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Aerial view of the city of Spacerock. The Palace Atrium is in flames, and Don King's lone Doombat is flying away.
His Highness Don King had a bat on the scene
When the City of Spacerock burned.
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Container Networking with CloudFoundry PWS/PCF - PART1
CloudFoundry is an amazing PaaS Cloud Platform. I've been using it for several years, especially Pivotal Web Services (PWS).
If you are doing microservices and hosting them on the cloud, you probably have the following setup from your Platform. In this example, microservice A is making a request to microservice B. The default behavior forbids a direct communication between A to B. The caller service will have go through the GoRouter first, and will be redirected to the destination service.
With Container Networking enabled, your microservice A can have a direct access to microservice B. Pretty cool, right? This allows more security between your containers (on top of your security ie: oAuth2 Client Credentials, etc…) and also reducing the network latency between your services.
Getting Started
Before getting started, you will need a few tools/cli to install first.
- Pivotal Web Services account
- Feature c2c enabled on PWS (Request here)
- Feature SCS (Spring Cloud Services) enabled on PWS
- CloudFoundry CLI
- Network Access CF CLI plugin installed
- SpringBoot CLI + Spring Cloud CLI
Run the example locally
Service Registry
If you want your service A to communicate with service B, it has to know where to find it. To do so, you need a local Service Registry. It's easy to start an Eureka instance with Spring Cloud CLI:
$ spring cloud eureka
Compile and run the example
You can use my basic github example https://github.com/christophe-f/pws-c2c, and start both applications, either from a terminal or your favorite IDE.
# Compiles both services
$ mvn clean package
# Starts the downstream service
$ cd travel-service
$ mvn spring-boot:run
# Starts the client
$ cd travel-client
$ mvn spring-boot:run
Test it
Open the url http://localhost:8761 in a browser, you will see the 2 services registered in Eureka.
Click on the
travel-client and open the
/destinations endpoint, you will receive a list of destinations coming from the downstream service
Run the example on PWS CloudFoundry
Service Registry
On PWS, go to the marketplace and create a
Service Registry service.
Build and Deploy
My sample project has a
manifest.yml file. Once you are logged in your PWS account and selected your organization/space, you can deploy both apps with a simple
cf push
$ mvn clean package
$ cf push
Allow Container Networking communication
Once the 2 applications are deployed and running, you cannot access the
travel-service from the
travel-client yet. In my
manifest.yml deployment file, I did NOT set a route to the downstream service. You must allow the communication with the following command:
$ cf allow-access travel-client travel-service --protocol tcp --port 8080
If you haven't notice yet, in the manifest.yml file, I have the
TRUST_CERTS environment variables set. If you are running the example manually or in your own code, this setup is also mandatory.
Test it
In the
Service Registry PWS service, you will see your 2 registered apps.
Try to query the
travel-client /destinations endpoint. The route is set to generate a random url, so you will have to get it from your environment.
How to add Container Networking to your existing project
New dependency
You have to add this new dependency into your pom.xml file (or Gradle):
If you were using spring-cloud-starter-eureka as a dependency, you can remove it as the one above will replace it
Direct registration in the properties
To register to SCS Eureka, you have to register with the direct method in your
registrationMethod: direct
Set the
TRUST_CERTS environment variable
To be able to register to the
Service Registery service on PWS, you need a using a self-signed SSL certificate. To do so, you have to set a
TRUST_CERTS environment variable per application. You can use the one in my
manifest.ymldeployment file or set it manually with the following command line:
$ cf set-env travel-client TRUST_CERTS api.run.pivotal.io
$ cf set-env travel-service TRUST_CERTS api.run.pivotal.io
If you are using your own CloudFoundry environment or PCF, you will have to replace
api.run.pivotal.io with your own api url.
Using the Spring Cloud Services Starters for Service Registry will make all application endpoints secured. You should use your own authentication system or disable it like I did in my examples (NOT recommended for production) in your
application.yml with:
enabled: false
Ribbon is a client side LoadBalancer from Netflix and available in SpringCloud. While doing microservices without Container Networking, the traffic was load balanced by the Platform with the internal LB/GoRouter. The use of Ribbon was not required. Now that you have enabled Container Networking, Ribbon is becoming mandatory.
To enable Ribbon on your client application, add the following dependency:
Demo project
The demo project source code is available on github https://github.com/christophe-f/pws-c2c
Thanks to this Pivotal blog post that helped me getting started.
What's up next?
Read PART2 about Container Networking performance on PWS.


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What is Digi.City?
I like to connect people, ideas and organizations with the intent of making a positive impact. This is the origin of my interest in Smart Cities. Creating alignment between public and private sector leaders with tech as an enabler is a way to address some of the world's largest challenges at the most local level.
I am researching Smart Cities in the U.S. and China as a part of a 2016 Zhi-Xing China Eisenhower Fellowship, an incredible professional and leadership development program that brings 10 Fellows to China for four+ weeks each Fall. The Eisenhower Fellowships is an amazing organization and network that inspires leaders around the world through its U.S. and International programs.
My research centers on best practices and lessons learned across both countries and I am so honored to be able to study this rich area that fuses innovation and inspiration. I have the opportunity to learn from experts in economic development to connectivity, to the Internet of Things (IoT), to tech commercialization to global trade to government leadership and the list goes on and on. This site is a way for me to share their perspectives along with top news, event, trends and other relevant information.
As the world becomes more urbanized, it is increasingly important that we continue to explore new ways to work together to discover creative, technology-driven solutions to our most interesting challenges. Cities truly can be the epicenter of innovation.


