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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that $1.46 billion has been set aside by the Australian federal government to strengthen cyber networks as part of a National Security Strategy (PDF).
The funding ,which will be spread out to the year 2020, is designed to strengthen what Gillard described as Australia's "most sensitive" networks.
In addition, a new Australian Cyber Security Centre will be established by the end of 2013 that will combine existing cyber security capabilities across the Attorney-General's Department, Defence, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Crime Commission in one location.
According to Gillard, the centre will provide Australia with an expanded and more agile response capability to deal with all cyber issues--be they related to government, industry, crime or security.
"Importantly it will also create a hub for greater collaboration with the private sector, state and territory governments and international partners to combat the full breadth of cyber threats," she said during a speech delivered in Canberra.
"Malicious cyber activity will likely be with us for many decades to come, so we must be prepared for a long, persistent fight."
Gillard also announced that she has established the Office of the Cyber Policy Coordinator to provide leadership and coordination.
"For the public sector, we must ensure that our most important networks are some of the hardest to compromise in the world," she said.
"But government alone cannot develop a secure and safe digital environment."
Gillard added that the federal government must continue to work closely with the information security industry and international partners to develop a set of "global norms" for online behaviour.
"The Internet must remain open but also be secure."
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Football is a major event at our house and the playoffs are a serious event.
Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears – pre game and first half
Home-made Guacamole
Cheese and Pretzels and lots of chips plus another shot of the guacamole
Wine pairing by David
First wine
Half-time First Game
We had gone to Chinois for dinner the night before with the idea we would have Chinois left-overs plus a couple of add-ons for the game.
Roasted Cantonese duck
Steamed bao with stir-fried vegetables and Plum Sauce for the duck (David stole his bao, duck, quail, ribs etc before the photos were taken)
Crispy glazed quail with Red Pepper Strips
Barbecued baby pork ribs with soy honey glaze
Duck Fried Rice
David's pairing with Chinois leftovers
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Now the BIG Game – Steelers versus New York Jets
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subprogramas as separate notebooks
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg26657] subprogramas as separate notebooks
- From: Otto Linsuain <linsuain+ at andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:47:14 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi everyone. I have a simple question. I read the Mathematica section on notebook manipulation, but didn't find an answer to my question. I have a relatively simple but bulky code. The reason is that after I input the parameters I go on to creating a whole pile of directories (whose path names depend on the values of the parameters), then I define a simple function and go on to evaluate that function for a whole bunch of different values and store lists of numbers in files in those directories (unless this has already been stored for those values of the parameters in a previous run), then I use these numbers in the actual solution of the problem which involves some numerical crunching. My code would be much nicer to read and debug if I could have a driver notebook where the parameters are introduced, and then from there I could call another one that creates the directories, another that stores the numbers and so on. It really doesn't matter to me in I have to open all the notebooks for this to work, or if the FrontEnd will open them. What I would like is to deal with simpler more especialized notebooks. Any advice would be highly appreciated. Otto Linsuain.


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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is perhaps the most anticipated annual event among tech savvy consumers. They want to know what the future holds for every individual in terms of technological advancements.
This year, the event showcased a list of smart appliances with various features that consumers will surely love. The following are some of the appliances highlighted in the event.
Haier Air Conditioner
Chinese appliance maker Haier presented its air conditioner in the event, dubbing it as the first smart appliance with iOS device compatibility. According to resources, the Tianzun air conditioner is the very first appliance of its type that Apple's MFi licensing program accepted and certified.
While something similar already exists in form of Advantage AIR by AirconWA guys this is rather new technology which is going to be much more popular in near future.
The company will integrate the same technology to its other appliances like water heaters and ovens. Local WiFi connections will be used to make the entire system of smart appliances work together and thus, creating an intelligent space for today's homeowners.
Aside from simply showing off the appliances' features, representatives also demonstrated how it will work inside spectators' homes. They will work with the mobile phone automatically and set up respective parameters without direct registration or password setup.
Therefore, consumers will be free from the technicalities of setting up the appliances. They simply need to connect and experience the advantages these appliances can offer.
LG's HomeChat
LG's HomeChat presented in the recent CES is regarded as the rebooted version of the LG Smart ThinQ apps presented last year. Through this technology, users will be updated with their appliances' tasks. The appliances will send users a text message as update on its functionality or status.
LG has also continuously improved its applications' features, which will let property owners to send basic questions or commands. They can check about the number of minutes left on the washing machine's spin cycle and know whether they need to get their clothes or not. More
Samsung Smart Home
Samsung also presents a similar technology that also send messages for function updates to their owners. However, the company also made sure that its technology will stand unique with added features.
Samsung appliances will have built-in cameras that do not only inform owners about their appliances, but also show them about what is happening inside their houses.
Goji Smart Lock
Issues on keys are perhaps the most inconvenient problem any homeowner will have. They tend to lose their keys in different locations and even inside their bags. Goji Smart Lock solves the problem by using an app in accessing the house. It can be manually opened using the app or by synchronizing the lock with your device's Bluetooth connectivity feature.
Most people would think that this feature is only exclusive for the property owner or a single app user. However, users can configure the lock to open and provide access for specific individuals who need to enter the house like cleaners. Even if the owner is not around, the smartphone app can send the command to let others in if necessary.
Aside from the app, Goji Smart Lock is also equipped with a camera. This will keep owners from making that long walk towards the door and look through the peephole just to see the knocking individuals.
Goji developers offer this technology for pre-orders and will commence shipping in March. FAQ for intrigued.
Whirlpool Interactive Cooktop (personal favorite)
Video demo
Whirlpool, being one of the top brands in the market, will not be left behind in presenting its own technology at CES. The company decided to focus on efficient stovetop management in smaller kitchen through its own take on stove.
