sure that the cataclysmic clash between Potter's legions and the devotees of Voldemort is everything fans have been anticipating.
They deliver in spades. The Battle of Hogwarts, the show-stopping centerpiece of the book, unfolds onscreen as a magnificently messy parade of wand-wielding wizards, ax-swinging ogres, stampeding giant spiders, collapsing bridges, tumbling towers — suffice to say, no one is likely to doze off.
More than any other Potter film, "Deathly Hallows, Part Two" pushes action to the forefront since most of the drama (the tensions between Harry and Ron, the revelations about the seven Horcruxes that have helped Voldemort to thrive, the branding of Harry and his friends as outlaws, etc.) was packed into the first half. This is not a standalone piece, nor was it meant to be. Unless Warner Bros. was open to the idea of a four-hour-long "Hallows" epic, it's impossible to picture how such a complex adventure could have been squeezed into one film.
Aside from Alan Rickman's crafty reading of the two-faced Hogwarts headmaster Severus Snape and Ralph Fiennes' hideous, hissing Voldemort, a villain capable of turning your arteries to ice, the performances of the central characters are generally more subdued than usual. The complicated connections between the maturing Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) that figured prominently in "Deathly Hallows, Part One" are almost entirely absent this time around. As the trio rushes to complete their search-and-destroy mission (there are still three hidden Horcruxes as the story resumes), they have no time for jealousy and recriminations and, once Voldemort and his minions converge on Hogwarts, personal problems are quickly set aside.
Admittedly, the decision to focus on spectacle does leave several well-established personalities without much to do. It's slightly disappointing that the frizzy-haired freak Bellatrix Lestrange (played to witchy perfection by Helena Bonham Carter), nasty Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) and sunny space cadet Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch) barely have a few moments to reassert themselves before disappearing into the fog of war, and don't blink if you want to catch one last glimpse of Remus Lupin (David Thewlis), Fred and George Weasley (James and Oliver Phelps) and the flighty Professor Trelawney (Emma Thompson).
However, the Battle of Hogwarts does allow a former wallflower to bloom: Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis) not only gets his long-overdue chance to shine in "Deathly Hallows, Part Two," he also ends up with more dialogue and screen time in the space of one film than he has had in the entire series up to this point. Lewis enthusiastically seizes the opportunity, creating a delightfully unlikely, slightly unsteady hero who demonstrates considerable fortitude, if not much in the way of finesse.
Although it moves at a breathless pace — if you've missed the past couple of Potter films, this is not the place to try to catch up — "Deathly Hallows, Part Two" includes several scenes that are likely to be remembered as highlights of the saga, including a wonderfully eerie trip into the cavernous vaults of the goblin-operated Gringotts bank and a startling send-off for one of the major players, who perishes at the fangs of Voldemort's vicious pet snake, Nagini. That moment, in which we see a silhouette bouncing helplessly against a filthy window, is reminiscent of the veiled violence in the Val Lewton chillers of the 1940s: It's more frightening because we don't see what has happened.
Finally, there is one more trippy dip into the pensive pool, in which a swirling mash-up of memories, flashbacks and revelations fills in most of the previously unanswered questions about Harry's heritage and Snape's place in it. It's a fine curtain raiser for that climactic showdown in the Forbidden Forest and its aftermath amid the ruins of Hogwarts. One can only imagine the sort of pressure Yates, Kloves and the cast must have felt in staging these final scenes that bring the series to its conclusion, yet the finale is every bit as assured and stirring as the rest of the movie. As in the novel, there is a brief postscript, set 19 years later, which efficiently and effectively brings the entire tale full circle.
Whether you've been a faithful follower of all things Harry, a casual admirer or a naysayer, it's impossible to dismiss the colossal impact these eight films have had. "Deathly Hallows, Part Two" sustains the high quality and superb production values that have always been a hallmark of the Harry Potter epics. For millions of moviegoers, this is the end of the ultimate adventure; it's doubtful many will go home grumbling.


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"False Alarm", the new video from Southern California alternative rock veterans SMILE EMPTY SOUL, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's sixth studio album, "Chemicals", which was released on October 1 on the band's new imprint, Two Disciples Entertainment.
"Chemicals", a record vocalist/guitarist Sean Danielsen describes as "a very raw album for today's standards," is the debut release on the new label. In conjunction with Pavement Entertainment, Two Disciples Entertainment sees the band controlling all aspects of marketing and promotion for the new record and impending tours.
Commented Danielsen: "We've been on a different label with every release in our career, and we were tired of not being the priority.
According to the vocalist, fans can expect the same emotional rock the band has delivered since its inception in 1998, but with an evolved edge, sharpened from over a decade on the road. "'Chemicals' still has our signature sound," he adds, "but it has its own feel apart from our other work."