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Next time, I think we should gather in one heap, the nutty committee, or Mr. Redden himself, who vote on the winning poster. Year after year we are exposed to the most unattractive, unimaginative abstracts that do not reflect the spirit and energy, albeit the artistic sides of Spoleto.
Think about it--An idea comes to mind for the next year's poster--I think a clever cartoon would serve the purpose. Place Mr. Redden as a comic book figure, an anti-hero, in the center, and enlarge his head twice the normal size.
I can't imagine what flows within the master's brain.
Not since the early to middle decade, we have are exposed to non-creative images that have absolutely no connection with the spirit of Spoleto, let alone Charleston.
This year, this quirky image is strikingly cold, barren. unimaginative, definitely antithetical to the soul of our city, and it's beautiful festival.
Shame, shame.
Far out suggestion--Why can't we establish a "Peoples Choice" poster competition, and anyone in our community can vote for the top poster.
Create a new review board.
Win-Win-Win! The poster art competition as a whole would also generate interest for the festival--draw attendees, and would give "Charleston" artists the opportunity to participate, instead of selected artists from outside of Charleston and South Carolina?
We could create an Awards Show event--a main event prior to the Festival next year. It could also fire up the community. It could also be part of the preview event for Spoleto.
Meanwhile, fire the bunch! Amen.
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There are many reasons for going to live in Spain. This book tells you how you can actually do it. The author, one of many Britons who has chosen to make Spain his home, endeavors to provide all the information needed to get the most out of this vibrant and exciting country.Contents: 1.
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The title may well be a bit of a shocker, but Microsoft has been working on and developing apps on and off both, for Android and iOS. Right from bringing their Microsoft Office Suite to both the platforms, Microsoft also has worked on the likes of a Note taking app or an E-Mail client for the likes of Hotmail in the past. However, the latest app to come out of Microsoft's labs will surprise you.
The application is called Microsoft Selfie and is designed for your iPhone, iPod Touch or an iPad. The application allows you to either click or import a selfie and intelligently enhances it. The enhancements are done based on several accounts taken into consideration like age, gender, lightning etc and at one click, the app gives you an enhanced selfie that can be shared around.
Essentially, the app in the name of enhancements reduces the noise in the image, works on the exposure settings as well as the color theme so that the overall colors are more punchy and distortions around the surface are not very visible. The application requires, at least, iOS 8 on your device and is about 56.8 MB in size. The interface generally is extremely simple and there is virtually a no learning curve here. If you do not like what the app is suggesting, you can manually apply filters and change the effect if you do not see fit. Post this, you can save the image and share it across. A very similar app already exists for Windows Lumia devices and this release only highlights the efforts of Microsoft in trying to go heavy on services rather than keeping its services confined to its native platforms.


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Allen extends Swansea stay
Midfielder Joe Allen has become the latest player to commit himself to Swansea after agreeing a new four-year contract.
Allen, 21, was an integral part of the squad that secured promotion last term.
Confirmation of his new deal comes just a day after captain Garry Monk agreed a three-year contract, while the likes of Angel Rangel, Andrea Orlandi and Neil Taylor have also put pen to paper on new contracts during the course of the summer.
Allen told the club website: "The fact that the manager and the club wanted to re-sign me and for such a long length of time is pleasing. They have shown a lot of faith in me and I am flattered.''
Manager Brendan Rodgers had said in a radio interview last month that Allen had agreed his deal, but the diminutive playmaker only signed the new contract today.
Allen made his debut in a 6-3 defeat to Blackpool in League One four years ago and, having played a part in two promotion campaigns, cannot wait to test himself in the top flight this season.
He added: "The club has always moved forward during my time here and it shows how far we have come when we kick off the season at Manchester City in the Premier League.
"Technically, Man City are very good, but they are probably also the biggest side physically in the league. I have been in the gym all summer trying to bulk up, but I think I've got a long way to go. But we've all got to stand up and be ready.''
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For Husch Blackwell's Northwestern University grad school alums, Laura Labeots (Ph.D. 1992) and Ed Gamson (Ph.D. 1970), it was a huge thrill to learn that one of their own, a fellow chemist from Northwestern, had won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry last week. Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, who specializes in Nanotechnology, will be awarded the Nobel this December in Stockholm, Sweden, for his groundbreaking work on "molecular machines." He and his group have devised molecules that remarkably can do mechanical work, such as lifting and moving other small molecules. Continue Reading Husch Blackwell attorneys celebrate Nobel Prize winner
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Let's Stay Together: Negotiating a Successful Joint Technology Development Agreement
An entrepreneurial company may face an early decision as to how it can afford to develop new technology, particularly new technology that does not fit within the technical specialties of that entity. Whether a new company needs to develop a new website, new software, or a compatible piece of technology, that company might consider entering into a contractual alliance with another party to develop that technology. Continue Reading Let's Stay Together: Negotiating a Successful Joint Technology Development Agreement
Branding 101 – Should puffery be avoided in healthcare advertising?
Healthcare is a highly competitive market. Healthcare companies are hiring marketing teams to lure customers to their facility. This will invariably require making statements regarding the quality of your services and how your services are better than your competitors. Problems will arise if these ads cause patients or their families to expect more than what is or even can be offered. There are many scenarios that could result in claims of false advertising under §43(a) of the Lanham Act. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus have guidelines for what companies may include within their marketing programs. Today, however, we will be looking at "puffery." Continue Reading Branding 101 – Should puffery be avoided in healthcare advertising?
Branding 101 – Laudatory Trademarks: Are they worth the effort?
In one of our first posts, we discussed the five categories of trademarks (Generic – Descriptive – Suggestive – Arbitrary – Fanciful) and how a mark became more protectable as it moved up the line. Laudatory trademarks, trademarks that attribute a quality or excellence to the goods or services, are often included in this list as "descriptive marks" requiring a showing of secondary meaning to be protectable. However, it has been recognized that some laudatory marks do not describe any feature of the product it is used with, but rather suggest that the product is of high quality or "better" quality than other similar products. In these cases, the laudatory composite mark may be considered to be suggestive. Continue Reading Branding 101 – Laudatory Trademarks: Are they worth the effort?
Branding 101: Nominative Fair Use
This week we are discussing ways you can use a third party's mark to identify the third party's goods or services while also advertising your own. For example, a dental office wants to let potential patients know that it uses a specific brand of dental veneers. The law allows XYZ Dental to factually state:
"XYZ Dental specializes in the fitting and application of ABC® brand veneers."
This type of use is known as nominative fair use and as with comparative advertising and descriptive fair use, there are rules that need to be followed. Continue Reading Branding 101: Nominative Fair Use
Branding 101 – Trademark Descriptive Fair Use
Last week we discussed ways that you can use a competitor's mark in comparative advertising. This week we will discuss use of a mark in a descriptive manner such that it is not being used as a trademark, thereby greatly reducing, if not eliminating, the possibility of the use being found to be trademark infringement. Continue Reading Branding 101 – Trademark Descriptive Fair Use
Branding 101 – Trademark Audit: Evaluating Comparative Advertising
As we discussed previously, a Trademark Audit is an important inventory tool that should be used to be sure that the trademark assets of the company are being properly used and protected. Another important function of a Trademark Audit is to be sure that you are using only your own trademarks; or, if you are using your competitors' marks that such use is correct and proper. Continue Reading Branding 101 – Trademark Audit: Evaluating Comparative Advertising
Branding 101: Trademark Usage Manuals
We have talked about why it is important to use your trademark consistently. The easiest way to be sure that everyone in your organization knows the proper way to use the company's trademarks is to create and distribute a trademark usage manual. The trademark usage manual should include easy to follow guidelines setting out that the mark is to be used as an adjective and not a noun, as well as the proper font, colors etc. that should be used to depict the mark. The usage manual does not need to be a complex or confusing document. It should be a straightforward listing of the acceptable ways that the company's trademark should be used. Continue Reading Branding 101: Trademark Usage Manuals
Branding 101 – Proper use of trademark symbols and attribution statements
In our companion post we are talking about the importance of using your trademarks in a consistent manner. This consistency helps consumers know that when they see KalmKap that it identifies a product coming from a single company and that they can trust that the quality is the same as the last time they bought the product. Consistent use helps to identify your mark as being owned by you. Another way identify your marks as belonging to you is use the recognized trademark symbols and to make appropriate attribution statements somewhere within your ads. Continue Reading Branding 101 – Proper use of trademark symbols and attribution statements
Branding 101: Trademark Audit – Using your marks consistently (why you need a trademark style guide)
We have discussed the need to use your trademarks as adjectives and not nouns or verbs to avoid having them becoming descriptive or even generic terms. A good quick test to see if you are using the mark correctly is to remove the mark from the sentence and see if it still makes sense. If you still have a functional sentence, you are using the mark correctly. So, "Buy XYZ surgical equipment, it will make your day easier" still makes sense without the mark: "Buy surgical equipment, it will make your day easier." However "Buy XYZ, it will make your day easier" makes no sense without the mark: "Buy, it will make your day easier." Continue Reading Branding 101: Trademark Audit – Using your marks consistently (why you need a trademark style guide)