Burners tend to consume a lot of space on the stove, which makes food preparation more challenging due to constricted space. However, Whirlpool presents its new stove that works similarly to a touchscreen.
Upon laying the pots and pans on the stovetop, the stove will begin heating them up using inductive technology. Users can then begin bringing in their ingredients to the food they cook minus the fear of being burned.
While this stove is still a concept and with the need to create a working appliance, Whirlpool reports that it has started and continue to develop the said stove. This assures every tech savvy homeowners something to look forward to in the future.
Modern appliances from Samsung
Aside from the app technology, the company also presented a whole line of new appliances that highlights the best of today's improved technology. However, these new appliances do not possess smart technology, but something every homeowner will find worthwhile checking.
Appliance lines include dishwasher, microwave, vacuum cleaners, as well as a combination of washer and dryer. They may not have smart technology, but with sleek designs that certainly fit modern property designs.
Technology on your wrist
Aside from smarter appliances, CES 2014 also highlighted other technologies that today's modern consumer will certainly enjoy like wearable technology. One of these are smartwatches which have notification features like Razer Nabu.
Other wearable devices are made to monitor fitness factors like heart rates and steps. Using this system allows users to eliminate other devices for their daily tasks. This is something important for people who want to move without too many gadgets to wear.
One of the benefits in using these devices is that their developers made them to look fashionable, which is another demand among consumers in this day and age. They look sleek and will look great with any apparel people will wear.
They also come in a variety of choices and functionalities designed according to what buyers require. Shoppers simply need to look for their needed functionality and they will surely match their perfect match.
CES 2014 certainly showed a lot of great appliances and devices for consumers today. They provide convenience for users since they are designed with specific functionalities that meet their preferences.
Buyers simply need to watch out for many of these high-end appliances' market launch and finally experience their offered benefits for home or personal use.


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Co-ed Cinema, 79 W. Main St., Brevard, 883-2200. Showing through Thursday: "Thor: The Dark War," rated R. Showing: 1, 4, 7 p.m. Info: www.coedcinema.com.
Flat Rock Cinema, 2700 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 697-2463. All tickets $7.50. Showing through Thursday: "Captain Phillips," rated PG-13, Showing daily: 3:30, 7 p.m., Sunday at 7 p.m. only. Info: www.flatrockcinema.com.
Epic Theatres of Hendersonville, 200 Thompson St. Shows through Thursday: "About Time," Rated R; "Bad Grandpa," Rated R; "Captain Phillips," Rated PG-13; "Carrie," Rated R; "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2," Rated PG; "Ender's Game," Rated PG-13; "Enough Said," Rated PG-13; "Escape Plan," Rated R; "Free Birds," Rated PG; "Gravity," Rated PG-13; "Last Vegas," Rated PG-13; "Thor 2," Rated PG-13; Call Theatre for Show Times. Info: 693-1146.
Van Wingerden International open house, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday in the greenhouses, Highway 191, Mills River. Info: 891-4116.
Historian Terrell Garren book signing, 2 p.m. Saturday at Historic Courthouse on Main St., Hendersonville. Info: 694-1619.
Hendersonville Swing Band benefit concert, 3 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium of Hendersonville High School. Tickets: $10.
Veteran's Day Salute, 3 p.m. Saturday at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road. Speaker: Col. Grady Hawkins.
Sandlapper Singers "Portrait of Americans" concert, 4 p.m. Saturday at St. John in the Wilderness Church, Flat Rock. Tickets: $15. Info: 693-9783.
Musica Antiqua performance, 7 p.m. Saturday at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Kanuga Road, Hendersonville. $15 donation suggested.
185 King St., Brevard. Info: 877-1850 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Saluda Inn & Wine Cellar, 229 Greenville St., Saluda. Thursday, 5-7 p.m. Happy hour; Friday, 8 p.m. Music. Info: 749-9698.
Cypress Cellar, 321-C N. Main St. Entertainment, 8 p.m. til midnight in the bar on Fridays, and 6 to 9 p.m. in the dining room Saturdays.
The Dugout, 430 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Info: 692-9262.
French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road #D, Asheville. Entertainment 6-8 p.m. Friday and Saturdays. Info: 277-0222 or www.frenchbroadbrewery.com.
The Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 356 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Live dinner music 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturdays. Friday, Carrie Morrison; Saturday, Darryl Olivier; Nov. 15, Lynn Goldsmith; Nov. 16, Emily Bodley. No cover charge. Also serves breakfast and lunch. Info: 692-6335.
The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. Nov. 16, Red June. Tickets: $10 advance; $12 at the door: Info: 232-5800.
Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road, Asheville. Info: 575-2737.
Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville. Ages 21 and older. Sundays, Irish Session 5-8 p.m., 10:30 pm-12:30 a.m. Another RoadSide Attraction; Mondays, Quizzo! 8-10 p.m.; First Tuesdays, Singer/Songwriter in the Round, 8-10 p.m.; Wednesdays, Old Time Jam, 6 p.m.; Thursdays, Bluegrass Jam 8:30ish. Entertainment starts around 9 p.m. Info: 252-5445.
Just Vino, 2702 Greenville Highway, Singleton Centre. Thursday, Free wine tasting, 5-7 p.m.; Friday, $3 drafts; Saturday, live entertainment. Info: 693-5380.
Midway Tavern, 2634 Hendersonville Road, Arden. Karaoke every Wednesday and Friday at 9 p.m. Performers Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. Info: 687-7530.
Mills River Music Barn, 1140 N. Mills River Road. All ages welcome. Live country music every Friday and Saturday from 7-10:30 p.m. Bob Presley. Info: 891-7704.
Moe's Original Barbecue, 114 N. Main St., Hendersonville. WTZQ's singer/songwriter showcase from 8-9 p.m. the third Thursday monthly. Info: 595-9200.
