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A pair of Piyao beautifully carved out of jade and embellished with beaded tassels. Good things do come in pairs. You can dangle this on your handbag, on the car's rearview mirror or anywhere desired.
This mystical good luck creature Pi Yao is the ninth son of the Heavenly Dragon whose task is to provide the blessings of good finance and wealth luck. A very fascinating fact about this lucky creature is that it does not have an anus, so that, despite its never-ending appetite, things go in yet never come out. This is a unique symbolism, indicating that money will come to you but never leave.
The Pi Yao is found in many places in Oriental countries, such as banks, casinos, and finance companies – anything that has to do with a benefit from monetary gain. Since ancient times, when it served to safeguard the homes of emperors and government officials, the Chinese have always admired and respected this extremely good luck symbol. It is a very loyal creature, and will always attempt to rid its owners life of bad luck and replace it with wealth luck.
The Pi Yao is believed to offer its owner a minimum of eight blessings, which are named below:
1. Brings fortune and good tidings
2. Producer of good Feng Shui or Earth luck
3. Attracts wealth and prosperity
4. Safeguards the home and the residents in it
5. Exterminates evil, adversity and obstacles
6. Summons windfall luck
7. Protects from accident during travel
8. Appeases Tai Sui
The Pi Yao is one of the best appeaser of the Grand Duke Jupiter. The Grand Duke Jupiter or Tai Sui is a presence in the home, which changes location every year and resides in 15 degrees of the compass. When one is directly in his path at any time, be when sitting, walking or even sleeping, confrontation with the Grand Duke will incur his wrath and cause many misfortunes. Because the Grand Duke Jupiter inflicts harm even upon those who didn't intend any confrontation, a carry-along Pi Yao is a solution to always protect you against him.
There have been many cases where individuals involved in car accidents or burglary encounters left the ordeal without any injuries or issues, and later noticed that the Pi Yao amulet they had been carrying was broken into pieces or was damaged. It is believed that in such cases, the Pi Yao sacrifices itself for its owners well being. It is for this reason that many people treat their Pi Yao as a real pet, rubbing their bodies and talking to them daily. You can choose to wear a small Pi Yao as an amulet, or keep one in your bag; whatever you choose, just remember to always keep it joyful – a happy Pi Yao will go out of its way to be loyal and useful!
This Feng Shui Pi Yao is made of the crystal Jade - the most beloved gemstone of the Chinese. Recorded history has shown that this stone has been used as jewelry since 5000 years ago! It's also known as the 'stone of heaven' or 'noble stone' and was held higher in value than gold in olden times. Jade was a symbol of rank, power and wealth for kings, emperors and noblemen. Confucius mentioned that jade contained and reflected human virtues like durability, purity, serenity and radiance. To many Chinese, jade has magical protective powers that keep the wearer from harm. Considered to be the ultimate Feng Shui crystal, jade charms are said to bring harmony, attract good luck and friendship and promotes self-sufficiency. It also increases nurturing and love that can be used to harmonize dysfunctional relationships. Mentally, jade helps discard negative thoughts and soothes the mind as well as stimulates ideas.
Here are some Feng Shui tips on how to make the best out of this lucky charm:
1) Individuals with horoscope signs who are in direct or indirect conflict with "Tai Sui" should place the Pi Yao in the area where the annual Grand Duke Jupiter lives, as well as carry a Pi Yao amulet at all times. This is an incredibly potent lucky charm that will assist in appeasing the Grand Duke Jupiter, eliminating any bad luck or negative energy.
2) For people especially businessmen who often embark on long journeys, it is best to constantly wear or carry a Pi Yao amulet. This is said to serve as protection from injuries and accidents, and guarantee victorious voyages with many business opportunities. In addition to this, the Pi Yao will capture good fortune in its stomach, and keep evil intentions (from both spirits and people) at bay.
3) To safeguard yourself from malicious spirits, people with bad intentions and bad luck, and to replace it all with good fortune, you should either keep this good luck charm on you or have it beside you as much as possible.
4) This lucky charm is a favorite among gamblers and investors who often dab their luck in the casino, stock market, lottery, horse racing, football betting or mahjong games.
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Very interesting this first journey. This prehistoric animal looking at the prehistoric man with some interest seems like a "mother painting" (the animal being for a long time ago on earth before the man)..
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You got an interesting and strong gallery!!!! I like it!!
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superbe mélange de mouvements et de couleurs.
You are amongst those who give a new vigor to figurative art. It is somehow narrative, and reflects present reality, our modern times with their contradictions, terrors, but also people's dreams. Colour is strong and composition rigorous. Besides an apparently "naïve" and uncontrolled style is an art full of subtleties that masters the techniques of painting.