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It features two rows of fine, evenly spaced grooves that surround an independently moving middle trimmer. This catches and feeds more hair with every stroke, which gives you a faster shave. The difference to other shavers is noticeable, especially in the torture test of 3‐day beards.
Twin foils and an integrated middle trimmer shave progressively closer. Together they effectively cuts both long and short hairs with every stroke, proven even on difficult 3-day beards.
Specially designed to deliver an efficient close shave and a gentle skin experience.
Easily cuts even longer and more difficult hair.
Three independently moving cutting elements adapt to every facial contour and guarantee a smooth shaving experience.
Use in the shower, or with foam or gel.
Specifically designed to be used also in the shower and with foam or gel. This gives you a refreshing shaving experience without compromise in shaving performance.
1Series 3 Wet&Dry shavers are designed to be used also in the shower. For safety reasons they work cordless only.


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BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Unix, Linux, WinXX, and MacOSX PCs, desktops and laptops to a server's disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain.
Given the ever decreasing cost of disks and raid systems, it is now practical and cost effective to backup a large number of machines onto a server's local disk or network storage. For some sites this might be the complete backup solution. For other sites additional permanent archives could be created by periodically backing up the server to tape.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Apache configuration
- 3 Alternative nginx configuration
- 4 Alternative lighttpd configuration
- 5 Accessing the admin page
- 6 Website view problem
- 7 See also
Install backuppc from the official repositories. Install rsync and perl-file-rsyncp if you want to use rsync as a transport, and rrdtool to display usage data in the CGI interface.
Start backuppc systemd daemon and, if you wish to have running at boot time enable it.
Apache configuration
BackupPC has a web interface that allows you to easily control it. You can access it using Apache and mod_perl or a C wrapper but other webservers like lighttpd works too. Install apache from the official repositories.
Edit Apache configuration
BackupPC's web UI needs to run as the user backuppc, but Apache normally runs under the user http. There are several ways to fix this. The two demonstrated here are common for single-purpose servers (Apache is only used to serve the BackupPC UI) or for multi-purpose servers (Apache may also server other websites under the regular http user).
Setting up Apache for single-purpose use is a bit easier but not as flexible.
General settings
/etc/backuppc/config.pl. Set administrator name:
$Conf{CgiAdminUsers} = 'admin';
Next, we need to add a users file and set the admin password:
# htpasswd -c /etc/backuppc/backuppc.users admin
The BackupPC-Webfrontend is initially configured so that you can only access it from the localhost. If you want to access it from all machines in your network, you have to edit
/etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf. Edit the line:
Require ip 127.0.0.1
Require ip 127.0.0.1 192.168.0
where you have to replace 192.168.0 to your corresponding IP-Adresses you want to gain access from. After one of the configuration steps below has also been performed, [re]start the Apache service.
Single-purpose Apache settings
Install mod_perlAUR from the official repositories.
Edit the Apache configuration file to load mod_perl, tell Apache to run as user backuppc and to include
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so User backuppc Group backuppc Include conf/extra/backuppc.conf
Multi-purpose Apache settings
Instead of globally changing the Apache user and group like in the example above, we will instead make Apache run just the BackupPC CGI script as the backuppc user and leave the default user alone. This method uses mod_cgi to call a wrapper written in C instead of using the extra mod_perl dependency. You still need to have perl itself installed so the wrapper can run the BackupPC scripts.
Make sure Apache can run CGI programs (the line loading mod_cgi is not commented) and that it reads the BackupPC configuration by including it in
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so ... Include conf/extra/backuppc.conf
The webserver user and the suid problem
The current setup of BackupPC, the webserver needs to run as backuppc user and this can be a problem on many setups where the webserver is used for other sites. In the past one could suid a Perl script, but it was blocked globally due security problems several years ago. To workaround that, perl-suid was used, but again blocked due the same problem more recently, scripts cannot be run securely with suid bit. Still there is another way, this time using a simple binary program that is suid as a launcher, that will run the backuppc Perl scripts already with the correct user. This isolates the Perl script from the environment and it is considered safe.
You need to replace the original backuppc CGI with the below C code compiled program and move the backuppc CGI to another place.
Move the real CGI
/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin to the lib directory
Save the C code below to a file named wrapper.c (please update the CGI path if needed) and compile it with:
$ gcc -o BackupPC_Admin wrapper.c
The wrapper C code:
#include <unistd.h> #define REAL_PATH "/usr/share/backuppc/lib/real-BackupPC_Admin.cgi" int main(ac, av) char **av; { execv(REAL_PATH, av); return 0; }
Place the new binary
BackupPC_Admin in the cgi-bin directory and chown the binary CGI to
backuppc:http and set the suid bit:
# chown backuppc:http /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin # chmod 4750 /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin
Do not forget to clear the suid bit on the original Perl script if it was set (or the CGI page will not load):
# chmod 0755 /usr/share/backuppc/lib/real-BackupPC_Admin.cgi
Keep your web server with its usual user and backup should now be able to run correctly.
Alternative nginx configuration
Install fcgiwrap. Enable and start
server { listen <your_server_port>; server_name <your_server_name>; root /usr/share/backuppc/html; index /index.cgi; access_log /var/log/nginx/backuppc.access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/backuppc.error.log; location / { allow 127.0.0.1/32; # allow 192.168.0.0/24; deny all; # auth_basic "Backup"; # auth_basic_user_file conf/backuppc.users; } location /backuppc { alias /usr/share/backuppc/html/; } location ~\.cgi$ { include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_pass unix:/run/fcgiwrap.sock; fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR $remote_addr; fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER $remote_user; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin; } }
And symlink to sites-enabled:
# ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/backuppc /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
Change fcgiwrap executing user in systemd fcgiwrap.service file to user: backuppc
Alternative lighttpd configuration
server.port = 81 server.username = "backuppc" server.groupname = "backuppc" server.document-root = "/srv/http" server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log" dir-listing.activate = "enable" index-file.names = ( "index.html", "index.php", "index.cgi" ) mimetype.assign = ( ".html" => "text/html", ".txt" => "text/plain", ".jpg" => "image/jpeg", ".png" => "image/png", "" => "application/octet-stream" ) server.modules = ("mod_alias", "mod_cgi", "mod_auth", "mod_access" ) alias.url = ( "/BackupPC_Admin" => "/usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin" ) alias.url += ( "/backuppc" => "/usr/share/backuppc/html" ) cgi.assign += ( ".cgi" => "/usr/bin/perl" ) cgi.assign += ( "BackupPC_Admin" => "/usr/bin/perl" ) auth.backend = "plain" auth.backend.plain.userfile = "/etc/lighttpd/passwd" auth.require = ( "/BackupPC_Admin" => ( "method" => "basic", "realm" => "BackupPC", "require" => "user=admin" ) )
And create log file:
# touch /var/log/lighttpd/error.log # chown backuppc:backuppc /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
Accessing the admin page
Before accesing de admin page you have to specify which users/groups will be able to edit BackupPC's configuration.
$Conf{CgiAdminUserGroup} = '<authorized groups>'; $Conf{CgiAdminUsers} = '<authorized users>'; # <-- set to '*' if the webserver is not autenticating users
Browse to http://localhost/BackupPC_Admin respectively http://your_backuppc_server_ip/BackupPC_Admin.
Website view problem
Due an Apache directive, the web interface may not shown properly. If that is your case, just modify the line in your
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf that avoids .htaccess and .htpasswd from viewed for clients or change directory name /usr/share/backuppc/html for /usr/share/backuppc/files and update
/etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf with the new path, as it follows:
Alias /BackupPC/images /usr/share/BackupPC/files/


