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There is a ManageIQ Sprint review every 3 weeks, and everyone in the community is welcome to participate. To join our Sprint review meeting, please use this Bluejeans link.
Even with a long Labour day weekend in between, we sprang another solid iteration with Sprint 46. There were 353 merged pull requests in the main repo - 171 PRs in UI alone - and with integration tests from the QE team, documentation, self service, Amazon provider etc., we had a grand total of 541 PRs across all the repos!
During Sprint 45, we had inventory collection of GCE Preemptible VMs, and now we can provision them with Google's contributions in this sprint. In addition, Joe@Google submitted a PR to allow port ranges for load balancers. Our friends at XLAB put in major effort to enable collection of status of vCloud Orchestration Stacks, as well as all cloud network inventory objects for vCloud.
Microsoft Azure gets a provider-specific logger which makes debugging a whole lot easier, plus a Subscription field to its discovery screen on the UI. In other UI news (which deserves a separate blog post on its own), there were a lot of bug fixes resulting from all the new stuff that are coming in and the code refactoring.
Some work has been done at the back end for supporting the generation of Chargeback for services. At some point, this will be used in SSUI to show the cost of VMs grouped by service. There have been amazing performance enhancements too, for example viewing the VM explorer for current user is now a remarkable 99.5% faster (from 93.8s down to 0.5s)!
The QE team wants to schedule some calls around reviewing test coverage with development and anyone interested. If you'd like to help out, please contact Dave Johnson.
In this week's video we have a cool mouseless PostgreSQL High Availability demo, from setting up the DB cluster, running the repmgr daemon, to the failover mechanisms in action. Other demos include Service Designer, Cloud Tenant Mapping, and a sneak peek at the new manageiq.org site.
If you'd like to check out a particular section of the review meeting, here are the respective timestamps:
Delve into some specific PRs with these 3 installments of "Last Week in ManageIQ":
We'll be making the E-branch next week in preparation for the beta Euwe release in the upcoming sprint. Sprint 47 review will be on October 5, 2016 @ 7:30am PDT/10:30am EDT/14:30 GMT. You can import the ManageIQ community calendar to be notified about this and future Sprint reviews.


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X-Men 3, Sin City 2, Red Sonja, Legion of Super Heroes: May 2nd Comic Reel Wrap
Of course the new TV commercial is available over at everybody's favorite site, YouTube. Also, you can get a close up look at one of the poster images over at Cinemania.
Actor Bruce Willis told If Magazine that he would not be in the sequel, but wasn't done playing Hartigan. "I would love to [work on another 'SIN CITY']," said Willis. "I'm not in the next one, but they're talking about doing a prequel to the story that I was in. I think that's something that's going to be around for a while. I would love to keep working on that."
According to Variety (subscription required), Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla Films are bringing sword-and-sorcery comic book heroine "Red Sonja" back to the big screen. Avi Lerner and Danny Dimbort's Millennium will finance and produce the pic with Emmett/Furla. Project's budget is north of $25 million.
The Superman Homepage has a first look at character designs for the show, courtesy of TV Guide. Characters represented look to be Timber Wolf, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Braniac 5, Phantom Girl and of course Superboy.
Actor/director Jon Favreau has apparently added Tony Stark to his Top 8 — the MySpace blog tells the tale: "'Iron Man' will indeed be my next movie. Marvel is distributing it through Paramount which, for those of you playing at home, is also the studio that is developing 'John Carter of Mars.' That project is still a huge priority for me and I am still very much attached to it both as a director and producer. 'Iron Man' is the first Marvel production under its new distribution arrangement. My hope is that this will be reflected in the quality of the movie. Their films are self-financed and, as a result, don't have to run the typical creative gauntlet of studio development. What Marvel says, goes. As far as specifics, it will be set in the present and, as you would probably expect, includes a version of the origin story. I have set up a MySpace discussion group. I will post new info there as things come together. The internet is full of faulty info. I wanted to have at least one place where the facts would be correct."
IESB has new interviews with actors Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth from a Beverly Hills charity event. For example, Routh discussed his spin on the character. "The only thing that I can think of that sticks out to me is my approach really to Clark," Routh said. "He's a spy for Superman, which is kind of fun. He's just really excited about everything he does. He's not necessarily clumsy for the sake of being clumsy, but he gets really excited."
You can check for even more inside info from the event right here at CBR.
According to a story at IGN, the Nicolas Cage vehicle will motor into cineplexes in February 2007, with a video game released concurrently.
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Wigginton propels Cardinals past Mets
ST. LOUIS -- Ty Wigginton hasn't had many chances to help the National League's best team this season, so when the opportunity presented itself Monday night, he hustled St. Louis to a win.
After turning a short fly ball into a double in the bottom of the seventh, Wigginton scored the go-ahead run on a ball which didn't even get past the pitcher's mound as the Cardinals knocked off the New York Mets, 6-3.
Lance Lynn (6-1) overcame five walks and 124 pitches over seven innings to win for the 11th time in 12 decisions, dating back to last year. Matt Holliday belted a two-run homer as St. Louis improved to 24-13 and upped its Central Division lead over Cincinnati to 2 1/2 games.
But it was Wigginton's contribution which everyone in the Cardinal clubhouse was talking about after the game.
"That was outstanding baserunning," said second baseman Matt Carpenter, who hit the ball on which Wigginton scored. "That's great awareness of where he was on the play."
With one out, Wigginton's looper to center field became a double when a diving Rick Ankiel couldn't hold on to the ball and then saw it squirt away from him. Running hard out of the batter's box, Wigginton slid safely into second.
"If I get my glove on the ball, I should catch it," Ankiel said.
Carpenter then lashed the first pitch off the leg of Scott Rice (1-3), the ball trickling into foul ground between first and home. Noticing that no one immediately covered the plate, Wigginton rounded third and beat Rice's late tag for a 4-3 St. Louis lead.
"When I was breaking to third, I saw (catcher John) Buck go after the ball," Wigginton said. "Home plate was open so I took the chance. You're your best coach there. The play is in front of you."
It was just the fifth hit this year for Wigginton, who signed with the Cardinals Dec. 17 as a free agent. The corner infielder has belted 169 homers in 11-plus Major League seasons, but hasn't cracked the Cardinal lineup with the likes of Allen Craig, Matt Adams and David Freese in front of him.
"Ty's been a great teammate," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "There hasn't been a lot of opportunity for him. For him to stay sharp and take advantage of that situation on the base paths says a lot for him."
Holliday then tacked on his homer, a 425-foot blast over the wall in left-center off reliever Scott Atchison that gave the Cardinals a three-run advantage. It was Holliday's sixth homer of the season.
Atchison, who's pitched in 19 of New York's first 35 games, said he was having trouble feeling the ball and would have his elbow checked out Tuesday.
While the Mets' bullpen gave up a run for the sixth straight game, St. Louis' relievers worked two scoreless innings. Edward Mujica pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save in as many chances.
It was a walk-fest early as both starting pitchers -- Lynn and the Mets' Jeremy Hefner -- struggled with their command. They combined for 12 three-ball counts, eight by Lynn, and nine walks in the first five innings.
St. Louis touched Hefner for two runs in the bottom of the first. Craig lashed a double that bounced into the seats down the left field line to score Carpenter, and Jon Jay's sacrifice fly to left plated Holliday.
New York (14-21) responded with three in its half of the second, all with two outs. Daniel Murphy laced a two-run double to right-center field as Carlos Beltran appeared to lose the ball in the setting sun. Murphy scored from second on David Wright's infield single that trickled off the glove of shortstop Daniel Descalso.
Carpenter evened the score at 3 in the Cardinals' second with an RBI single. Both starters settled down from there as Lynn retired 16 of the last 18 men he faced and Hefner 13 of his last 14.
But it was St. Louis that walked off the field bumping fists, thanks to the rarely-used Wigginton.
"It was a good team win," Matheny said.
NOTES: The Mets signed Ankiel on Monday, three days after his release from Houston. He batted .194 with five homers and 11 RBIs in 25 games for the Astros. ... To make room for Ankiel, New York sent OF Andrew Brown down to Triple-A Las Vegas and transferred RHP Jenrry Mejia (elbow) to the 60-day disabled list. ... St. Louis entered Monday night with the majors' top batting average in May at .302. The Los Angeles Dodgers ranked second at .294.