Olive or Twist, 81 Broadway, Asheville. Tuesdays, The Blue Dogd; Wednesdays, Cadillac Rex, 8 p.m.; Thursdays, Mike Filippone, 8-11 p.m.; Fridays, Three Cool Cats, 8-11 p.m.; Saturdays, Ruby Mayfield, 8-11 p.m. Info: 254-0555.
The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Ages 18 and older with valid ID. Friday, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; Sunday, The Greencards; Monday, High on Fire and Kvelertak; Tuesday, Michael Franti and Spearheads; Wednesday, Hoodie Allen/Laura Marling; Thursday, Mimosa. Info: 225-5851; www.theorangepeel.net.
Oskar Blues Brewery, 342 Mountain Industrial Drive, Brevard. Trolley runs from Asheville to the brewery for free every Saturday and Sunday. Friday, Bradford Carson; Saturday, Mobility Chief. Info: 230-1662.
Panther's Paw Pub & Club, 111 Joel Wright Drive. Opens at 4 p.m. Ages 21 and older. 18 to 21 years of age admitted as designated drivers with a valid driver's license. Karaoke on Tuesdays and Thursdays; DJ on Fridays. Info: 696-0810.
Party Place and Event Center, 221 Friendship Church Road, Saluda. Saturday: Sound Investment. Info: 749-3676 or visit www.saludamountainjamboree.com.
Pisgah Brewing Co., 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain. Saturday, Woody Pines; Wednesday, Bradley Carter; Thursday, Whiskey Gentry. Info: 669-0190 or www.pisgahbrewing.com.
Purple Onion Cafe and Coffeehouse, 16 E. Main St., Saluda. Saturday, Overmountain Men; Tuesday, Argentine wine tasting; Thursday, Michael Reno Harrell. Info: 749-1179 or www.purple-onionsaluda.com.
Southern Appalachian Brewery, 822 Locust St., Hendersonville. Hours: 4 p.m. to close Wednesday-Friday; 2 p.m.-close Saturday and Sunday. Entertainment: 8-10 Friday and Saturday. Friday, Eric Congdon Trio; Saturday, Alarm Clock Conspiracy/ Second Tryon Beer Fest. Info: www.sabrewery.com.
The Ugly Mug Coffee and Tea, 2024 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. Wednesdays: Open mic with Zack Harding, 8-11 p.m. Info: 693-9999 or email@example.com.
Two Guys Pizza and Ribs, 121 W. Barnell St., Hendersonville. Saturday, Beach music and shag dancing with DJ Dave Hadden, 7-11 p.m. Info: 693-6755.
White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain. Info: 669-0816.
Theater and dance
"Music on the Rock: Tribute to Wayward Sons: Kansas, Skynyrd and the Alman Brothers," through Saturday at Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Tickets: $24. Info: 828-693-0731; 866-732-8008.
"The Three Musketeers," through Nov. 24 at Playhouse Mainstage, 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $35. Info: 828-693-0731; 866-732-8008.
Neil Simon's "Rumors," Nov. 14-17, 21-24 at Tryon Little Theater, 516 S. Trade St., Tryon. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday; 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $15 adults; $10 children younger than 18. Info: 859-2466.
"Disney Mulan Jr.," Nov. 15-24 at Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville. 7 p.m. Nov. 21 and Fridays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $18. Info: 828-693-0731; 866-732-8008.
"Golden Age — Coming of the Railroad" exhibit, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, May 19-Dec. 31, 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 694-1619.
Henderson County Heritage Museum observing the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 31, 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 694-1619.
Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Club will hold a "Turkey in the Straw" dance Nov. 16 at the Whitmire Activity Building, Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville. Wear costumes. Advance dance, 6 p.m.; Early rounds, 7 p.m.; Squares and rounds, 7:30 p.m. Caller: Stan Russell. Info:625-9969; 697-7732.
Apple Valley Model Railroad Club open from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Hendersonville Depot, Maple Street. Info: www.avmrc.com.
Hendersonville Ballroom Dance Club meets from 7:30-10 p.m. Fridays in the lower room of the Elks Lodge, 546 N. Justice St., Hendersonville. Annual membership is $15 with dance fees of $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. Call 654-9708, email email@example.com or visit www.hendersonvilleballroomclub.com for more information.
Line dancing classes, at Henderson County Athletics and Activity Center, 08 S. Grove St., Hendersonville. Tuesdays, improver class, 9-10:30 a.m.; Wednesdays, beginner class, 9-10:30 a.m. $5 per class. Call in advance to register. Info: 890-5777; email@example.com; www.linedanceclass.com.
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Patay BE45F Hand Pump.
These robust transfer pumps are tried and tested workhorses. Designed for permanent mounting, they are suitable for a variety of applications. Thanks to their simplicity and reliability, they have become a firm favourite of generator manufacturers and other OEM's.
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Pump International developed the customised pumps for the world famous Red Arrows which enables the trail of red, white and blue smoke. This supports our status as a global leader in the manufacturer of industrial, chemical & marine pumps.
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Pump International is a hand pump manufacturer established in 1964 with the Patay brand.
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Mike More, a Director of the Ontario Genealogical Society was asked by the City of Ottawa Archives to research the Billings family from Milton, Massachusetts to Ottawa, Canada in the 1800s.
Mike says "The City of Ottawa Archives holds the Billings Family fonds containing over 7 metres from 1796 to 1988. MG2 contains the notes of Charles Murray Billings who considered himself the family genealogist about a hundred years ago".
He tells us that Braddish BILLINGS, a son of Dr Elkanah BILLINGS was one of the first settlers in what is now Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Braddish's house was left to the city by one of his descendants and has become the Billings Estate Museum. There is considerable interest in the genealogy of the BILLINGS family by visitors to the City Archives, and this is an attempt to compile a reference chart of the family.