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About Us
Mission Statement
Roy Englebrecht Promotions is a company founded on and sustained with prayer.
The Mission of Roy Englebrecht Promotions, at each and every show they promote, is to give their
customers great entertainment, at a great price, in a clean environment, and say thank you and mean it!
Roy Englebrecht
Roy Englebrecht is owner of Roy Englebrecht Promotions, California's third largest fight promotions company. Oscar De La Hoya purchased Roy Englebrecht Promotions in December of 2001 and Golden Boy Promotions…
Chuck Bosecker
Boxing Matchmaker
Charles Bosecker was born and raised in Orange County. He graduated from Orange High School and attended Santa Ana College, where he studied Criminal Justice.…
Mike Hart
Official Ring Announcer for Fight Club OC
Mike Hart has been stirring up fight fans as the "Voice" of the Battle In The Ballroom for seven years. A sportscaster turned news anchor, Mike has been a…
Evan Jacobs
Official Videographer of Fight Club OC
Evan Jacobs received his B.A. from California State University, Long Beach in Film Studies. With a number of low budget films to his credit (in which Jacobs wrote, produced,…
The Fight Club OC Production Crew:
Steve Slade, Michelle Bakker, Eric Lowy, Christine Vu, David Junker, Rayka Zehtabchi
Drew Englebrecht
VP of Operations & Marketing
Drew Englebrecht graduated from Vanguard University in Costa Mesa with a B.A. in Sociology in 2003 and has helped Roy Englebrecht Promotions…
Mel R. Valenzuela
MMA Matchmaker
Mel is going on his fifth year of matchmaking pro/amateur MMA for REP/FCOC. He has raised the level of MMA in So Cal by consistently producing the highest quality, most evenly matched bouts in the Southland. Mel is also a licensed CSAC manager, so we here at REP offer a "one stop shop" for fighters who are as serious about their craft as we are about ours.
Nancy Englebrecht
Corporate Treasurer/Secretary
Married to Roy Englebrecht for the past 40 years, Nancy handles all the corporate business as it pertains to accounting and annual meetings. She has been a real estate agent…
Damian James
Official Photographer of Fight Club OC
Damian James is an Orange County based freelance photojournalist and event photographer. With over 14 years of experience documenting people and events around the world in 5 different continents, he is back in his."l…
Clark Hills
Show Day Operations
Clark Hills graduated from Vanguard University where he studied Business Organization. Clark then went on to earn his Sport Management Masters Degree from the University of San Francisco…


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I found this post over at Small Pond Science fascinating. As a fan of science, if not a scientist, and deeply interested in social media's presence in our society, Terry's McGlynn's post is very relevant. Terry calls out an anonymous article over at The Guardian basically dismissing efforts by scientists to engage with their work in the world of Facebook & Twitter.
I, for one, think there's great value in the public debate. Not everything on social media is fluff. And, if it's to be taken seriously, we need to encourage more, not less engagement by scholars online.


