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Blais \b-lais\ as a boy's name has the meaning "lisp, stutter" and is a variant of Blaise (French, Latin): from Latin Blasius, derived from "blaesus".
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Metro: Last Light – The Developer Pack to launch September 17
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A look inside the 'new' ADT
Acquisition of Brink's Home Security and organization restructuring points company toward future, over hurdles
Gursahaney Kenning noted three changes to the commercial unit as Gursahaney unveiled the "new ADT". First, there has been the unit's advances in integrating more complex technologies. Second, Kenning said the firm is responding to technology changes. Finally, the commercial sector is still wrestling with economic conditions around the world.
ADT's commercial unit is one of the largest systems integration firms in the industry, and ADT's ability to provide technical integration solutions primarily dates back to the acquisition of integration firm SST in June 2008. Those capabilities of SST (often called ADT's Advanced Integration unit, which is part of the commercial division) have now been fully integrated into ADT's commercial business, Kenning said.
In terms of technology, Kenning notes that the company is trying to lead with these new technologies. IP-connected video and access has received the most attention, but Kenning said he's really interested in wireless technologies. "The world is going more than IP," Kenning said. "It's going wireless. We're driving that across the ADT commercial organization." Kenning added that ADT is also studying cloud computing closely; he said that cloud computing and hosted service offerings create a great deal of opportunities for the security industry.
Gursahaney responded to the economic conditions affecting the ADT commercial organization.
He noted that economic conditions are not the same the world over. The Asia-Pacific region, Gursahaney said, is doing "very well," but he noted that Europe is facing serious problems as connected to the bankruptcy of Greece. The U.S. commercial sector, he said, is sending out "mixed signals", with some market segments starting to look promising, but with others still in the midst of a recession.
Nonetheless, his overall response provided hope of better days for commercial systems integration.
"We are clearly seeing signs of increased activity out in the marketplace," Gursahaney said. "Customers are talking about projects that may have been shelved, but we are not yet seeing a pick-up in orders activity. … It is a mixed bag out there. The leading indicators look favorable but we're waiting to see what happens to our orders activity."
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Dirty Pickle Martini
Inspired by one of my friends' favorite shots–the Pickle Back, a whiskey shot chased with pickle juice–the Dirty Pickle Martini is crisp, sour and salty all at once. Though I prefer all of my martinis made with gin, the Dirty Pickle Martini is especially tasty when made with gin. Get ready to say "Cheers!" with this super satisfying and lip puckering cocktail.
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It's Tiki (Cocktail) Time!
Paradise found: Author and cocktail kahuna Jeff "Beachbum" Berry shows you how to make three chilled-out classics that will transport you straight to the beach. Paper umbrella optional—but encouraged!
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Blue Hawaii
Mai Tai
Drink Tip! Stock your tiki cocktail cart with these two must-have tropical drink ingredients:
- Barrel-aged, oaky gold rum
- Orange-flavored curacao (If you can't find curacao, use triple sec instead.)
Drink Tip! To get the supercool ocean-blue hue in your drink, add a couple drops of blue food coloring.
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Negroni Time
I've always been fascinated by people with a "signature drink." Not the type of drink that they have named after them, but the type of drink that they order all the time. I've always wondered, first, how did they find or decide on this drink? And second, what did their drink of choice say about them? Perhaps one of the reasons I was intrigued by these drinkers and their single cocktail devotion was that I didn't have a signature drink of my own–that is until I discovered the Negroni.
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10 Ways to Enjoy Tequila
We've all had tequila in a margarita before, so for National Tequila Day, let's go beyond the Mexican classic and try tequila a different way.
10 Ways to Enjoy Tequila–Beyond the Basic Margarita
1. Tequila + Grapefruit Juice + Club Soda + A Squeeze of Lime (aka a Paloma)
2. Tequila + Tonic Water
3. Tequila + Lemon + Simple Syrup + Club Soda (aka a Juan Collins)
4. Tequila + Ginger Ale
5. Tequila + Orange Juice + Grenadine (aka a Tequila Sunrise)
6. Tequila + Pureed Watermelon + Triple Sec
7. Tequila + Campari + Sweet Vermouth (aka a Tequila Negroni)
8. Tequila + Orange Juice + Pineapple Juice
9. Tequila + Muddled Mint & Limes + Simple Syrup + Club Soda (aka a Tequila Mojito)
10. Tequila + Bloody Mary Mix (aka a Bloody Maria)
But if you decide, even after all of these awesome suggestions, you still must have a margarita, I suggest trying our Jalapeno Margarita above. It's kick-ya-in-the-butt spicy, but oh so good. Cheers!
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Tito of Tito's Vodka
Tito's Handmade Vodka founder and master distiller Bert "Tito" Beveridge (yup, that's his real last name… clearly he was born for this business) has endured a long road to success with a lot of sips of vodka along the way (he tests every single batch himself)! The native Texan started out as a geophysicist, worked on dynamite-blasting oil reserves, dabbled in sub-surface mapping and analyzing ground water, and even tried out mortgage banking before he found his true calling: vodka distilling. What began as a hobby (he used to make small batches for friends) has become his passion. Today, Tito's is one of the fastest-selling and fastest-growing micro-distilleries on the market and was just named the exclusive vodka of United Airlines. We sat down with him (over a drink, of course) to find out more:
- If you could spend a weekend cooking with Rachael, what would you make? Asian vegetable stir fry with tofu. Chicken fried venison with cream gravy. Dove breasts sautéed with garlic. Redfish with lemon. Breakfast would be French toast one day and chip beef on toast the next.
- Drink of choice? Titos with sparkling mineral water, a squeeze of lime and a squeeze of orange.
- What cocktail trend are you most excited about right now? Fresh fruit muddled with Titos and seltzer water
- #1 guilty pleasure? Rum raisin ice cream
- Best gift you've ever received? Kids
- Best gift you've ever given? An Audi
- What would you want your last meal to be? (Calories don't count!) Deluxe Mexican dinner at blanco cafe in San Antonio. It is a beef taco. A chalupa. Guacamole. 3 cheese enchiladas with beef sauce and onions. Rice and beans. Flour tortillas and a Big Red to drink.
- You have an afternoon completely free to do anything you want — what's it going to be? Go fishing on a creek.
- What's your #1 rule to live by? Try hard with a lot of love in your heart.