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"Moving Forward YEAHHHHH !!!!! # PROP8UNCONSTITUTIONAL !!!!!!!!" tweeted Ricky Martin, who announced that he is actually gay (most likely) last March, tweeted on Wednesday following the announcement that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8 civil rights violated.
"This just in: Equality won!" Ellen DeGeneres said on her Twitter account.
"Prop 8 was mowed down! This is great news! It is time! Congratulations to everyone!" Reality star Kim Kardashian told her Twitter followers.
Adam Lambert celebrated the court ruling, tweeting, "We're gonna glitter to throw at the barn tonight!"
Lance Bass, currently the country, tweeted from abroad, writing, "Congrats on the battlements of Prop 8 !!!!"
We'll see how long this statement is if Prop 8 is a source of much heated political and personal debate and vote in the last few years.
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Despite U.S. Apologies, Pakistan Blocks Supply Route
At least five top U.S. and NATO officials have now apologized for a deadly NATO helicopter attack along the Afghan-Pakistani border, but a key border crossing remains closed to the truck convoys that carry supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan.
The supply trucks, which carry food, fuel and water to the U.S.-coalition, are backed up at various points along the road from Pakistan's main port at Karachi to the Afghan border crossing at Torkham, along the western end of the mountainous Khyber Pass.
That leaves the trucks vulnerable to attack by militants inside Pakistan, who have taken full advantage of the opportunity. Over the past week, gunmen have torched dozens of fuel tanker trucks and killed several drivers.
Trucking officials in Pakistan say more than 500 supply trucks normally pass through the checkpoint each day and, as of Thursday, at least 2,500 trucks were backed up.
Friendly Fire?
The incident that triggered the blockade took place on Sept. 30, when U.S. helicopters crossed into Pakistan, apparently chasing Taliban fighters. A NATO statement said the helicopters fired on a building "later identified as a Pakistan border post."
The statement said the soldiers apparently fired into the air in an effort to warn the helicopters that they were on the wrong side of the border. The pilots interpreted the shooting as hostile and fired back, killing two soldiers from Pakistan's Frontier Scouts and wounding four others.
The first apology came from NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels. Gen. David Petraeus, the head of NATO forces in Afghanistan, pledged to work with Pakistan so that it wouldn't happen again.
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Brussels, called Pakistan's army commander, Gen. Ashrfaq Parvez Kayani, on Wednesday and also sent an official letter saying: "We take this incident very seriously, and our most senior commanders in theater will review the investigation thoroughly with an eye toward avoiding recurrence of a tragedy like this."
The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, also weighed in with condolences and an apology.
Despite the contrition, Pakistani officials were moving with deliberation rather than speed to reopen the crossing. A spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry told reporters that authorities were still evaluating the situation and would decide "in due course."
Sending A Message
Analysts say there are several reasons why Pakistani officials are prolonging a situation that has costs and dangers for them as well as the U.S. and NATO.
"They're going to play this for as much as it's worth," says Marvin Weinbaum, a Pakistan expert at the Middle East Institute in Washington. "This puts us on notice that they can set limits on what we do."
Insurgents inside Pakistan often denounce the government of President Ali Asif Zardari as a U.S.-manipulated puppet, and the closure can be seen as proof that the government can show some backbone when its soldiers are harmed. But the Pakistani government can't afford to allow the punishment to go on too long, says Weinbaum. "This will have its costs. It's made the relationship [with the U.S.] more brittle than ever," he says.
Moeed Yusuf, South Asia adviser at the U.S. Institute of Peace, says he expects a resolution fairly soon. "If Pakistan carries on too long and forces NATO to consider alternative routes," the closure could potentially backfire, he says.
Yusuf says one reason that it's taking some time to reopen the crossing may be that the Pakistani army will have to resecure the route after the latest spate of militant attacks. "Now they have to make sure the trucks can start flowing again without any backlash. It's going to take them a little time to do that," he says.
NATO officials maintain that the closure of the route hasn't affected military operations in Afghanistan. They say supplies are still entering Afghanistan through another crossing in southwestern Pakistan and that NATO has plenty of food and fuel in its stockpiles.
While U.S. and NATO forces have established supply routes through the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the lines are longer and far more costly.
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Stability of Gas Ions of Explosives in Air at Ambient Pressure
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Technology used today in airports to detect explosives in the air is dependent on the vaporization of explosive particulate, the ionization of these vapors, and then measurement of the ions for characteristic mobilities in weak electric fields.
These ions have lifetimes on the millisecond time scales and will quickly decompose to undetectable products which cannot be detected. Thus, knowledge of the lifetimes and dependences of lifetimes on temperature in air at ambient pressure is vital in understanding the response of present trace explosive detectors and in designs or engineering for future technologies based on common or related principles.
In this project, we have developed technology and methods which permits the determination of lifetimes and other parameters that tell about the rates of decomposition of gas ions of explosives under conditions identical to those inside the more than 20,000 explosives detectors distributed in airports worldwide.
These measurements have established first ever understandings and parameters for decomposition of explosive ions. In our first stage, a broad range of explosive materials was examined and detailed measurements made for nitroesters. In the next stage, we are examining some substances not immediately accessible to characterization and extending into materials used in improvised explosive devices.
A completely new database for explosives was formed [by this project], expanding our knowledge of these materialsBiennial Review
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Gary A. Eiceman
New Mexico State University
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This seems to be the summer of the SX. This is the third one that has come up for sale in the last couple of months. You can find it here on Ebay. This is by far the best one I have seen for sale in awhile. Usually, when they are this nice, they just pass from one scooterist to another - never popping up in the general market. I suppose the very high prices recently are starting to make people think twice about keeping an SX. It sure does make me think twice about riding mine!
Anyhow, this scoot just checks every box for one of these. The seller says it is un-restored and original. Given that, it is as great as you could ever find. The paint is still shiny and in good condition overall. It shows some use, but really, really, nice overall. The seat looks original to me as well. It still even has the tool kit and owner's manual. What more could you ask for? This will sell for really big money. I bet the guys who paid $9k for the restoration project SX's last month are kicking themselves now!