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Unveiling the J&K Chocolate Garden at the Village of Arts and Humanities....
The Village of Arts and Humanities (VAH) consists of twelve arts parks and an after-school program for kids in North Philadelphia dedicated to community revitalization. VAH has been growing herbs for John & Kira's Chocolates since 2009. Last year, 2012, the Village and John & Kira's launched the Chocolate Garden consisting of a teaching-tasting pavilion and herb beds dedicated to growing various plants that John & Kira's uses for chocolate products and experiments. The educational space, located in the Village's urban garden, serves as a hands-on destination to conduct cooking demonstrations, gardening classes and chocolate tasting events for both the community and corporate clients interested in learning about how small businesses can support their communities.
Building the Chocolate Garden
The Chocolate Garden was designed as a project of the Urban Workshop at Temple University in collaboration with the Village's Learning Through the Arts Program, and John & Kira's.
The Urban Workshop at Temple University is a design collaborative formed by faculty in the Architecture Department in partnership with allied disciplines to explore complex design problems that emerge in rebuilding neighborhoods in the post-industrial city. Its purpose is to engage the culture of urban communities in making places that are beautiful, sustainable, and humane.
Garden preparation and pavilion construction took place during the summer of 2012. We built a fabric covered pavilion roughly 10' x 15'. A paved path and ground surface make it accessible and usable. Inspiration came from ordinary and natural materials.
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I started getting MP3's from Amazon because they occasionally have promotions that allow you to download a few for free.
The Amazon MP3 Downloader conveniently automatically adds downloaded MP3's to iTunes. After the MP3 is downloaded (typically in the Music/Amazon MP3 folder) a copy is made in the iTunes/iTunes Media/Music folder.
What is strange is that though the copy is the same size it is a different binary. I posted a question about this on Apple's discussion site.
Also I noticed that iTunes has some music under its iTunes Music folder and some under its iTunes Media/Music folder. This is because iTunes 9 and later began using the iTunes Media/Music folder instead.
I decided I wanted everything under one folder so I used iTunes consolidate feature.
I then deleted the old iTunes Music folder after making sure everything was copied. I did notice that some of the copies were slightly different sizes.
Another unproductive way to spend a Sunday morning.


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The Odyssey Literary Analysis Essay
In his epic, The Odyssey, Homer explains how Odysseus, a Greek god, faces xenia, a guest-host relationship, in ways he is not used to. Odysseus travels on a long journey where he meets an unexpected creature and finds himself at the table of King Alcinous telling his tale of this voyage. Odysseus is also faced with problems regarding his wife, Penelope, and finds himself in a sticky situation. Odysseus is challenged by monsters and his own wife but overcomes these challenges to become not only a hero, but the hero everyone can look up to.
Our character, Odysseus, meets with a one-eyed monster named Polyphemous, also known as, Cyclops, and Cyclops does not follow xenia, a guest- host relationship. Homer states," We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus or all the gods in bliss; we have more force by far." (Line 264). Since Cyclops does not care for Zeus, then he obviously odes not care for the rule of xenia. Considering Cyclops does not care for xenia, he is therefore, offending Zeus. Homer also acknowledges, when Cyclops ate Odysseus' men, he clearly does not respect them. (Line 286). On account of Cyclops not showing respect, Odysseus and his men do not have to show respect back. When Cyclops does not show any respect, he is letting them know, no matter what they do or say, he will not change his mind about letting them go. Although Cyclops is big and scary, Odysseus and his men trick him into letting them escape.
Odysseus is now at the table of King Alcinous and is explaining to them his adventures and xenia while they are all about to show it. According to Homer, "They had to be treated with great courtesy before they could be asked to identify themselves and state their business." (Page 656 from books 6-8). This means, before they even introduce themselves, they are treated with respect. This is not the greatest idea because the guest could be out to get you for all you know and you would not...


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Prim and dull is what some locals think Madrid has become.
Thanks to Franco's dictatorship, the city had its Swinging Sixties postponed. It was not until the late 1970s and early 1980s that the movida madrileña, during which the young discovered sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, swept through the capital.
There was a huge outpouring of creative energy and the city built arts centres as rapidly as it had once built convents. But the movida has been and gone. Almodóvar, who was one of its leaders, said recently that Madrid is in danger of becoming "as boring as Oslo".
Well, the Palace Hotel is bound to be a little disappointing today in comparison with 1984. That year, La Luna, the magazine of the movida, held a party there.
Its editor, Borja Casani, later told a British journalist resident in the city: "We hired the whole hotel and there were musicians everywhere, two or three thousand people drugged up and drunk lying on these gorgeous hand-woven carpets beneath crystal chandeliers smoking joints. It seemed like a miracle, as though we'd stormed the Winter Palace…"
The partying was more restrained during our stay, though there was no shortage of it. There seemed to be a smart wedding at least once a day. On one occasion, emerging on to the street from the lobby, we found ourselves among a scrum of snappers because we happened to be following a bride and groom.
As for Oslo, we did find some evidence of its influence - in a Scandinavian restaurant called Olsen. The decor was cool and the crowd small, but the food was among the best we tasted in the city.
Madrid, as that great hispanophile Michael Jacobs gently puts in his introduction to a recently published book, is "a city whose charms are not immediately obvious". But it's not a dull one.
Give it time and it will surprise you, whether it's with brazen hookers, who raise their tops as you pass over their heads on a Casa de Campo cable car, or balletic exponents of t'ai chi, who raise their swords on a Sunday morning in the Retiro Park.
Some complain that a succession of joyless municipal governments has been killing off the city's nightlife, but it didn't seem that way to us.
On Sunday evening, we didn't start eating until well after 10 and, judging by the queue at the restaurant door when we arrived, there were many who left it till much later.
It was well after midnight when we started walking back to the hotel, and there was still plenty of life on the streets, still plenty of people, who, by the looks of them, were giving no thought at all to Monday and the office.
They had yet to satisfy themselves that, in Hemingway's phrase, they had "killed the night".
Madrid basics
Michael Kerr travelled with Kirker Holidays (0870 112 3333, www.kirkerholidays.com).
It can organise three-night breaks at the five-star Westin Palace in Madrid from £668 per person including accommodation and breakfast, return scheduled flight, tax and service, return transfers by private car, notes on recommended restaurants and tapas bars, and a Cultura Card giving admission to 40 of the city's museums, monuments and palaces, valid for 48 hours.
The same package at a three-star hotel costs from £445 per person.
Where to eat
Casa Lucio (91 365 8217, www.casalucio.es), C/ Cava Baja, 35.
Will Smith, Pierce Brosnan and Elle MacPherson have all eaten here recently, but on a Sunday, at least, you're as likely to find yourself next to an extended family of Madrileños tucking into the classic Castilian stews and roasts.
Two-course lunch from about £37.50 (55 euros) for two including a glass of wine. Open 1.15-4pm, 9-11.30pm. Closed Saturday lunchtime and August. Book a fortnight ahead if you want to get a table on Friday or Saturday.
Olsen (91 429 36 59, www.gratis-webserver.de/Olsen/9.html), C/ del Prado, 15.
Try the three-course lunchtime menu, from about £7 per person. On the day we visited, it included chicken croquettes with Lombardy salad and apples.
La Camarilla (91 354 02 07), C/ Cava Baja, 21.
Stylish restaurant and tapas bar - white walls, terracotta-tiled floors, black mouldings. Main courses for dinner (salt cod with vegetable purée, duck with fried banana) from about £11; tapas from £1.
La Trucha (91 429 58 33), C/ Manuel Fernandez y Gonzalez, 3.
Earthy tapas bar with whitewashed walls covered in souvenir plates in honour of everything from Real Madrid to Unter den Linden. Stand at the bar, choose your tapas, then watch the women on the other side of the hatch fry them.
Madrid (Time Out Guides, £12.99); Madrid: A Cultural and Literary Companion by Elizabeth Nash (Signal, £12); Madrid for Pleasure: Seven Walks through the City's History by Michael Jacobs (Pallas Athene, £14.99; new edition).
What to see
Sorolla Museum (91 310 1584, www.museosorolla. mcu.es/), C/ General Martínez Campos, 37.
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30am-3pm; Sundays and holidays, 10am-3pm. Go early to feel like a guest rather than a tourist.
Prado Museum (91 330 28 00, http://museoprado.mcu.es), Paseo del Prado.
Open Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 9am-8pm (closed on public holidays that fall on Mondays). Until November 27: The Palace of the Planet King, an exhibition to mark the fourth centenary of the birth of Philip IV and to show the pictorial series with which rooms of the Buen Retiro Palace were decorated in the 17th century.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (91 420 39 44, www.museothyssen.org/Ingles).
Open Tues-Sun, 10am-7pm. Oct 18 -Jan 15: Mimesis, Modern Realism, an exhibition focusing on the spread of realism between the First and Second World Wars.
Reina Sofía National Art Centre (91 774 10 00), Plaza Santa Isabel, 52.
Open Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sunday 10am-2.30pm. The autumn programme includes: The Three Dimensions of Quixote (Nov 9-Feb 13), in which 20 Spanish artists interpret Cervantes's text, and Pablo Palazuelo (Oct 25-Jan 9), work by the 2004 Velázquez Prize winner.
Casa Patas (91 369 0496, www.casapatas.com), C/ Cañizares, 10.
See the website for forthcoming acts. The charge of £17 per person includes your first drink.
Atocha station
It was here (close to the Reina Sofía) that terrorists detonated bombs in March last year as part of an attack that killed 191 people.
First-time visitors are likely to be struck not by the x-ray machines installed since then but by the old part of the station - more Kew Gardens than concourse, with a jungle of tropical plants and a pond where terrapins lurk beneath the lily pads.