- What's your go-to dish if you want to impress someone? Turkey
-Ariana Phillips
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A Star-Spangled Sparkling Sipper
Let's be honest, I'll drink bubbly anytime, but I find it especially satisfying when a celebration is afoot. So what could be more fitting than pairing the palatial fireworks of sparking wine with an Independence Day celebration? Nothing. Get the tasty recipe below.
Go red, white and blue with this champagne cocktail from our "Year of Champagne Cocktails" recipe collection. You'll enjoy drinking this sparkler all monthlong with its all-American kicker, a homemade bourbon simple syrup!
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Refresher Course: Portable Cocktails
Knocking back a cold beverage outdoors is one of summer's great joys. Chill out with seven new drinks that are perfect for picnics—or wherever your day takes you.
1 COCKTAIL RX MOJITO Be the toast of the town at your next potluck with a batch of mojitos. Just add rum and ice to the disposable shaker and you'll be slinging cocktails like a pro. ($7.99 each; serves 8)
2 MIKE'S HARD LEMONADE FROZEN POUCHES Keep your freezer stocked with these bags to toss in your beach tote—by the time you've applied sunscreen the slushies will be thawed just enough to slurp! ($1.99 for one 10-oz. pouch)
3 STACK WINES These classy, stackable pop-top cups come in four varietals. Think concerts in the park. ($12.99 for four 187 ml cups)
4 FETZER WINE ZIPZ GLASSES Major League ballparks like Turner and Citi fields are selling these plastic "goblets" of red and white wine. Bring one to your next sunset toast. ($4.99 for one 187 ml glass)
5 KAHLÚA ICED COFFEES Brunching with friends? These small cans are a fun replacement for traditional iced coffee (and can fit in your purse). ($9.99 for four 200 ml cans)
6 LEINENKUGEL'S SUMMER SHANDYS It's lemonade. It's beer. It's both! This adults- only seasonal blend is sweet, tart and ideal for your next weekend excursion or concert tailgate. ($14.99 for twelve 12-oz. cans)
7 BUD LIGHT STRAW-BER-RITAS Who says camping means bringing the bare essentials? Pack these beer-margarita concoctions on your next trip into the woods for a no-blender-required happy hour. ($12.99 for twelve 8-oz. cans)
By Ariana R. Phillips
Photo by Levi Brown
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I Heart Watermelon Cocktails
Pink cocktails are my guilty pleasure. They simultaneously appeal to my inner girly-girl and taste a-maz-ing, and yet, I rarely order them in public. After bartending many years ago on the opening night of the first Sex and the City movie and making over 200 Cosmopolitans, I don't think I (or any other bartender for that matter) can look at a pink drink in the same way. That being said, I do make an exception for watermelon cocktails. Juicy sweet and irresistibly fresh, watermelon–in juice or puree form– is like putting summer into a glass. So when there's a watermelon cocktail on a menu, you better believe I'm gonna order it, but since that can get expensive, here's a few of my favorite watermelon drinks that you can make at home.
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Watermelon Quencher
This lovely libation from our Editor-in-Chief, Lauren Purcell, and her sister, Anne, will put smiles on everyone's faces. Use a couple drops of red food coloring to tint the sugar-salt mixture for a colorful cocktail rim.
Watermelon-Plum Sangria
Two kinds of plums and a half of a watermelon is all you'll need for this thirst-quenching sip. Use a melon baller to scoop balls out of the watermelon, then plop 'em into your pitcher. How easy is that?!
Melon Patch Champagne Cocktail
From our "Year of Champagne Cocktails" recipe collection, this June-inspired sparkler combines slightly sweet watermelon, botanical-infused gin and savory rosemary to create a crisp, clean and ultra-refreshing concoction.
Watermelon Mint Cooler
Mint and lime heighten the cooling and refreshing factors in this 4-ingredient cocktail. Make it by the pitcher for the easiest signature party cocktail ever!
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Battle of the Citrus Cocktails: Lemon versus Lime
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Battle of the Citrus Cocktail Sippers
When the summer hits its peak and its so hot and humid that I'm sticking to my car seat, I always crave the most quintessential thirst-quenching summer drink–an ice cold, lip-puckeringly sour and slightly sweet lemon- or limeade. While sure, water is probably the best choice to hydrate, it's the citrus fruit's bracing acidity that delights my palate and makes these beverages so crave-worthy. To get into the Thirsty Thursday spirit, we're ditching the innocent lemonade stand version and going for the more liquored-up libations. Check out the two classic cocktails featuring lemon and lime and leave a comment saying which concoction you'd prefer. Cheers!
Battle of the Citrus Cocktails:
Lemon versus Lime
|Clean with an intense and bright acidity.
|Sweet with a subtle, floral acidity.
Tom Collins
|Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup
or Sugar, Club Soda
|Gin, Sweetened Lime Juice (or Lime Juice
and Simple Syrup), Lime Wheel
|Created in the 1800s by Stephen Price of the Garrick Club in London, this drink was originally called a "John Collins" after the club's pleasant headwaiter, John Collins. However, with the rise of English old tom gin–such as Hayman's or Ransom–the drink's name eventually morphed into the "Tom Collins," paying homage to it's signature ingredient.
|First described in 1928 as a cocktail of gin, lime and soda, author Raymond Chandler described the drink as 50-50 Rose's lime juice and gin in The Long Goodbye.
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Blackberry Cocktail
When I was little, I used to
steal eat blackberries off of my neighbors' bushes. Perhaps it was the act of rebellion or how glossy and shiny those just-picked black beauties were, but no other berry has come close to becoming my favorite since then. So in honor of peak blackberry season–which runs from June to August–we're mixing up these berry delicious cocktail coolers!
Blackberries are a great summer cocktail ingredient. Not only do these berry beauties add a dash of color to your concoction, but they're also loaded with antioxidants and can satisfy your sweet tooth without adding any extra sugar. (For example, 1 cup of blackberries has 7 grams of natural sugar and is only 62 calories.)
While I've always considered the classic Bramble cocktail–gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, blackberry liqueur and berries–to be my go-to berry (cocktail) beverage, I've recently switched over to this Blackberry Cooler Cocktail. Indeed super similar to the bramble, this cooler cocktail–hah, get it?! Well at least I'm laughing–adds cooling mint leaves and elderflower liqueur. To make this cocktail even prettier, add in other colorful citrus fruits or berries and top with a dash of soda to add a hint of effervescence. Yum-o!
