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Each Friday we will be introducing you to one player on the American Sentinel University team. Everyone works hard to make sure our students reach their goals through supporting students and constantly improving our curriculum. When our students graduate with a relevant, innovative healthcare degree we all win!
Meet Assistant Professor for Nursing, Melissa Penner, RN, DNP, MSN, MATL, CNE
What is your favorite part of being a nurse educator?
Participating in the process of student growth and witnessing the transformation is gratifying and inspiring. As nurses, we have the potential to make a profound impact on each of our patients. As a nurse educator, there is a ripple effect because each student we engage with will impact a multitude of patients, families, and communities.
What is your favorite song, or musical artist?
Michael Jackson is my all-time favorite artist. "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Imagine," "Don't Stop Believing," and "Sweet Child of Mine" are among my favorite songs.
What is your favorite inspirational quote?
I have two. "I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse." – Florence Nightingale and "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." – Zig Ziglar.
What is your favorite part about your position with American Sentinel?
Utilizing innovative educational approaches to interact with our licensed nurses. Each student brings unique perspectives and diverse practice experiences to our course work, which helps me to grow as a practitioner. I am an Associate's degree-prepared nurse and I went back to earn my BSN, so I traveled a similar academic path as many of our students.
What is something that your co-workers might be surprised to find out about you?
I only have one kidney. It was removed when I was three and I can still remember the caring nurses that were there to reassure and comfort me during my lengthy hospitalization.
What is your favorite part of Spring?
I really enjoy the daylight lasting a little longer each day and getting out to walk the trails and go to parks. I always look forward to opening the windows, hearing the birds chirp and seeing vibrant pops of color in nature.


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A tale of two leaders
To say that a new leader's style and/or persona is different from that of his predecessor may amount to a statement of the obvious. But in Nigeria, style in this context acquires a significance that is instructive beyond what may seem to be given. And in attempting a preliminary assessment of President Umaru Yar'Adua, what is emerging is the realization, now generally acknowledged, that his style is so far a radical and refreshing departure from what Nigerians experienced under former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Already Nigerians are breathing a sigh of relief as Yar'Adua in the past two months has now begun gradually and certainly to show that he is his own man. The style is the man. What defines the man conditions what he does, or says or how the public responds to him. If there is any concrete change in the Presidency that we can speak of, for now, it is the change in Presidential style.
President Olusegun Obasnajo was an authoritarian leader who left no one in doubt that he was in charge. For him, every occasion provided an opportunity to advertise the supremacy of his office. Even when this was absolutely unnecessary, he went out of his way to behave in an imperial manner. It was as if the then President needed to reassure himself of his achievement and pre-eminence at every hour, every minute and every second. Discussions with him often ended up, it was said, as a monologue in which he alone was the wise one. Any sign of independence or expression of an alternative view point was shot down from the imperial throne. There were many demonstrations of this style in the public arena. Obasanjo once asked a Christian cleric, a high-ranking official of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to shut up. On another occasion, he threatened top flog someone who disagreed with him publicly. At a meeting in London he also reportedly threatened to slap a fellow for asking a question that he considered rude.
Journalists who took part in "The President Speaks" media encounters suffered terribly in his hands. He bullied them, booed them or asked them to sit down, stand up or get out. This the leader-knows-it-all tendency and style soon became a key factor in that government's policy processes. The Presidency became the nation's centre of gravity. It overruled the courts of the land, obeying the courts only when it was convenient to do so. Special advisers were advised to keep their ideas to themselves. Political appointees were constantly reminded that they were at the mercy of the President. One other Nigerian leader had been described severally as being Machiavellian but I suppose no other leader in Nigerian history has been more Machiavellian than Obasanjo. Between 1999 and 2007, he was in many ways, the archetypal Prince.
This curious leader-people dynamic was further complicated by the emergence of mini-Obasanjos in the corridors of power. A group of Ministers and Advisers, hidden economic hit-men, self-promoting patriots, the know-it-all gang which also thought that the best way to serve the people was to bully them. Their arrogance was insufferable and infuriating. They were poor imitators; for they differed from Obasanjo in an essential respect: they lacked Obasanjo's common touch, his wit and humour, his predictability, naturalness and native intelligence which often won him the admiration of even his most ardent critics. Obasanjo's style may have been ambivalent, his methods may have been vague, but for the most part, the people knew where they stood with him. There wasn't much that he did that surprised the average Nigerian.
With President Yar'Adua, there appears to be some form of clarity and simplicity and the public appears to be somewhat excited. The new President may not be a fantastic campaigner on the political platform; he may not make quotable statements that would be transported from lips to lips for weeks on end. He may not be able to break out in an expansive dance in response to the rhythms of drum and song; he certainly may not have great stories to tell about the past and the future of Nigeria. But we can conclude that this is not a President who will threaten to slap, flog or frog-march people. He does not look like the kind of President and he is not behaving like one, who will walk people out of his office. Or ask people to shut up, sit down, or stand up as if these were the nicest words in the English dictionary. His manners are mild. In close to 60 days in office, no one can trace any act of viciousness or word of antagonism to him. President Obasanjo had hardly settled down in office when he told everyone who supported his election campaigns not to expect any favours from him! Umaru Yar'Adua does not even hug the limelight. He is so self-effacing, so soft-spoken, you may be tempted to sympathise with him.
He had assumed office on May 29 with the promise that he will be a servant-leader. He seems to be working hard at this aspiration. His body-language is according to his early admirers, pleasant. You could miss him in a crowd of his assistants. Nobody could ever miss Obasanjo's swagger, imposing presence and power-grunts. It is perhaps a function of Yar'Adua's style that in two months he has been able to handle a number of controversial incidents, including the quiet dismantling of Obasanjo's spheres of influence without attracting much attention to himself or his likely long-term motives. After what seemed like an initial bout of stage-fright, he reversed the increases in the pump prices of petroleum products and VAT.
The sale of the Kaduna and Port Harcourt refineries had also raised much dust. Without making the powerful owners of Bluestar Consortium lose face, Yar'Adua provided them a soft landing by allowing them to withdraw their purchase of the refineries with a threat that they were giving the NNPC one year to turn around the refineries "or else". But or else what? Quietly also, Yar'Adua managed to put an end to the face-off between government and ASUU. When the Supreme Court gave a ruling which rendered the April 2007 Gubernatorial elections in Anambra state null and void, the Yar'Adua Presidency made no attempt to stand in the way of the apex court. Under Obasanjo, either the Presidency or the ruling party could have overruled the Supreme Court. Yar'Adua has also ordered the release of the remaining part of the withheld funds due to local councils in Lagos state. He has also named Lagos one of the two Presidential retreats that will be used by his government. This is the same Lagos that President Obasanjo dismissed as a "jungle" and turned into a victim of partisan politics.


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|Brexit: Implications for UK Students
|Written in News & Updates on Tuesday, 09 August 2016 17:53
Brexit: The Implications for UK students
Clearly, the implications of Brexit, for both the UK and the EU, are deep, significant and far-reaching. Here, we are only attempting to look at the implications for UK students, seeking to study in Europe, in an increasingly globalised (at least, beyond the white cliffs of Dover) employment and education environment.
In discussion with European universities, EUNiCAS is certain of only one thing: there is currently high levels of uncertainty concerning these implications. UK students (and, indeed UK universities themselves) have acquired a raft of rights, through the UK's membership of the EU. Many of these are now threatened.
The above timetable will mean that students currently enrolled in EU universities are, if they are graduating in 2017 or 2018 (and possibly even later), unlikely to lose rights to provisions such as payment of the EU rate of tuition fees or local student finance. Students enrolling this year and next might benefit from an extended period of negotiations and graduate before the UK formally leaves the EU.