And with regards to the album title, "'Chemicals' made so much sense to us because of the day and age we live in. We're all eating, drinking, and breathing chemicals on a daily basis and there's no escape." "Chemicals" track listing:
01. Black And Blue
02. False Alarm
03. Chemicals
04. Balance
05. Swim
06. New Low
07. Real
08. Sitting Ducks
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I have and LOVE the Clarisonic Mia. It is rechargeable and the charge lasts a long time. It gets my skin really clean and feels really nice. It was super expensive, but totally worth it.
I got mine from QVC when it was the today's special value.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Southern California's anti-smog agency overwhelmingly approved a controversial plan that would allow companies to pollute by purchasing emission credit.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District voted 10-1 to approve trading credits, the third time they've voted on an issue that has sparked lawsuits in the past.
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Right now, there's probably no hotter viral video than PSY's "Gangnam Style."
The K-pop horse dance is sweeping the nation, which may be why so many people have come up with their own parodies and covers. However, one particular lip dub is causing quite the controversy right here in El Monte.
Several lifeguards from the El Monte Aquatic Center created what they thought was a fun and harmless video showcasing their pool, but city officials didn't see it that way. They responded by firing 14 of the facility's employees!
And the lifeguards are not the only ones who are questioning the decision. When PSY himself visited the morning show last week, he called the incident a "tragedy" and added that the city officials were "taking things too seriously."
Carson couldn't believe it either, so he called up one of the fired lifeguards, Michael Roa, to get his side of the story.
The 22-year-old has worked at the El Monte Aquatic Center for seven years and despite this being the first time he says he's ever been reprimanded for anything, he's still out of a job.
Roa told Carson the reason he and his co-workers were terminated is because they used the facility for private use and personal gain and for wearing their uniforms in public while off-duty. He also alleged that some of those fired weren't even taking part in the making of the viral video whatsoever.
"Not all 14 of us made [the video]," Roa explained to Carson this morning. "Only a few of us made it and some people were fired just because they knew about the video and they didn't even appear in the video. And other people who were caught in the background of my camera were also fired even though they didn't willingly participate."
The crew was brought into a meeting where they were told that the city manager "found the video disgusting and an embarrassment to City of El Monte," but after the group did some further investigation, they're not even sure who exactly made the decision, according to Roa.
"We were called into this meeting on September 5 and our old city manager just ended his job and it was the new city manager's first day, September 5, so we don't know exactly if it was even the city manager who decided to call this," Roa said.
Robert Alaniz, a spokesman for the city of El Monte, released this statement in regards to the termination of the 13 part-time seasonal lifeguards and a pool manager:
"While the City of El Monte cannot comment on the specifics of this situation because it involves personnel issues, we can say that each of the employees dismissed were either part-time and/or seasonal at-will employees, who upon their employment, were each required to acknowledge and sign an Acknowledgement that states that they would 'under no circumstances use any city property for his/her own private use or benefit. Such unauthorized use shall be cause for disciplinary action.' There was a clear unauthorized use of city resources and property, including the use of city-issued uniforms during the making of this unauthorized video. The City maintains that it holds all employees to a higher standard."
Carson was flabbergasted by the city's decision. He believes that if the city had just embraced the video from the get-go, the aquatic center would have received a ton of positive press as a result. Heck! Carson bought a swagger wagon just because he thought the video was funny.
Roa agreed saying, "We've been getting a lot of comments on Facebook and YouTube that people didn't even though there was an aquatic center and now they know."
The group's Facebook page, Bring Back The 14 El Monte Lifeguards, already has nearly 13,000 fans and earlier this week, councilman Bart Partel came out in support of the lifeguards and is calling upon the city to reinstate them. The mostly college-age lifeguards plan to attend the next city council meeting to get their voices heard.
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text: In 11.2 when you have grid infrastructure installed (which is, if I'm not mistaken, required when using ASM), then the listener must be running from the grid home (in your case called asm) when you want to control it via srvctl. It is still possible to start a listener from the db home by using lsnrctl (and the listener.ora file), but this listener can't be controlled via srvctl (and thus can't benefit from oracle restart). Regards, Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer --- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guillermo Alan Bort Sent: vrijdag 14 januari 2011 16:26 To: oracle-l-freelists Subject: listener... which home? hi guys, so, we have two homes in a server. One is /u01/app/asm, obviously this is the ASM home. it's an 11g home as well. Then we have the /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0 home which is the DB home. There is a single DB in this server. The listener is running from /u01/app/asm/bin/tnslsnr.... which to me is odd. Is there any reason you can think of for this? (I already asked the previous owner of this server and they replied it was "by design"). I can see some benefits (like in theory you don't need to bring down the listener for $OH patching... and you usually have the ASM home in the latest patch/version... what cons do you find in this? cheers Alan.- -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l


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Recently, a girl was denied her high school diploma because she said the word "hell" in her Valedictorian speech at graduation. Like most other readers, I find this punishment to be a bit harsh. Sure, she's the valedictorian, so she should set a good example. However, she used it in the context of a favorite movie quote and wasn't telling people to go to the place named this said explicative. I don't even consider "hell" to be a swear word, even though there are people who would disagree. If that were the case, priests everywhere would be washing their mouth out with soap. There are many other words out there that are way more offensive and I'm guessing even the principal of the above-mentioned school has used some in his daily dealings.