Get the recipe: Blackberry Cooler Cocktail
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Spiritual Priorities for a Significant Church
- Monday, July 12, 2004
8. People come to church for a variety of reasons but they stay for one reason: Relationships.
9. It is difficult to destroy terrorist movements because they operate in cells. Cell groups are nearly indestructible.
10. Because there is nothing to keep cells from multiplying there is nothing to keep churches from growing.
11. Cell groups will flourish in every culture because relationship-building is a basic human need.
12. New Testament faith enables us to walk where there is no visible means of support.
Dr. David Sobrepeña is the founding pastor of the Word of Hope Church in Manila, Philippines. He pastors a congregation of 13,000 members with more than 3,000 cell groups that meet each week. Dr. Sobrepeña is also overseer of some 3,500 churches as Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in the Philippines.
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Lacking the research and investigative capacity to control the SARS epidemic, WHO elicited public health service partners from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. WHO's international Global Alert and Response Network (GOARN) is a virtual network of 11 leading, well-equipped, and high biosecurity infectious disease labs in nine countries established primarily to address influenza outbreaks. GOARN was instrumental in spearheading laboratory efforts: these labs were connected by secure web sites and daily teleconferences to identify the causative agent of SARS, develop diagnostic tests, and collect and analyze clinical and epidemiological data on SARS. The U.S. CDC established other virtual teams in the United States, eliciting advice from medical experts, epidemiologists, and virologists, including both biomedical and veterinary coronavirus experts. Highly trained personnel from the CDC were dispatched to outbreak areas to assist in infection control, and numerous CDC employees were involved in all aspects of the response to SARS. To educate the public by countering rumors with reliable information, both WHO and the CDC provided factual information on SARS through updated web sites, satellite broadcasts, frequent presentations to the news media, and public response hotlines for clinicians and the general public.
These exceptional international laboratory efforts led to the rapid identification of a new coronavirus as the causative agent of SARS by April 16, 2003, only about 1 month after the initial WHO global alert (Drosten et al., 2003; Ksiazek et al., 2003; Peiris et al., 2003; Poutanen et al., 2003). Although vaccines or antivirals to prevent or control SARS infections were lacking, the SARS epidemic was countered by classical infection control and containment methods. These included screening of individuals for symptoms (fevers) with isolation, quarantine, and effective clinical management of symptomatic patients, followed by contact tracing and 10-day quarantine of known contacts. Implementation of effective surveillance measures, identification of the causative agent of SARS as a coronavirus, and containment of the SARS epidemic were attributed to this unparalleled level of global cooperation. Two features of the global SARS outbreaks include the following:
SARS had devastating social and economic global impacts disproportionate to the number of actual fatalities and affecting both global travel and trade.
International collaboration and communication among agencies and with scientists in established laboratory networks with prior working relationships and access to state-of-the-art equipment and the required biosecurity level were key elements for rapid and successful SARS diagnosis and control.


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Hydrogel that degrades as new bone tissues are formed
In what could ease the process of bone engineering, researchers at Rice University have created a hydrogel that instantly turns from liquid to semi-solid at close to body temperature - and then degrades at precisely the right pace.
The gel shows potential as a bioscaffold to support the regrowth of bone and other three-dimensional tissues in a patient's body using the patient's own cells to seed the process.
"This research describes the development of a novel thermogelling hydrogel for stem cell delivery that can be injected into skeletal defects to induce bone regeneration and that can be degraded and eliminated from the body as new bone tissue forms and matures," said Antonios Mikos, a professor at Rice University in the US.
A problem with thermogelling polymers is that once they harden, they begin to collapse and then force out water, said Brendan Watson, a graduate student at Rive University.
That process, known as syneresis, defeats the purpose of defining the space doctors hope to fill with new tissue.
The researchers solved the problem by adding chemical cross-linkers to the gel's molecules.
"These chemical crosslinks are attached by phosphate ester bonds, which can be degraded by catalysts - in particular, alkaline phosphatase - that are naturally produced by bone tissue," Watson said.
The catalysts are naturally present in your body at all times, in low levels. But in areas of newly-formed bone, they actually get to much higher levels, he added.
"So what we get is a semismart material for bone-tissue engineering. As new bone is formed, the gel should degrade more quickly in that area to allow even more space for bone to form," Watson said.
The study appeared in the journal Biomacromolecules.
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For the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), the ability to communicate quickly and securely makes all the difference for the youth they serve. Operating dozens of treatment facilities, correctional institutions and halfway houses throughout the state, TJJD needed a way for its 2,500 employees to share confidential data efficiently and reliably between parents, medical staff and legal counsel.
If it hasn't happened to you, consider yourself lucky: misplacing your phone is never a great feeling. While you might immediately think of lost contacts, to-do lists, and calendar items, IT administrators have much more serious concerns on their minds, including the possibility of corporate data getting into the wrong hands.
Service outages, application access errors, and security hiccups – that's exactly what we've seen happen in recent months with cloud storage providers Dropbox, YouSendIt, and Box. All were reported to have experienced unexpected issues:
We're just hours from the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games, marked by the arrival of the Olympic torch in London. The torch is ready for a place to call home, as it's been on an intense journey through more than 1,000 cities and towns in the U.K over the past 70 days.
Product development plans, quarterly reports, partner SOWs, customer account data, design specs – the list of proprietary data that you need to keep safe goes on and on. So often, data security conversations focus on external threats – due to the huge uptick in malware and security breaches – yet, you can't ignore risks lurking within your own company walls.
With the 99th Tour de France underway, Australians are paying special attention to the daily rankings, with all eyes on native, Cadel Evans. He captured the title last year (the first Australian to earn the honor), leaving many to wonder – can he pull out the victory two years in a row?
If you're a government agency or work directly with government-related documents, your file transfer solution of choice must be highly secure. Luckily, The United States Federal Information Processing Standard or FIPS makes it easy for you to know that you're doing what it takes to protect your agency's most valuable data.