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Creating Trauma-Focused Care in Juvenile Secure Detention will establish trauma-informed mental health screening in the New York City (NYC) secure juvenile detention centers. The program will establish groups trained in an evidence-based skills practice to help reduce trauma-related problems, and will build collaborative partnerships in the child-serving systems associated with juvenile detention to increase trauma responsiveness in those systems. Goals include: 1) creating and evaluating a systematic trauma-informed mental health screening process, and developing and disseminating a product through the Network; 2) adapting and evaluating the Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation-Adolescents (STAIR-A) skill-building group protocol for use in juvenile detention centers by juvenile detention center staff and mental health clinicians; 3) providing and evaluating an approach for the secure juvenile detention centers that includes an awareness of trauma, and a common language and methodology for handling trauma-related emotional and behavioral issues; and 4) building a collaborative partnership among major youth-serving systems that interact directly with NYC juvenile detention centers (e.g., probation, family courts, foster care agencies providing nonsecure detention), and extending trauma knowledge and trauma-informed care into those systems. During the four- year project, 7,200 unduplicated residents will be screened and 4,320 will participate in STAIR-A groups.
The Institute for Adolescent Trauma Training and Treatment at the School of Social Work will: 1) create a skilled trauma-focused workforce of social work and other mental health professionals on Long Island and in parts of New York City; 2) support delivery of evidence-based treatments to adolescents across Long Island, with an emphasis on youth in residential settings; and 3) build on existing collaborations with local and national agencies, and with service systems, to improve the quality of trauma-informed services by multidisciplinary providers (e.g., child welfare, probation). During the four years of the project, the institute will provide training on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child and adolescent trauma to more than 1,300 social work students and multidisciplinary providers across the region, extending the scope of evidence-based and trauma-informed service delivery to more than 4,000 adolescents.
The School-Based Treatment and Services Adaptation (TSA) Center will be created by Lutheran Family Health Centers (LFHC), in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education in southwest Brooklyn, to further develop and validate trauma-informed treatments and services that will serve culturally diverse children and youth, and their families. The goals are to: 1) form a community coalition focused on building capacity to address child and family trauma, particularly within the context of larger child-serving systems including day care, preschools, schools, youth services, and child welfare; 2) build up community and stakeholder consensus and work collaboratively with TSA Centers and the NCCTS; 3) further culturally modify the TEMAS Narrative Therapy-Trauma (TNT-T); 4) develop an outreach component, which will include workshops to train parents, school and community agency personnel, and primary care providers; 5) train mental health staff and pediatric staff throughout the LFHC's nine primary care centers and 15 school-based health centers; 6) identify, screen, and refer children and adolescents at high risk for traumatic stress; 7) train mental health staff at the Sunset Terrace Mental Health Center and Healthy Connections program; and 8) export training on the implementation of culturally competent, evidence-based TNT-T modalities.
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I am a 60 year old YOUNG female starting my third Challenge for 2012 on July 4th. I was disappointed with the slow results of my first Challenge but that didn't stop me, I kept showing up and working at it. In my second Challenge I gave 100% to my exercise program, cleaned up my diet, added EAS Lean 15 shakes twice a day and Betagen with Rivigor twice a day, and almost tripled my weight loss from my first Challenge. I am sure the EAS Lean 15 and the Betagen with Rivigor made this change possible. At this point I have lost 22 pounds and 21.5 inches. I was so pumped!!! Now I am going into my third Challenge for 2012 strong and proud. If you are struggling with your progress - DON'T GIVE UP!!! Take a look at what you are eating, your excercise plan, your supplments, your state of mind, and just keep grindin' - you will be so happy with yourself if you just keep showing up and working at it!
Thanks for the wise and encouraging words...I am a YOUNG 53 year old female started yesterday...still getting organized and figuring things out. Formerly in very good shape...gained 15 pounds since my son's wedding last year! Yikes! Enough is enough! Here we go! Melarie :)
Hi Melarie - great to hear from you! Glad you're getting back on track :) Getting organized is so important. I really didn't get fully organized until I was in the 8th week of my first challenge. After that I took inventory of where I was and what I was doing or "not" doing, and I made changes. But I think the best thing I did was add the EAS Lean 15 shakes (love the vanilla the best for me) and Betagen with Rivigor. It seems like I got a great energy boost from adding those and my weight loss tripled on the second challenge - so, consider those for supplements. It seems like as we get older, the pounds that come to visit us NEVER want to leave!!! We have to work 2-3 times harder than the younger crew and get less to eat!!! So, put your battle gear on and start the fight for your life! Keep grindin' Melarie - talk with you soon - LacyJ
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I am so glad to hear you had great results on the Betagen. I just finished week 1 (did this 10 yesars ago with great success) and I am waiting for my shipment of Betagen as I write this. I use the Lean 15 bars and shakes also. I havent heard many people talk about the betagen - it's very hard to find, even in Los Angeles, so I have to order on the net.