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Review Summary
- Spacious, warm rooms with 32-inch flat-screen TVs and Keurig coffeemakers
- Modern (if smallish) fitness center
- Free valet and self-parking
- Hotel shuttle within six-mile radius
- 24-hour room service
- Pet-friendly; pet room service menus available
- Not within walking distance of major Denver attractions
- No on-site spa
- Mini-fridges only upon request
- Daily fee for Wi-Fi
Bottom Line
With lower rates than at many other Denver hotels, the Loews Denver Hotel might seem like a deal -- but be prepared to make a few compromises. The hotel is actually near Cherry Creek, a 15-minute drive from downtown, the building is older, and there's no spa. Rooms are pleasant enough, however, with warm colors and flat-screen TVs, and the lobby impresses with its rich, Italian-inspired decor.


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Never have I ever been so worried about the return of one of my favorite shows. The last season of Project Runway was such an abomination against God and Television that I wondered whether I would have to officially give it up if this season followed suit. For what was once the smartest, classiest, most fashionable reality show on television, it certainly lost some of its shine when moved a couple thousand miles to the west.
Instead of the soul-sucking freeways and fake tans of Los Angeles (apologies to anyone that lives there), this season is back to the grimy, glittering sidewalks of New York City, exactly where it belongs. Just in time, too – LA looked like it was starting to make Tim Gunn nervous. And I'm almost afraid to say this, because I think I might jinx things for everyone and then it would be all my fault when the show starts to suck again, but I think that this season might actually be pretty good! Even Heidi Klum's wardrobe was significantly better!
The premiere certainly had a lot of the same character types as seasons in the past that have not sucked. Someone knock on wood for me while we talk about this a little more after the jump…
So, as much as I love you guys, I'm not going to go through what all 16 designers made, and most of you probably don't want me to. In fact, I'd appreciate it if they'd do a couple of double elimination challenges and thin the herd a bit – 12 designers seems like a less unwieldy number, doesn't it? Even so, a few personalities were able to break through the busy first episode, and that may already put the seventh season head and shoulders above the sixth.
1. The Cryer: Janeane Marie managed to cry about being in New York City (if it were me, I would have cried with glee that I lucked into one of the NYC seasons), cry about Tim Gunn's critique of her dress, and cry about starting her look over with only a few hours left. See also: Andre, Season 2; Christopher, Season 6.
2. The Gayest Queen of Them All: I don't think Anthony is much of a designer, but he's the gayest thing that has ever gayed and I LOVE HIM. Admittedly, some of my affection for him is selfish: He is a title quote machine. But mostly, he's just a loose cannon with no filter, and what last season so sorely lacked was interesting personalities and people that were thoroughly themselves. Se also: Austin Scarlett, Season 1; Kayne, Season 3; Christian Siriano, Season 4.
3. The One With the Severe Haircut: Actually, there are two! Both Mila and Maya have sharp black bobs with bangs, indicating that they are Serious Fashion People. I have to say that I'm partial to this category: it's the one that I'd be in, were I to appear on Project Runway. At the moment, I'm rooting for Maya to win on the strength of her previous portfolio and her totally underrated first look. See also: Kenley, Season 5; Louise, Season 6.
4. The Old Lady: Overachiever Pamela has already conquered the advertising industry, and now it's on to new challenges; namely, fashion. Except I absolutely hated her backless broadcloth pink dress. See also: Wendy, Season 1; Laura, Season 3; Gordana, Season 6.
5. The Designer That Thinks He's a Rock Star: Crazy hair? Check. Tattoos, preferably in the neck area? Check. Tight pants? Check. A fondness for hardware? Check. Seth Aaron has been in a band in his life, I promise you. He might still be in one, actually. I think he wears guyliner, and at any given moment, he has more product in his hair than I do (and I flat iron, so that's saying something). He wore a velvet jacket to judging, and it had a giant tassel. See also: Jeffrey Sebelia, Season 3; Stella, Season 5.
6. The Misunderstood Conceptualizer: Correct me if I'm wrong, but Ping didn't actually CUT any fabric, did she? I don't remember her doing it, anyway. She made a drapey, odd suspender'd sort of thing that actually struck me as sort of Scottish, for some reason, and that the judges seemed to sort of like. I didn't really love it, but I'd rather that someone with odd ideas be kept and someone with poor construction skills go home instead, which is exactly what happened. See also: Malvin, Season 6; That Woman That Spat On Her Dress, Season Unknown.
There was, as is traditional, a top three and a bottom three. However, since this episode has now magically disappeared from my stupid DVR, I can't go into great detail about who they were. I do know that an improbably nice Nicole Richie made kind of a boring judge, both Nina Garcia and Michael Kors showed up to judge, and Heidi Klum's hair looked totally adorable, as did her maternity outfits
When there are 16 designers to consider, the top three and bottom three are sort of inconsequential. Our winner was Emilio, this year's version of the gone-to-soon season sixer Epperson, and his sweet patterned cocktail dress was indeed pretty impressive. He got a lot of detail work done in a short amount of time, and he used pattern inventively and unexpectedly. The loser was Christiane, also a maker of a patterned cocktail dress, but hers was poorly sewn out of cheap-looking fabric.
What surprised me the most, however, was how strong the middle of the pack was. There were dresses that I would have worn all over that runway show, and when you compare that to last season when Mitchell, who sent a bolt of fabric with a collar down the runway DIDN'T LOSE in the first episode, I think we've made a substantial upgrade in our cast. But like I said before – knock on wood.
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Five days after setting off an emotional bout of soul-searching among New Jersey's Roman Catholic elected officials, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark said on Monday that he did not mean to attack anyone when he published a letter stating that it was dishonest for Catholic officeholders who favor abortion rights to receive communion.