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RAFFLE HAS ENDED WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCEDAND IT IS NOW JUNE 7TH OKIE DOKES BYE GNA GO RANDOM.ORGEDIT: AHHOK SORRY FOR ANOTHER EDIT AND ERM. OK ERM, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW FAVES HERE SO. IM JUST GNA .. ADD ANOTHER WINNER OK 3 WINNERS CHIBI OR HALF BODY SLIGHTLY CLEAN COLORING MAYBE //SWEATSEDIT: prize editEDIT: prizes announced So i have decided to host an art raffle, yknow, as a thank you to all my cutie patootie watchers <333ok rules and how to enter!1) You gotta be my watcher, coz this is a thank you for my watchers. New watchers are hecka welcome though <32) All you have to do is fave this journal to enter! *7*3) raffle will end on the 7th of june! (Coz i think that would be fun //I'm lame)4) you dont have to promote this journal mk just // yeh yeh good luck!! //ShotWinner will get a chibi or half body from me! (Choose one :iconwinkuplz://) :Iconblushu2plz: May more than 3 people enter OK SO A LOT MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE ENTERED. ////sweatsI WILL HAVE TWO WINNERS OK BYE:iconspacetire
OMG 500+ WATCHERS [WINNER!]Congrats to MangaAnimeGirl101 ! Noting you nowThanks to everyone who participated! I'll be holding another raffle soon c:_______________________________________All you have to do is this journal and be a watcher~ Winner will be selected by random.org by the 21st May and they win a small pixel of their OC like this:
Watcher Raffle!Thank you guys for participating in this raffle ;v;The winner is.... I'll draw your prize soon! ^v^ <3Thank you again everyone for being interested! This was a lot of fun so I'll probably be doing another one some time later on ^^----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------hellooo!Thank you guys for all the watches and faves ;v; sorry if I haven't replied to you yet, I'll try to reply to you soon----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'll be doing a raffle for all my watchers c: the style will be one thigh up like: To enter you have to:1. Be a watcher 2. Favourite this journal3. Leave a comment with your characters, preferably more than one so I can choose! Remember to include some refs too. and I'll randomly pick someone on April 21 ^v^//
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5th RAFFLE : 9000 dA points Winner announced, Thank you for participating! Hi, there! how are you doing ovo this is my 5th raffle and first point give away. I have a ton of points so I think it's time to help my watchers.eh...to my watchers...all of your support, comment, fav, concern, everything...I can't tell you how grateful I am. in English ( ._.)I want to talk a lot, and I want to do something nice for you...em..asdladslkf I don't know. I love you guys. RULES ( How to participate )Watch me ( sorry, this is a giveaway for my watchers )Fave this journalComment please I'll give you number. If you don't want to watch because you hate my art or something,but you still want prize, just give me a Llama *=v=* it's okay.PRIZES1st : 30002nd : 20003rd : 20004th : 1000 5th : 1000 Deadline 31, DEC 2013 24:00 ( New year's
4,000+ Chibi Raffle! (CLOSED)UPDATE 2: Congrats to the winners:1st place: :iconpastelunicorn-x:Runner ups: :iconbladedcrow: :iconyumoe:UPDATE: Just a reminder for those who might have missed the journal or new watchers that didn't see it. This is the last day to join the raffle, I'll be drawing names tonight! Good luck everyone! ♥______________________Hey guys, am hosting a raffle to celebrate getting 4,000+ watchers! You're all awesome and I want to give a chance to some lucky peeps to win a painted or sketched chibi by me!I will be giving away: + 1st Prize will get 1 fully painted chibi, your choice.+ 2 runner ups will receive flat colour sketch chibis of their choice.You just have to fav this journal in order to enter, this is also for watchers only! Any advertisement is loved if you feel like it.Raffle will end: Saturday, June 7th at 10:00pm PSTAfter that I will draw the winners with a random number generator and no


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Links open in 'shrunk' window...
In some (but not all) cases, when I open a link in a new window, it will only open in the top 1/2 of my screen; I then have to go and manually maximize. Is there any control that would automatically open all new windows in the "maximized" mode?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Links open in 'shrunk' window...
Is this a URL link and the browser window opens in reduced size, or shortcuts to programs or documents that opens the application in a reduced size window?Leif
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Re: Links open in 'shrunk' window...
This is a long-standing annoyance: Internet Explorer tends to open links in non-maximized windows. You could try the free utility AutoSizer to remedy this.


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"One of the key parts is being able to actually calculate a large amount of data, upload it quickly, and serve it to our tens of millions of users. That's where we use Cassandra."
-Vipul Sharma, Director of Data Engineering at Eventbrite
Vipul Sharma Director of Data Engineering at Eventbrite
Hello Planet Cassandra users. My name is Brady Gentile and I'm a community manager at DataStax. Today we've with us Vipul Sharma, Director of Data Engineering at Eventbrite. Vipul, thanks for taking the time to do this interview with us today; to start things off, what exactly does Eventbrite do?
Eventbrite is an event-ticketing marketplace. We have two main focuses: One, providing tools and services to our organizers so that it's super easy for them to use our services by creating events and selling tickets. Two, making the marketplace super easy for attendees to access our services, find events that are interesting to them and attend those events.
Very cool. As part of the EventBrite offering, where does Cassandra fall into place? How are you using Cassandra at EventBrite?
Primarily we are using Cassandra for our consumer experience features, which is basically delivering recommendations and various discovery funnels out to our website and to our mobile apps and some parts of our API. The way we have scaled our architecture is we have MySQL as our transaction data store and we have decoupled services from that transaction data store to different parts of our infrastructure. One of the key parts is being able to actually calculate a large amount of data, upload it quickly, and serve it to our tens of millions of users. That's where we use Cassandra.
Another place we use Cassandra is that we are building a spam and fraud specific data warehouse; this warehouse will be used to serve a large group of queries that have random access. These are the two places we are primarily using Cassandra.
Very cool. For those services, did you switch from another database offering to Cassandra?
We were primarily doing everything out of MySQL before and, as we are growing rapidly, we needed to decouple our services based on the consistency requirements.
Cassandra provides us an easy way of providing a highly available store and not have to worry about things like sharding, multi-datacenter support and things like that. That's why Cassandra was very attractive to us, where we didn't have high consistency requirements.
Awesome. Are you running Cassandra in the cloud or your own datacenter?
We're running it in a cloud. All of our infrastructure is in EC2 right now.
Very good. Based on your interaction with the Cassandra community, whether it be the physical community or the virtual community, what are your thoughts on what they can provide?
I think one of the reasons why Cassandra has taken off and is doing so well is because of its awesome community; I have had the pleasure of interacting with a few committers. I have worked with a few people in the past, specifically where there was a lot of contribution done to Cassandra.