Thanks for sharing, I know I will have great sucess also!!
Hi Shellbells :) Great to hear from you and good luck with your Challenge. I also have to order the Betagen from EAS as I haven't found it anywhere either. All I know is I lost 6 pounds the first Challenge and 16 pounds the second challenge after adding the Lean15 shakes and the Betagen. I had more energy also after starting the shakes and Betagen. I cleaned up my diet and stuck to my workout plan and had much better results. How did your first week go? I was 8 weeks into my first Challenge before I "got" it!! Okay Shellbells - go out and make it a GREAT Day! LacyJ
Hi LacyJ! Today is the fist day of my second week. My week went great....great workouts (didnt miss any) good well put together meals....It came back to me really quicky as I did BFL 10 years ago - lost 50 lbs and did the plan for 2 years. But we had some family stuff that was so horrible, I ended up in deep depression and literally wanted to kill myself. So I spent 8 years of my life being In that horrible place. gained the weight back and more....SO hard to admit I did this to myself. But I have FINALLY pulled myself up out of the depths and here I am, to do it all over again.
Last week made me realize how much I love this lifestyle....what happened was good because It made me realize we are never "cured" and we have to work at it everyday.
Betagen didnt exist back then (I dont think) as I dont remember it. I cant wait to get it....today I felt like you...muscles just get tired and I really think I can do more.
My husband is doing this will me so I will let you know what his sucess is like on Betagen too...
question: when do you take the betagen? Before workouts?
Your amazing, thanks for sharing your sucess!
Wow! I can totally relate to your story Shellbells. I have a rare blood cell cancer that I have been on chemotherapy for 2 years so far and will be on the rest of my life (I am currently in remission). Hopefully I can stay in remission or tolerate the chemo for as long as it works!!! During the past 4 years I lost my marriage, my hair, threw up my guts, felt like I lost it all and looked like it too!! I like you, let myself go and then Jan 2nd, 2012 I woke up too :) I vowed that the year 2012 would be the BEST year of my life and the beginning of the rest of my life . . . . . and it has been that and more!!! Not just that I lost some weight, look better and feel better - but, since going to the gym I have met some great friends there, I have been able to help some other people at the gym feel better about themselves and just kind of "paying it forward." It was a rough pathway to be on but from that pathway have come great blessings! So, just put that time behind you - give yourself the gift of a great life - and pay it forward too :) I wish you and your husband the best in your transformations. Look forward to hearing more from you :) LacyJ
Hey Melanie - haven't heard from you in awhile - hope all is going well for you and you are workin' it! LacyJ
You are TRULY an inspiration......really. God Bless you and this broken road you have been on to get here. Yours is a story that needs to be told....because there is NO excuses, right? Even if the Chemo doesnt make you actively sick, it's hard to maintain strength, balance and persistence through that...Of course, I am stating the obvious here. But mental illness or phsyical illness it's all a BAD place to be. I have been truly unhealthy in my life...I have had 11 abdominal surgeries, had more organs and garbage removed than I care to remember - I look like a road map (and not a pretty one) but I know I have a purpose for my life. I feel strongly you have a HUGE purpose in yours. Thanks for sharing and I know I will be talking to you soon!!
Hi Shellbells :) How is it going this week? Hope you are planning the work and working the plan! LacyJ
Hey lacy! You have inspired me. I am right on plan. Both food and workouts!
I got the Bêtagen because of you! So far love love love it and it's only been 2days! My body is recovering so much better and it makes me feel great! Also love the taste! You rock!
I just found out I will be a grandma again (third one!!!). Soooo excited!
BTW - been bragging about you to our little forum group! How's your week going???
It has been 2 days since I started (July 24), and I must say, this is intense! So much to think about, such drastic changes, trying to understand what to eat and how much. I was feeling a little overwhelmed! The program doesn't provide much information about portions, or how to fit in fruit (there are only 4 fruits listed online), and so on. But after reading all of your wonderful posts, I am feel better about this! You are so inspiring, all of you. Doesn't matter if it is your first day or you have been doing this for awhile - you are all amazing. Hopefully I can amaze myself in 12 weeks!
Thank you all for sharing, and thanks Lacy for sharing and coaching!
Oy, I have so many questions! How many servings come in the 7.77 oz cannister?