When I was little, I'd sometimes catch my parents swearing and would later use those choice words in a conversation. When I was caught and my parents got mad about it, I just had to tell them that I learned it from them and they backed off. Then again, I thought the Yiddish word "Kaynehore" (kay-na-hora) was a curse word and would use it as such. I didn't understand why I wasn't getting in trouble for it though. Even the words I repeated from my parents were worse than "hell." I also watched movies with adult language and didn't understand much of it as a kid anyway.
As a mom, I've had to curb my language use a lot. Not only do I do this in the house, but also in e-mails to my friends, where I tend to "star" out certain letters of curse words. My colorful use of language has gone from HBO to PBS over time. Suddenly, "stupid," is the main swear word in our house. I was watching a movie the other night where not only did a mom swear in front of her child, but she did so in the voice of the child's favorite Sesame Street character. I think I was the most appalled by that part, while one of my friends who isn't used to such colorful language in movies had her mouth open in shock the entire time. Even while reading books, I tend to comment in my reviews when I feel an author has used the "F" word or any other assortment of swear words a bit too heavily.
I feel that it is important to use clean language around children. I don't think a swear word here or there has ever hurt anyone, but in trying to raise children to be polite individuals, there is no room for such words. If "stupid" is the worst word they'll ever hear, I feel I've done my job well as a parent. Sure, I'll slip up from time to time (especially upon being injured), but I try my hardest to watch my language around my children, and if that transfers into my dealings in the professional and social scenes, then I don't think anyone will complain that I wasn't swearing enough.
On a funny side note, we try to curb our children from using too much potty language, unless they're actually using it in reference to when they have to go to the bathroom. One time, my younger son told me, "I have to go to the bathroom to make potty language." That's when I knew I had done my job — but then immediately was worried that I was being too strict!
What do you think? Should the girl who said "hell" in her graduation speech been denied her diploma? How do you handle swearing in your house?
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Haha, you did it (i man separate and cleaned core volume code from my fat almost-obfuscated-patch), conglatualtions!. At this state, i barely can understand my patch parts and fear to touch code that not lookes 2 weeks, it become so unrealistically complex to maintain and fix.
You even do some one step sampling from light direction (limited bidirectional), i have no that parts, it is Stuart invention, it help to clean noise around light a lot.
About "g" parameter, it is like Phong specular power, but related to volume particles. of 0, it do uniform sphere distribution (smoke?), if 0.6-0.8, more close to human tissue like skin/blood, and at extreme cases close to 1 it go to transparent material like colored glass (not recommended, big computation overflow errors). Must note, that water vapor and small droplets in air have very complex Phase function, with many peaks, and related to wave lenght, current Henyey-Greenstein model too simple to make that, so do not expect to see rainbow. I think that "g" around 0.7-0.8 make fog looks more like real street fog.
Beware, real media scattering is multi bounced, and you need 2-3 bounces to get light that "bend" around objects, it very slow, for example this is 15 hour render on i3770K (my patch used, but sure DingTo variant can do same w/o limitation). One bounce (or 0) scenes can ve rendered on reasonable speed, ofc.
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Light is not only essential for photosynthesis but also a crucial source of information for competing plants. An article in the March issue of Trends in Plant Science delves into the information-gathering tactics of plants which enhance their chances of survival when competition for light is high in plant canopies.
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This plant-to-plant signaling which uses light is now added to the other methods of communication between plants. Plant growth is also affected by signals sent by plant-to-plant contact and information passed on by volatile chemicals from infected to healthy plants. In the last case, the chemical signal prepares healthy plants against an attack by disease or pests which is affecting the infected plant. According to this review, plants are not 'vegetative' at all but active gatherers and users of information


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Aiming to bridge the gap between art creators and art appreciators by removing expression from the confines of a gallery, FIGMENT made its San Diego debut last year, drawing over 1000 participants for the day-long festival.
On Saturday, June 28 (10am–6pm) the free, all-ages event returns to Chicano Park with an increased focus on cultural collaboration among its 30+ interactive installations.
"We are taking a much more active role in involving the local Barrio Logan community and artists in the event this year," says co-producer and curatorial director Nicole Hickman.
"We're planning to do regularly scheduled, docent-style tours throughout the course of the day, which will help educate people about the history of the park and its murals. We also have the Danzantes [an all ages folkloric dance troupe] onboard to do an opening ceremony to bless the event."