It's an awesome group of really smart people. All the improvements that we are seeing at Cassandra are amazing; especially with DataStax, in terms of all the documentation that DataStax has written it is just incredible for anybody to get on and start hacking within minutes.
That's excellent. It sounds like you've had a really good experience so far. You've been using Cassandra for a while now. In hindsight, would you have done anything differently when you first started using Cassandra?
That's a very good question. I think that we have been very careful about using data stores where their strengths are; I think that many problems occur when you have to go back and redo things. For example, if I was to build a solution where I need range queries out of Cassandra, that would be a bad thing because Cassandra's not built for that. We were wise in actually determining where Cassandra's strength lies and what exactly we need out of these features, and that's the only place where we are going to use Cassandra. We do the same thing with out other solutions as well, like HBase ,MySQL, and Redis.
We have a bunch of different kinds of data stores in our infrastructure but all of them are serving to their strengths. If I had to go back and do something different: Since we run Cassandra on the cloud, we do see some IO bottlenecks; in the future, we might actually think about using SSDs or our own datacenters to dissolve some of those issues.
Excellent. Is there anything else that you would like to add about Cassandra?
Yes, I think that Cassandra is an amazing store. Some of the features that you get out of the box are pretty incredible: high availability, multi-datacenter support, etc. With the performance, you're able to do a ton of writes and a ton of reads.
The only advice I would give you is use it where the strengths are; I don't feel comfortable in saying that you should use Cassandra with high consistency requirements, if you have performance on the back of your mind. If performance is critical, I like to use Cassandra with low consistency requirements and not do things for which a data service is not made for. For example, doing range queries or running heavy map reduce jobs and stuff like that.
Okay, excellent, very good. Vipul, thank you so much for joining us today. I wish you the best of luck with your usage of Cassandra.
Thank you so much. I'm looking forward with engaging more with the community.


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EhhMadTucks | July 15, 2014 | See all MadTucks's reviews »
I supported the game, played the beta, pre-ordered the imperial edition, and all I can say is that the game is decent. It's your standard theme park mmo but with voice-acting. That's about it. You're better off playing World of Warcraft or just about any other mmo that has more features than this. If you're into the TES series, go ahead and play it, but I can assure you that you'll feel jipped of your money for spending so much money on this game. The game isn't bad, but it certainly doesn't do anything new or exciting.
MehPinkBunnyShadow | May 22, 2014 | See all PinkBunnyShadow's reviews »
This version is no different than the standard. It opens up the Imperial class, a horse and a few other perks. Nothing special other then that.
Maybe if it didn't have a subscription...Kevduit | May 17, 2014 | See all Kevduit's reviews »
Don't get me wrong, this game lives up to the hype, and plays just like any other good Elder Scrolls game would, but they actually did something to get kids (well at least the not spoiled brat kids) off this M rated game, to let the people that actually have a job make the money to pay for the subscription. Which gets me to my only problem, the game is MASSIVELY fun, exploration, looting, fighting, it has it all... including an annoying subscription that is a little too much. If you are willing to pay to play this game, I'm sure you'll have a fantastic experience, but overall, the subscription turned me away from it.
pretty badmirta000 | May 13, 2014 | See all mirta000's reviews »
Was there during the beta and still read the forums for this game. Worst to best:
Worst: problems that the game is facing. This game is losing its battle against bots, exploits were allowed to run for so long that economy is out of balance (players were able to duplicate money and items for weeks), the current bug that is rampant for a few weeks now is that people are getting charged from 2X to 4X for their subscription, are not receiving their subscription upon paying, have their subscription cancel for no reason and similar problems. I wouldn't recommend subscribing until this is fixed, unless of course you don't mind being overcharged.
Story and overall environment: This game is not Skyrim. The story is rushed and incoherent, the environment looks murky and bland, questing is grindy and slow, combat has target assist, most of the abilities have to be attached onto enemies trough tab targeting. If you're looking for that famous RPG experience you won't find it here.
PvP balance: there's overpowered combinations and those are not getting balanced. Expect to have to run werewolf or a vampire in pvp if you want to get anywhere.
music: the musical score in this game is quite good. I know a friend of mine that enjoys playing the game just for that reason.
It is actually really goodEntonwolf | April 22, 2014 | See all Entonwolf's reviews »
It is a great Elder Scrolls game and not worse than the other Elder Scrolls games like many say. I had much fun with it and it has very much time sink.
Good things are: -questing, very fun -pvp, like in daoc a very big pvp map -the class system, you can be everything you want to be and it makes a hell of a lot fun to make his own skill traits
Bad things: -server problems atm -bank loot wipes, but they said it will be refunded -item shop (only a mount for now but who knows how long?)
Tl;dr: if u love the Elder Scrolls, you will love this game too. It is a good MMO and doesnt try to copy something. I like it and think its worth its money.


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Le lundi 28 août 2006 à 13:06 +0200, Fabio Nigi a écrit :
i think that the routing table of the switch is being taken on the MAC
address until the disconnection of host1.
Ethernet switches do not have routing tables. Routing tables are for
routers, as for routing IP packets. Ethernet switches do not know about
IP. Ethernet switches have CAM tables, that basicly are MAC/port
associations tables.
For example, let's take MAC1 (connected) and Attacker. If Attacker
spoof the MAC address of MAC1, he can try to change it with
macchanger, but he will not be really connected until the other client
will be connected to the AP. So Attacker need to use some
disconnection-tool (aircrack for example) and before that MAC1 try to
reconnect, must connect to the AP with his MAC address.
What does aircrack have to do with ethernet switches ?!
By the way, if you're speaking of WiFi, then no, no and no, there's no
need of anything particular in order to spoof a MAC address as explained
multiple times before (read entire thread).
If MAC1 associate to the AP, then attacker can spoof MAC1 as well
without need of associating himself because MAC1 is already associated.
If attacker associates himself, then it's no big deal. AP will indeed
reassociate MAC1 and no problem. Again, an AP does not work like a
switch, it works like a hub. And on a hub, you can seamlessly spoof MAC
addresses. Just test! See for yourself! Find a cheap AP or hub and do
Having to deassociate a client in order to spoof its MAC address is
urban legend. Period.
[1] Not speaking of Layer3 switches that have routing capabilities and
are more alike ethernet switch _and_ router...