Hi Shellbells - Happy Friday!!! Glad you got the Betagen and like it. I take mine right after my workout and I have one in the afternoon at 3:00 pm when I do a second shake for my snack. My week is going well. I didn't miss any workouts and stayed on my food program. I have chemo next week, so, I will have to pull some inner strength to pull that off and not miss any workouts!!
Congrats on being a grandma for the third time :) I have 5 grandkids and they keep me energized every time we get together.
So here's a little tip I do to sometimes give me the "inner" strength I need to keep going strong: I bought some bandanas (you know men's big colored handkerchiefs) in all colors at Walmart - $1 each. I cut them into strips, and I tie one around my left wrist every day when I go to the gym. When I think I can't finish my workout, I touch my wrist with my band on it, and remember why I wore it and what inner strength I need to do to finish my workout. It is surprising but looking at that band and the reason I wore it helps me. Of course, you know I color coordinate each band to my workout outfit - HA!
Okay - hope you are having a great day! Just go out and fight for it girl! Til we talk again - LacyJ
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Multi–layered, collage–look designs are all the rage these days! Bring out the artist in you and jazz up a plain shirt with a variety of stencils and spray paints in several cool colors.
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Material List
- Krylon® Brushed Metallic Paint - Nickel
- Krylon® Indoor/Outdoor Paint - White
- Krylon® Indoor/Outdoor Paint - Rich Plum
- Krylon® Easy-Tack™ Repositionable Adheasive - Clear
- Harlequin Pattern Stencil
- Floral Bouquet Stencil
- Alphabet Stencil
- Plain Green Cotton Shirt
- Plain Scrap Paper (with no printing or color on it - white copy paper works great)
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- Thick Cardboard Sheet (Approximately 13"x17")
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Apply Repositionable Adhesive to back of harlequin stencil.
Place cardboard sheet inside shirt and carefully fold excess fabric underneath. Press harlequin stencil firmly to upper center portion of shirt. Mask off areas you do not want painted with paper and painter's tape.
Spray over stencil with Satin Nickel paint, then carefully remove and let dry completely.
Press floral bouquet mask over painted design and mask off any unwanted areas with paper and painter's tape. Lightly and randomly spray over and around design with Rich Plum paint. Remove mask and let dry completely.
Apply Repositionable Adhesive to back of alphabet stencil, press over painted design, and mask off any unwanted areas with paper and painter's tape. Spray upper left and lower right corners of stencil with Gloss White paint. Remove stencil and let dry completely.
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These are much better than their 75 rating.For small cigars,definately in the top ten.And I mostly prefer the smalls.I have at least 25 different around now.I agree with the man that said they go out.However,I kinda' like them to when I put them down.I know,politically incorrect.mike in iowa June 29, 2011
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Great taste, Great quick smoke when time is short. Would smoke these as everyday quickies!Steve in California July 15, 2008
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After reviving a humidor of Baccarat Coronas, I thought these would be great for my short rides to and from work. The draw is so loose, it feels as if these were rolled with hands in mittens. Each and every one of these would burn out at half-smoke even right after a good draw. No more for me.Steven A in California October 17, 2007
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I met this cute little college intern at the CubeTech INC copy center. She was on an exchange program from Scotland, and told me how much she missed wandering through the green grass meadows and smelling the fresh, salty ocean air. She reminded me of a pixie girl from the fairyland of Lewis Carroll's enchanted storybooks. She was only 4'6" tall, but almost reached 5' in her decadent footwear. We talked all afternoon; but when 4:45PM rolled around, she closed our interaction professionally at the center's entrance. As we returned to our respective cubes, it felt awkward walking behind her, smelling her complex, sweet European perfumes and seeing her broad yet tightly lined up gate. In our conversation, she had explained that because of her small size, it was easy for her to walk in high heels and she loved it. It was like seeing two water balloons filled with Jell-O, the way she pranced forward, never straying from the imaginary chalk line centered between the cube rows. As she entered her cube, she smiled broadly, looking deeply and unflinchingly into my eyes. She told me how enjoyable our chat was and how much she was looking forward to seeing me again! CubeTech rocks. It's no wonder CubeTech stock has doubled in the last 6 Mo.Nightjoe in Sagle, ID June 24, 2006
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The defending state champion Dillon Panthers look to continue its success.
The head coach, Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler), constantly feels the pressure of the town's expectations as he leads this troubled and conflicted team throughout the season.
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The defending state champion Dillon Panthers look to continue its success.
It is the first day of school at Dillon High and so a lot of changes.
It's the first Friday night for the Dillon Panther football team.
Tim and Jason head to Mexico as Street hopes to explore experimental surgery.