There is talk of the UK joining EEA or EFTA which, if they are successful, is likely to protect many of the student rights outlined below. However, to successfully join one of these free-trade organisations, the UK will likely be required to sign up to freedom of movement provisions which were at the root of the rationale for many of those seeking to leave the EU. So, it would be a risky proposition to rely on the UK becoming a member of EEA or EFTA
The following realities are starting to reveal themselves:
Tuition Fees
As EU citizens, UK students are currently able to avail of the same fees payable by students of the EU country, in which their chosen university was located. In public universities, these are invariably much lower than in the UK: free in Germany and the Scandinavian countries and only Eur1984 pa in the Netherlands. When the UK leaves the EU, UK students will become 'international students. The two countries with the most UK students, and the highest number of programmes taught through English, are the Netherlands and Denmark. In the Netherlands, the fees for international students are €6,000 - €12,000. In Denmark, they are €6,000 - €16,000. Though the fees in Germany are free, even for international students, there is only a limited range of undergraduate programmes there, taught through English. Those students studying med and veterinary programmes, usually in Italy or Central Europe can be reassured that, usually, the same fees are charged to EU, as to international students.
Some countries (and some universities) are starting to talk about exempting UK students from international fees, particularly if they have started on a programme, paying EU Fees.
Currently, UK students have the right to freedom of movement within the EU and do not need to apply for Student Visas. They will probably need to engage in this process, in the event of the UK leaving the EU which, though it can be both troublesome and sometimes expensive, will probably not be major barrier.
Student Finance
UK Student Finance cannot be currently taken abroad, though there is a campaign to extend this. As EU citizens, UK students can currently avail of local student finance in some EU countries.Several countries (e.g. Denmark and the Netherlands) have student loan systems which can be availed of by EU Citizens studying in that country. Perhaps more significant than fees issues, UK citizens will not be able to avail of these, if the UK quits the EU. It is the governments that decide this entitlement, so the universities are unlikely to have decision-making powers in this field.
Please note that some students, though paying EU fees at the beginning of their programme (e.g. years one and two) might find themselves in a situation where the UK formally leaves Europe and they are exposed to international fees in Year 3. In this situation, some universities are already discussing the possibility of introducing a 'waiver' of international fees, in these circumstances. Though, be careful, nothing is agreed yet.
Health Insurance
Currently, as EU citizens, UK students are covered under the EHIC scheme. Obviously, if the UK withdraws from the EU, students can no longer benefit from this cover, and they will have to arrange their own private health cover.
Of course there are other likely implications to students for the UK deciding to stand alone, outside Europe, including increased Travel costs, reduced access to an open Employment Market and the end of the participation of UK Universities in the Erasmus student exchange programme.
Health Professions
Currently, UK students studying subjects such as Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science, in EU universities, benefit from EU treaty provisions mutually recognising professional qualifications obtained in fellow member states. The situation, should the UK withdraw from the EU, is far from clear. Organisations such as GMC, BDA and RCVS are yet to clarify their take on likely consequences here. The British Veterinary Association has recently declared:
"In relation to the recognition of degrees, the RCVS explained that the UK could continue to opt into the existing
In summary, no-one really knows what will happen. The UK could find a way to protect the rights of its students in the EU (though US, Australian, Arabian, Indian, Chinese and other Non-EU students will clearly have something to say about that!) or, the UK might never fully leave the EU, bogged down in the minutiae of negotiating rules and regulations required for a successful departure. Parliament might get in the way, or maybe even those calling for a second Referendum will get their way!
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I am writing about a happy feeling, as I promised, but what I write may not be one of the happiest of the posts!
I am writing about a happy feeling, as I promised, but what I write may not be one of the happiest of the posts!
I always believe that the definition of a utopian society varies with who one talks to. Different people have different views on what encompasses a perfect world. In the end a world filled with challenges whether small or big is what makes things interesting. Yes, we all want to live happily ever after but what is life without any challenges whatsoever? :)ReplyDelete
True, indeed! Challenges are what makes life exciting!
Sometimes, the world we want to live in, both socially and personal, are entirely different from what we have in real and thus the definition changes from people to people.
Agree with aseem :) Utopian definition varies. Well, but Sushmita, doesn't a figment of imagination is the first step to step closer to the reality from dream ;) You just need to make it right :DReplyDelete
Firstly, I am glad to finally have a visitor from Chile !:P
And yes, imagination is necessary, if only, done right! :)
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This immaculate, updated, air conditioned, ocean view 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home is just 300 feet from child-friendly Surf Drive Beach. From the patio and living room, enjoy great views of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Sound. Walk to the beach, quaint Falmouth village and Falmouth Harbor. Short bike ride along Surf Drive Beach to Shining Sea Bike Path which is a scenic ocean view ride to Woods Hole and North Falmouth. Located on Shore Street which is one of the nicest streets in Falmouth. Washer and dryer.Cable TV,high speed internet.Outside shower facilities, Matouk bedding on all new mattresses.
Nearest beach: 150 yards
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Surf Drive Beach - only 300 ft from house!!!
View from front of house to Surf Drive Beach (approx. 300 feet)
Front of house from Shore Street
Newly painted living room
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Dining room
Bedroom #1 Queen Bed in Master Bedroom
Bedroom #2 (with bathroom)
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Calendar Last Updated: May 26, 2019
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Winter Rental $1200.00 plus utilities. This is a Saturday to Saturday vacation rental.
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Additional pricing info: Security Deposit $300.00;returned upon inspection within one week, State and local taxes of 12.45% will apply.
This house rental was a very nice experience for my wife and me. The landlord is very nice and helpful. The place was clean and nothing needed fixing for our 2 month stay--which is unusual for a rental. Wi-fi worked well, we were able to walk to town for shopping, dinner and breakfast--less than 1/2 mile to Falmouth main street. Views of Surf Drive Beach are amazing and only a 1 minute stroll away. Biking on Shining Sea bike trail is very close--and we biked on this very unique bike trail almost every day--kept us in shape :) We highly recommend this property and will be back to stay again. show more show less
Our family of 6 - including 3 teenagers - stayed at this cottage for two weeks and had a wonderful vacation. The home was exactly as described and was exceptionally clean when we arrived. It is close to everything. Surf Drive Beach is at the end of the street, and we were able to go back and forth between the cottage and the beach easily. It is a short bike ride to the Shining Sea Bike Path and we easily rode our bikes to Woods Hole on the Path. Falmouth Center has a number of nice restaurants and ice cream shops and it is very close - about a 15 minute walk or a short drive. We generally walked to the Center.The Falmouth Road Race occurred during our stay. It was busy, but quite a bit of fun as the course goes right by the house. The owners are incredibly nice and were completely responsive to any questions we had. We had a lovely vacation and would definitely return again. show more show less
We've stayed with our family at Mary's house on Shore Street several summers in a row. It's a beautiful place to stay in its own right - spacious, inviting, clean, and very homelike. There is a lot of natural light from the many windows, and there are wood walls and floors in most of the rooms. We like to cook, and the large kitchen is well stocked in terms of pots, pans, bowls, and other cooking utensils. In addition to the warmth of the house itself, the location is perfect. It's a short walk to the beach and a slightly longer but easy walk to town. You can see the sound and Martha's Vineyard from the large front window, and you're also just a few minutes' bike ride to the bike path. Finally, Mary, the owner, is very kind and helpful and has always made our teenaged children feel welcome. If you are looking for a simple, lovely rental with real Cape atmosphere, look no further; this house is just right. show more show less
My family and I just spent a week's vacation at this charming home. We were in Falmouth for a family wedding and then a vacation. This is a great house in an awesome location. It is clean, spacious and very comfortable. All the amenities are there, and it is perfect for entertaining family and friends. There is plenty of room for indoor and outdoor dining. The view from the home is Nantucket Sound, and sunsets are beautiful. It is a short walk to town, and the beach is right there as well. Falmouth and the surrounding area offer everything including good dining, shopping and entertainment. Mary, the owner of this charming home, is so helpful as well. show more show less
We just returned from a week in this home and my family of 6 adults absolutely loved it and would definitely return. It is a "home away from home" and the location is absolutely perfect. You can go back and forth to the beach in minutes and it's just a short walk to the center for shopping and dining. Spotless home with every convenience. Hope to return next year!
This is a wonderful summer home. Spacious, very clean and well kept, delightful yard and walk to everything. Walk to Surf Beach or town. Great kitchen and house, spacious yard. You'll love it!