Last year's inaugural FIGMENT, which started in New York in 2007 and has since spread to seven U.S. cities and on to Australia, played host to community-driven projects including a hands-on experimental music lab, comic book drawing lessons, a number of dance performances, and more than a few impromptu marching bands.
Saturday's event features local artists presenting everything from giant robots to cellophane mazes to on-the-spot typewriter tales to forts made from mountains of books.
"FIGMENT San Diego sees Chicano Park not just as a venue, but as a true partner in our effort to build community through art," Hickman says.
Albert Einstein may have incidentally summed up FIGMENT even better when he stated, "Creativity is contagious, pass it on."


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Executive officer Pat Timmons has urged farmers to consult with financial experts to ensure their businesses remain profitable.
"It's about promoting the opportunities for the future, rather then the 'poor bugger' in the past stuff," he said.
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text: I tried many of the podcast players out there, but this has some features that are unique and helpful (see items with * below). Though the paid version is expensive ($7 at this time), if you have lots of feeds, it is very very worth it. PROS: Customizable Categories* - the ability to put feeds into customized catageories if a must have if you have lots of podcasts. Even better, you can put each feed into up to two categories - so I have a Favorites category which is a nice cross-section of my other feeds. I don't think ANY of the competitors, not even Doggcatcher, has this (I could be wrong). Import/Export feeds - you can add a feed by one of three methods - search, input URL, or import from .opml. The last one is nicely implemented, in that you don't have to import the whole .opml, but can choose individual feeds from it. Auto Features - auto refresh/update (or on schedule), auto download the latest X episodes, max number to keep for each feed, auto delete upon completion. Informative List Views - each view has slightly different data available, but they are very informative. Views include (a) list all shows in feed (b) show only Unread, (c) Show all dowloaded for this feed, this category, or all (d) show/manage download queue (available from status bar). The design is very efficient and informative. Car-friendly landscape view - put it in your car holder, it gets big buttons in landscape (even just in your hand, doesn't require dock). Headset control - this only works when the app is in focus, but it works. Stop, forwards, backwards. Playlists - both manual and Smart Commercial skip* - allows you to set time for skip intervals Video - does not have its own video player, but allows you to choose which to use Scrobble support - whatever that is Share - share with any of your social media services High configurability - the defaults are smart, but everytying is configurable, at the global, category, and feed levels. Very nice. Responsive Developer - the dev is helpful, responsive, and always adding features. Full-featured trial - what got me to buy was using the trial version for 7 days. I was hooked! That's long enough to decide if you want to buy it. CONS: Compared to the other players out there, I have few complaints. I've asked the Dev to add adjust playback speed, which he said is often requested - he says that as soon as Android allows for that, he'll add it. The recent update (6/10/10) fixed most of my previous feature requests, so there are few things left to 'fix.' Here's my stretch at trying to think of some cons: Price - at $6.99, kinda high, but trying the rest made me realize that this was the one to have. High configurability - this is not really a bug, but the high number of options means that you can have one setting override another without knowing it. For example, you have defaults, like max number of shows per feed. If you don't realize that you only allow 3 shows max as default (the most is 20 as a default), you may find your downloads disappearing because you've hit the cap. Of course, for an individual feed, you can up that number to say 200 or more, and stop the autodelete of files beyond the deafult cap. But you might not see that right away. I hasten to add, though, the defaults are very smartly set for the basic user, and for the advanced user, there's lots of room to set things the way you want. Limited themes - it has one dark, one light theme. The dark works fine for me, and i could care less about skinning it, the colors work great. CONCLUSION: If you are serious about your podcast listening, and need to categorize your feeds because you have quite a few, look no further. I love this app.


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Four candidates, including two incumbents, filed qualifying papers Friday to campaign for a position on the next City Council, but the municipal election may not happen.
City Council incumbents Shawna McLaughlin and Bob Archibeque, former mayor Orly Lucero and challenger Jim Price, a Marine Corps veteran, all met in a City Hall conference room Friday, March 7, to watch each of their names drawn from a hat. The random selection was utilized to determine the placement of their names on the April 8th ballot.
"I want to congratulate each of you for your decision to run for the Cortez city council," City Manager Shane Hale told the candidates Friday. "Each of you will now have the chance to make a difference in people's lives."
Whether a municipal election is actually held next month for a vacant mayoral post and three council seats is dependent on at least one additional candidate filing to campaign as a write-in candidate.
"We still don't know if we will hold an election," said city clerk Linda Smith.
Smith explained a March 19th deadline is in place for proper write-in candidate affidavits to be filed. If at least one person files a write-in affidavit, the city election would proceed as planned.
"A 2004 city ordinance states if we don't have more candidates than the offices to be filled, then the election may be cancelled," Smith said.
No write-in votes would be counted without a filed affidavit of intent from the candidate, Smith added.
Completing two four-year terms, both Mayor Dan Porter and Councilman Matt Keefauver will be forced to relinquish their posts due to term limits. First terms for Archibeque, elected in 2010, and McLaughlin, elected in 2012, are also ending.