Coach Taylor returns to Dillon Texas as a head coach a father and a husband.
Key evidence comes in implicating Landry and his father finds out.
Recruiting day -- Brian "Smash" Williams' day has arrived.
Brian "Smash" Williams goes on his first recruiting trip.
Landry confesses to the murder of Tyra's assaulter.
A tornado hits the Dillon county area damaging Laribee high school.
Brian "Smash" Williams is facing a lot of pressure to choose a major college.
Tami Taylor and Coach Taylor look into day care for Gracie.
Smash's confrontation at the movie theatre has turned from bad into worse.
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Andy Harman & Mary Barranco Promoted to Lead Enhanced Efforts of Core Management Leadership & Selling Programs and Companywide Execution Capabilities
October 13, 2011, Miami, Florida - Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. (Southern), the nation's largest wine and spirits distributor with operations in 35 states, announces the promotions of Andrew Harman to Senior Vice President-Organizational Development and Mary Barranco to Vice President-National Director of Training. These appointments recognize Harman and Barranco's leadership in significantly expanding Southern's capabilities in the employee development and talent management areas. Concurrent with these promotions, Southern is presently rolling out new web-based components of Southern Wine & Spirits University (SWS-U).
"At Southern, we have always believed that our employees are our most valuable asset," says Wayne Chaplin, Southern's President & Chief Operating Officer. "The recruiting, development and performance management of our employees are important distinguishing, competitive advantages for Southern," Chaplin added, "Andy and Mary have been instrumental in developing the needed skills of our people going back to the 2007 establishment of SWS-U, Southern's proprietary training and development program. Since that time, SWS-U has been responsible for delivering sales and managerial skills programs to thousands of Southern employees in virtually all markets and functional areas—and more training tools are on the way."
Most recently under Harman and Barranco's leadership, Southern has introduced a new web-based Learning Management System (LMS) that is poised to deliver expanded content via sophisticated e-learning tools. This system will enable Southern's 11,000 employees to both self-register for and administer appropriate courses as well as be counseled and directed to specific, relevant programs by in-market trainers and managers. The LMS will link employee development with Southern's Performance Appraisal System and, in the near future, to the company's leadership development and succession planning processes as well.
Promoted to Senior Vice President-Organizational Development, Harman will continue his responsibilities for overseeing SWS-U's ongoing enhancements while he also pursues long-term, enterprise-wide, employee-development initiatives. Commenting on Harman's appointment, Executive Vice President-General Manager Brad Vassar said, "Andy has demonstrated an exceptional ability to successfully identify, communicate and execute companywide employee development objectives. He will continue to work with Southern's GMs and corporate leadership to accelerate our plans to be best in class in all areas of talent management—and will continue to work collaboratively with Southern suppliers to ensure the integration of supplier sales and marketing programs with the SWS-U curriculum." Prior to joining Southern in 2004 as Vice President-Organizational Development, Harman had a long career in the wine and spirits industry having worked for over 30 years at The Seagram Company. There, he had a broad range of accountabilities in Sales, Marketing and Strategic Planning, reaching the position of Chief Officer-Global Customer Development.
Mary Barranco, a nine year Southern employee, who has been working with Harman as the National Director of Training for the past 18 months, has been promoted to Vice President-National Director of Training with increased responsibility for company-wide curriculum and capability development. Harman commented, "Mary has been leading SWS-U's training initiatives after serving as the Director of Training & Recruiting for Southern Wine & Spirits of Illinois and Kentucky. She is a consummate professional who will be responsible for assuring the disciplined execution, quality, and consistency of core programs across all markets."
Reporting to Mary Barranco will be two new regional training managers. Robert O. Busch has joined Southern as an Eastern Regional Manager of Training. Busch has a long history in the beverage industry and he will be responsible for assisting with curriculum development and in-market training for all programs in a number of eastern states.
Simultaneously, Southern is proud to announce the promotion of Christopher D. DePersio to Western Regional Manager of Training. DePersio has most recently been a District Manager in Nevada, and he has been with Southern for six years following more than ten years' experience in the industry.
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It's why the Weaver councilwoman said she was shocked when more than a month ago her neighbor pounded on her door in broad daylight to say a burglar had kicked in her door and began rummaging for items.
"It was about 2 in the afternoon, I couldn't believe it," Cole said. "I've been thinking for a long time we needed a crime watch. This is an older neighborhood, lots of elderly. It's long overdue."