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I'm beyond excited to announce this giveaway to you today. I've done singular giveaways in the past which have always gone over well, but this year I decided to streamline and awesomeify (let's pretend that's a word).
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I've been getting acquainted with this company over the last little while, and they are impressing the heck outta me. I've tried their rhodiola (for mental clarity) and am about to try their aquatic greens (chlorella and spirulina). Perfect Supplements is committed to providing the highest quality, all natural, superfood supplements, which is a breath of fresh air in a convoluted industry with a lot of sub-par competitors.
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This is my favourite essential oils company. Top quality without extravagant prices. The KidSafe line is dedicated to essential safety based on extensive research and a cautious approach. I absolutely adore my Plant Therapy oils, and I'm SO stoked to give away the entire KidSafe set. (I wish I could win!)
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I wrote a little bit about my new art from Minted in this post, 11 Tips for the Highly Sensitive Person at Home. If you're in the market for some new art for your walls and haven't discovered this site yet, well – you are in for a pretty awesome treat. The diversity and beauty of the limited edition art pieces will have your attention for a good long while as you browse through dreamily. (They also have drop-dead gorgeous stationary. All the heart eye emojis in the world apply here.)
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This is one of those indulgent things that every home should have. We've had reusable straws for years, and my kids still think they're the best thing since sliced bread. Seriously – they're a hot item around here. We have stainless steel ones, but it's next to impossible to truly know if they're clean, even with the little brush. I'd much rather have some of these gorgeous glass straws from Strawesome (especially since they're guaranteed against breakage for life!)
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These are THE hot item this year! Everyone I know is pining over the Instant Pot. I don't have one yet, but I've officially put in my request to get one for Christmas, and I can't wait! I'm excited to give one away to our lucky winner.
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On Friday, August 23, HIRE Minnesota and dozens of its community partners attended a public meeting held by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA). We urged the MSFA to make immediate significant funding for the recruitment and training of people of color to work on the new Vikings Stadium.
For nearly a year, the MSFA has been promising that they will do what it takes to reach its hiring goal of 32 percent and to create a lasting legacy of programs and inclusion for people of color. They have also promised funding and resources to community based organizations to recruit and train people of color. Unfortunately, there has been little follow through on those promises.
Eight community members testified about MSFA's history of broken promises and the need for an immediate investment. With construction slated to begin later this fall, people of color need the opportunity to gain the skills to work on this project right now. The window of opportunity will close and close fast if the MSFA does not act today.
To begin to right the wrong of years of disinvestment and broken promises in communities of color, agencies like the MSFA have to own up to their responsibilities and their words. HIRE Minnesota will continue to hold them accountable until they follow through and make the needed investment in people of color.
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Three35 is a development based on a clear goal: damage avoidance. Incorporating a mix of new technology and building techniques, the completed development should attract lower insurance premiums, reduce potential damage, and provide assurance that in the event of a large earthquake, the building can be reoccupied quickly.
Armitage Williams Construction project manager Mason Williams said damage avoidance measures were put in place from the start of the project, beginning with the piling.
"We needed to do screw piling down to 25 metres on the first office building because of conditions, but we didn't need to for the other two buildings," he said. "The client elected to do it on the other two buildings anyway, not only for a continuity of services, but for damage avoidance. "In a potential event the buildings won't have differential settlement, and in the event of a major earthquake, the buildings will be less susceptible to tilting and will hold up a lot better than if they had a more traditional shallower foundation," he said.
When completed Three35 will include two three-storey office buildings and a multi-level car park building. MediaWorks, including 3 News and a host of radio stations, will move into the completed development, along with a number of professional services organisations.
Ruamoko Solutions senior design engineer Julian Ramsay said the primary damage avoidance technology for the two office buildings was the use of bolted eccentric brace frame (EBF) seismic links, a first for New Zealand. "Eccentric brace frames are an existing technology that resist seismic loads and have a yielding shear link," he said. "The links yield and dissipate seismic energy and protect the remainder of the structure. "The new technology used for Three35 is an adaptation of these. The difference is the active link portion is bolted in, and there is increased detailing to reduce yielding outside of the active link in the collector beam.
"To fix damage with the existing technology you have to cut out the link and collector beam and re-weld. It is a slow and difficult process. "With the new technology the link comes in as an element … the adjacent elements are not damaged." In the event of an earthquake, the link is simply replaced; the bolted section is unbolted and replaced with a new link. "It's not anywhere near as difficult as trying to cut out and re-weld a traditional EBF link. "With the new links you are also isolating the link from the floor, while conventional links often support the floor and are connected to the underside of it."
Mr Ramsay said the use of the new technology would provide building owners with assurance that their building could be reoccupied sooner after an earthquake, as well as providing an added degree of protection for the building. "It ensures that any damage is focused into a well-detailed area such as this link … and the link is designed to yield in a controlled manner. Effectively it protects all other elements because it is the weakest link."
In 2010 the University of Toronto did some research into the bolted EBF seismic links used in the Three35 buildings. "Evidence was found that these things were going to work," he said. "We piggy backed on that research and sought guidance from Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ). "Because nobody has done it in New Zealand before it was difficult to get any design guidance. "It could even be a first in the world, I'm not sure. But it's definitely a first in New Zealand."
Architect Richard Hayman said detailing in the project allowed a lot more movement without causing damage. "There is a high resilient junction between different building elements," he said.
With a scheduled completion date of April 2013 for the first building, Mr Williams said construction was on target. "In the first office building all of the main structural steel, including the bolted EBF frames, has been erected, and the first two floor slabs have been poured," he said.
"Most of the EBF frames have been erected now as well." Mr Williams said the building was modelled to achieve a four Green Star rating, and with the damage avoidance technology limiting the amount of repair work required in the event of a future earthquake, the development was holistically a very sustainable design. "In all the office areas there is a suspended ceiling grid which has its own engineering. The fit outs will be engineered to work with the suspended ceiling grid as well for optimal performance in a future event," he said.
"Around the perimeter the suspended ceiling has a concealed overlap that in the event of a large earthquake would allow some movement of the ceiling grid without causing damage, and it reduces the risk of ceiling tiles falling."
The precast stairs are designed around a similar principle, incorporating recent changes to regulations. "After all the stairs fell down in a building in town the design guidelines for precast stairs changed. The design we used incorporates the new regulations and allows the flight of stairs to slide on top of the landing, as opposed to buckling and falling, because there is an overlap between the stairs and the landings."
When completed Three35 will be a dominant architectural presence on Lincoln Road, a main thoroughfare into central Christchurch.
"The site has 100 metres of frontage to Lincoln Road. When we took the design to the urban design panel of council, they encouraged us to bring the building out to the road front.
"The buildings will feature architectural solar shade running vertically outside the glazed curtainwall." The Three35 precinct will offer 5500 square metres of office space when the second building and car park open in July 2013.


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Fiat's Panda is the best selling minicar in Europe, and has been for four years. When China's Great Wall Motor -- Chrysler's Chinese partner -- decided to make a minicar called the GWPeri, it borrowed from the best. That is, if by "borrowed" you mean created a car that differs only from the Panda in it's headlamps and bumper details.
Auto clone wars heating up in Europe
We've been following the story of the Smart clone (a Chinese-import into Europe) for a while now (it will be built, no, it won't), but a series of articles today by Automotive News' Luca Ciferri puts the Chinese clone attack into a broader perspective. First, let's update the Smart clone story. It's back, and once again will (subs req'd) be offered for sale. Martin Motors says it will sell the Shuanghuan Noble in Europe (not Germany, because of Daimler's legislation there) by May. Thanks to a s