On April 8, voters will decide on each of the four posts. To be placed on the ballot, the city required nomination petitions with at least 25 signatures for each candidate.
Candidate hopefuls must also be a registered voter, be 21 or older and have resided within city limits for a minimum of 12 consecutive months proceeding the election date.
Council members Karen Sheek, Ty Keel and Tom Butler will remain in office through 2016.
If an election is held, a new City Council orientation session would be held on April 10, Hale said.
For more, call the city clerk at (970) 564-4008.


text: Maybe its a bit much but with all the kit I got in Audrey that uses power and my paranoia, I started thinking about 2nd batteries or battery backups. Two thoughts. One was a secondary battery and split charging but I can't think where to put it. The second idea was mounting some external terminals in the engine bay and connect them up to a leisure battery when I'm stationary for longs periods of time and want to watch TV, A film or use the projector. I think the leisure battery would be a better idea over split chartering. I don't mind carrying a 2nd when I know I'll need, like shows or camping. My concern is what damage or problems I might have by connecting a large leisure battery to my battery/car leads. Any one got any thoughts?


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Jeffries Fan Club
"Jeffries Fan Club" was a Third-wave ska band formed in the late 1990s. Celebrating 10 years since the band was formed, an "anniversary" show took place April 14 and 15, 2006 at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California.
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* ''Feelin' Sorry...For All The Hearts We've Broken'' (1997)
* ''Nothing To Prove'' (1998)
* ''JFC Sucks: The Early Years'' (1999)
* ''Changing the Nation '' (2000)
* ''Last Show at the Glasshouse'' (2001) - live album
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Walt Disney once said, "I only hope we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." It would appear that Jon Niermann, President and Managing Director of The Walt Disney Company (Asia Pacific) Limited keeps that firmly in mind.
Regardless of age, the mere mention of the word Disney is guaranteed to conjure up nostalgic images of childhood fun, theme parks and candyfloss. Few have grown up without the Magic Kingdom touching their lives in some way, and for many working for the company sounds like a dream come true.
Jon Niermann's first memories of Disney stem back to growing up in Nashville Illinois. He explains, " I first got the Disney bug when my family would pack up and head off to Walt Disney World in Florida for a holiday every summer. It was during one of those trips that I realised entertainment was an interesting field and one that I wanted to be involved in."
Mr Niermann obviously took this very seriously as his first job for Disney was during his college days, working as a theme park intern with the Fantasyland Foods team at Disneyland in California. "I learned how all of the operations worked, acting as a tour guide, how to work the rides and of course I got to dress up as one of the characters: Tigger."
But life with Disney isn't all Tigger impersonations - although it has to be said Mr Niermann does do an excellent one - and his involvement with the company took on a more serious note in 1989 when he joined the Kingdom permanently as an Affiliating Marketing Representative for The Disney Channel in Texas. In 1991 he relocated to their corporate headquarters in California, where he held a series of positions over four years including Senior Affiliate Marketing Representative, Manager of Media Relations, Director of National Accounts and Vice President of National Accounts West. In 1996, Mr Niermann joined Walt Disney Feature Animation as Vice President of Communications and Marketing, a position he held until relocating to Hong Kong in 1998 as Head of Walt Disney Television International Marketing for Asia Pacific. In March 2000, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Walt Disney International Asia-Pacific, and he assumed Managing Director responsibilities in May 2001. A fairly meteoric rise by all accounts.
But what exactly does the Managing Director of Disney Asia Pacific do? Mr Niermann's responsibilities today include a frightening array of functions but he is characteristically modest. "Disney encompasses more than 40 different lines of businesses between studio entertainment, media networks, consumer products, the Internet Group and of course the parks. Basically my role is very much as a co-ordinator. I pull together everyone from the various divisions and we work together as a team to develop creative brand strategies. Basically, to everybody out there Disney is just one entity, and what we do is figure out how to represent the various divisions to the people of Asia in a unified fashion."
In addition, Mr Niermann also maintains an active control of regional marketing and is responsible for new business development across the board. In a company as diverse as Disney, marketing and business development probably makes a good entry point for people who want to get ahead with company. But what exactly do Disney look for in new employees?
Mr Niermann explains, "The basic requirement for someone who wants to work at a company such as Disney is simple - imagination. Albert Einstein once said, 'Imagination is more important than knowledge,' and I believe in that. We are always looking for different, often unorthodox ways of doing things and people with vision who get along with others will always be appreciated. At the end of the day, there are no books you can read or degrees you can do to get into the entertainment business. You just need to be yourself, have a dream and follow it."
Despite what might seem like an infinite number of entertainment companies on the block, there are surprisingly few conglomerates such as Disney for aspiring executives to join. Mr Niermann agrees, "Believe it or not, this is a fairly small industry and there is surprisingly little in-fighting. We set out to do the best we can and we don't think in terms of competition. Other entertainment companies also do great stuff, which is what makes the industry better. It is quality-driven not competition-driven."