Using the alleged burglary as an impetus, Cole's neighbor, Greg Pierce, took it upon himself to set up a neighborhood crime watch for the Shannon Hills area of Weaver, hosting a meeting Tuesday with residents and the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
"It's about being a good witness," Pierce said about setting up the program, which encourages neighbors to keep an eye out for suspicious activity in their communities. "You don't get involved or try to be the police, but you work with the police to make sure the neighborhood is safe."
Attempts to reach Weaver police Chief Wayne Bush this week to confirm the burglary were unsuccessful, but crime reports provided by the city show six reported burglaries in Weaver during the month of May.
Like any type of crime prevention, numbers measuring the effect neighborhood watches have on crime reduction are impossible to calculate. But Calhoun County Deputy Jon Garlick said crime watches, when organized well, go beyond just reporting crimes and putting up signs. They involve neighbors looking after each other and taking an active role in making sure things going on in their streets are as they should be.
"By the time a crime is reported to us, it's already in progress," Garlick said. "We're in the neighborhoods and we may drive up the street, but we don't know if a vehicle is suspicious or if it shouldn't be in there, but people in the neighborhood do."
Pierce said he wanted to set up the watch through the Sheriff's Office after neighbor and Weaver Councilman Les Hill suggested having an independent crime watch might lead people to get the wrong idea. Hill, an investigator with the Anniston Police Department, said he was concerned with the perception of crime watches after an incident in Florida last year involving the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by local neighborhood watch participant, George Zimmerman.
"I told him you probably shouldn't just set this up yourself," Hill said. "That's probably not a good idea."
Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson said the Zimmerman case, which went through jury selection in a Florida courtroom this week, has caused a certain amount of backlash against neighborhood watch groups.
"It certainly painted some of them with a black eye," Amerson said. "The perception based on what happened in Florida is we promote people taking action, which isn't true. We promote being a good witness."
Being a good witness, though, might be the hardest thing for neighbors to do, said Weaver Mayor Wayne Willis. While the Zimmerman case might be an example of the dangers of an overzealous neighborhood watch program, Willis said in his experience the problem with crime watches was usually just the opposite.
"To be honest, they tend to become inactive," said Willis, who worked as an Anniston police officer for more than 20 years. "Neighborhood watches are only as good as the participants in them. You can say you have a crime watch, you can put up the signs, but if you don't stay active, and stay vigilant, it's a useless tool."
Willis said the watches tend to become inactive, especially in areas that didn't have a lot of crime to begin with, much like Shannon Hills.
"I've always thought this was a safe neighborhood, and I've lived here more than 20 years," said Luanne Gowens, one of Pierce's neighbors on Woodlock Lane, who was invited to Tuesday's meeting. "I still think a crime watch is a great idea, but I don't think Shannon Hills is particularly dangerous."
Pierce said he didn't think of the neighborhood as a hotbed of criminal activity either, but said the added benefits to a crime watch included a potential rise in property values. More importantly, he said, it opens up the channels of communication between neighbors and law enforcement.
And that's the best way for communities to continue to stay crime-free, Amerson said.
"They are very effective" Amerson said. "They let criminals know, if you're here, we're watching you, and we're going to report you."
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Really dig this rom! Again very fast and I do like the new settings order! Thanks for the work!!
Really dig this rom! Again very fast and I do like the new settings order! Thanks for the work!!
Anyone having trouble installing? I'm getting a symlink error or something in clockwork when trying to install...
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I didn't. I dl'ed like 3 times though and it keeps happening. Not going to stop me from continuing to try though
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Chevycam94, there's a lock icon in the pull down for screen rotation but it doesn't seem to work. Am i missing how to turn it on?
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I flashed this on top of my previous version of Steel Droid and it seemed to work great. I loved the speed! Then, a couple of hours after flashing, the phone screen wouldn't turn on. It was hot, like it was heavily processing, but I couldn't get it to "wake up". Alas, only a battery pull worked. Seemed to be fine. However, it froze again last night and now I can't even get it to boot up. It just freezes on the boot animation screen forever. Any ideas?
Last night I finally gave up and completely wiped the phone and did a fresh install of this ROM. Again, it seemed to work great for a while. Then, after a couple of hours, it freezes again and only a battery pull allows me to reboot. I finally got fed up and reinstalled my previous version of Steel Droid. I agree, I hope this gets fixed soon as I loved what little time I was able to spend with Jelly Bean - I may after to try out another ROM while I wait!
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It's available as a free download from the Android Market and I honestly like it.
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Changes are really welcome. However I'd need to mention its features won't run every android phone. You'll need 2.0 or higher like Motorola Droid, Droid 2 and Droid X, HTC Evo and G2, Samsung Galaxy S, аnd Google Nexus S. And yes, these features won't run Google Nexus One.