But in his first public statements about the controversy, the archbishop nonetheless indicated that he was pleased that his comments had brought attention to the church's unwavering opposition to the ''festering'' issue of abortion.
''I think first of all that abortion is a fundamental issue that has been festering in our body politic, and Catholics who are very serious have been wondering about it,'' Archbishop Myers said on a televised interview.
In the days since he published a five-page pastoral letter in last week's issue of the archdiocese's newspaper, the archbishop has caused an uproar among the state's Catholic elected officials.
Last week, in response, Gov. James E. McGreevey declared that he would no longer seek communion at public services. Over the weekend, the Senate majority leader, Bernard F. Kenny Jr., a Democrat from Hudson County, announced he was leaving the church entirely. And other politicians said on Monday that the archbishop's words had put them in the uncomfortable position of choosing between their public policy positions and their faith.Continue reading the main story
While some abortion rights supporters have accused conservative Catholics of trying to sway voters in a presidential election year and blur the line separating church and state, the archbishop insisted on Monday that his only intention was to offer guidance to the 1.3 million Catholics in the archdiocese.
''My position as a pastor and teacher is to help people understand, not to get involved in politics directly,'' he said, in an interview on ''The Big Story'' program on the Fox News network, the only interview he has given since his letter was published.
The controversy comes at a time when some Catholic bishops across the country have sought to become more outspoken in their political opposition to abortion.
Early this year, a Vatican official stated that elected officials who support abortion may be denied communion, a ruling that some American Catholics have seized on as a kind of litmus test for officeholders. Just this past weekend, newspapers and broadcast outlets across the nation reported as news the fact that John F. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, received communion at a Mother's Day Mass despite his support for abortion rights.
Still, the controversy seemed to catch many people off guard in New Jersey, a state where public opinion polls have consistently found voters to hold liberal views on issues like abortion, gun control and gay rights. That social tolerance has allowed moderate Republicans to stave off challenges from the conservatives who have gained power in much of the country.
It has also allowed Governor McGreevey, a Democrat, to advocate liberal programs that contradict the teachings of church leaders, including stem cell research and domestic partnership for gay couples, even as he makes frequent references to his Irish Catholic upbringing.
In recent months, however, Archbishop Myers and other New Jersey Catholic leaders have taken the unusual step of publicly questioning the governor's good standing within the church for both his public policy and his personal life. Mr. McGreevey's first marriage ended in divorce, but it is unclear whether he received an annulment from the church before remarrying.
The governor sought to quiet the issue last week, when he declared that he would comply with Archbishop Myers's ruling. But the dispute reignited over the weekend, when Mr. Kenny, the Senate majority leader, said that he would leave the church, and by Monday many Catholic officials still found themselves in the midst of an uncomfortable moral and political dilemma.
Mr. Kenny, a former altar boy who was educated in Catholic schools and has been active in SS. Peter and Paul Church in Hoboken for years, said he had been considering leaving the church for several years because he was troubled by the increasingly conservative rulings of church officials.
After reading Archbishop Myers's statement last Wednesday, Mr. Kenny asked for a meeting with his pastor on Friday. When he was told that he would be denied communion, Senator Kenny said he knew that he could no longer continue practicing as a Catholic. So when his wife attended a Mother's Day Mass, Mr. Kenny said he went for a walk.
''I don't argue with the Church's right to exercise its prerogative,'' said Mr. Kenny, 57, a Democrat from Hoboken. ''But I'm not comfortable going to Mass and being denied communion, which is the cornerstone of the entire liturgy. I view it as a form of ostracism based on my political beliefs.''
Mr. Kenny said he might begin worshiping at an Episcopal church.
While Mr. Kenny's decision to leave the church was generally greeted with sympathy, the archbishop's politically provocative letter brought a wide array of reactions from Catholic elected officials.
Senator Gerald Cardinale, who opposes abortion, said the archbishop was justified in focusing his scrutiny on Catholic elected officials who have publicly supported abortion.
''The bishop can't go down to everyone and say you've got to sign a loyalty oath,'' said Mr. Cardinale, a Republican from Bergen County. ''But some people have now made a public notice of their departure from the Catholic Church. Once you make public notice of your departure from the Catholic Church, you have resigned.''
Others, like State Senator William L. Gormley, a Republican from Atlantic County, said his religious beliefs were a private matter and declined to comment.
But many bristled at the thought of being publicly chided by the bishops and said it was hypocritical of the church to single out politicians who support abortion rights rather than those who defy church doctrine on issues like the death penalty, aid to the poor or the Iraq war. State Senator Raymond J. Lesniak said that the bishops' politically aggressive actions could also rekindle the skepticism of voters who shunned Catholic candidates for generations because they feared interference from the Vatican. Mr. Lesniak, a Democrat from Union County, said he attends Mass in New York City, where there has been no decree regarding politicians who support abortion rights.
United States Representative Bill Pascrell Jr., a Democrat from Paterson, said he would continue to take communion despite his support for abortion rights -- and that his conscience was clear because he was elected to represent his constituents rather than religious leaders. But he questioned whether Catholic leaders were focusing on the issue of abortion to distract public attention from scandals that have tarnished the church in recent years.
''I think the church needs friends right now,'' said Mr. Pascrell. ''I think the Church has gotten a bad rap for the actions of a few immoral individuals. I think they may be trying to overcompensate on this issue.''Continue reading the main story