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moreNew technologies provide new ways of delivering the programs and services of higher educational (HE) institutions. Social media such as Facebook, blogs, Flickr, Twitter, and the Second Life virtual world engage constituents and enhance effectiveness. Understanding the trends in the expanding role of social media in HE and the related implications for staff preparedness and training is necessary for future-oriented administrators and practitioners. This book examines how social media are redefining what university communities are and the purposes and practices of the various functional areas in HE. It presents an overview of innovative practices in the recruitment, advising, retention, graduation and engagement of students and alumni, and examines social media in connection with enrollment management, advising and mentoring, public relations and alumni relations. Topics covered include: how Facebook helps and hinders students social integration; connecting fans and sports more intensively through social media; how to prepare staff to use social media in robust ways; and using social networking sites during the career management process, for social research and studying abroad. less
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On March 25th, NYC's famed Apotheke Bar was buzzing with a class of models dressed to perfection in Fleur Du Mal's Fall 2014 collection. Even in the city's frigid temperatures, talented designer Jennifer Zuccarini was able to turn up the heat with her sexy Fall collection. "It was very loosely inspired by "Blade Runner," which you don't really see that much but in a lot of the materials that we used: the plastic, lace, metallics, color palette, silhouette, and some of the jumpsuits. So that's where we started, and we always go back to our inspiration of "dressing up, and undressing," which is really important for Fleur," the designer shared. New York's top fashion and beauty influencers spent the intimate evening delighted with Zuccarini's designs. The collection consisted of must-have separates, sexy jumpsuits, and enticing lingerie. TEMPTU was honored to partner with the burgeoning brand, providing the night's flawless makeup look. Talented make-up artist, Dani Fonseca-Ondrek represented TEMPTU as the key-makeup artist, fulfilling Zuccarini's wish for a "flawless, dewy, gorgeous look for the girls" finished with a "sexy, smoky eye." We caught up with lead artist Dani who shared details on the flawless, sultry look:
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I have 2 children that attend AHCS. They have excelled there. Not only are they receiving challenging academics, they are able to develop their skills in music, theater and art. Students here are able to thrive and pursue whatever career they'd like. The atmosphere of the school is like a family or a cohesive community. The teachers and staff want the students to be successful. Former graduates of AHCS have become lawyers, teachers, nurses, engineers, successful business owners and a plethora of other occupations. AHCS is a great place to have your children learn and grow.
Auburn Hills Christian is a small Christian based school with high academic standards. My daughter has become a responsible person who ensures her work is done. Her curriculum is more advanced than children we know in other schools and she is now at grade level.
Both of my children attend AHCS, and have since Pre-K. My daughter is a senior and my son is in 8th grade. There is no better environment for your student. The personal attention they receive and the nurturing nature of all the educators really brings out the best in my children. They are safe, loved and encouraged to grow and flourish. I would highly recommend AHCS to anyone looking for affordable, quality, Christian education. No "common core" here..instead, prayer, Bibles, caring educators, and a very well rounded educational experience.
As the Principal of this school I feel it is important to note that the MEAP scores that are being reported are incorrect. We did not take the 2013 MEAP this year. These scores are not only inaccurate but they are also what Great Schools uses to rate schools. Our students perform above National and State averages on the ACT and successfully attend colleges and universities all over the country on scholarship.
FANTASTIC! All three of my children attended and graduated from this school so I had plenty of time to see all aspects. Wonderful STAFF who treat each child as an individual and make each student feel like they can ACHIEVE ANYTHING! The student to teacher ratio is so much better than a public school. These teachers are so committed to "teaching" and extra time is given to those students who may need it. It warms the heart to see the students become connected with each other and become life long friends after graduation. There are choices for extracurricular activities that fit everyone, not just the athletic type. My son was a pretty good basketball player, but the one year he attended Clarkston public high school, he did not measure up to their standards and begged to come back here! He was welcomed back with open arms and played basketball till he graduated. No student is excluded, just because they aren't the best. Instead, they are encouraged to try, and usually end up thoroughly enjoying being part of a team, or participating in drama, playing music during chapel services -- you name it! So thrilled that my grandchildren now attend too.
As an alumni, I recommend this school. The staff and teachers provide a safe environment and strive for excellence. As soon as you walk through the doors, their is a different atmosphere filled with warmth and love- things you don't have at many other schools. The student to teacher ratio allows teachers to get to know their student body and help them grow academically and professionally. I was adequately prepared for college and graduated with honors from Oakland University. AHCS encourages their students and instills in them confidence that is valuable for their future endeavors. If you are wanting to send your student to a school that values your child as an individual and not a number, this is the place for you.
I have two kids in college that graduated from AHCS. They attended AHCS since pre-school. They both received academic scholarships and one of them is in the Honors College at Oakland University. They are thriving in school and personally. I have noticed that the students that graduate from this school are leaders in their churches, universities and workplace. AHCS is making a difference in the lives of students and their families.
As a graduate of Auburn Hills Christian School and now as a licensed educator who has worked in several local public districts, I can honestly say that AHCS is one of a kind. Their staff is friendly, generous with their time, and truly care about their students. The atmosphere is full of love and students of all ages welcome newcomers with open arms. AHCS produces students who are extremely successful in both college and in the workforce and care about their communities and others. If you are looking for a safe, loving and nurturing environment for your student, look no further. Auburn Hills Christian School will make the difference in your child and in your family.
Being a certified teacher means that I have had plenty of exposure to several schools in diverse environments. Out of the 10 years that I have been an educator, from being a teacher's assistant in Auburn Hills Christian School's Early Learning Center, to being an upper elementary science and history teacher, to now being a lower elementary classroom teacher, I can say that the experience at every age level that I taught at AHCS was head and shoulders above any public school district that I have worked in. Yes, many times a private school education means not having as many after school activities to offer, but it also means personally knowing your child's teacher and knowing that your student is truly loved and cared for on a daily basis, along with giving them an education that will make them a true competitor in the world we live in. Placing your student at AHCS means protecting them from the crazy world we live in, but also putting them ahead of the rest of the crowd. You will not find another school like it.