I'm using the new Google Maps on a G1 and an Evo. 3D is definitely a no-go on the G1, but the offline improvements will be welcomed on it. On the Evo-- the new functions are superb, although I can't seem to achieve the 3D view depicted in the screenshot above. I'm going to try reinstalling to see if that makes a difference.
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The 3rd Annual T-County Literacy Coalition Celebrity Spelling Bee will be held at KSU Tusc on Tuesday, May 14 at 6:00 PM. Celebrity spellers include: Rep. Al Landis, Brian Flood (Faith Christian Church), Diana Boyd (Union Hospital), Dawn Leone (McInturf Realty), Jack Dooling (Dover-Phila Federal Credit Union) and Melissa Griffy Seeton (Time Reporter). Spellers will be "coached" by 4th graders from Dover East Elementary. All welcome at this fun and FREE community event.
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Apologies For Recent Blog Slackitude
Some have noticed my posting rate has dropped recently. Sadly, this has been a relative trend because I was once attempting to churn out three posts a day. In the past two weeks, I've struggled to steady at one a day – and this week I'm finally into the danger zone of not even being able to maintain that.
The simple explanation is much outside the blogosphere has taken up my time – the Day Job, two freelance projects, the holidays fast approaching, and writing for the Blog Herald. I haven't had as much time to just chill out and watch movies, listen to music, or watch enough new fall TV shows to find a replacement for Gilmore Girls.
One thing I've learned over the past year is writing can be hard work – and therefore, copious amounts of free time is good for blogging. I wish I had more time to brainstorm blog posts, surf the web aimlessly, find amusing stuff to write about, or stress free time to write. I find it takes about an hour to compose what I would consider a solid post, and lately and those three hours a day every evening for three posts are basically no longer available.
(Perhaps this blog was better – when I was a slacker).
But since I'm definitely not considering quitting the day job to blog full time – the blog takes second seat to that which pays the bills.
I'm also considering that if I don't have anything original to add to the technology conversation – I may as well stay out. I don't break any new news or do any reporting. And just by the law of averages, there isn't a comment-worthy tech event every single day that is worth devoting an entire post to.
But the biggest irony of all this is – traffic once again, up over last month. The blog has nailed 2000+ visitors a day. My PageRank didn't drop, and I still scratch my head over the ad revenue. Perhaps the adage "less is more" has some truth to it?


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As I mentioned in another thread, I have two RAID-5 arrays, a primary one that serves the immediate storage needs of my family, and a backup, which syncs with the primary every night at 3 AM. Each RAID-5 consists of 3 2 TB Seagate (5900RPM) disks. Recently I purchased 2 more 2 TB disks to expand the arrays by 2 more TB (burning 8 GB ISOs takes up a lot of room). I added each new disk to the respective systems, but only initiated an expansion of the backup array first, in case anything went wrong, as this was my first attempt at online capacity expansion of an array with precious data. All went well with that expansion; it took 2 1/2 days, but otherwise everything went as planned. I proceeded to initiate the expansion of the live array and that went well for the first day and then everything slowed to a crawl at about 30% migrated. It has been migrating at the rate of just under 3% a day for the last week and I'm up to about 50% now. This is just does not seem right. Both RAID systems are identical, hardware-wise, however the active array runs under Windows 2008 R2 DataCenter and the backup array runs under Windows 7 Professional. Also, the active array is running RST 10.1.0.1008, while the backup array is running the newer 10.8.0.1003 - this is because Intel has not published an update for RST on Windows 2008 R2 Server beyond 10.1.0.1008.
So does anyone know of any migration slowness issues with 10.1.0.1008?
And, additionally, is it okay to deploy the Windows 7 64 bit RST 10.8.0.1003 on Windows 2008 R2? If so, I will update as soon as the migration completes in about, oh, 3 weeks.
I know there is an additional difference in that the active array is being, well, actively wirtten to, but we have stopped using it after the slowness occurred, to see if that would make a difference, but it did not.
Got bored with waiting (I'm at 58% migrated now) and installed 10.8.0.1003.
Bad idea.
Computer continually reboots during load of Windows.
No System Restore on Windows 2008 R2 Server, so instead I used F8 on bootup and selected Last Known Good Configuration.
That got me into Windows.
Checked RST.
The UI now reports 10.8.0.1003 but I suspect the driver has been rolled back.
The UI sees the array and the drives, but does not see the raid volume at all and does not report any migration taking place, although migration IS taking place (I can hear it) and the drive letter is present and working in Explorer.
Don't know where I'll go from here, but thought it would be good to let people know that upgrading RST during a migration is asking for a heap of trouble.
Well, here I am two weeks into my migration and I'm at just over 70%
I have at least another week to go, probably more.