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It seems Mercedes, which also released a picture of its million-dollar Maybach limousine in testing, was keen to steal some thunder from BMW, which recently unveiled its 1 Series hatch.
Officially, Benz denies it released the picture, and Mercedes-Benz Australia says it knows nothing about the photo. But speculation from DaimlerChrysler sources suggests the picture of the 2005 A Class being uncovered for an advertisement shoot was released to upstage the 1 Series.
Scheduled to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in September, the all-new A Class will be offered as both a three- and five-door. Prices are expected to start at around $35,000.
No doubt Benz will be hoping the second-generation A Class gets off to a better start than the 1997 original, marred by an embarrassing recall to stop it tipping over. Mercedes intends to pitch the three-door version as a coupe, broadening its appeal, while the five-door continues as the family car alternative.
Mercedes is also preparing a stretched version of the A Class – the B Class – in an effort to appeal to different buyers, with the cars' styling theme following the current A Class but with tighter lines and more angular headlights to create a cleaner design.
Mercedes has developed seven new four-cylinder engines for the A Class, including a 1.7-litre, 2.0-litre and turbo. The clutchless manual is expected to be dropped and a suspension redesign should improve handling.


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Parliamentary Factions: Estonia Should Accept Ukrainian Refugees If Such a Need Arises ({{commentsTotal}})
Estonian parliamentary factions support conservative refugee policies. But they also agree that, in addition to financial aid, Estonia should be able to react fast and offer refuge to Ukrainian citizens.
"If such a need arises and the events in Ukraine escalate, we would inevitably have to reconsider things," explained Kalev Kallemets, member of the Reform Party's parliamentary faction, to ERR's "Aktuaalne Kaamera".
According to Kallemets, the most important thing is for Estonia to increase its budget for humanitarian and development aid by 2 million euros in 2015, amounting to 12 million euros in total.
The head of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Marko Mihkelson said that open hostilities currently continue in two districts of Ukraine and the first preference, therefore, should be to accommodate the refugees within Ukraine itself.
At present, many refugees are forced to live in schoolhouses and old campsites, but winter is approaching fast. Germany, for instance, announced Tuesday that it will give 25 million euros in financial assistance to the Ukrainian goverment. The money will go toward building accommodation to refugees from eastern Ukraine.
"The first step that Estonia and our partners in the European Union should take is to ensure that necessary facilities for the refugees are in place in Ukraine itself," Mihkelson said.
Deputy head of the Estonian Center Party faction, Mailis Reps, said that the nature of Estonian aid to Ukraine is a question of principles.
"At the moment we have talked of humanitarian and financial support. If we agree to take it to the level of individuals then on the political level this is a decision for the government and there might be a need for some clarification on technical aspects," Reps said.
In addition to support through state agencies, people can volunteer to do their part. Three Estonian NGOs will launch a "For Ukraine!" campaign on Thursday, during which they collect donations for Ukrainian refugees and those affected by the conflict.


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Barriers to Communication
"Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood" Freeman Teague, Jr.
Filtering is the manipulation of the message by the sender to make the message more favourable to the receiver.
Selective perception
A person receives a message subject to their own beliefs, education status, background, motivations, needs and experience. This may distort the original message as the receiver attends to the components of the message that make sense, fit with their expectations and what they would like to hear. Past experiences can change the meaning of the message. People often hear what they want to hear and this can interfere with the communication process.
It is common knowledge that you pick the 'right' time to deliver your message. People's emotions can play a large part in how they interpret a message. Extreme emotions are most likely to distort the message and can result in an emotional judgment rather than objective thinking about the issue. Stress is one example where people will see things differently.
"When you have finished on the jumbo, have crib, do four hours on the bogger, hit the dry mess and then back to the donger by 8pm."
"Is that clear?"
Words have very different meanings to different people. We may all speak the same language however the meaning we allocate to the same words can be very different. Many variables affect the language we use including age, cultural background and education. Someone who did not complete a high school education may get by on as little as 500 words.
|"I have no idea of what I am supposed to have done wrong!"
Focusing on ourselves
Focusing on ourselves, and our thoughts and feelings about the communication can lead us to miss the major meaning in the message. Some of the factors that can lead to this are defensiveness, a feeling of superiority and ego.
These barriers can be thought of as filters. The message leaves the sender, passes through the filter which are all the barriers looked at above which can result in a message which is very different from the one intended. This filtering process can distort the original intention of the message offering potential opportunities for conflict to arise.


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When BATES SMART took on the job of revamping PIER ONE Gantry Restaurant and Bar, located on one of Sydney's oldest piers, they knew that lighting would play a crucial role in the design. Light Project was very happy to be involved in creating the perfect atmosphere for this luxury location.
Bates Smart was engaged to create an authentic experience that resonated with the architecture and the heritage of the site. "It's one of the oldest piers in Sydney and the materiality that goes with that certainly led to our material choices for the interior," explains Brenton Smith, studio director at Bates Smart.
The space features textured solid timber floorboards and a custom-designed bar with a striking Axolotl zinc-finished top, which counters the polished Calacutta Oro marble front. The lighting highlights the design features and creates a warm, intimate atmosphere.
Bates Smart worked with Electrolight to ensure the lighting not only suited the location but also created the sense of intimacy required for a restaurant and bar. "If the lighting is wrong, people subconsciously don't go back," says Brenton. "The lighting can feel too cool, or make you feel too exposed [for example]. It's an integral part of the overall design brief."
Donn Salisbury, director of Electrolight, sought to create the kind of lighting that would enhance the space during breakfast, lunch and throughout the evening. "We looked at how the natural light affected the space during the day and how we could enhance that. We also needed to consider how we could make all the materials sing."
Electrolight was also successful with this goal. They have lit the space to complement and enhance the elegant design. They have also created their own distinctive design additions, with pendants called Squelette, which is French for skeleton, that reference the hull of a boat.
The lighting at Pier One creates an inviting, intimate atmosphere while also referencing the distinct character of the surrounding harbour. Light Project are thrilled to have helped bring this beautiful Sydney pier-side space to life.
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