I've gone to AHCS throughout middle and elementary school and at first it is okay but as students progress they are not as well rounded or diverse as other schools. Class sizes are too small in all of the older grades. The athletic department is to small there is only one girls team and 2 boys teams for basketball with a gym that doesn't meet the requirement for official games so the team must play at a different school. There are uniform requirements that are unconventional and silly for men's basketball. The academics and extra curricular activities are at the bare minimum with <20 real electives and only 2 clubs. And the school charges many fees for things such as jean day and forgotten items in the hallway. The staff for the most part care and are encouraging to there students but students with active PTA parents receive much special treatment. All in all the environment is safe but mediocre and lacking in equipment like a fully function computer lab with enough computers and other important capabilities.
I used to go to this school and honestly I regret every moment that I was there. I did not receive the education that I needed. The teachers were great, but now most of those teachers are gone. All I know is that now some of the teachers are bullies to the kids. Other kids get favored because of their last name or because the teacher likes them more than others. I was not pushed to try my hardest. All they cared about was me passing. I have a sibling there and he/she has come to and cried about how certain teachers get onto them for asking questions. he/she has even gotten a detention over it (because it was not the right "time" to ask). I'm not blaming everything on them. Kids are kids and they do get out of line, but as the teacher they need to act like teachers and bully around their students. To me that is not a school where I would ever put my children. On a good note, they do have an awesome principle. I just wish my sibling would get treated better.
AHCS is a wonderful place. My kidsLOVE it here. They have developed great friendships, receive a quality education and are involved in many extracurricular activities. I work in a profession where I see and evaluate the education level of many students, and the level my children are at for their ages is far above the same-aged students from other schools that I encounter. There is NO other choice for my child's education. Professional, caring staff and quality, affordable private education....doesn't get much better than that.
This is a really great school! My kids love it so much that it is sometimes hard to get them to leave when school is out!
This school is the best school I took my kids to ever. It's a Private school with Kind and loving teachers. Its very easy for my kids to find friends here. My youngest child is going to be attending this Pre-school next year and I know he'll love it. My 2 daughters are in 4th and 5th grade and they love it.My oldest daughter attends band playing the trumpet. It's very influential at this Christian school and i would reccommend this scool to anyone!
i have 2 kids studying here for the past 3 months and they already started to like the school so much.. the most amazing thing is they get up early and get ready to school with full enthusiasm and energy. it reflects the variety in learning and activities offred at the school. most definetly the teachers are perfect in coaching the kids and also 100 %up to the mark . my son going to early learning center tells me he plays throughout the time at school ,but without my help he has learnt all his alphabets and numbers in less than 20 classes without any stress and pressure. i am from india and love the fact that my kids have become fluent in english now ...the credit goes to the school ,the vice principal and the teachers deepa shankar
i really didnt like the curriculum there because it wasnt as advance as my previous school. it was way to easy when i came here. i liked some of the teachers there but many of them treated me differently because i was the quieter students. They also have high prices which cause grief to my parents. they made many mistakes for the billing and which ultimately came back to me like it was my fault. sometimes i wish that my parents would of taken me out. i will not miss much of this school.
My daugher is in the school's early learning center. She loves it so much. The teachers there love the kids, and are very caring. It's also disciplined and well structured. My daughter's teacher find the kids' strong and weakness, and give them different focus. We all love the school, and I can't find another one better than it.
My 3 kids love this school. It feels like the family school environment that I had as a child. I have observed that the teachers and staff have genuine concern for the children. It's nice when your kids don't want to miss school. Even when they are under the weather.
This is a great school which has been in existence since 1978. They have a caring staff, it is a safe, nurturing Christian environment. They have a very good sports program. Children learned to write in cursive beginning in K-4.
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The hero aims to balance Ego, Self, and Soul, but many people at different times and places have determined to develop the Soul at the expense of the Ego and the Self. What this has often meant is the renunciation of worldly goods and relationships in the service of a monastic spiritual life.
For most of us, however, renunciation is not so complete. We want a balanced life, including success in the world as well as spiritual or soul development. Even so, we can benefit from the meditative techniques, perfected by mystics and ascetics, that help us empty out and open up without having to experience loss. Emptying out frees us from regrets about the past or ambitions or fears for the future.
Here the Destroyer becomes our ally. We learn to give up and let go of everything that no longer serves our journey. As Stephen Levine explains in Who Dies?, all losses of life, large and small, are rehearsals for death. In other times and other places, the mark of a well-lived life was the ability to die with grace. Meditation and other such spiritual practices help us prepare for death by helping us to let go of desire and experience the moment for its own sake.
We learn to die well by acquiring the ability to accept all of life's losses and disappointments and to recognize the loss inherent in all change. Every change we experience in life is practice for the ultimate transition of death. The Destroyer begins to become our ally when we recognize the need to change or give something up without denying the pain or grief involved. The Destroyer can also become our advisor, for we learn in making every major decision to consult our deaths. If we allow death—rather than our fears or ambitions—to guide us, we make fewer frivolous decisions. If you were going to die tomorrow, what would you choose to do today?
The Destroyer is also the transformer. The sacred mysteries of the nature religions always remind us that rebirth follows death. This is literally true of the seasons. However cold and dark the winter might be, the spring does come. Such religions have always taught that the god who was crucified or dismembered in winter, for example, is born again in the spring. Although different religions have defined the details of this rebirth differently, the ultimate reassurance is the same: death always lead to new life.
Our encounters with the mysteries tend to strip away layers until the essential within us is revealed, just as they strip away pretense and illusion so we can see into the essence of the cosmos. This element of truth includes the whole range of experiences, from the most sublime, to the most depraved. All are, of course, part of each person's Soul—at least in potential form—and in the world around us.
— Carol S. Pearson, Awakening The Heroes Within
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"Only that which can destroy itself is truly alive."
Whatever we deny in our conscious minds will possess us. Not to face the ways we all traffic in death is to cling to innocence—which is, essentially, an Ego-oriented position—and deny Soul. And it is also to be the unconscious and unwitting agent of what we deny. We are often possessed by death and disorder.
Most of us individually, and society collectively, claim to be committed to promoting life and prosperity and to making the world a better place in which to live. Yet our infant mortality rate is astoundingly high, alcoholism and drug addiction are epidemic, and the consumption of fat, sugar, and junk food is unhealthily high for children and adults. We are polluting the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, and the food that we eat, and we continue to store nuclear and other toxic waste in containers that are less durable and long-lived than the hazards they contain. Widespread denial of death has certainly made us its unwitting ally. Our Egos like to see God as a benevolent parent, strong enough to care for us so that we never—however old we get—have to be without a cosmic Caregiver. This is an important part of religion and spirituality, and the belief helps make our inner child feel safe enough to allow growth. However, when we are in a childlike stance in the world, the sacred is often seen simply as an agent to fulfill our human needs.