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My name is Fernando Rocha. I am 21 years old and live in Belo Horizonte, Brasil. Between the ages of 6 – 12 I was homeless and lived on the streets. Life was very hard. I saw many friends end up in jail or be killed. When I was 12 years old some people from a church brought me to a house for street boys and I came to know God. He changed my way of living. I went from a hopeless life of drugs and crime to a life of faith and hope in Jesus Christ. (Galatians 5:5-6)
This change happened because people invested in my life. Now I work in a program called Masters Commission (MCUMI) that works to save the lives of other street kids. As part of my character building process, I go with a team to the slums where we play games with the children and give food to the adults. This helps them learn about God. Through Masters Commission peoples' lives are changed. (Romans 12:2)
Before I learned about God I didn't have any expectations for my life. Now I have a dream to run a house for street boys, to teach them about God and to help them have a life of faith and hope. If it can be done for me, it can be done for others. (2 Corinthians 1:2-5)
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President Enrique Peña Nieto met today, at the official residence of Los
Pinos, with members of the Venados de Mazatlan Baseball Club, who represented
Mexico in the Caribbean Series 2016, which they won. He congratulated them on their
victory and thanked them on behalf of Mexico.
The president socialized with the club members, and thanked them for honoring
Mexico's name. He told the team's players, who have won the
championship of the Caribbean Series for the second time, that they are an
example to young Mexicans, as they have proved that, "It can be done," and that,
"We can show the world we are the best."
Accompanied by Secretary of Public Education Aurelio Nuño Mayer and Director
General of the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE) Alfredo
Castillo Cervantes, the president told the players that, "Your triumph is
undoubtedly a triumph for Mexico. It is a triumph for you personally, it is a triumph for the team and is
a source of great pride for Mexico."
Members of the Mexican baseball team attended the event, accompanied by
their families and the directors of the Venados de Mazatlán Club and other
teams in the Pacific League; Governor of Sinaloa Mario López Valdez, and
federal delegate for that state David López Gutiérrez.
In the Adolfo López Mateos Hall, President Enrique Peña Nieto declared
that members of the Venados de Mazatlán Club "are examples of triumph, success
and what Mexico can do when it really sets out to achieve a goal and an
He said that, "Today, the point is to create a winning Mexico, and
victory is not achieved in a single space, but occurs at different times, in
different areas, in different battles that have to be fought in sport, politics
and the cultural and economic sphere to score victories for Mexico. And you are living proof that this can be done."
"Congratulations, we applaud you. We are very excited because Mexico is out to win
victories, and today we are working to continue to reap rewards," he told the players
and coach Juan José Pacho Burgos, as well as directors of the club Ismael
Barros Cebreros and José Antonio Toledo Ortiz.
The players from the winning team presented President Peña Nieto with club
jersey, autographed by all of them, and at the end of the meeting, the president
invited them and their families on a tour of the official residence of Los Pinos.
The event was also attended by the directors: Dio Alberto Murillo, of Las Águilas de Mexicali; René Arturo
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I am happy and truly blessed to be welcoming in 2014. As I have written in the past I do not make New Year's Resolutions. I make aspirations instead. Last year they worked out pretty well.
Here are my aspirations for 2014:
Visit my children and grandchildren in Alabama and California.
Advocate for ovarian cancer patients and research
Attend some Agility Trials with my dog Amber
Create more paintings
Continue - or maybe increase- my physical activity.
Visit the state of Maine- the only state east of the Mississippi I have not yet visited
Looking forward to a good year.
Every Day is a Blessing!
Women of Teal is a play on the words "Man of Steel" used to describe Superman. I have found my fellow ovarian cancer survivors to be the strongest, most helpful women in the world. They are truly Women of Teal! I hope women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who live in New Jersey and around the country will find this site useful.
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Tear Gas!
|What happened to the plant in Math class?
It grew square roots!
|Why don't seagulls fly by the bay?
Because then they would be called Bagels!
|Why don't blind people go skydiving?
Because it scares the shit out of their dogs!
|Is your name WiFi?
Because I'm feeling a connection!
|What is the difference between me and a calendar?
A calendar has dates!
|Why did the blind woman fall into the well?
Because she couldn't see that well!
|Why don't Arab women need Insurance?
Because they are already covered!
|What did a girl ask the X-ray technician after swallowing some coins by mistake,
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I received this book for free from Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Opposite of Right by Christi Barth
Series: Bad Decisions #1
Published by Self Published on November 3, 2015
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 86
Format: eARC
Source: Author
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Kylie Stafford has spent her whole life doing exactly what's expected. The right major, the right sorority, the right guys, just like her mother and her sister before her. But when everything falls apart for her, Kylie wonders if doing everything right has been utterly wrong. There's only one way to find out.
She decides to try making all the wrong choices for three months. Hit on a tattoo-covered rock musician? Check. Go back to his dressing room for a hot hook-up against the wall? Gulp. Drop everything to be a roadie for him to binge on more of the best sex of her life? Maybe. Start falling for him despite her better judgment? Um….yeah. Figure out why doing everything that seems wrong feels so darn right?
It was truly serendipity when recent college graduate Kylie Stafford learned her internship had fallen through, her boyfriend dumped her and she decided to do the wrong thing for awhile, all on the same day. Rock star Cam Watson just happened to be in her path when she made that decision and he changed everything.
Kylie's infectious personality is a bit captivating and she's smart, resourceful and fun to be around. Her decision to tour with Cam's band for the next month might seem impulsive but it was the best match for her love life and career. Don't let her age fool you into thinking this is a typical New Adult offering…no drama and angst here.
There are some very strong themes that resonate in this story (following your own path, seizing the moment, knowing your own heart and mind) and they're wrapped around Kylie and Cam in their romance and career choices. They make for some really heated moments (both the steamy and steamed) that spice up the story.
The band is pretty tame in comparison to others I've read but the vibe feels true. Cam is the leader and primary songwriter and Kylie certainly earns her role as his muse. This was a fun and flirty story grounded in serious issues and dilemmas. It's short but isn't rushed in its storytelling. I really enjoyed it and am curious as to what comes next.
I also love to talk about books. There's nothing more exciting than to finish a great story and cover it A to Z with other people, exploring different perspectives and points of view. So, if you see something on my shelf you'd like to talk about, send me a message and we'll talk!
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The key to finding flips really is to find motivated seller leads, people who are ready to be out from under the burden of a property they can't (or don't want to) pay for any longer. Check out these great tips I use all the time when we're on the hunt for great real estate deals.
1. Get in the car and start driving neighborhoods
At the very most, this will cost you a tank of gas, and you won't have to pay anyone else a finder's fee when you purchase the house, either. First, do some research on neighborhoods that aren't incredibly wealthy and may have been through some hard times but are now making a comeback.
Then take a drive around those neighborhoods and look for vacant houses. You can often tell immediately if a house is vacant if you go for your drive in trash pickup day. Look for run-down houses with no trash cans out front waiting to be emptied, and you'll almost always find a vacant house.
2. Postcards
Have postcards made for your flipping business. These should clearly state who you are, what you do, and how to contact you. Don't send them out to a generic mailing list, though. This is a waste of money. You want to send them to motivated sellers. You can actually do this as an extension of your driving for dollars.
Whenever you make note of a vacant address, look it up on the local tax assessor's website, and you should be able to find the owner's current mailing address. Send the owner a postcard to show them that you would love to help them by purchasing their house.
3. The Phone
If you've found a particularly promising property, don't hesitate to call the owner. Between foreclosure listings and the tax assessor's website, you shouldn't have much trouble finding their phone number. Give them a call and introduce yourself. Ask them if they're interested in selling their home, why, and how much they'd like to get for it as-is.
4. Social Media and Newspaper Ads
Newspaper ads in the real estate section are really cheap, and setting up social media profiles for your flipping business is completely free. Use both of these outlets to do some real estate marketing and get the word out about your business. You might be surprised how many leads come to you with great deals.
5. Go to a real estate training class
Finally, if you watch our show you know how much fun Christina and I have getting great deals and transforming run-down houses into beautiful, livable spaces. You're reading this blog post so I've got to assume you're in the real estate business too (or wanting to be). Investing in real estate can be scary. You're doing deals involving sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars. If there's one tip I can give you it's get yourself some proper training and cut your pain and learning curve short. Whether you attend a real estate class at Success Path, or somewhere else – it really pays to invest in yourself and set yourself up for success. That way when you find those motivated seller leads you'll know exactly what do to with them!


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Teachers at Work
A column about teaching
A Daily Vocabulary Bonanza for Teachers
February 23, 2010By Bob Greenman
The New York Times is a vocabulary-learning bonanza for students at all levels, employing a larger number of what teachers would call "vocabulary words" than any other American publication. And inside The Times, every day, there's a bonanza within that bonanza, the succinct and telegraphic television listings page, whose capsule movie reviews employ more vocabulary — including words, terms and expressions — than any other page in the paper. And quite enjoyably, too. Continue reading...