My family and I have just completed another fantastic vacation at this warm, wonderful home. It really is not at all like a vacation rental, but rather it is a "feel right at home" place. The house is light and airy, the kitchen is modern and fully equipped and everything is immaculate. The owner, Mary P., is so easy to deal with and does not intrude on you while you are there, yet is readily available if you need her. We have been renting in Falmouth for 40+ yrs. and my daughter said last week,"This is the nicest place we have ever stayed!"Add to that the nearness of the beach & the beautiful Shining Way Bike Path.... a touch of Heaven. show more show less
Location, location, location! Prime spot just steps away from the beach and a short walking or biking distance to town, restaurants, shops, bike path, and ferry to Martha's Vineyard! A very spacious and comfortable home, with a great view of the Vineyard! We will definitely be returning! Thanks for a terrific stay!
We thoroughly enjoyed our week in this immaculate house. The bedrooms were in the back of the house away from the living areas which made them nice and quiet. The livingroom was nice and bright and the patio very sunny and pleasant. We loved walking to Surf Drive Beach.
"This is an amazing find! Immaculate, fully equipped home with beautiful views of Vineyard Sound. Fabulous, convenient location! Steps to Surf Drive Beach and a short walk to town where we enjoyed delicious dinners and great shopping! We also enjoyed the close proximity to the Shining Sea Bike Path. Thank you for a wonderful stay! Perfect home for a relaxing vacation at the beach! We look forward to returning next year. Highly Recommended!!


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Journal of Animal Science and Technology is the official journal of the Korean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology. The Korean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology (KSAST) was founded in 1956 and was remodelled through an alliance with the Korean Society of Dairy Science, Animal Nutrition and Feedstuffs, Animal Genetics and Breeding, and the Animal Science in the year of 2000.
Sitting in the beds of their dorm rooms, many students are able to review lectures that they have missed on their laptops as well as discuss assignments amongst fellow peers. At Ray Middle School… then you can use this topic to earn a $20 Tech in the News Payday! While many educators have expressed goodwill toward the use of technology in the classroom, others are resistant to change. Looking back in time, we realize how much our lives have changed due to the fruits of technology. Here are some more benefits of assistive technology that the educational sector has witnessed. A paper on page 168 of this issue, for example, takes single-molecule-imaging technology one step further — into living cells — opening up new avenues for monitoring protein-protein interactions in real time. The revolution in technology has given rise to chat rooms, discussion rooms, personalized web pages and online databases. One kind of technology seems beneficial only until a technological advancement does not occur.
In the world of the business, the use of technology has been even more dramatic. Choi has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Animal Science and Technology since 2012. Of course, in order for the advances in technology to be effectively used, people will need to equip themselves with the right tools and accessories. There can be specialists in different businesses who need information technology. New also technology allows for a faster, more efficient, and more interactive classroom experience. When you attempt to keep your IT services in house, information technology needs to be handled by your existing staff, their efficiency will drop. A nation's economic growth can be measured according to the level of technology.
The rise and innovation of technology coupled with unhealthy diets accounts for two thirds of Americans being obese or overweight! Handicapped students, students that have to travel a lot, and students with jobs can now complete their degrees wherever they go with a flexible schedule and often at their own pace. Thank you to all the women who have given their time and effort for these articles and interviews.
People can communicate with each other on the move, and there are no limitations anymore to the benefits of information technology. According to the study by CompTIA, 27 percent of K-12 educators believe obstacles, such as budgetary restraints, will make the adoption of new technology more difficult during the next 12 months. Due to technological changes, the dependency upon technology has increased many folds. Dr. Choi is currently a Professor at the School of Biotechnology at YeungNam University in South Korea. NPG Announces Results of Article-Sharing Trial The company will continue to offer on-platform sharing of full-text NPG articles using ReadCube's enhanced PDF technology. Roughly 65 percent of educators surveyed also believe that students are more productive today than they were three years ago due to the increased reliance on technology in the classroom. Students can pick their own curriculum with ease, and set their own personal targets.


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Meet Pauline Perreault
As Chief Engagement Officer, I feel it is important that you know a few key things about me:
- I prefer to develop long-term relationships. A stand alone workshop might feel good in the moment, but the novelty (and expected results) wear off quickly.
- I'm a change agent in the pursuit of excellence. I can help identify what is working right; however, I get the most jazzed about your areas for potential growth.
- I work best in one-on-one meetings, team sessions and as a public speaker. My strengths include building relationships, facilitating, coaching and public speaking.
- I'm relentlessly passionate about contributing to my community and volunteer well over 300 hours a year. I value spending time with youth and exposing them to the world of leadership and personal development.
If you have had the pleasure of being part of a "dream team" then you are:
A. Probably searching for a way to get that feeling back, or
B. Reminiscing about the good ol' days.
I have dedicated myself to helping you and your staff create that team – a team that is highly productive, brings energy to the workplace, has a surplus of creative energy and ideas, offers fantastic trust and rapport and brings out the best in you.
I think we all want to avoid that all-too-familiar apathy that is prevalent in the workplace. Apathy was actually the inspiration for Jump Outta Bed. Apathy was killing my workplace, and I saw my opportunity to intervene. I got tired of watching my colleagues rip pages out of "joke" retirement calendars…."3,454 days to go!"
I started taking notes about leadership and strategies that bring employees into the fold. I also took notes as to what actions turned them away. What I learned went into the formulation of Jump Outta Bed Workplace Strategies. I help build strong teams, high trust, equipped leaders and engaged staff.
Ultimately, I think it is important to work for an organization that gets you excited. Given that you spend the majority of your waking time at work, perhaps you would agree? Together, we can build a workplace that makes you and your team want to Jump Outta Bed and start the work day.
I feel very privileged to do what I do. I love helping organizations attract and develop their talent.
If my story resonates with you then let's talk about what I can do for you!


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At TechEd, we introduced a number of exciting changes in addition to release of a new service which is first of its kind amongst all cloud service providers. If you missed the talk on Azure Storage service at TechEd, you can view it here. Here is a brief list of things we spoke about:
- A new service called Azure Files
- Increase in storage capacity limits to 500 TB per storage account for existing and new accounts.
- Increase in storage bandwidth limits to 10 Gibps Ingress and 30 Gibps Egress per storage account located only in U.S regions for existing and new accounts.
- General availability of our Import/Export Service
- A new REST version 2014-02-14 that includes Azure Files and a new Shared Access Signature (SAS) feature that allows users to control the REST protocol version used to process the request independent of the SAS token version.
We are also releasing an updated Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 4.0 here that supports the features listed above and can be used to exercise the new features. In addition, a new version of the Storage Emulator 3.2 can be found in here that supports the new Storage version for Azure Blob, Azure Table and Azure Queue. Note that the emulator does not support Azure Files.
Introducing Microsoft Azure Files
Microsoft Azure Files provides a file share in the cloud via SMB 2.1 protocol. This file share can be used by applications in the cloud to share files between VM instances within a same region. In addition, it provides a REST interface for the file share to be accessed from anywhere at the same time the files are being accessed by VMs via SMB. More details can be found at in this blog and this MSDN page.
Increase in storage limits
All storage accounts in all regions now get 500 TB capacity per storage account.
In addition we have increased the bandwidth limits for storage accounts located in US regions to the following:
For Geo Redundant Storage (GRS) Accounts
- Ingress=10 Gibps
- Egress=20 Gibps
For Local Redundant Storage (LRS) Accounts
- Ingress=20 Gibps
- Egress=30 Gibps
Bandwidth per storage accounts in other regions remains unchanged. More details in here.
General Availability of our Import/Export service
Our import/export service is exiting preview and now available in Europe and Asia Pacific regions too. Customers need not apply for tokens and can now import/export data from/to storage accounts by shipping disks. More details can be found at this blog post.
Changes in Shared Access Signatures (SAS)
Before we go into more details about the change, we will briefly describe the versioning scheme in Azure Storage and what Shared Access Signature (SAS) is.
Shared Access Signature
Shared Access Signatures (SAS) are pre-authenticated tokens with which clients can provide access to intended storage resources with specific permissions and without having to share their secret keys. This authentication model is very useful for scenarios like mobile applications, services that require access to storage resources but cannot store secret keys because of security or compliance. Owner of storage resource can control the following parameters while creating a SAS token:
- The resources that user can access using the token
- The start and end time for access
- The permissions (like read/write etc.) allowed
Anyone who has the SAS token can access the resources allowed with the provided permissions on the resource(s). More information can be found in this MSDN page.