I can understand taking a couple DAYs, because, after all, were dealing with terra-bytes here, but WEEKs...something is wrong.
Additionally, I have started noticing errors on the migrating volume when my sync to the backup RAID takes place at 3AM.
Bad signs all around.
What I'd like to do is just STOP and CANCEL the migration, apply the latest RST (since applying during migration results in the infinite reboot of death), and then try migrating all over again.
I don't think you can just stop the migration though.
An alternative is to just wipe everything and resync with the backup raid.
That leaves me more vulnerable than I'd like, so I'm trying to avoid it.
I would like to hear some comments from Intel people, if they are monitoring this board, specifically, I would like responses to the following 2 questions:
1. Is it okay to apply RST 10.8.0.1003 to a Windows 2008 R2 Server (64 bit) even though it is not listed in the officially supported operating system list?
2. Is there any way I can stop a migration (without damaging the volume) once it has started?
Well, it happened, the migration failed.
What's worse is that it did not KNOW it failed.
The status of the array was still "migrating" as if everything was okay...but it wasn't.
Random EXE files started to become corrupted.
How did I notice that?
Well, Windows would say something like "this executable is not compatible with the OS you're running it upon" or something like that when trying to run these EXEs.
I immediately did a compare of the corrupted EXE against the copy on my backup raid and found that there were differences.
There were also differences in data files like INI files.
I wondered why my daily sync backup did not copy the corruption and then realized that the file contents became corrupt but the size and timestamp on them did not change, hence the sync-ing software did not see any change and copy the corrupted files to backup - and good thing, or I would be up the creek!
I immediately deleted the volume and started all over.
I also installed 10.8.0.1003 and the system did NOT reboot while loading Windows, whew.
The new volume is now intializing, and hopefully I'll get everything copied back over without further incident.
Let this be a warning that only a fool would initiate an array operation like a migration without a backup somewhere else...but really...shame on Intel because this SHOULD have worked - and it DID work for the backup array, which went through the migration without a hitch 2 and a half weeks ago - the difference: the backup array ran on a different version of windows (win 7 pro vs server 2008 r2) with a different version of RST (10.8.0.1003 vs 10.1.0.1008) and had a different strip size (128 vs 64).
Who knows which one caused the problem, or if it was a combination, or something else.
I'm just glad I still have my data.


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- Cons Videos too short to have substance. Choppy video output. No video editing. No effect filters. Private option is all or nothing.
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Despite its shortcomings, Vine is a hit. In case you're not familiar with it, this free social video app
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• On The Rise—Discover new and interesting Viners right from your Explore screen.
• Revining—Share your favorite posts with all your followers on Vine in one tap.
• New Capture Tools—Shoot with style using the new focus, grid, and ghost tools.
• Protected Accounts—Allow only people you approve to follow you and view your posts.
I'll discuss these new features in the relevant review sections below. But first off, let's be clear: Vine isn't a case of "video finally comes to Twitter." You've long been able to embed a DailyMotion, YouTube or Vimeo video into a Twitter post, so this isn't the first time anyone's been able to add video to tweets. Vine is more of an attempt to co-opt the craze for animated GIFs, most prominently evidenced on image-heavy mini-blogging site
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As in every self-respecting social network, each user gets a profile page, and Vine's resembles Twitter's, except it offers separate tabs for Posts and Likes. On top is the user's photo, a text area for inspirational self-description and a big Follow button. If something or someone offends you, you can report or block a profile for inappropriate posting.
The redesigned Explore page is an even bigger treat than it was originally. You still get Popular Now, but this is joined by On the Rise, which makes discovering amusing Vines even easier. Colorful Windows 8-like tiles now offer YouTube-like sections, rather than hashtags; the latter now appear below the colorful tiles, and are now trending hastags, rather than just the preset ones like #sports, #travel, and so on.
Once you do discover a video you love, you can Like (thanks to a smiley face button), comment, and now "Revine" it. The last is just like retweeting in Twitter; it even uses the same button icon. It really is instantaneous, with no options required before taking hold. As with the Like button, the Revine button turns dark green, and you can tap it again to un-favorite it.
If someone shares a Vine link, you can watch it on a bare-bones Vine-hosted Web page, but there's no website where you can view all your own and contacts' Vines or do any of the social connecting and browsing. You can watch the videos inside Twitter apps or in your Twitter feed. Vine videos also can play on Facebook.
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Gatlin said he nor his Gatlin brothers had the opportunity to serve. He said "Our way of serving, things like tonight."
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Following some hit songs of the past and banter with the crowd, Gatlin introduced Governor Rick Perry.
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