"It's a superb industry to be in," he smiles, "and here at Disney you can have all the animation you want."
China is obviously an extremely important market for Disney, with the Hong Kong office operating as their flagship regional corporate headquarters, but what about their commitment to the mainland? Mr Niermann explains, "In China we have TV, consumer products, publishing and Internet groups, so there are many opportunities available there for those who want to get ahead." He continues, "We are constantly looking for talent everywhere in the world. China is one of the many places which offer excellent opportunities both for us as a company and for talented individuals.
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top: Ethan holding newborn Lydia
bottom: Lydia at about 8 months old
I almost can't say her name without chuckling to myself. She is such a joy and blessing. She says the funniest things. For example, on the way home from church last night she shares these thoughts:
"Mom, I have a bad heagache. (headache)"
"Oh really? Why's that?"
"Because sometimes I get a heagache because I open my mouth and out pops some silly words. It really gives me a heagache!"
Me: *eruption of laughter*
"See Mom?! ... ... Moooooomma! Quit laughing!"
singing with dad and brothers
Such a princess. Nothing could be worse than wearing an ugly dress to her. Nail polish, perfume, pink, frills.
She loves people, but tends to be shy: "Mom, hold my hand and say 'hi' to this girl for me."
In raising her, I haven't made much of a fuss about "what do you want to be when you grow up." I asked Lydia one day, just a few weeks ago, and her reply was "I want to grow up and be a mommy...and have lots of babies!" Good girl!
Lydia has to explain everything in great detail, which can be hilarious and sometimes wearisome. Hilarious because of the nutty stuff she says, but wearisome because her mind goes faster than her vocabulary can keep up, which can lead to lots of stuttering.
Lydia also has lots of pretend friends, which is also adorable. Nay-na is her best (pretend) friend who wears pink and even has pink hair and skin. All the other friends have rhyming names: Sella, Bella, Tella, Della, Mella and the list goes on forever. She makes up these very entertaining stories. For example, once she said that Nay-na died and went to heaven. Then God kicked her out of heaven for talking to the Philistines. We stopped her in her tracks and explained that God would never ever kick any one out of heaven. This caused her to become very annoyed: "Mommy, I already know God doesn't do that, but I have to get Nay-na back out of heaven some how!"
She loves for her siblings to fuss over her and wait on her (which I try to discourage as much as possible).
Her sense of modesty is very becoming. At the beginning of the summer (like, the beginning of April lol) I tucked away her winter nightgowns and traded them for summer ones. Since nightgowns are so difficult to find, I was hoping to get a week or two's wear of last years gowns. One of the gowns came to the top of her knee. She completely insisted that she would not wear it. She pulled at and wrestled with the hem and said that she could never EVER wear that because the boys (her brothers) would see!
She loves to color, paint, draw and the like. Usually Lydia blesses me with at least 5 pictures a day.
The best part about being Lydia's mommy is when she grabs me around the neck and says "Mommy, you're my bestest pal!"
Monday, August 22, 2011
Spotlight: Lydia
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- Anonymous said...
Man, what a beautiful daughter you have. She is so adorable!! I bet you she loves her daddy a lot too.
- August 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Sarah said...
Again I LOVED this post! Sweet Lydia...lovely photographs, what a pretty young lady!
I had to laugh out loud at the rhyming pretend friend names and Nay-na and the Philistines!! ;)
- August 23, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am so thankful that she wants to be a mommy and have lots of babies.
Sad to say it isn't that easy for all young ladies to attain. Either the Lord doesn't provide them a husband, which they have prayed for since they were Lydia's age and now are grown adults, or provides a husband and there are infertility issues.
We want our daughters to be wives and mommies(which is RIGHT and Bible),and yet they need to be prepared to provide for themselves if necessary. I don't have the answers,but have lived long enough to have seen both of the above situations.
Lydia is a beautiful girl, your story of her made me smile, and once again, your blog is a blessing. Wishing you well as your c-section date approaches and you get to meet baby Daniel Noah. God Bless.
- August 25, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Your reminder makes me think of a family I know. This is a Godly family of 9 (if I remember right), ALL of which actively serve the Lord today. The Lord did not give many of them husbands. Although their prayers for godly spouses were answered with a "no," they have learned to have joy in God's will for their lives.
What I pray for my kids daily is for God's will to be done in their lives. If God doesn't provide them husbands, then wonderful. If He does, wonderful. If she or her husband have fertility issues, I pray that she takes her petitions to the Lord like Hannah did. If God opens her womb then wonderful. If not, so be it. I pray for her to be joyful whereever the Lord takes her.
I think we're on the same page here. :-) I was just pleased that, like Mary, she (at least at the age of 4 lol) chose that good part. In this case, praise through (hopefully) raising a Godly family.