Applications typically use a single REST version to perform their REST calls to Azure Storage. The storage service introduces a new version whenever new service features are added or breaking changes (syntax or semantics) in the protocol occur. Applications can control the REST version via the x-ms-version header. However for SAS, the query parameter sv is used as the SAS authentication version and as the request processing version. It is worth noting that sv is determined by the application generating the SAS token. This could be a problem when clients using SAS token to access storage resources may want a different version than the one specified in sv.
https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list&sv=2013-08-11&si=readpolicy&sig=a39 %2BYozJhGp6miujGymjRpN8tsrQfLo9Z3i8IRyIpnQ%3d
Changes in 2014-02-14 version
As mentioned before, SAS token specifies an sv query parameter which decides the version used for interpreting the SAS parameters and the REST protocol. This introduces a problem for applications in which a service generating the SAS token and client service consuming the SAS token version use different versions of storage REST APIs.
To resolve this issue, we have decoupled the versioning of a SAS token from the REST protocol version. Starting in version 2014-02-14 (i.e. sv=2014-02-14), we have introduced a new query parameter api-version that can be appended by client applications dependent on SAS tokens to specify which protocol version that storage service should use to process the request.
https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list&sv=2014-02-14&si=readpolicy&sig=a39 %2BYozJhGp6miujGymjRpN8tsrQfLo9Z3i8IRyIpnQ%3d&api-version="2012-02-12"
Hence these are the different parameters that control versioning in a URL to a SAS protected resource:
- SignedVersion (sv) query parameter within a SAS token that defines the SAS version to use for authentication and authorization and interpret any SAS parameter that impacts authentication or authorization. This is what SAS generators would set.
- API version (api-version) query parameter to define the REST protocol version to use. Client applications using SAS token should set this value to lock to a given storage service version.
More information can be found here in MSDN.
Let's use the ListBlobs API as an example to see how the version is interpreted. ListBlobs protocol changed starting with 2013-08-11 in which the Uri of the blob was removed from the protocol body. Client library for versions before 2013-08-11 expected this Uri to be present.
Using SAS version 2014-02-14, here are two possible scenario that can occur, controlled by the consumer of the SAS token.
- List Blobs using sv=2014-02-14 version and no api-version override.
https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list&sv=2014-02-14&si=readpolicy&sig=a39 %2BYozJhGp6miujGymjRpN8tsrQfLo9Z3i8IRyIpnQ%3d
In here, the service will authenticate and authorize access using 2014-02-14 SAS version and will also execute the API using the same 2014-02-14 for the protocol.
- List Blobs using sv=2014-02-14 version and api-version override.
https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list&sv=2014-02-14&si=readpolicy&sig=a39 %2BYozJhGp6miujGymjRpN8tsrQfLo9Z3i8IRyIpnQ%3d&api-version=2013-08-11
Here, the service will authenticate and authorize using 2014-02-14 version and execute the API using 2013-08-11 of the protocol. Hence clients using Storage client library versioned 2013-08-11 will work.
Best Practices
For generating SAS tokens, the recommendation would be to use the Storage Client library 4.0 or later for generating the SAS tokens and return the token as is to clients like the below code snippet:
CloudStorageAccount account = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(cxnString);
CloudBlobClient blobClient = account.CreateCloudBlobClient();
CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("demo");
CloudBlockBlob blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference("phot.jpg");
string sasToken = blob.GetSharedAccessSignature(
new SharedAccessBlobPolicy()
Permissions = SharedAccessBlobPermissions.Read | SharedAccessBlobPermissions.Write,
SharedAccessExpiryTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(1)
// return the token as is or if it is Uri needs to be handed out then
// return blob.Uri.AbsoluteUri + sasToken;
return sasToken;
For SAS Consumers, the recommendations are as follow:
- For applications using Storage client library 2.0 and above: client libraries will just work when client applications are using SAS tokens that have sv set to 2014-02-14 or later.
- For applications building their own REST protocol implementation: When a token with sv is set to version 2014-02-14 or later, you can append api-version query parameter and set it to the needed version.
Please do use this version and provide us feedback via comments on this blob or Azure Storage MSDN forum.
Microsoft Azure Storage Team
Microsoft Azure Files MSDN documentation
MSDN release notes for version 2014-04-14
Introducing Microsoft Azure File Service
Announcing Microsoft Azure Import/Export Service GA
Storage .NET Client Library 4.0 for 2014-04-14 version


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Here at Family Scholar House, our mission is to empower families and youth to succeed in education and achieve life-long self-sufficiency. We believe that the key to empowering our families is to help them acquire the "tools" they need to become self-sufficient and enter the professional world with pride and success when they graduate.
A critical focus of our academic programming is on career preparation. We offer workshops and hands on support with resumes, professionalism, interviewing and networking to meet each individual's unique needs. Each Spring, prior to graduation, we have an FSH Career Fair on our campus, where participants can apply all of their professional skills and spend time with a variety of local employers across different fields of work.
Leading up to the Fair, students are encouraged to attend a series of "review" workshops, where we go over some of the skills we have worked on throughout their time as both pre-residents and residents. FSH Resident Sharon attended the Fair and all of the workshops leading up to it. Afterwards she shared, "The career fair was a very informative experience for me. I'm looking to go back into the banking industry and there were very knowledgeable employers there in this field. The career fair is something you do not want to miss. This is a great way to get more information on what your interests are. This is also an amazing networking opportunity!" In order to prepare for professional opportunities like this one, participants may also schedule time to go to Linda's Closet our in house professional clothing closet where stylists will help them put together business professional outfits that leave both our women and men exuding confidence from head to toe.
The day of the Fair is uniquely structured. Participants initially begin in a room full of coaches ready to do one last quick resume review and career consultation. These coaches come from our local college and Universities' Career and Writing Centers. This type of support is aligned with our philosophy of providing not just the opportunities, but the support our families need to become self-sufficient.
Entering the Fair, participants are greeted by warm, eager professionals from the community many of whom who have become familiar with FSH through volunteering at Speed Mentoring and coordinating or having students job shadow. One of the most important parts of our career programming is allowing our participants, many of whom are first generation college students, to learn about professions they may not have ever considered. FSH Resident Shana shared, "It enabled me to stretch out my options for the future. Its a blessing to know that we are loved and valued," after attending the Fair.
Thank you to the participants in this year's Career Fair: UPS, Louisville Metropolitan Police Department, The Software Guild, GE, Norton Healthcare, Code Louisville, PNC, ComputerShare, Helping Hands Companion Care, Republic Bank, Kentucky Refugee Ministry, Spalding University Career and Civic Engagement Center, University of Louisville Writing Center and University of Louisville Career Development Center.
If your organization is interested in participating in career programming or our next Career Fair please contact Helene Trager-Kusman email@example.com.


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canadianCUBING is pleased to announce the canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011 speedcubing competition. The competition will be held on June 04, 2010, at Seneca College's Residence and Conference Centre, which is located at 1750 Finch Ave. East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J 2X5.
Similar to last year, this competition will focus on Big Cube events, ranging from 2x2x2 all the way up to 7x7x7. There is a bonus, non cube related event as well.
Once again, we are in the Oasis Room, which is located to the far right of the building (when facing it). The Oasis Room has its own doors towards the entrance of the driveway.
Please refer to the map provided for information on how to get to the venue once on the Seneca premises. It will be held in Building I on the map.
This is an official WCA event, and as such all official regulations will be followed. Please take some time to read them over before the day of the competition, especially if you have never competed before.
Click here to access the registration form. Registration for the competition will close on June 1st, 2011. Please be sure to register online to take advantage of the early bird pricing. See the Cost section for details.
The cost to competitors that register online before the close date will be our standard pricing model. You will pay $10 to compete in one event. Each additional event will cost $2 to a max of $20.
If you do not register online before the close of the registration period, you can still register the morning of the competition. The price at that time, however, is $15 for the first event, $2 per additional event with no maximum fee. So be sure to register online. You can edit your events using the link found in you the email sent to you after registering.