There are over 800 people in the Surname Index. The Master Index shows the date of birth and death of some of the people listed in the Surname Index, and a Legend which tells you who have been excluded because they are still living, or because research is still ongoing.
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EDITOR'S DESK—Commentary
Web analytics tools make it easy to identify which stories people are widely reading — and which they aren't. Similarly, the opportunity for readers to post comments about the stories we publish makes it easier to provide a public forum surrounding a story in ways that weren't possible back when "Letters to the Editor" were something more than the quaint relics they've now become.
That has certainly been the case with a commentary article by Michael Daconta that GCN published in our August 10 issue. Daconta, whose work as metadata program manager for the Homeland Security Department earned him a Federal 100 award in 2006 from Federal Computer Week, is a regular contributor to GCN.
Daconta's column asserted that government information technology managers need to be wary of six technologies, and it generated lots of buzz. Specifically, he suggested:
Although a number of readers clearly saw his comments as a cautionary note for government IT managers, a number of our online readers — many from the developer community — ripped into Daconta's premise that government should play it safe. That kind of thinking perpetuates the status quo that has hobbled government IT projects in the first place, they said.
Others took issue with Daconta's notion of agile development. As one reader put it: Although you wouldn't want to build the next space shuttle with agile development, "not everything is a space shuttle."
Some faulted Daconta for the article's lack of evidence — and even for spelling out XUL. That was our doing, not his: We confined the article to about 650 words and spelled out the acronyms for readers outside GCN's core audience.
The upshot is Daconta and his critics are both right to a degree. Developers are correct in challenging the plodding nature of government. But so is Daconta in cautioning government IT managers to be wary of technology solutions that might well work in the commercial world but fail to hold up under the weight of government procurement and security statutes. And whether the discussion takes place in our comments section, Twitter, Facebook or other forums, our readers are better off for having had the debate.
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Made for serious play.Now there's a notebook PC made for the way you play. In fact, the HP Pavilion dv6 comes with software that lets you start playing right out of the box. With amazing graphics, audio, and video, plus a wide array of options, the HP Pavilion dv6 Entertainment series notebook delivers power and performance to match your fast-paced lifestyle.
It's always showtime.Exclusive HP MediaSmart software gives you instant access to the music and movies you love. Immerse yourself in videos, games and intensive graphics on the high-definition 15.6" diagonal HP BrightView LED display. Look yourbest in any light with the HP TrueVision Webcam and sound great with integrated dual-array digital microphones for improved noise reduction. With the large hard drive, you can store volumes of data, movies, and music.- Intel Core i3 processor with 4-way Multi-Task Processing makes it faster to work on multiple applications at the same time by allowing each core of your processor to work on two tasks simultaneously.- Intel UMA HD graphics are made for the way you play.- Sync and print wirelessly with Bluetooth-enabled smart phones and printers up to 30 feet away.- Intel Wi-Di ready to wirelessly stream your photos, videos and other PC content to an HD TV.- Get up to 5 hours and 15 minutes of life with the 6-cell 55WHr Li-Ion battery.
Impressive inside and out.The Pavilion dv6 notebook offers style with substance, featuring a sleek aluminum chassis etched with the stream design. The integrated fingerprint reader and HP SimplePass Identity Management software give you a quick,easy and secure way to access your favorite websites with a single swipe. Built for longevity with higher-quality components, the Pavilion dv6 also includes a comfortable, responsive island-style keyboard. An easy-to-use, oversized Clickpad supports multi-touch gestures to keep you operating at maximum efficiency.
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Gig: Olly Murs, Ella Eyre + Bright Sparks
A set from my second event at The O2 Arena – this time Olly Murs plus guests.
This was the first event I've been to with a runway of sorts. We were warned initially that we'd have to stay at the front as pyrotechnics would be going off towards the back of the stage. Alas I missed photographing them going off – Boo! I just had my camera down for a fraction of a second.
At the O2 – you can't take your camera bag into the arena – you have to leave it back stage. Last time I had a lens bag on my belt but I forgot it this time. A lot of photographers often have two bodies, especially from the main agencies – but I can't justify that. The lens case I use for these things doesn't really work well – belt loop too low on it – so I might look to buy some alternative option.
Olly Murs show was a great spectacle – great stage lighting/ background graphics.
Ella Eyre was great – struck me as a cross between Amy Winehouse and Lauryn Hill. listening to her on Spotify -0 sounds very Amy Winehouse but then there are lots of Housy remixes.
Olly Murs
Ella Eyre
Bright Sparks
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Gig: Marc Almond + Monitcristos
A few photos from the gig I covered on Friday – Marc Almond at Shepherd's Bush empire.
At the time – it seemed fairly easy going – but then getting home it turned out that the lighting had been quite heavy on the red – something that always seems to perplex digital cameras. It often causes them to over expose – but of late I've dialled the exposure down a bit more. Still need to correct heavy red cast though. Annoying as it can take time as it takes more than one pass – White Balance, colour adjustment levels, etc.
Marc Almond
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Gig: Carl Barât & The Jackals, Asylums + Trampolene
Last week I covered a last minute gig as another photographer couldn't cover it. Headliners was Carl Barât (of The Libertines) & The Jackals. Was at Scala which I usually enjoy – but on this ocassion it was really tricky – Scala has a pit but is quite narrow. Usually it's fine with 3 or 4 of us – but on this occasion there were 8-9 of us! Also lighting was really dark and the odd pint would get chucked over!.
Carl Barât & The Jackals
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Gig: Hunter and the Bear + Rothwell
Another gig at Dingwalls.
A previous gig there was VERY hard for me – there was lots of back-lighting, I was told that I could use flash – but I'd taken my flash out of the bag that morning! ha fail. Since then the flash has stayed in the bag even though I don't expect to use it. Dingwalls has no pit – but this time the crowd were a lot easier to move through.