I am ready for you to meet little Noah also... otherwise translated, I'm getting tired of being uncomfortable LOL!! Also looking forward to baby-cuddles. :-)
- August 25, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Aliene said...
Lydia is precious. I just know little"Noah" will enter this world with a big loud cry. I know you will be glad for him to get here.
We will be patiently waiting.
- August 27, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- Taryn said...
My 6 children never had a pretend friend. That's interesting. I have to watch and see if any of my grandchildren have a pretend friend. Where do they get that concept from? My brother,sister, and I never had pretend friends. My husband and his 8 siblings never had pretend friends. I don't think I would encourage it and I don't know why but I will be thinking about this concept.
- August 29, 2011 at 4:55 PM


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If someone's already posted a similar issue, I apologize. I searched ahead of time and found nada.
I've been trying to resolve a particular issue in which traffic leaks through even after I have activated ZA's block-all feature.
I noticed the issue when I would continue to receive notifications on my FB page even when traffic was supposed to be blocked. This is what Netmon confirms:
101 09:23:42 04.01.2011 560.7647784 firefox.exe 188.8.131.52 (local computer) TCP TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=HTTP(80), DstPort=49203, PayloadLen=0, Seq=3117485780, Ack=1629669703, Win=70 {TCP:16, IPv4:15}
But I've also spotted others sneaking out, too with both ARP, SNMP, Browser, and Nbtns continuing to flow
2381 09:59:13 04.01.2011 1846.0722459 (local computer) (LAN device) SNMP SNMP:Version1, Community = public, Get request, RequestID = 99 {UDP:5, IPv4:4}
2382 09:59:13 04.01.2011 1846.0833901 (LAN device) (local computer) SNMP SNMP:Version1, Community = public, Response, RequestID = 99 {UDP:5, IPv4:4}
2375 09:59:05 04.01.2011 1838.5068529 (local computer) (LAN device) ARP ARP:Request, (local computer) asks for (LAN device)
2376 09:59:05 04.01.2011 1838.5071288 (LAN device) (local computer) ARP ARP:Response, (LAN device) at (MAC)
3 09:28:38 04.01.2011 11.9745647 System (LAN device) (local computer) NbtNs NbtNs:Query Request for *<00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00>< 00><00><00> <0x00> Workstation Service {UDP:7, IPv4:6}
4 09:28:38 04.01.2011 11.9747953 System (local computer) (LAN device) NbtNs NbtNs:Query Response, Success for *<00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00><00>< 00><00><00> <0x00> Workstation Service {UDP:7, IPv4:6}
91 09:44:31 04.01.2011 964.5312866 System (local computer) (LAN broadcast) BROWSER BROWSERomain/Workgroup Announcement, MachineGroup = ISSGNET, serverName = (local computer) {SMB:3, UDP:2, IPv4:1}
...and this: something in "system" phoning home to Google:
61 09:38:24 04.01.2011 597.5478362 System (local computer) 184.108.40.206 TCP TCP:Flags=...A...., SrcPort=49422, DstPort=HTTP(80), PayloadLen=0, Seq=1125050515, Ack=2940542065, Win=16263 {TCP:8, IPv4:7}
This is what I've found so far, and while all of these seem to be communicating with otherwise legit addresses (although Google's phoning home doesn't seem proper), blocking all traffic should mean that all traffic gets blocked.


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ROBERT HEGYES: Actor Robert Hegyes died Thursday after suffering an apparent heart attack in his Metuchen, N.J., home, his family said. He was 60.
Hegyes is a Rowan University graduate best known for his work as Juan Epstein in the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter" and as Detective Manny Esposito in the 1980s police drama "Cagney and Lacey." He also made guest appearances on "NewsRadio," "Diagnosis Murder" and "The Drew Carey Show."
Mark Hegyes told the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger his brother had previously suffered a heart attack a couple of years ago and had not been in good health since.
The newspaper said Metuchen police and paramedics responded to a 911 call because Robert Hegyes was experiencing chest pains. He was taken to JFK Medical Center in Edison, but died shortly after he arrived, the report said.
Robert Hegyes was honored with the rest of his "Kotter" cast-mates, including John Travolta, at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards last year.
HOWARD STERN: U.S. radio icon Howard Stern will help David Letterman celebrate 30 years in late-night television next week, CBS said Thursday.
Stern is to make his 21st appearance on Letterman's "Late Show" Wednesday. He previously was a guest 20 times on Letterman's "Late Night" show on NBC.
"As of Feb. 1, 2012, David Letterman will have hosted 5,443 shows and welcomed 17,904 guests in his 30 years in late-night television," CBS noted in a news release. "He has been credited with redefining the talk-show genre when 'Late Night with David Letterman' premiered Feb. 1, 1982. The groundbreaking show earned five Emmy Awards and 35 Emmy nominations during its 11 1/2 years on the air. Since its debut on CBS on Aug. 30, 1993, the critically-acclaimed 'Late Show with David Letterman' has been honored with nine Emmy Awards."