Parking on the day of the competition will be complementary in lot P10 on the map above. But you need to stop at Building I and go in to the registration table first to pick up the pass. If you do not pick up the pass, the cost will be $8, so make sure you stop for the pass.
Cost for spectators at the competition is free of charge. So please come out and watch some of the fastest speedcubers in the country compete.
The following is a list of the events currently offered at the competition.
The top three placements will be recognized for their achievements. All three will receive a certificate and first place in an event will also get a puzzle.
There are several options for lunch. There is a Subway in the same building as the competition, a cafeteria within walking distance of the conference room, and a convenience room as well. Feel free to bring your own food and drink to save costs. We will stop for half an hour for lunch in the middle of the day.
There will be an after party for the competitors and their guests that will commence following the awards ceremony in the same room as the competition. We will offer pizza with a variety of choices, if you would like something specific, leave the information in the comments section of your registration. We will have vegetarian pizzas available, as well. The cost is included in your registration fee.
If you are coming from out of town, we may be able to arrange for you to stay at one of our local cubers' houses. Contact us to let us know, and we will put you in contact with some of the willing cubers.
Additionally, the venue has accommodations on site for those out of town guests. The cost is an extremely reasonable $69.95 a night, plus applicable taxes, which includes a continental breakfast. Each suite offers two double beds, internet access, telephone, and cable TV. There is an additional charge of $5 for overnight parking. To book online, or find the number to call, visit their website. We suggest booking as soon as possible, as it is subject to availability.
canadianCUBING have a merchandise booth set up for you to purchase equipment and supplies for your cubing needs. We accept cash only. It is on a first come, first serve basis. We cannot guarentee any items.
We are always looking for dedicated people to donate their time and efforts to these competitions. We need scramblers and judges for every round of every event. It is a great opportunity for parents, siblings, friends, or anyone that wants to come and be involved but does not want to compete yet. We will provide training the morning of the competition for those wishing to help out. It is not difficult, so don't be afraid!
For anyone that volunteers and helps out for an entire competition, we will act as a reference if you wish to put this on your resume or college application. We will also sign any high school volunteer hour sheets provided you work the entire competition. But you must arrange this with us before the competition. Contact us here if you plan to help out.


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Publisher: Entangled Brazen
Publication Date: June 10, 2013
Source: Netgalley* via publisher
Rating: 4/5 stars
Get it: Amazon | B&N | Kobo
The harder they play…the harder they fall.
After publicly self-destructing over a heartbreak a year ago, bestselling romance writer Piper James is now making nice with her publisher by agreeing to teach Hollywood's favorite action star how to act like he's in love. Only playboy Mick Blackwell has no clue what love looks like.
When a seductive heat ignites between Piper and Mick, she jumps at the chance for a bit of fun between the sheets, but with two stipulatons: she¹s kept out of the public eye and things end when she returns to New York. Only Mick keeps changing the rules on her. Tempted by America's favorite bad boy, Piper is wondering how far she's willing to bend…
My Review
Playing the Part was such a charming, passionate and romantic story. I was pretty much hooked the moment Piper mentioned she wanted to "mentally bitch-slap her inner whiner." Putting a smile on my face very early on in the book, I was freaking sold on Robin Covington's writing.
Main female protagonist Piper James was my spunky, classy, confident New York Times Bestseller, I want to be her freaking friend of my dreams! She could totally keep spouting out her inner monologues of melodrama any time because it was funny. I liked that Piper was apparently flawed, learning from her past mistakes and trying to move on. She had enough energy and pizzazz to go around. Piper had the perfect mix of playful attitude and naughty girl sex appeal going on. She really took a chance on Mick, encouraged him, believed in him, and didn't take his crap for even a second. She was always dishing it right back and even in her weakest moments, I still found her to be brave and strong. She had a lot of patience and understanding that I admired a lot. She was just so comfortable in her skin and anyone who had the balls to go after their cheating ex is on top of my girls who kick ass list.
I couldn't think of a better hero to pair with Piper James other than the man named the most sexiest in America, Mick Blackwell. He was an arrogant, smooth as a baby's bottom playboy who doesn't do relationships and love, but tells his ladies straight up how it is. I loved that he was passionate and gave importance to his acting career. Though he loved being in the spotlight with all the attention, Mick wanted to prove that he could be more than an action star. It wasn't just fame and fortune, but his serious devotion to acting. I really admired that out of Mick. He was a great guy who was sexy, but tender and gentle too.
The writing in Playing the Part was solid with an amazing flow. Covington's characters really come off the page as well. I thought the sex scenes were hot, but I loved even more how the relationship between Piper and Mick was deeper, more dominant despite it starting off as sex only. I loved the aspects of two different forms of entertainment coming together and how their world collided. I also enjoyed the drama and craziness that came along with Mick's fame. Covington excellently portrayed how easily privacy can be violated in that type of job. I also found Playing the Part to be a lot more romantic because of Mick and Piper and the gestures one another made to make their relationship work.
Overall, I enjoyed reading Playing the Part. It was a great romantic love story that definitely kept me entertained until the end.
*Thanks to Entangled for sending a copy for review purposes
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Good afternoon. John and showed great here in the studio glad to be here today man they after Saint Patrick's Day opened everybody's gone okay. And texting intact check sit over here doing one last message before we and get things rolling that you believe it or not this is actually. And I'm trying to get something done for the call up OK so you know. Among I'm a guy your helper guy who does things John K well we appreciate make things happen. Oh man. As an anniversary. Has come up for. A family. The Greenville police department and are just that the city of green for the community. That is. Our lovely. You know city yet banks angering dale. And today marks the one year anniversary of the the line of duty death of officer Alan Jacobs which is a an event that. Shook up a lot of people. In this community across the state and from the turnout. His funeral service I mean people from. All over the country. Even some officers from other countries attended. And now so we're gonna start our show today talking. About this the the impact avid the ripple effects now a year out from that sad day here in Greenville. But the first thing we're gonna do in honor of this one year anniversary of the line of duty death of officer Alan Jacobs is to observe a moment of silence. Now a lot. A lot changed for me. Now last year and again not to make this. The self centered thing about admit the the impact that say a lot that. Having done this show for a couple years now and have no. And people. Who serve is a law enforcement officers. But having done this show more more closely with my buddy here chuck Porter. Two was a law enforcement officer. The impact. Of of that event was more significant to me then. What it had ever been before and stopping by the memorial player with his his unit that was part dammit the bottom of the hill along stone avenue and and going there and seeing it. The the impact the loss of one good man or woman. Really. Affects us all because it's not only the Jacobs family who we ask that she keep them in in your thoughts and prayers as anybody that's ever had a traumatic loss. A note there's no easy day things just get a little easier but there anniversaries and especially the first anniversaries. Are always the toughest. So we ask that you would keep the Jacobs family in your thoughts in your prayers and those officers that work closely with him. Who are. You know Disco onto them endure and hopefully you know get through this. One year anniversary. Is part of their grieving and recovery process that. You know just as a community the impact the outpouring of the emotion of generosity. I I think was incredible as. A citizen and resident here as somebody who has public forum like we do here with a salute to service show to CD. The outpouring of emotion the outpouring of that support in the forms of cards and letters the out pouring of of offers to assist the Jacobs family things you know what professional services coming in dental offices and other. A professional. Groups that you know medical in otherwise offering you know to do things to to help that family. Sustaining them and more of a a physical way. There but certainly. Those those outpour means of of support and and kindness have an emotional effect on. Well not just the Stanley but the people that day. They'd get involved and I'll never forget one of the gestures siren call from years ago having you know lost my brother. To suicide and struggling going through that that guy a guy walked up to me one day. And I was talk human and another co worker about. The first weekend coming up that my wife and daughters were going to be weighs in I was gonna be kind of air along. Leftists do by myself and my own thoughts they're at at the house. And I just was really worried about what am I gonna do to occupy my mind and a guy came up didn't say a word just put his hand on my shoulder. And gave it a little squeeze. And walked off and in just the impact of that and thinking about how the people. That got involved. With the the the outpouring. Support in and emotion and and goodwill to this faintly. And best that moved me. Tremendous. You know it doesn't