The childlike Ego state wants to know that God will keep us safe from the many dangers we see around us and keep us safe on our own terms. But the emphasis on safety always leads to denial, which in time leads to psychological numbness.
Coded in our Souls is an attraction to death that is fundamental to metamorphosis. Yet the reality of death and loss raises difficult theological issues. Annie Dillard, for example, likens the mystic's journey to a moth attracted to a flame. She describes how one night she watched as a moth flew into her candle. It was a beautiful, large golden female moth with a two-inch wing span. First the moth's abdomen got caught in the wax, and the fire began to burn away her body, leaving only her shell, which began to serve as a wick. Dillard watched as the moth burned for two hours until "I blew her out … without changing, without bending or leaning—only glowing within, like a building fire glimpsed through silhouetted walls, like a hollow saint, like a flame-faced virgin gone to God."
Dillard continues by recounting the story of Julie Norwich, a lovely young girl horribly burned in an accident, and by trying to reconcile this tragedy with ideas of a loving God. God, she notes, "is mad… . Who knows what God loves?" Yet Dillard's response to the recognition of the cruelty at the root of human existence is not to renounce God or to pronounce that God is dead but to affirm the sacred in all its completeness—including such horrors as she recounts.
Julie Norwich, she surmises, will have plastic surgery and undoubtedly live a normal life. "I'll be a nun for you," she imaginatively tells Julie; "I am now." To the Ego consciousness, such a statement sounds almost masochistic; but the Soul knows its meaning, for the Soul longs to love life, God, the Self, and the other in their full reality, not simply the Ego's prettied-up version of life.
Entering the mysteries almost always requires an encounter with fear and recognition that the ultimate reality of the universe is not pretty and neat and in human control. Whether the experience is sexual passion or the mystery of birth or death, it is part of the cycle of nature and is characteristically intricate, profound, and threatening to the Ego.
Each one of us has with a Destroyer that is in league with death, that loves death. It is this shadow Destroyer that in the modern world tries to destroy Soul to the ends of the Ego. The Destroyer tries to save our Ego by attacking Soul to defend who we are. Ultimately, the Destroyer will also attack our defenses, opening the door for us to encounter our deeper selves.
— Carol S. Pearson, Awakening The Heroes Within
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We have so many ways to be anesthetized to our experiences—by food, shopping, television, alcohol, and drugs—that it often takes fear to wake us up. Sooner or later, loss or fear or pain turns our journey into an initiation. Seeking is active; we feel like we choose it. But initiation, especially under the reign of the Destroyer, chooses us.
The initiation experience may be precipitated by the death of a child, lover, or parent and the sudden awareness of mortality. It may be precipitated by a sense of powerlessness, the discovery that everything you have counted on, worked toward or tried to build in life has come to nothing. It can be an encounter with injustice. You have been good, disciplined, hardworking, and loving, and in return you get kicked in the teeth.
It is the double punch of not only recognizing mortality and limits but doing so in a context in which life itself has no intrinsic meaning. It is bad enough to know you are going to die. But to know that and to feel your life has no meaning is difficult to bear. Often, however, the solution to the dilemma is not to escape from the recognition of death, but to give your own life meaning precisely by accepting the inevitability of death.
We all die. We may or may not believe in an afterlife, yet we all must deal with living this mortal earthly life, with its beauties and attachments. The transience of life makes us recognize how precious it is. An awareness of death can free us from the overfixation on achievement, fame, and fortune, because it calls us back to remember what really matters.
Whether we believe in an afterlife or not, until we stop denying the reality of death, it will inevitably possess us. Sigmund Freud understood that Thanatos is as powerful a force in human life as Eros, and that, like Eros, it cannot be denied. If this were not the case, why would people continue to smoke, knowing that the habit is deadly? Why would anyone work at an extremely high-stress job? Why would anyone stay in an abusive relationship? In a peculiar way, many of us actually do subconsciously choose our own deaths, by our life-styles and our own particular forms of self-destructiveness.
There is no way to actually escape our deaths, and for most people I know, there isn't even a way to completely escape some form of self-destructive behavior. Even people who are vehement about giving up their overt addictive behavior are usually still addicted to some socially acceptable forms, such as obesity, promiscuity, or greed. Human beings seem unable to completely dissociate themselves from the Destroyer. The question simply becomes who gets destroyed and by whom.
Scientists tell us that entropy, the tendency to increasing disorder and chaos, is the natural order of the universe. Life imposes order in a disorderly universe; entropy works against this order, an idea recognized by many religions that venerate gods and goddesses as destroyers as well as creators. In India, for example, the goddess Kali was worshiped as the bringer of death and destruction. Christianity tends to split off the power of death and destructions unto the Devil as a spiritual entity to be resisted or even conquered than revered. yet it is perhaps the Soul's subliminal contract with death that makes it so difficult for people to avoid trafficking with what we would ordinarily think of as evil—death, destruction, self-destructiveness.
— Carol S. Pearson, Awakening the Heroes Within


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Pombe, Tembo, and Máwá (traditional beer and wine)
People in every part of the world have their traditional alcohol. Throughout lower-Saharan Africa home-made beer and wine are very common, especially in small villages and rural areas. (The distinction between beer and wine is this: beer is brewed, i.e., it must be heated before fermentation; wine is fermented without heat—though the terms are sometimes used as if they are interchangable.) Traditional African beers are made from various kinds of millet, sorghum, corn (i.e., maize), or plantains. Some of the names of these traditional beers are: Pombe (Eastern Africa); Dolo, Burukutu, Pito, Shukutu, and Tchakpalo (Western Africa); Bouza (Egypt, Ethiopia); and Merisa (Sudan).
Wine, that is, Palm-wine, called Tembo or Tombo is made from the sap of various palm trees (usually the African Oil Palm or Coconut Palm), or sugar-cane juice. Once the sap or juice is obtained, it begins to ferment on its own. It must be consumed within a day or two before it becomes too sour. A sort of wine is also made from plantains
Image Source: Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile.
Author:Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864
Source Description: 2 p. .,[ix]-xxx, [31]-590 p. illus., 2 ports. 2 maps (1 fold.) 25 cm.
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division