RAINN WILSON: NBC is developing a spinoff of the U.S. sitcom "The Office," starring Rainn Wilson, television industry insiders told E! News.
The new show would be set on the Pennsylvania beet farm/bed and breakfast of Wilson's character Dwight Schrute.
Expected to premiere in early 2013, the sitcom could feature appearances by some of the other stars of "The Office," as well, E! said.
Deadline.com said Wilson is collaborating on the project with "Office" actor and executive producer Paul Lieberstein.
KIM KARDASHIAN: U.S. reality TV star Kim Kardashian is to appear in a multiple-episode arc on the comedy series "Drop Dead Diva," Lifetime said Thursday.
The show's fourth season is set to begin filming in February, with new episodes premiering this summer.
Kardashian will play Nikki, Fred's new love interest, who partners with his ex, Stacy, in a new business venture, a synopsis said. Ben Feldman plays Fred and April Bowlby plays Stacy.
"I'm ecstatic to welcome Kim to the 'Diva' family," the show's creator and executive producer Josh Berman said in a statement. "In discussing the role of Nikki with her, I'm blown away by her smarts, sense of humor, and passion. This series is all about reinvention and I'm so excited to see Kim 'reinvented' in the world of 'Drop Dead Diva.'"
Kardashian will also soon be seen in director Tyler Perry's film, "The Marriage Counselor." Her previous television acting credits include "CSI: NY" and "How I Met Your Mother."


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Let Your Light Shine in the Darkness
Today's Daily Bible Reading is from Proverbs 4:14-19. Solomon warns his son saying, "Don't enter into the path of the wicked, and don't go in the way of evil men. Avoid it, don't pass by it, turn from it, and pass away."
The wicked don't sleep, until they have gotten into some kind of mischief; and their sleep is taken away, and they cause someone to fall. They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. It's as if they live and breathe to get into trouble.
The path of the righteous is like a shining light that shines brighter every day.
The way of the wicked is like someone stumbling around in the night: they have no idea what will cause them to stumble.
Solomon warns his son not to walk in the way of the wicked. He tells him to do whatever he has to do to keep from going down that path. He explains to him how those who are wicked act and think.
We must be on guard at every turn so that the enemy doesn't cause us to stray. The enemy will try to tempt us to turn away from God and to go down the path of the wicked.
As believers, we are to let our light shine in the darkness of this world. We are to share the light of God's Word with those who haven't heard it. By doing so we may be able to help some of those who have trodden down the path of the wicked and lead them to see the light of the LORD.
Daily Bible Reading:
Proverbs 4:14-19
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Things to think about:
- What does Solomon say about the wicked?
- What does he say about the path of the righteous?
- What are some things we can do as believers to help shed the light of the LORD in this dark world?
Prayer of the Day:
Dear Heavenly Father,
As we read this Scripture in the book of Proverbs we see Solomon's warning about walking in the path of the wicked. Help us not to walk in the ways of the wicked, but to let our light shine in this dark world. Guard us from all iniquity and help us to walk on the path of righteousness. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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Small Advisory Firms Look to Clouds, Aggregators
SMART Business Advisory. Davis says that for registered investment advisers (RIAs) and brokers just getting started, SaaS offers a low-cost brokerage in a box.
This is an emerging trend "born on the back of the recession and the downturn in the economy," Davis explains. "It's 100 percent driven by budget constraints as well as the need to reduce operational risk and focus on what these firms do well[, which is selling]."
Although Advent, SunGard, Northstar and other wealth management platform providers offer hosted delivery of their software, their offerings are not cheap. Davis says he is seeing a new crop of third parties that are hosting the software and providing cloud-like delivery. "For the brokers, it's a way of maintaining a degree of independence as well as cost arbitrage," he comments.
These small third parties are buying software from the wealth management independent software vendors and offering it out using Amazon's or Microsoft's clouds, according to Davis. "It's a cheaper service that often doesn't include all the bells and whistles," he says.
The large software makers don't mind, Davis says, because it is not a large enough market to be a threat. Plus, the third-party companies won't be able to maintain the software, he adds, suggesting that as these small wealth management firms grow, they'll go directly to the software companies to buy the software.
In a smaller trend, Davis says, firms are starting to use client account data aggregation services such as Correctnet and ByAllAccounts. Firms can use these to present comprehensive client reports or portals that provide information about all their accounts, inside and outside the firm, he relates.
"The client doesn't know it comes from someone else," Davis says. Typically these companies obtain the clients' user names and passwords for their online accounts (with the customers' permission), automatically log in to those firms' Web sites on the clients' behalf, and screen-scrape their account information. Then they feed that into a specific format for the investment adviser, he explains.