it doesn't take much. In the way of kind acts and it doesn't have to be even an overt kind acting can be something innocent lives is what you experienced in. I can remember. Last year Stan announced that memorial. Is Stoner is there a daily seeing I was with a couple guys that I worked with the sheriff's office and you know we were. Kind of reflecting on things while we were standing there in this this lady walked up and said you know I had won which no I'm sorry for your loss. I mean that she and OS from Adam's house cat yeah. And she didn't know that I am you know retire here you know no longer. An active duty again be the way to say it but. She felt. Compelled to say that in it was it was heartfelt for. And it's I mean those are. Encouraging things to hear and in into the experience and an. You know last year when when this happened. And never I. I told myself after the first time I went through it did you know that's funny thing ever want to experience again unfortunately. You know he's been long enough doing the job done. You do. I'm just just the nature of the beast. But I know firsthand what the gadgets grumble police department word we're going through what they were dealing with them. The unfortunate part is you're really. Nothing you can say or do. It's going to. Turn right the wrong. You know what I'm saying yeah I mean no matter no matter how kind gesture. You still got you've still got that void. East you've still got the void you still you still have the pain and the hurt it and thanks again three I mean that's. In and it's trite as it sounds. I can't say it's it's true. That in some some of the tragic losses that I've had that share with you guys here on the show before you know losing. Brother and a brother and on both to suicide. Very shocking and tragic events. To have to go through bit. You get through it a little bit. At first. Minute by minute then our our day to day in and week to week that eventually time. I heard really never goes away that hole shall always in your heart bit bit. The passing of time and enough water will flow under the bridge that you do begin to accept. That life must go along absolute and ended and indeed it does. Now tell you one of the one of the most difficult things to think one of the most prolific moments. In my life. Was the first troll call back to work after we lost one of our guys it was on my platoon him. And you know Sonoma in the mustering the sheriff's office where we met every day before word when there was station after night shift and he said no you don't have assigned seats but everybody kinda sits in the Seattle plays everyday towards an area and in looking up and in CN. His seat and the and in knowing you know he's not only. Got sick he's not working the desk. He's just not going to be there. And that it I mean. It's a hard pill to swallow. But not like you said you learned. You accepted me move on them and and I guess if if I took anything away from those experiences. It's that I wanna live. Every day worthy of the sacrifice that those people made for me. They Dayton they gave up there are so I didn't have to give up mine you know somebody if that are on that day in that place in that hour. Was gonna die. There's no two ways about that as just the way the world works. And they stepped up. And for lack of a better word sacrifice themselves. On that day in that place in that hour so the somebody else didn't have to. Well in as we. Like teach a course share promote things that are going on here in the community got a message from a listener. That morning side Baptist Church this morning side Baptist Church at 1115. Pelham road hearing Greenville tomorrow marks the nineteenth at 10:30 AM. There have an emblem white Sunday. The announcement says that morning side we love our community especially the law enforcement personnel who serve and protect us. We invite you to join us in honoring our officers and their families we also have a memorial tribute to fallen officer Alan Jacobs and his family as morning sandbags church tomorrow. At 10:30 AM and this also gives us an opportunity to talk about an idea. That my wife she says she plugged. Presented to me early on in the asleep surveys show. History. And of course your mom had suggested to you yeah. That we're trying to piece together but we need your help. And that is were wanting to put together a show where it is the spy houses. Of law enforcement officers of paramedics firefighters EMTs. Active duty. Military and we know that's kind of going to be may be at a thin market here very active duty in this area Mitt. Maybe year the the spouse of a you some by this just come off active duty or was career military. Able you know war and were wanting to put together a show where we have. The stories in the perspective. Of the other half of the equation. Brought out they're just does stir some good conversation. And provoke thought on on the part of the listeners out there so that's something now we're looking towards getting together so if you are interested in being part of that or know somebody who might be. You can since their information. Get to the 16 read a BO RD web site their show information iron or contact email or. Messages on FaceBook FaceBook dot com slash W a RD. Salute service. That. That is truly going to be interesting there's a John and I are discussed in this for the show and and you know we few weeks ago we did the the the case of the it deputy Porter in the case of the this and the house. You know if you don't hate it when you're in the middle of doing these things is a police officer is you know military or whatever you don't think about it you think about the task at hand you know you're doing the job. My wife is sitting at home. Watching TV year you know ten and to the children murdered you know think Kirsten my name or whatever she does when not if there. And here I am. It is stupid as all get out flounder around through an empty house with a corpse and it somebody's called 911 from. All countries so often a little political firestorm. Yeah and she's got no idea yeah and I'm thinking to myself now what is she. If she if she knew. And though the hard part is her imagination has to be run in wild fish got no idea what I'm doing yet. So yeah I think I think this is going to be a good opportunity to get some good perspective. Contrary. And and and to know what. What the spouses they can and you know husbands wives even the kids. You know your mom or dad a cop and how does that impact your life yet it's man that's going to be interesting. And we need your help out there to pull that one off. Well get in touch winners they'll do what we come back Second Amendment protection act for veterans man this has been in the news lately has apparently you know. Fewest in the media we're gonna get crazy people guidance for just gonna have her out that's all there is I guess what we did what we do sell a stay tuned for that slid service. 1063 WORD wood chuck and John. We'll be right back. I. Welcome back it's a salute to service John Turner check Porter getting. On. With the normal stuff now. 1803471063. That is the Eagles told free advantage talk line common sense retirement planning attacks on if you got some say. But don't wanna go on the air with us and we don't know why that would be were really not it's. It pink and people but it got if you want it X got several techsters who won't text is that refused in the moment well they wanna argue even when we text them back. Yeah because we we we can do that you know the technology exists and if you got some say in your little shy Nolan on wireless. Common sense retirement planning tax on 71307. All right. If you watch the news much here and listen and talk radio much we hope you spend more time listening talk radio than watching television he and you have heard some Democrats. People like Elizabeth antsy at about. Connecticut. You would think. That what congress is trying to do is Jess put firearms in the hands of crazy group people yes crazy person yeah going to. This is gonna give him the Republicans want to give guns making it easier for crazy people. To get gun wasn't here then tell you would think that they're just gonna go to their house and and give them you know like. Ran an automatic right exactly exactly or there is. You know. Vans full of bring end. Newt will not shiny bit brand new a news clocks yeah and in that are just were awaiting the Republicans are waiting for the bill to pass and they can go around and and hand out firearm you Daniels is definitely getting goes gun and you get a goes on everybody gets it goes guy and I'll God's shouldn't get a guy who's. But what this is actually about. Bill HRE 1181. Veterans. Second Amendment protection act. What this bill is about it's about protecting. The Second Amendment Rights. Of our veterans. Him. Or whatever the reason might be whether. Might p.'s. Some team. From. An injury he. Or natural aging or just the confusion of having to deal sometimes with your. Modern day 84 finances and VA benefits and things like that bureaucracy that is as well yeah yeah yeah it will I think something else that star yeah yeah that game ease the word. If the VA he found out you were using a a counselor a financial advisor a somebody operating campus like Colin. In addition few this year he roll something that's somebody's looking out for your interest with your finances in your VA benefits off. Your copy here incompetent so were going to send your name over to the FBI not to get on the the knicks system. And air for you can't go purchase a firearm and in fact did some rulings may take place injured leaned. The incompetent enough that if you have. Firearms may be an old fouling peace shotgun something you know bolt action in a deer rifles some like that that those should be taking taken away from noon. Now what's interesting about this. Is just actually this this week we had. Some email communication with somebody that that you know we've been. Top and a lot about the veterans choice program. And how all you know some veterans are using that to get medical assistance and cared he's coming got a situation going on well with that with some surgery that he had done. But he is using a advisor. To donate LB Nacchio navigate this process so. Mom. Is he at risk if this bill doesn't pass aren't a 'cause once our last east knee surgery or something that he's got such a a counselor and advisors somebody working in a capacity to help him navigate this. Would he therefore be caught up in this bureaucratic mess of being deemed. Incompetent. In the air for it should be referred to the knicks a list well I think somewhere on the order of was 85 and 90% I'm not behind for 90% of the referrals. To the FBI for the nexus the Fuzzy element of that national. All