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(A small Casio sharp shooter snuck in during the Ladies First Tour where it was Missy Eliot as the main headliner. The only shot that I got before security threatened to take my camera.)
In honor of my GIRL, Beyonce, my Throwback Thursday is someone who my Mother admired too. And, above all, Beyonce is one of the few entertainers who has maintained poise, charisma and CLASS from day one. Packed with talent and confidence, Beyonce is about to set the record straight. I look forward to supporting a young positive Black role model as she performs at the Super Bowl this weekend. So, catch it haters. She is the real deal.


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Diabetes is a lifestyle disease that causes a person's blood sugar level to become too high. Expressing concern over the fast spreading of diabetes in rural areas also, Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Thakur Singh said that people settled in state's remote areas are also becoming diabetic and inhabitants of the country's highest villages Hikkim and Komik in the Spiti Valley have also been diagnosed with it.
Singh said it was disturbing that the state, despite being agrarian and having hilly terrain, was seeing a trend of shift of diabetes base to a younger age and women as well. He said the diabetes was spreading rapidly and tribal areas were not an exception in reporting such cases.
'People settled in Himachal Pradesh's remote areas are also becoming diabetic. Inhabitants of India's highest villages Hikkim and Komik have also been diagnosed with it.'
Delivering his inaugural address in the two-day conference on the Himachal Pradesh Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, the minister said the state was committed to provide quality medicines and health services for which a number of new health institutions have been opened in the rural areas.
Hypertension Society of India president A. Murugunathan stressed upon the need to make the people aware of this disease.
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FORMER Labor treasurer Wayne Swan will launch his memoir on Monday - The Good Fight: Six years, two prime ministers and staring down the Great Recession.
TO promote the book, which will be launched by deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek, Swan has set up a website carrying notes and snippets from the dark days on the global financial crisis.
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Cheryl: I felt like I was cheating
Cheryl Cole has confessed she found dating hard after her split from husband Ashley Cole, because she felt she was cheating on him.
The 29-year-old singer - who has found new love with dancer Tre Holloway - split from footballer Ashley after over four years together, after allegations he had cheated emerged in the newspapers.
Cheryl told Glamour magazine: "It takes a long time after you've been with someone as long as I was [with Ashley] not to feel like you're cheating on them.
"That may sound crazy, but it's the way I felt after him. I had completely committed myself."
But she insisted she doesn't want pity.
She said: "I'm not unlucky in love or anything else. And I'm absolutely not a victim. I'm strong, happy and settled - and I really don't give a s**t any more."
Girls Aloud star Cheryl hit out at internet trolls who criticised her weight, comparing it to "bullying in the workplace".
She said: "You can't call someone who's a size six fat.
"An average woman is a size ten to 12, so if you're calling me fat because I'm a size six, and I have never ever been bigger than an eight, you're causing women some serious issues. When you're on the receiving end of it, it's nothing short of bullying in the workplace."


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You know you want to spread a feminist friendly paranormal YA like the plague, eh? Eh?
It's easy. Tell me about a girl in your life who's awesome with #shesawesome in comments here, on FB, or on Twitter. I'll do a random drawing on Monday. US/UK only (sad to say.)
One thought on "Giveaway until 6/15/15–THE AWESOME."
A girl in my life that's important to me is Chloe Lee. Chloe Lee is so awesome because number one she is my best friend and number two she has a great sense of humor. She's so funny! I love her so much!


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Can you construct a world with your fingers? Create shapes from nature or your imagination while exploring handbuilding & sculpting. Exchange ideas & inspiration from artists around you while giving form to your dreams. Add color to your creations and see how the kiln works its magic. This is a family class - Register the child only.
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Political risk for investors in Kenya exists despite peaceful elections
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"Financing is needed in abundance for many projects across Africa, and that's virtually every country. Financing is available from a number of sources now, both from Western Europe, the US and further afield. The possibility of investment partners now for African countries is huge," JLT Specialty head of credit and political risk analysis Elizabeth Stephens told CNBC Africa.
"We are seeing changes to the patterns in investment into the continent, we've seen a slight contraction from European investment as a result of the Euro Zone financial crisis, which is still continuing, and likely to continue in the future as banking regulation is tightened."
Political risk was perceived as high for Kenya's elections earlier this year due to a previous bloody and violent election in 2007. Fears of possible election violence for this year's election have since been dissipated.
"The political risk has general subsided, and also if you look at the greater East African region, the political risk has taken a back water. What we've seen is an increased focus, especially on the deals in this region, and more specifically on the trade finance deals," said George Bodo, the head of the financials desk at Ecobank Research.
"You're looking at areas like oil exploration. Kenya has just discovered huge deposits of oil in the Northern part of the country, so we've seen a lot of attention coming in this region."
Other African countries are also looking to invest in Kenya. Nigeria's Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank acquired a 70 per cent stake in Kenya's Fina Bank, which has a regional presence. GT bank is one of Nigeria's largest banks by market capitalisation.
According to Trading Economics, however, Kenya recorded a trade deficit of 70063 million shillings in May.
Stevens added that while a number of investors' fears were quelled after Kenya's peaceful election process, political risk for foreign investors is yet to be fully eradicated.
"Two weeks ago, the Kenyan government announced that it would be reviewing all mining contracts that had been signed in the first five months of this year with foreign investors, and a number of those contracts will be revoked," she said.
"We're seeing changes to the tax and royalties system for mining projects and we're likely to see the same for oil and gas projects. So if you're a foreign investor into that territory, political risk is still a factor, it's just taking a slightly different form."


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We are mammals and we think we are the best, we are the best in some but in other areas these mammals are better then us.
1. The Biggest
Many people say vegans can't maintain good body fat but they should say that to the face of a Blue Whale, who's diet is based only planktons. Weighting 150 tons the Blue Whale is the largest Mammal and also the largest known animal. The biggest land animal is the African Elephant, only weighting 15 tons compared to the Blue Whale.
2. The Smallest
The smallest mammal come from Asia and are on land. They are natives of Thailand, they measure 1.14 inches, some people disregard them and think of them as snails or insects. But no these little creatures, the pygmy shrew, produces milk, has hair like any other mammal.
3. The Fastest
This might be an easy one to guess, but not really. The fastest depends on the terrain. The fastest land animal and mammal, the Cheetah surpasses any other creatures on the face of the planet. It sprint up to 70miles per hour. But the big brown bat is still pretty fast in the air with about 15.5 miles per hour. The fastest animal in the water is the Orca or the Killer Whale is it often called.


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EA allegedly considering two ways of re-introducing microtransactions into Star Wars Battlefront 2; Details
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a new gameplay trailer highlighting to very distinct, but powerful guardians in their upcoming multiplayer online battle arena game, Guardians of Middle-earth.
The trailer shows off the Battle Profiles for Galadriel, an Enchanter who excels in ranged and defensive maneuvers, and Ugluk, a brutal Uruk-hai warrior. While their abilities and strategies are quite different, each character offers something unique to a team in Guardians of Middle-earth.
Developed by Monolith Productions, Guardians of Middle-earth is a console-based MOBA that is set for release in fall 2012 for Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.