That previous gig was a metal one – this was quite different – what I guess you could call Indie Folk rock.
Although musicians might not like comparisons – I think it's a natural thing to do – and in that respect – the tracks that Hunter and the Bear have on spotify are quite in vein with Mumford and Sons – however live I found them to be much more up-tempo. The fully acoustic song they did – a rendition of "Wounded" ( for a friend of theirs who had been taken ill (but is getting better) ) to a silent club was seriously emotionally beautiful – verging on tear-jerking. I took a couple of photos of them all standing away from mics – but then put the camera away as everybody else had. As it turned out – the lights weren't great for that shot anyway.
Support was Rothwell – a lovely singer songwriter solo artist. I usually find that soloists don't keep the attention of the crowd – but she did a great job.
Hunter and the Bear
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Gig: Rival Sons & London Souls
Haven't put all my Gig Photography sets of late – been a tad busy, but thought I'd put this one up.
Continues the run of metal/rock events at the Roundhouse.
In the past I've said how much I enjoy photographing gigs here – lighting is usually great, or good at least, and there's a decent sized pit. On this occasion though there was a LOT of smoke for the support act – The London Souls, combined with LOTS of blue lighting. Took a fair bit of tweaking both in camera Raw and in Photoshop to stop those shots from being a washed out blue mess.
London Souls were good – only a guitarist and drummer. He has amazing skill and reminds me of Hendrix (an analogy many people have likely made – on skill alone ignoring the hair). Alas the songs they have on Spotify don't really reflect this. I couldn't help think that it would have been better – a more full sound with more musicians.
Rival Sons
The London Souls
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Gig: Placebo + The Mirror Trap
A few photos from last nights Placebo gig at Hammersmith (Eventim) Apollo.
The last time I was there we had to shoot from the back as it was an all seater event – but on this occasion there was a barrier/pit so shot from there. Lighting was a little tricky – a spot pointing down at Brian Molko from a steep angle most of the songs we could shoot (only 2) – which meant out of camera the face was very bright and the rest very dark. Also did no favours with shadow in the eye sockets – but you have to go with what you're given.
The Mirror Trap
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Gig: Idlewild + Sorren MacLean
My third evening in a week at Roundhouse (Friday last week) !
Was a lot quieter this time – relatively – only five photographers in the pit and no security (at the side instead) rather than Thursday's fourteen photographers + security!
Sorren MacLean
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My Veeam Report has been updated for the release of VBR 9.5 Update 3. If you're ready to install Update 3, you'll want to update My Veeam Report as well.
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Veeam v9 – My Veeam Report v9.5.1
Find the latest version here.
My Veeam Report has been updated once again (finally!). Along with the typical tweaks and additions we are adding some color to make viewing the report a bit easier.
Veeam v9 – My Veeam Report v9.0.3
Find the latest version here.
Here we are with another update to My Veeam Report. Boy, has this report come a long ways!
This is quite a large update with many additions that folks have been asking for – hopefully I've hit the mark. Instead of a long boring list of what's new, I'll highlight the big items. For a full list of changes see the VersionInfo region of the script.
Veeam v9 – My Veeam Report v9.0.1
Find the latest version here.
Once again Veeam has released a new version (v9) and with that comes a new version of My Veeam Report! There are some very interesting new features in this release, with my favorite so far, being the remote console. Let's take advantage of that, shall we?
Veeam v8 – My Veeam Report turns 2.0!
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It's hard to believe that it has been two years since I posted my first version of My Veeam Report. It's amazing how times flies and interesting to see the progress that has been made. I am extremely grateful for all the feedback provided by folks who see the benefit of running such a report. The feedback has certainly pushed me to improve the report over time – please, keep it coming!
This update includes three major enhancements as well as a few smaller tweaks and polish. The two improvements I think will most benefit folks are the ability to query the Veeam database for repository info as well as the addition of Endpoint backup sessions. The last new addition is reporting for Restore sessions (not sure why this one slipped by for so long). Continue reading
Veeam v8 – My Veeam Report v1.4
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It's time for yet another update to the My Veeam Report. This time around I concentrated on a few issues/limitations and tried to incorporate things folks here have asked for.
The biggest change I think people will like is the ability to only show the last session for each job. This has been a popular ask, sorry it took so long.
Veeam v8 – Backing up a single VM with PowerShell
One of the nice additions to VBR v8 is the ability to back up a single VM within a job using Quick Backup. I especially like the fact that they extended this ability to the vSphere Web Client, making it as simple as a right click. You can read more about this functionality on Veeam's blog:
8 gems in Veeam Availability Suite v8. Part 3: Quick Backup
After reading this post and using the feature a few times, I figured there would be no need to update the Single VM Backup script. It turns out there is still use for a script such as this which was pointed out to me in the comments (Thanks Phil!). Essentially the Quick Backup feature only works on VMs that have previously been backed up, it does not work for new VMs.
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Security On Campus and Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment Launch Unprecedented Approach to Shattering the Silence of College Sexual Violence
For Immediate Release
Via Security On Campus, Inc.
May 26, 2011
Washington, DC –Soon-to-be high school graduates entering college this fall may not realize there's more to worry about than getting good grades. Many should be worrying about sexual violence.
PAVE and SOC announce the launch of the "Safe Campus, Strong Voices" Campaign to follow today's introduction of the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act – national legislation designed to help campuses better respond to and prevent sexual violence. "Safe Campus, Strong Voices" is a nationwide campaign to raise awareness and shatter the silence of college sexual violence. To end the epidemic of campus sexual violence, students and faculty, men and women, will to work together to create safer and more supportive campuses.
According to the US Department of Justice, 1 in 4 college women will be sexually assaulted, and the majority of those sexual assaults happen fall semester to freshmen and sophomore women. An astounding 95.2% of these will never be reported. Addressing this issue is critical when thinking about the safety of everyone in that environment.
PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment and SOC: Security On Campus, Inc. are joining together with other leading sexual assault groups for this campaign during September for National Campus Safety Awareness Month.
"Safe Campus, Strong Voices" focuses on prevention of sexual assault and raising awareness of the high level of under reporting by victims of these crimes. NPR's recent series "Seeking Justice for Campus Rapes" reveals how most colleges are not successfully dealing with this issue. The campaign will empower students as bystanders to make changes in their campus environment, and encourage victims to seek justice.
PAVE Founder Angela Rose said "Every time I speak on a college campus, there's a line of students who want to disclose that they have been affected by sexual assault and most have never reported. This unprecedented campaign will help build the national movement to shatter the silence of sexual violence on college campuses."
SOC and PAVE have put together tool kits to create effective, simple-to-run campaigns in an ever-busy campus environment. The campaign provides materials, training, and ideas to bring prevention education programs to campus, to hold tabling events, and to collaborate with other groups and offices on campus throughout the month of September and beyond. On September 30, all participating groups across the country will stand in solidarity by holding simultaneous rallies. They will encourage reporting of sexual assault and a culture shift to create the safest most supportive campus community for survivors of sexual violence.
"This campaign seeks to shed light on crimes that so greatly impact the lives of far too many college students every year," said Melissa Lucchesi, SOC's Outreach Education Coordinator. "By speaking out and encouraging a supportive response to sexual assault survivors, students across the country will be a part of a movement that creates ripples of change in their campus community."
Take care and STAY SAFE!


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Hello everyone, Im working on a piecework program. I have everything working exactly the way its supposed to except for the one part where I am trying to find which employee made the most pieces. What I need to do- hopefully this makes sense, is take the input of pieces completed and employee name and at the end be able to see which employee make the most pieces and how many pieces they made. I already got the part working for how many pieces but I cant get the who made them part to work. This is for class so i dont expect answere- I have tried the Math.Max but that does not seem to work with a string- I tried setting the name field as a double but it then only gives an output if I put a number in for an employee name Below is the code
"Include in the summary information the name and the number of pieces for the person who has processed the most pieces of all persons processed. If there are one or more ties, the first person entered who had the most pieces will remain the winner."
Code:using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Piecework { public partial class Form1 : Form { private decimal accumTotalPieces=0; private decimal accumTotalPay=0; private decimal accumAvgPay=0; private string accumEmployeeWithMost; private decimal accumMostPiecesMade=0; private decimal buttonClickCounter = 0; private int pieces = 0; private string name; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void exitButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.Close(); } private void clearButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { employeeNameBox.Text = ""; piecesCompletedBox.Text = ""; amountEarnedBox.Text = ""; } private void calculateButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { buttonClickCounter++; decimal rate = 0; decimal amountEarned= 0; if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.employeeNameBox.Text)) MessageBox.Show("Invalid Name Entered (" + employeeNameBox.Text + ") Please Enter A Valid Name"); if (!int.TryParse(piecesCompletedBox.Text, out pieces) || pieces <= 0 || pieces >= 20001) MessageBox.Show("Invalid Numeric Value (" + piecesCompletedBox.Text + ") -Please enter a value between 0 and 20,000"); if (pieces >= 1 && pieces <= 199) { rate= 0.50m; } if (pieces >= 200 && pieces <= 399) { rate = 0.55m; } if (pieces >= 400 && pieces <= 599) { rate = 0.60m; } if (pieces >= 600) { rate = 0.65m; } amountEarned = rate * pieces; amountEarnedBox.Text = amountEarned.ToString("c"); accumTotalPieces = accumTotalPieces + pieces; accumTotalPay = accumTotalPay + amountEarned; accumAvgPay = accumTotalPay /buttonClickCounter ; grandTotalPiecesBox.Text = accumTotalPieces.ToString(); grandTotalPayBox.Text = accumTotalPay.ToString("c"); avgPayPerEmployeeBox.Text = accumAvgPay.ToString("c"); accumMostPiecesMade = Math.Max(accumMostPiecesMade, pieces); mostPiecesProducedBox.Text = accumMostPiecesMade.ToString();
My thoughts are I need to somehow take the output from accumMostPiecesMade and pair it up with accumEmployeeWithMost
thanks for any help/ direction!


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'Wich sandwich? Plenty of choices at new Fairfield shop
The new sandwich shop 'Wich Day, 808 Post Road, is owned by a man who knows his way around ice cream -- and now he intends to provide Fairfielders with the rest of the meal.
Sergio Kreskin, the owner of five Sunnie Daes ice cream shops, including two in Fairfield, opened 'Wich Day last month. The fare at the new shop features hot and cold sandwiches, salads and breakfast items.
"We've had a good response -- it's getting busier and busier every day," he said.
Kreskin wasn't really planning to open a sandwich shop to add to his portfolio, but the space next to his Post Road Sunnie Daes opened up when a telephone store recently moved out -- and he couldn't resist.
"It's all about location," he said, pointing out that the sandwich shop, located at the busy corner of Post and North Benson roads is down the street from Fairfield University and on the way to the shoreline for many people. "Location ¦ location ¦ location ¦ is really what business is all about," he added.
The location of his four other Sunnie Daes ice cream stores are 2001 Black Rock Turnpike, Riverside Avenue in Westport, White Plains Road in Trumbull and Shippan Avenue in Stamford.
A Trumbull resident, Kreskin has been in the food business for 16 years. He's finding that the most popular items at 'Wich Day are the hot sandwiches: BBQ pulled pork, Philly cheese steak, grilled Buffalo chicken and four kinds of parmigiana (chicken, meatball, eggplant and sausage) among others. The grill is always on, he said, and everything is made to order from fresh ingredients -- nothing frozen or pre-cooked.