in your that cop but it's. Now they're eight national if you ask me I can't pay to have an all time. So it's it's the it's a background check is a background check system is an easy one to what a name and what a time to have but efficiency right now and but that 90% of the referrals to the FBI to go in that database come from the the end came from the VA. And so you've. Again just because somebody may be in and not okay we gotta be careful here I'm not trying to be eight gist. Or an able lists and don't don't get triggered about what I'm about to say. But if you're somebody out there let's say in year. Her 68723. Four years old whatever. And you are you still get your wits about you enough in Europe the save and you know Vietnam vet that the as some things then you're no good an on line mate you're just no gauge and get it online banking I checked my phone stuff. And doing some things with the VA just really edgy confused as you were never real good with. In a paperwork and bureaucracy steps so you have somebody to assist you with baton. But I do you're in danger of being. Referred. To the FBI to be added to the you know do not sell list. Yes and so what this bill is aiming to do and thanks to some people with a little bit common sense is not often we praise politicians. But. The guy who is pushing this through representative. Along with a lot of other people wrapped Phil wrote that's ROE Phil rove Republican at a Tennessee's chairman of that. House committee on veterans affairs. What they're trying to do is make this so that. You could still beat anybody could still be deemed incompetent. And in need of some assistance and therefore have some restrictions placed on the but this needs to go move before a judge. This does not need to be steps a a bureaucrat a clerk within the VA system. Referring you to the FBI just because you've got somebody assisting you with your finances and and keeping your VA staff squared away. Brett what they're doing right now in essence is in putting the burden of proof. On. The defendant yes Kate in Indiana for lack of a better. Phrased. So you and essence. Lose your rights and in then have to prove to the government that they are wrong UN DU war in fact capable or. Confident enough to to handle your own affairs and in regards to firearms and it's an. Slowly the reverse of due process it is it. Argument you know with Jack common sense gun control that we heard so much about still days. It's like well you know where's the due process that that became a big and valid argument my. That was presented by a lot of people will the same thing applies here. To veterans. You know just because you may need some guidance and some help and and in this day and time this content does those things are who doesn't need some guy. And it's. We're and where does one cross that line of idea meeting yeah I need some guidance and ate like this. Gentlemen that's been in touch with the heat he needs some help navigating this convoluted process on the choice program. Importing U where's it this is suddenly had a danger that oh absolutely hear you that we need to refer this how was in a different note due process he loses his Second Amendment right how is it. I mean look what Eliza why yeah different than the other action that college did not be referred to know exactly. When we come back we've got Randy weight on the line our hair lady waiting to talk to my own reality that and we'll we'll carry on this conversation and general Mattison in climate change if include assert this one a 63 Debbie Doherty check in John we'll be right back in until we. I it's my favorite injury. Is this are my favorite intra is that general Mattis. Chaos on the line. The Rolling Stones and some generation kill for you out there my god that's general Mattis what is he doing here. One of the greatest scenes in generation kill yes Matty should manage shows up. Welcome back salute to service John Turner cheque order here you are listening to 163 WORD. The F states talk station and patiently hanging on to talk about some. VA related issues Randy. Randy welcome to the show. And John they joke. Understand goat tripped at a beauty. It's real lists past Monday. And let them form and that old feel would use. The CDC so worried about the days yeah. They're going to start cutting back drastically on pain medication use these huge commitment. And I go out and you've got your hey I'm gonna yeah yeah. You. Know you're restricted in or I medications actually did some. Turn it is playing. Classes and all of a war. They manage pain pain management stuff if Randy it's not just veterans either man and my mother dealing with this thing right now going through her her cancer treatment the the doctor. Are. Bashful I guess to write anything hoping you're related. It and it is. I don't I don't mean to sound like an apology after Ernie thing that there there is a bad hole the only problem. As it relates to dependency into heroin abuse in and you know there's a massive number of people right now that are that are abusing these things. In it and also unfortunately is affecting the people like you day. Surely depend really need to ask yeah. Now as one of those ripple effects where we've had the especially within the VA and I'm sure it's not just VA healthcare system that other civilians. Institution as well. Where it's that OP always abuse and theft yet from staff that has become a huge problem and so you know their restricting it and that way than through part of the regulations that are affecting health care industry overall. And of course like you're talking about Randy with the VA being able to actually. Getting yourself. You know as a as a patient and it's. What it is perhaps landing Howard when you Harry you've the only. The big thing is some heat they get the word out to the other veteran that listening in that if I have movement into the VA and place. The last strip all month so they go back up there for another appointment. And I got a new doctor and it stemmed from her medication used to be reviewed. The amount will get probably not have been there pain medications renewed got a lot of these new doctor hardly been even the document as at that direction whatsoever. And now. You know if I can understand that vote partially and I. I English trio. Of abuse or something like the cup but governor. I meditation despair but that's quite bluntly. Katie you know look at everybody if I don't have a pain medication. Are there not be laid. Alternatives deed that they've offered you another word are they giving you an alternative to know Buehrle started to help you longer they just telling you you're out of luck. Normal they wanted it to him and they say that we are ahead expense certain group and the assessment for a partner. And that for durable wouldn't do any good and they get they estimate that he's really that different non don't really negative Burton. Oklahoma still pepper girl. It they get the nervous must. They have been matched that they're actually sent nets mum my main reason love have to take pain medications messed. Pictured with playing the polls going through pain management plane management as. What I'll call my problem Collison went exacerbated. It is just that that would make it that urban married they did something to it and make K state systematic system that the label it. And you know when I can't believe something like get too risky to bomb on the only 61 man. All that and I'm in pretty good deal further than I am a black Mondays. But. It will be if they want perhaps not. Michael Steele would've meant a whole lot better outlook outlook build from the surgery until I had started going to this alternative. Pain management stuff then that's when they mess me up with a different girl. And I wonderful thing is records to know look you love it will be critical book goes that's come in and there's nothing you can do about it rationality deal. I guess probably the wrong person. Who do you don't miss the and finally got some good pitches and then made some nutty how this got a little place so. To get this whole roll into my cute couple never batted it needn't pain medications instead. Yeah they had the it was the one who blow that was the VA health care center they refer to it can be land when I was one up and one that. Minnesota yeah I think. Let me ask you one last question rainy for we let you go in this got nothing to really do with the health care thing may just regarding some other things that were in the news about it VA health care sinner and it the West Palm Beach, Florida. Did you when you were at the one you said you wrote an Asheville did you notice if they had a picture. The the new president new commander in chief up in the facility yet. I've always wondered don't you wait until the mighty Hendrick can't really answer that question went to a sad entered certain at this very posh people do but now I wouldn't what might government so. Okay yeah. Yeah I meet meet you. The late birdies per remarked on the open net but as they obviously have made the VA result nobody United States but for an. Ten years I had to go and one they would leave the warning that it will go and I had to do a real good job psyche pyramid there. Yeah you're not the first yet another first for exactly to say that a rainy we appreciate account rather and I hope things will improve Fauria and thank you for colonists and shared that info we appreciate it. The you know that that's one of those things as wide nets that gay cast yes for again a typical government response say a shotgun. Applied to to a situation where neither you need a rifle. And and and gas like light rain Indian in so many others with him like you were saying in its effect in the civilian part of the the inaudible care act obamacare that his company and affecting you know even treatment your mom is getting sent. It's it's just in its crazy dead. Something. Like this OP lead epidemic. And I'm perfectly comfortable calm at that because it's it's a matter yeah I mean there there's people who DN an end. I think the VA to some degree overall has a large part to play in the reasoned that has got to be so prolific is because like Candy Land yeah. If you've got a problem. Rather than fix the root cause yet we're just gonna masked the simpler just gonna at all has dealt. Crazy. You know and it's it is sad that and a reason he would asking the question of him about the if he hadn't noticed that there was a yeah. The official portrait in the air. There is of eight Textron in her own texture confirm that this audience man. Tell you as odds and is Candy Land I was actually yesterday in both trump and show and pick for properly does well good good thank you texture we I mean it was the story was covered. I we're tenacity on a couple