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TORONTO (December 2, 2006) — Yamaha's Chad Reed won the opening race of the Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP at Rogers Centre in front of 33,412. KTM's Martin Davalos led all 15 laps in winning the Amp'd Mobile Supercross Lites main event.
Honda's Nick Wey grabbed the $1,500 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award with Suzuki's Ricky Carmichael and Reed in tow. Stewart started in 10th place. Throughout the first lap Reed and Carmichael traded positions, but the start of lap two, Carmichael hit a tuff block and crashed. Stewart moved into second place and put the charge on Reed.
Reed and Stewart swapped positions several times before they came together before the finish line jump on lap 17. Stewart went off the track and upon re-entering Honda's Travis Preston collided with Stewart, causing both of them to crash. Reed went on to pick up the win. Carmichael battled back to finish second and Stewart finished third.
"I came here with an open mind, and here I am on the top of the podium, said Reed. "The first time James passed me, he almost knocked me over and that fired me up. It is a shame that he crashed, but that happens. Every time I made a pass, the crowd was so loud.
"I know I am the guy who is in the best shape out there. It would have been nice to have all three of us battling up there tonight. There are a lot of people that helped me put this team together, and I am very appreciative. I am excited to get a win for the team.
Reed, who won the 2003 World Supercross GP championship, heads to Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium with a three-point lead over Carmichael in the season standings. Stewart sits in third with 20 points.
After earning the $1,000 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award, Davalos was able to extend a comfortable lead over Yamaha's Broc Tickle in the early part of the race. Davalos kept Tickle in check and went on to win his first Amp'd Mobile Supercross Lites main event. KTM's Zach Osborne was third.
"I got a great jump off the gate and rode my own race, said Davalos. "I wanted to put 15 laps together on the new bike. Zach Osborne is a training partner of mine, and I am happy.
Tonight's race will air on SPEED Sunday, December 3, at 6:00 p.m. EST. The Supercross Lites race will air on Saturday, December 9, at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP Event Results, Toronto
1. Chad Reed, Yamaha
2. Ricky Carmichael, Suzuki
3. James Stewart, Kawasaki
4. Tim Ferry, Kawasaki
5. David Vuillemin, Honda
6. Nick Wey, Honda
7. Ryan Clark, Honda
8. Paul Carpenter, Kawasaki
9. Heath Voss, Honda
10. Jeff Gibson, Kawasaki
Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP Season Standings
1. Chad Reed, Yamaha, 25
2. Ricky Carmichael, Suzuki, 22
3. James Stewart, Kawasaki, 20
4. Tim Ferry, Kawasaki, 18
5. David Vuillemin, Honda, 16
6. Nick Wey, Honda, 15
7. Ryan Clark, Honda, 14
8. Paul Carpenter, Kawasaki, 13
9. Heath Voss, Honda, 12
10. Jeff Gibson, Kawasaki, 11
Amp'd Mobile Supercross Lites
1. Martin Davalos, KTM
2. Broc Tickle, Yamaha
3. Zach Osborne, KTM
4. Michael Willard, KTM
5. Troy Adams, Suzuki
6. Tyler Medaglia, Suzuki
7. William Ainsworth, Kawasaki
8. Robert Marshall, Kawasaki
9. Benjamin Ritter, Kawasaki
10. Logan Martin, Honda
KTM Junior Supercross Challenge
1. Stephane Sum, KTM
2. Nathan Cryer, KTM
3. Christopher Fortie, KTM
4. Tommy Cloutier, KTM
5. Jake Pym, KTM
6. Jean Christophe, KTM
7. Timothy Carr, KTM
8. Dominick Allen, KTM
9. Alyson Bilodeau,TM
10. Jake Delazzari, KTM
11. Calvin Barnhart, KTM
12. Joshua Roney, KTM
13. Phillippe, Perron, KTM
14. Tommy Purdon, KTM
15. Cody Watson, KTM
For more information about the Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series, please log on to www.supercrossonline.com. For media requests, please contact Denny Hartwig at 630-566-6305 or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP"¢/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series
Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP, produced and promoted by Live Nation is a 17-round global off-road motorcycle stadium racing circuit. Riders must compete in the international rounds to be eligible to win the world championship. In 2006-2007, the 17-event Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP will be comprised of two international events and 15 of the 16 events that are conducted in major cities throughout the United States as a part of the Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series. Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series is a 16-event series solely conducted in the United States. The other Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series event held in Daytona Beach, Fla., is independently produced by the International Speedway Corporation and is not a part of the Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP. An Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series rider will be crowned as the national champion for the series of events conducted in the United States only.
The FIM, Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme, is the body that globally governs motorcycle sport at the world level. Among other matters, the FIM groups together 94 affiliated National Federations relating to the sport of motorcycle racing. AMA Pro Racing is the National Federation representative that sanctions motorcycle-racing events in the United States. Dorna Off Road S.L. is an internationally recognized sports management group established in 1988 with an emphasis on major international motor sports events. Dorna is headquartered in Madrid, Spain with branch offices in Barcelona, London and Tokyo. In addition to its involvement with Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP, Dorna manages the rights to MotoGP. For more information on Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP/ Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series, log on to www.supercrossonline.com.
About Live Nation
Live Nation is the world's leading live entertainment company, annually connecting more than 67 million fans with their favorite performers at over 33,000 events. We are the largest producer of live concerts in the world, the second-largest venue management company and have a rapidly growing online presence. Live Nation creates superior experiences for artists and fans, regularly producing tours for the biggest superstars in the business, including The Rolling Stones, Madonna, U2 and Coldplay. Globally, we own, operate and/or have booking rights for more than 170 venues, including House of Blues-branded music venues and prestigious locations such as San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, Nikon at Jones Beach in New York and London's Apollo Theatre and Wembley Arena. Live Nation's websites collectively are the second most popular entertainment event websites in the United States, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV. For more information regarding concerts near you, Live Nation and its businesses, please visit our website at www.livenation.com.
About AMA Pro Racing
AMA Pro Racing is the leading sanctioning body for motorcycle sport in the United States. Its properties include the Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series, the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF, the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship and the AMA Supermoto Championship presented by Parts Unlimited. For more information about AMA Pro Racing, visit www.amaproracing.com. Accredited media outlets can also access AMA Pro Racing's online Press Room at www.amaproracing.com/pressroom.
MA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF, the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship and the AMA Supermoto Championship presented by Parts Unlimited. For more information about AMA Pro Racing, visit www.amaproracing.com. Accredited media outlets can also access AMA Pro Racing's online Press Room at www.amaproracing.com/pressroom.