'Wich Day also offers eggs and omelets, as well as breakfast sandwiches and hot and cold drinks including cappuccino and iced coffee.
The business now is primarily a take-out restaurant with a few seats at the counter, and is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., but he plans to stay open later eventually, Kreskin said. And an incentive for 'Wich Day customers who spend $20 or more is a free ice cream cone at Sunnie Daes.
Does Kreskin plan to open more 'Wich Day shops to partner with his other ice cream stores?
"When I opened my second Sunnie Daes I said, `no more' ¦ But you never know."
'Wich Day, 808 Post Road, is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For information or to place an order, call 203-955-1888 or fax 203-955-1899.


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Anti-virus software can, when the virus definition file is kept current, automatically find and remove viruses and other malware. This document presumes you are using Symantec Endpoint Protection, which is provided free of charge via the download channel in GoWMU, to all WMU faculty and staff members. If you are using something other than the Symantec product, you should check your software's self-help to determine how to perform the same actions.
Enable Symantec Endpoint Protection - Windows
Symantec Endpoint Protection should automatically enable itself upon installation. If all is well, you should see a gold shield icon in the lower right of your desktop. If you see a slash over the gold icon, it is not running and should be enabled.
- Right mouse-click the gold shield icon and select Enable Symantec Endpoint Protection. After a moment, the slash should disappear. If it does not:
- Double-click the gold shield icon and click Fix All on the status window.
Updating the virus definition table - Windows
Virus definition files search for known patterns in your files and are updated at least daily. Since new viruses and malware occur all the time, it is imperative that your virus definition files are updated regularly. The campus and off-campus versions of Symantec Endpoint are set to automatically update your anti-virus definitions at least once a day. You must be connected to the Internet to update Symantec Endpoint. If you need to update your virus definitions manually, follow the instructions below.
- Double-click the gold shield icon. After the Symantec Endpoint window appears, click LiveUpdate.
- LiveUpdate will run automatically and find and install any necessary updates.
Scanning for viruses - Windows
Symantec Endpoint automatically scans your computer on a weekly basis. If you want the program to scan more than once a week, follow the instructions below.
- Double-click the gold shield icon and then click Scan for threats.
- If you wish to create a new scan, that is one that will occur weekly on the day/time you choose, click Create a New Scan.
- You will see a progress window. Results will be displayed in this window. When the scan is complete (it will take some time), you may click Close.
Scanning for viruses - Macintosh
- Open the Symantec folder located in the Applications folder.
- Open the Symantec Scheduler application.
- Click the New... button to create a new scheduled event.
- Choose AntiVirus Scan.
- Set the details of the scan.
- Click Browse to select an item to scan and select the Macintosh HD.
- Set the Frequency to Weekly.
- Choose a day and time to run the scan.
- Click Save.


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People in Our Neighborhood UPDATED Blog Links...
If you look to the lower left, you will see my new list of People in our Neighborhood.
I have checked every link to make sure that it is current and that the blogger is still blogging (I deleted any blog that hadn't been updated in 2010). I also added a new group of bloggers-- Welcome!
Because my name is *constantly* being misspelled, I rarely misspell a name, but if you see your name misspelled drop me an email. Most likely, it's not.
I hope you all have a chance to browse through your blogger neighbors and see who is writing about what.
There are a few other blogs I read that I want to add, but all my requests are currently up-to-date. If you missed the first call for blog links and would like to be included, please leave your full (and real) name in this comment with a link to your blog and I'll add you into the mix.
Current Updated List of Bloggers--
People in our Neighborhood
Happy Reading and Blogging!


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California coach Lindsay Gottlieb was in elementary school the last time a West Coast women's basketball program not named Stanford reached the Final Four.
Gottlieb understood the drought and the difficulty in getting to the national semifinals. That's partly why the grin on her face was so wide Monday night when Cal finally snapped that 25-year streak, sending the Golden Bears to New Orleans for the Final Four.
"These kids are brought in," Gottlieb said. "So many things go into it and then you have to get a little lucky and then things have to go right, so I'm really conscious of this is special."
Layshia Clarendon scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half and overtime, and California rallied from 10 down with less than 7 minutes left to beat Georgia 65-62 in the Spokane Regional final, advancing to the national semifinals for the first time in school history.
Long Beach State in 1988 was the last team from the western part of the country other than Stanford to reach the Final Four. During that 25-year span, eight different programs in the West reached the regional finals. But whether it was Long Beach State, Washington, USC, UCLA, Colorado, Utah, Arizona State or Gonzaga, they all came up one game short of advancing - sometimes at the hands of Stanford.
Not these Golden Bears (32-3), who were picked by President Barack Obama to win the regional in his bracket.
"This is still better than my wildest dreams," Gottlieb said.
The loss ended Georgia coach Andy Landers' hope of reaching the Final Four for the first time since 1999. Georgia last reached the regional finals in 2004 and this was the Lady Bulldogs' 11th trip to the regional finals.
And it nearly became Landers' sixth Final Four.
"They made more plays than we did and they deserve to win the game," Landers said. "I'm disappointed, but I'm proud of our basketball team and the run that we have made."
Shacobia Barbee led Georgia (28-7) with 14 points and 10 rebounds, but the Lady Bulldogs' surprising postseason run that included an upset of Stanford came to a painful end.
"I don't think the words can even explain right now. Disappointed, hurt," said Georgia's Jasmine James, who had 11 points before fouling out. "To have something that you've always wanted to be able to do, just be so close, and to end up getting outworked for it, it hurts."
California will go to the Final Four on the side of the bracket completely blown open by the stunning loss of top-ranked Baylor in the regional semifinals. The Golden Bears will play Tennessee or Louisville in the national semifinals.