places I think Assad on the daily caller. That. A guy that is a congressmen and also a an army veteran I believe was going to the VA hospital they're West Palm Beach winning and then no poetry yet. So he's a congressman he uses his resource losing gets a portrait of both president trump and VA sank shall can. They take him and they put them up and other veterans or their participating hanging these portraits. And then stacked caper takes them down using the excuse well well these these are these are not officials basically. It's not good enough coming from a US congress not a fish is the same thing is if you and I went in the and hung up a Pink Floyd poster it's got to come down absolutely it does end and stuff it's. And the bureaucracy in the people that think. What we need is a single Payer health care system in this country what we need is government run health care that's fair and everybody gets. Look at these BA stories or listen to jazz like reindeer read this stuff that were posted that on our FaceBook page in the we're talking about here that. Is what it would be like maybe even worse this. Yeah. Probably where there who wouldn't be come back we got one more one more quick segment will touch on. General Mattis. And climate change. Can you know this is an interest income excellent service one a 63 Debbie Doherty would check in general we are back. I welcome back Freddy final segment of our number one a salute to service this post saint patty's day Saturday John church at Porter here will be glad to be here glad to be anywhere it yet and my age I'm glad to be anywhere and we got the story and we're we're entity shorter times and act. I am just not one to pushing a James Mattis story former general now secretary defense managed. Story into a shorten that time not because I'm so much worried about not being able to dig the story justice. I just don't want general Mattis a segment man show and I'm here to beat me up in the parking lots. They're expensive stuff in the knees but some none of not fake news maybe but certainly some inaccurate spin on some statements general Mattis made about. Klein the climate weather and stuff like that. And people trying to saucy look he's at odds with the administration and he believes so we're gonna we're gonna hold that to our liberties if you wanna hear about. James Madison remarks on climate change you hang list. White House fence jumper. Again. Again we have another one being here reported this morning. You know this other guy they jump the other day there same fifteen minutes to seventeen minutes this guys wandering around all White House grounds before. He encountered security analyst bill. It's John regardless of who's impressed you love trump you hate trump you're holding out hope or whether it was President Obama this happened in his Sarah ten year a few times and whoever it is. It's the president of our country Dirk could be four ringleaders in the higher there are. People that are critically important to the running and managing of our government. And you got these nit wits. Jump in the finance giving over the obstacles. And are going for fifteen minute seventeen minutes in it this is not so. What happens when a that are very trained highly motivated and have weapons on May be a couple of high eighties when they breached the fence. All at once. We clearly are what's gonna climb over it clearly I mean clearly. It then the solution is and it'll never happen in a million years but it. She had to kill well I hesitate reasons they. And in you know part of your body vapor rises via. I I think that that would put the screeching halt and and you know I don't know man maybe. May you know an African model that are out there on the left. Progressives though who lived hard entertainers that would dislike we'd he has somebody was in the knees in the day for coming we we need and you know hopefully trampled to meet god saying basically opening statements in the UOP guy or something happens. You know people got to think that this was happening. Oh when you're golden boy Barry Obama and was in the White House happened a couple of times it. Regardless of who the president is. They are our leader our chief executive our commander in chief. That should be the toughest piece of lawn. To set foot on May be what we need here's what we need we need to get in touch with our our Betty rob Trevino did retired sergeant major. Delta got. We need a really tough retired sergeant major to just stand out the front door. Get off the grass that would do it that would probably all everybody that and problems that jewel of our lady of Guadalupe a wagging her finger. I think we're at and retired sergeant major media today. I think we're good app. All right folks stand by for the news in is worse than the weather in all of the things that matter Cox and and that. And when we come back we had a little G not treating gunfire for you so. Join us salute service one a 63 W or.


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Brad M. Weber
Occupation: VP of Allied Machined Products Corp.
Education: Fitchburg State College
Current Track Car: BMW 135i
First Track Car: 88 BMW 325ix
Daily Driver: '03 BMW 540i wagon
Dream Track Car: Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Favorite Track: Mont-Tremblant
Any Speeding Tickets We Should Know About? Nothing lately
Most Memorable Track Experience: Lime Rock spinning at the track out of the downhill and slide 1/3 of the way down the straight sideways with no damage except for the tires and my ego
Least Memorable Track Experience: Watkins Glen turn five meeting the famous blue Armco.
Ultimate Track Goals: Someday race in a series such as Grand AM koni challenge series
Tracks Driven: Watkins Glen, lime Rock, Mont-Tremblant, NHMS
Years Running with the SCDA 7
Pets Not at the moment.
Favorite Food: Sushi.
Hobbies: Cars.
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On 20 November 2011 17:40, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote: > Hi Xavier, > > […] > > I had no problems compiling the LSR-Snippet with "2.14.2" and "2.15.13". Of > course this snippet doesn't define merging MultiMeasureRests. > > […] > > Also, I didn't notice any problem with the code given by Wilbert when using > "2.14.2". You are right. I was looking at the MMR and did not realize the rest was actually merged! We have an expression for that in French: "Je n'avais pas les yeux en face des trous". ;-P > In the code below I integrated Neil's suggestion making the second MMR > transparent. (To avoid printing a second MultiMeasureNumber I made the > second number transparent manually. As Neil remarked an engraver would be > better, but this is beyond my knowledge.) > But with "2.15.13" there is a difference between merging a single MMR and > merging \compressFullBarRests R1*9. Perhaps a bug? > > I added some conditions reading out the measure-count and the used > lilypond-version to deal with the behaviour of the different versions. > > It's a hack, but I hope it will work with "2.14." and "2.15". Please let me > know. Thanks! That works, and that works great AFAICS. I have sent in the the French users mailing list. Cheers, Xavier -- Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>
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Art Morin knows what it is to have your heart ripped from your chest when your child is stolen.
So from his Etobicoke home, the father of missing Nicole Morin could imagine the joy in Cleveland as families were reunited with the three women who were snatched away from them so long ago.
"I was very, very happy that in this case, finally these young women could be freed from their captivity," he said. "It was good news."
It was the kind of news Morin used to fantasize about, the kind of happy ending he had travelled the world trying to bring for Nicole. But too many years have now passed since that hot July day in 1985 when his eight-year-old daughter vanished from the West Mall apartment building where she lived with her mother. Too many fruitless searches and too few clues over the last few decades have made it difficult to hold on to hope.
And yet here, on his TV, comes a glimmer just the same.
"This is just proof that there is a possibility that Nicole was being held for whatever reason. She's 36 if she's still alive," mused Morin, a 73-year-old retired truck driver.
And then his mind turned to what she may have had to endure. "I would just really hope she would never have gone through this kind of thing. I hope my daughter would never have to suffer for such a long time," he shuddered. "It's almost better to be dead."
As the horrific details begin to emerge of their torture, Morin is disgusted, but not shocked. "There is evil lurking in our society continually. That's just a fact. It doesn't always happen to somebody else. Sometimes it comes home."
He has learned that hard lesson only too well.
Morin also knows the chances of Nicole still being alive are very, very slim. This summer will mark 28 years since his only child went missing on her way down to meet a friend in the lobby so they could go swimming.
"It has been a long time now. If Nicole comes knocking at my door, it will be a wonderful thing but I don't keep that at the forefront. It just prevents you from moving forward in the real world."
He spent the first 12 years of her disappearance in a frenzied search — he hired a private investigator, crossed borders to check out every lead, sent posters to every embassy around the world. There were rewards offered and psychics consulted. "I had to do as much as I possibly could," he explained.
After a dozen years of dead ends, Morin knew he had done all he could to find his daughter. Now he can do little more than be patient and wait. Leads still trickle in and there's a detective from Toronto Police assigned to the cold case. "I'm still looking and still getting tips," he said. "We don't know if or when a break's going to come. I have never lost hope of Nicole being returned alive. We don't know either way. If you have a choice, then keep your hope."
For the longest time, her father clung to all her clothes and dolls and toys. "And then I decided it may not be very healthy. We have to get on with life," he said.
So Morin gave most of it away, saving only the most meaningful mementos from Nicole's short life and placing them in a cedar chest that he keeps in his living room. All of it waiting for the day she might return.
In Cleveland, Amanda Berry's mother died never knowing the fate of her missing daughter. Nicole's mom, Jeannette, passed away in 2007 and now Morin wonders if he will live to see the day when their child's mysterious disappearance is finally solved. "I keep hoping. I don't shut the door on anything."
Miracles, he has seen, do happen.