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Seminar on Li Yu's Poetry
On 23 August, Professor Jihai Gao from Henan University was invited by Confucius Institute at UNSW and the Chinese Studies Program at the UNSW School of Humanities and Languages to deliver a literary seminar entitled "Walking into the World of Li Yu".
Professor Gao gave a fascinating overview of Li Yu's life, which took an unexpected turn when chance placed him on the throne as King of the Southern Tang Dynasty. A selection of Li Yu's Ci-poems were examined, including his poems describing luxurious life in the palace, his passionate love for his two wives, and his lament over the loss of his position and land when the Song Army seized power in the capital and took him prisoner.
Lively discussion followed the seminar, as members of the audience debated Professor Gao's assessment of Li Yu. The seminar concluded that despite him being unqualified in his role as king, with respect to his poetry, Li Yu was one of the greatest in ancient China.
Students with an interest in Chinese culture delighted in gaining in-depth, scholarly insight into such a fascinating topic of Chinese literature and history.
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EventChinese Music Seminar last 18th August 2017
Event2017 Lunar New Year Celebrations last 4th February 2017
EventEast Meets West on the Silk Road: Tracing cultural exchange from antiquity to the digital future last 23rd November 2016
EventSydney Chinese Language Spectacular 2016 last 19th October 2016
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Berlin, 2014-06-25 10:00
Unser Beitrag "From Semantic Complex Event Processing to and Ubiquitous Pragmatic Web 4.0" auf W3C Workshop on the Web of Things - Enablers and services for an open Web of Devices am 25–26 June 2014, Berlin, Germany.
Position Statement:
Detection, prediction and mastery of complex situations are crucial to the competitiveness of networked businesses and the efficiency of dynamic distributed enterprise infrastructures in manifold domains such as Finance/Banking, Logistics, Automotive, Telco, Life Sciences. Complex Event Processing (CEP) is an enabling technology to extract actionable, situated knowledge from large amounts of event data in near real-time. This real-time behaviour is considered as one of the main prerequisites for many highly relevant technology trends such as predictive business, real-time adaptive enterprise or autonomic systems. CEP is now one of the fastest growing segments in (distributed) enterprise middleware software, with products provided by major software vendors and many start-up companies around the world.
The prospect of combining event processing and semantic technologies in the area of Semantic Complex Event Processing (SCEP) is this: Event processing engines will have (1) a description of what is happening in terms of events and (process) states / situations and (2) a plan for the re/actions and processes they can invoke (often leading to follow-up events). Novel rule-based Event Processing Languages (EPLs) for the Web such as Reaction RuleML [3] employ reaction rules, which have evolved from existing rule-based technologies such as production rules and Event-Condition-Action (ECA) rules. They can use SCEP-generated knowledge to derive further decisions and trigger automated reactions. Moreover, EPLs can exploit the declarative expressiveness of semantic rules as a means to specify knowledge in a way that is understandable by 'the business' and is executable by CEP rule engines.
The notion of "event" is also becoming more and more important in Information Systems and in Business. Real-Time-Enterprise (RTE) takes the role of timeliness to its logical extreme: zero latency, that is, all parts of the enterprise can respond to events as soon as they become known to any one part of the enterprise or extended enterprise. The Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) can support increased agility: to respond to exceptions and unanticipated events at any time, even when business processes are already under way. Complex Event Processing (CEP), often related to as Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), includes tools that monitor the events in the enterprise and are not only able to aggregate data into higher-level complex events but also to detect unusual event patterns that may need an alert.
Besides many existing ontologies for events, time, space etc. and industry standards for event communication, there have been also many different approaches for rule-based event processing and reaction rule languages. For an overview on standardizations see the RuleML/EPTS Standards Reference Model [6]. As defined in the EPTS Event Processing Reference Architecture [5], events are picked up by monitoring functions, aggregated, evaluated and responded to; all these activities are steered by rules. While standards such as OMG Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules (SBVR + OMG DTV), OMG Production Rules Representation (UML modeling for production rules), and W3C RIF Production Rules Dialect (Semantic Web interchange format for production rules) focus on specific types of rules such as business rules or production rules, Reaction RuleML [3] is an overarching standard for all types of reaction rules, including rule-based CEP.
Semantic Web technology can play an important role in the further development of the Internet of Things. Given the enormous amounts of data that will be produced in this kind of things and applications, a purely syntactic approach is too limiting in the long run. However, not only semantic but also pragmatic aspects such as dealing with context should be taken into account. The event-driven approach separates the social aspect from the physical aspect, but the social aspect, e.g. the authorization structure, still needs to be addressed, e.g. an authorization structure, or authorization governance, in terms of rules, is therefore indispensable.
This real-time event processing logic of SCEP and the real-time behavior of decision and reaction rules needs to be embedded into intelligent end-user programmable smart agents on the Pragmatic Web [8]. Such smart Web agents, with their internal and external semantic knowledge and their pragmatic rule-based decision and interactive reaction logic might lead to a transformation of the current passive Web to an ubiquitous active Pragmatic Web 4.0 [14], in which an eco-system of pragmatic agents actively supports the human and machine consumers (smart service, smart things) in their desires and needs. This new Web will be inherently event driven with loosely-coupled and decoupled interactions, but with adaptive and real-time behavior.
About the speaker: Prof. Dr. Adrian Paschke, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universitaet Berlin
I'm heading the Corporate Semantic Web group at Freie Universitaet Berlin which has a research focus on Semantic Complex Event Processing (SCEP) [1]. I'm co-chair of the steering committee of RuleML [2] and lead the Reaction RuleML technical group [3], which is a standardized rule markup/serialization language and semantic interchange format for reaction rules and rule-based event processing. I'm founding member of the Event Processing Technology Society (EPTS) and chair of the EPTS Reference Architecture and Meta-Model working group [4], which developed the EPTS Reference Architecture (EPTS-RA) for Event Processing [5] and the joint RuleML/EPTS CEP Standards Reference Model (CSRM) [6]. I was also involved as co-editor in the W3C Rule Interchange Format (W3C RIF) recommendation and specifically in the Production Rules Dialect (RIF PRD) [7]. I'm chairing the Pragmatic Web community [8] and run several open source projects such as Prova [9], which is a rule engine for rule-based event processing and RuleResponder [10], which is a ESB middleware for RuleML based agent architecture. I was involved in several international and national projects in this field, such as the EU Network of Excellence"Reasoning on the Web with Rules and Semantics" (REWERSE, 2004-2008) and currently coordinate and lead projects in the area of event processing such as the BMBF project Corporate Semantic Web (CSW, 2008 - 2013) [11], the Transatlantic BPM Education Network (BPM EduNet, 2010-2013), and the BMBF project Corporate Smart Content (CSC, 2013-2016). I organized several conference and workshops in this field such as the RuleML conference [12], the ACM DEBS conference [13], the series of workshops on Event-Driven BPM and I gave several tutorials, invited talks wrote books and papers in this field. [14]
[1] http://www.corporate-semantic-web.de/semantic-complex-event-processing.html
[2] http://www.ruleml.org
[3] http://reaction.ruleml.org
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Processing_Technical_Society
[5] http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2335484.2335519
[6] http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24908-2_17
[7] http://www.w3.org/TR/rif-prd/
[8] http://pragmaticweb.info
[9] http://www.prova.ws
[10] http://responder.ruleml.org
[11] http://www.corporate-semantic-web.de
[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuleML_Symposium
[13] http://www.csw.inf.fu-berlin.de/debs2012/
[14] http://www.slideshare.net/swadpasc and http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hd/p/Paschke:Adrian


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U.S. military officials are basing their postwar plan for Iraq on the same flexibility that was successful in winning the war, as they try to determine just how large a force will be needed to carry out a sometimes dangerous peacekeeping mission.
With at least 125,000 U.S. and British troops in Iraq still seeking out pockets of Iraqi resistance and trying to restore order in cities throughout the country, U.S. ground forces are not expected to leave Iraq soon in large numbers. But some troops are being sent home, and replacement forces have begun to arrive to relieve those whose units have borne the brunt of the fighting and now the policing.
As the military's role changes, Bush administration officials have said the size of the force that will remain in Iraq will be based on how soon unrest is quelled and stability is achieved. They have postponed the deployment of at least one Army unit, the 1st Cavalry Division, because stability is being established faster than expected in Iraq.
When the war began nearly four weeks ago, the U.S. had dispatched about 250,000 troops to the Persian Gulf region, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others were criticized for not deploying a larger force.
The debate over peacekeeping has raised the same concerns, both inside and outside the Pentagon. The Army chief of staff, Gen. Eric Shinseki, caused a stir last month when he suggested that a force of "several hundred thousand" troops might be necessary to preserve the peace after the war.
But forces already are leaving the region. "Our first choice is to begin drawing them down, and we have been doing that," Rumsfeld said. "We will be looking at what that footprint ought to be going forward, and it's not something that we've come to closure on."
Rumsfeld also said Tuesday that the U.S. is seeking peacekeeping assistance from its allies until a new government is established in Iraq. "We're also on a very active effort to attract and encourage other countries to offer forces for the . . . stabilization process," he said.
The initial withdrawal of forces involves sea and air elements no longer conducting operations inside Iraq. Those include two U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle groups, the Kitty Hawk and Constellation. Each group represents about 18 ships and 10,000 sailors, according to a Navy spokesman.
That leaves one carrier group, the USS Nimitz, in the Persian Gulf. Two others, the Harry S. Truman and Theodore Roosevelt, are in the Mediterranean.
In addition, the Air Force is redeploying some aircraft and crews, specifically those with deep-strike and stealth capabilities. The aircraft include B-2 bombers, F-117 stealth fighter-bombers, and F-15 and F-16 strike aircraft.
More troops head to region
Fresh ground forces have begun to arrive in Iraq and Kuwait. About 300 soldiers from the Army's 1st Infantry Division, based in Germany, arrived recently at the Bashur airstrip in northern Iraq. Parts of the Army's 10th Mountain Division also have arrived in northern Iraq, and units from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment will leave the U.S. shortly, Pentagon officials said.
The 17,000 troops of the 4th Infantry Division have begun to arrive in Iraq. U.S. Central Command originally had hoped to use the 4th in northern Iraq, but Turkeydenied the U.S. overland access. Instead, the 4th's armor and other weapons were sent to the Persian Gulf, and the war was fought without a substantial northern front.
Other forces are preparing to deploy soon, including elements of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment from Ft. Polk, La., and units from the 1st Armored Division in Germany.
Administration and Pentagon officials have insisted that the U.S. will not become an occupying force in Iraq, and that their prime concern is handing power to the Iraqis as soon as a stable government can be established. But they also acknowledge that the peacekeeping role is fast upon them.
Tough transition seen
Analysts familiar with past U.S. peacekeeping missions note that Iraq's size, and the scale of the humanitarian effort, probably will require a force larger than Pentagon leaders now envision.
"I think the administration is betting that they're going to be able to reconstitute a sufficient police force that is acceptable to the Iraqi population," said Dan Smith, a retired Army colonel and senior fellow at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker lobbying organization. "They think that they will not need to be in the business of doing anything more than hunting down small pockets of Fedayeen [militiamen] and Arab infiltrators."
Smith, who has studied peacekeeping efforts in the Balkans, said the forces in Iraq may have a difficult time making the transition from fighting Iraqi troops to helping Iraqi citizens. "They came right out of the traditional military mode of killing people and destroying things, and [then] found themselves being police on the beat. It is a psychologically wrenching experience."


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Traveling Luck for Forrest Tower, Mississippi, United States
Where is Forrest Tower?What's around Forrest Tower?
Wikipedia near Forrest Tower
Where to stay near Forrest Tower
The timezone in Forrest Tower is America/Rankin_Inlet
Sunrise at 06:42 and Sunset at 16:52. It's light
Latitude. 34.6747°, Longitude. -90.1961° , Elevation. 97m
Weather near Forrest Tower; Report from Tunica, Tunica Municipal Airport, MS 16.9km away
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Geographic features & Photographs around Forrest Tower, in Mississippi, United States
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Big Bayou (3.2km)
- Caney Creek (5.4km)
- Lost Lake Bayou (7.1km)
- Lake Cormorant Bayou (7.1km)
- Rock Creek (8km)
- Big Dog Bayou (9.8km)
- Holly Branch (9.8km)
- Cub Lake Bayou (9.8km)
- Strayhorn Creek (9.9km)
- Sanders Branch (10.7km)
- Egypt Creek (10.7km)
- Egypt Creek (10.7km)
- church;
- a building for public Christian worship.
- Saint Maryland Church (2.7km)
- Evansville Church (3.7km)
- Cypress Grove Church (6.6km)
- The Shepard Church (6.8km)
- Center Hill Church (6.8km)
- Blue Hill Church (7.6km)
- Arkabutla Baptist Church (8.9km)
- Saint Mathews Church (9.3km)
- Belmont Church (9.6km)
- Saint Peter Church (10.4km)
- Strayhorn Baptist Church (10.6km)
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Cottonville (2.5km)
- Dooley (4.8km)
- Prichard (6.6km)
- Savage (7.1km)
- Evansville (7.1km)
- Arkabutla (9.2km)
- Eliphaz (9.4km)
- Strayhorn (10.7km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Powell School (historical) (5km)
- Sturdy School (historical) (5.2km)
- Arkabutla Consolidated High School (historical) (8.3km)
- Northwest Academy (8.3km)
- Mid-South College (8.7km)
- Isles School (9.6km)
- Strayhorn Elementary School (10.4km)
- Delta Hills of Pritchard School (11.4km)
- lake;
- a large inland body of standing water.
- Dalehite Lake (2km)
- Mud Lake (2.1km)
- Long Lake (2.2km)
- Round Lake (2.4km)
- Mosquito Lake (2.5km)
- Fish Lake (8.7km)
- Flag Lake (9.8km)
Accommodation around Forrest Tower
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- Thompsons Ferry (historical) (5.4km)
- Church of Christ (6.1km)
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- Shelly (historical) (9.2km)
- Smith Chapel (historical) (9.3km)
- Whitsells Box (historical) (11.4km)
- inlet;
- a narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water.
- Tee Bayou (5.7km)
- Flat Bayou (5.9km)
- Mathis Bayou (10.1km)
- dam;
- a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- Bill McLean Pond Dam (8.3km)
- E L Herron Pond Dam (8.9km)
- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Arkabutla Cemetery (6.9km)
- Belmont Cemetery (9.7km)
- canal;
- an artificial watercourse.
- Ditch Number Eight (7.8km)
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- Mud Lake (Mississippi)
Airports close to Forrest Tower
Memphis international(MEM), Memphis, Usa (57.4km)
Millington muni(NQA), Millington, Usa (102.6km)
Greenwood leflore(GWO), Greenwood, Usa (167.2km)
Jonesboro muni(JBR), Jonesboro, Usa (169.7km)
Arkansas international(BYH), Blytheville, Usa (182.4km)


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May 2007
The sky was crying, like a baby, all night long,
Nothing could please it, quite for a while.
Although the sobbing was so innocent, but strong,
That heavy clouds opened sky for smile.
Begin the smile with a growing rainbow bridge,
Everything changing in a swampy air,
The sky was dropping wasted clouds over ridge,
Letting them go to their safety lair.
Sun was caressing open sky with tender beams,
Emancipate the sky as passion lover,
In rampled, shameless bed, where everything is gleams,
When on the floor, like mist, is falling cover.
Can I send you more poems in english for your review?
Only if you have time for this nonsense.
Please, tell me what problem I have in my poem. I know, I do. I am very open for critique. This is only the way to learn. Thank you for reply.
Alone, the rain is hitting ground.
Alone, like echo in the park,
Slow dancing tango all around,
Just shades are melting in the dark.
Alone, the wood is burning down.
Alone, like cigarette in pack.
I am of rustic circus clown,
Who follows old and tired hack.
Alone, in biggest reckless town.
Alone, like broken useless car.
My life is strange, unspoken noun,
Nobody wants pronounce so far.
Today's trade is not for the faint of heart. It is quite speculative and definitely a step away from my strategy of buying quality large cap stocks on weakness that I have outlined in a previous blog entry. Today I bought IAMGOLD Corp. (IAG), the world's 10th largest gold mining company, at $7.84. I have bet on gold outperforming before when I bought Streettracks Gold Trust (GLD) on 12/30/2004 at $43.80. Now, almost 2.5 years later when gold has already risen well over 50% in dollar terms, it is difficult to count on it going up as quickly.
Clothing is a very difficult business to be in. Branding is everything and you either got it or you don't! In difficult economic times, when an average wage-earning consumer is struggling to meet a higher mortgage payment, an annual update to their wardrobe will move down their priority list. This is why mid-tear clothing brand specialists such as Liz Claiborne Inc. (LIZ) and Jones Apparel Group Inc. (JNY) disappoint and take a big fall.
"Why is OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) down so much today," you ask? At first look, things don't look so shabby at the #3 office supply retailer? There is certainly a major operational improvement from a year ago quarter, a profit of 76 cents / share vs. a 37 cents loss a year ago. Granted, this missed the analysts' lofty expectations of 94 cents, but not by that much in the grander scheme of things. Did this warrant a 15+% drop in the stock price, or is this another common overreaction on the earnings news?