It didn't look like another game awaited the Golden Bears, who trailed 49-39 with 6:46 left after Barbee hit a pair of free throws. The Bears got back in it by halftime, overcoming a horrible shooting start, but each run early in the second half was rebuffed by the Lady Bulldogs. Cal missed 18 of its first 19 shots to start the game.
Finally Cal found an answer. Afure Jemerigbe hit her first 3-pointer after missing her previous six attempts. Clarendon scored four straight points and Talia Caldwell got a bucket in the paint. Caldwell then hit a putback of Jemerigbe's missed free throw to tie it at 50.
Tiaria Griffin missed from 3-point range for Georgia and Cal's Brittany Boyd was fouled driving to the rim by James, her fifth foul, leaving Georgia without its floor leader. Boyd hit both free throws and Cal had its first lead since 17-16.
Not having James on the floor had an immediate effect. Georgia turned it over on its next two possessions, helped by a pair of blocked shots by Jemerigbe, the second with 51 seconds left.
But the Bears' free throw struggles that nearly cost them in the second round against South Florida returned when Jemerigbe missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 27 seconds left. Griffin missed another 3-point attempt, but Anne Marie Armstrong got the rebound and scored with 8.5 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. It was Georgia's only field goal over the final 7:45.
"Our whole season has prepped us well for this night," Caldwell said. "Our team's been there, we have done that, so we knew what we needed to get done."
Georgia went up 55-52 when Khaalidah Miller hit a 3 to start overtime, but the Bears then took command. Jemerigbe hit a 3-pointer with 2:48 left to give Cal a 59-55 lead and Clarendon added a rebound putback for a 61-55 advantage with 1:26 remaining.
Barbee hit a pair of free throws with 1:03 left, but instead of fouling, Georgia chose to play defense. Clarendon made them pay, spinning away from Barbee and hitting a 15-footer with 37.9 seconds left for a 63-57 lead.
Georgia got within 64-62, but Clarendon split free throws with 2.1 seconds left and Barbee's desperation shot was off.
"I was smiling a lot in the second half even though we were losing," Clarendon said. "This is why you play basketball for these big moments. Really enjoy them and just relish them."


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Building your Equinox OSGi application server (0 messages)
If you already leverage OSGi, its likely you will eventually require using some type of web container. In this three part series by Scott Lewis, you can learn how to create an Equinox-based web application server that can be run on any servlet container. Read Scott Lewis's three part series '': Part 1: http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2009/08/15/building-your-equinox-based-appserver-part-1/ Part 2: http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2009/08/17/building-your-equinox-appserver-p2/ Part 3: http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2009/08/20/building-your-equinox-osgi-application-server-part-3/
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Watering the Tulips
April 10, 2013
"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God" – Romans 5:1-2
Free grace! That must ever be the cry of Bible believing Christians. When we stand before God's holy throne, our righteousness must ever be found in Christ alone – plus nothing. If you somehow believe you are working your way into fellowship with God or even keeping yourself in fellowship with God, you need to examine the Scriptures related to the ability of the flesh. Simply, we cannot be good enough to meet God's righteous standard.
So God, in His infinite grace and mercy, chose to save some of Adam's fallen race "by grace through faith"(Ephesians 2:8). The favor we receive from God is unmerited – that is the definition of grace. Even the faith we have is a gift from God, according to Ephesians 2:8. This faith is very important. We cannot limit the importance of it and remain true to the Scripture.
Our text verse today plainly says we are "justified by faith". This is taught multiple times in God's Holy Word. But one may ask, how does this harmonize with the clear fact that we are "justified by [Jesus'] blood" (Romans 5:9)? One thing we know for sure, these passages agree and any lack of harmony is in our understanding.
It seems that Ephesians Chapter 2 contains much information which would help clear up any misconception here. Due to the Fall, man and God are at odds. Man is naturally dead in his trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1). We all were disobedient from the moment we drew our first breath. Due to the Fall and the sin nature we inherited, we were rebels of the state, so to speak, with God being the State. As a result, we "were by nature children of wrath, just as the others" (Ephesians 2:3).
Therefore, while we were in an unbelieving state, we were enemies of God and running from Him. God, as the righteous State, looked on our sin with wrath. As the Righteous Judge, God's wrath must be appeased or we will all suffer eternally in the Lake of Fire. There is no middle ground. There is no pardon under God's standards. "Be holy for I am holy" is the only standard God can give (1 Peter 1:16). Yet, through Christ, God's wrath towards us is appeased and His love, mercy and grace can flow to us in a righteous manner.
Yet naturally, we are still rebels. Full reconciliation has not been made. Certainly, God's wrath has been appeased through the work of Christ. Yet, we are still said to be "dead in [our] trespasses and sins" and even "children of wrath, just as the others". Wonderfully, Ephesians 2:4 tells it all by the first two words –"But God…". It goes on to tell us that God works out our salvation "…by grace through faith…" and even this faith "is a gift of God". In this, full reconciliation is made. God's wrath towards us is appeased and our wrath towards Him is. And beautifully, it is all His work.
Child of God, take a moment today and remember who you were before God's grace drew you with chords of love to Christ. Thank Him today for reconciling you to Himself through the cross of Christ and the faith He gave you to trust Him.
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My former work colleague Pieter runs the great Blog todayandtomorrow.net. Next Wednesday it's today and tomorrow's 5th birthday and he is organizing a nice little event. Come along if you´re in Berlin! Here is what he writes about it:
It's an exhibition format developed by Aram Bartholl, this is the manifest:
Hit an Internet-cafe, rent all computers they have and run a show on them for one night. All art works of the participating artists need to be on-line (not necessarily public) and are shown in a typical browser with standard plug-ins. Performance and life pieces may also use pre-installed communication programs (instant messaging, VOIP, video chat etc). Custom software (except browser add-ons) or off-line files are not permitted. Any creative physical modification to Internet cafe itself is not allowed. The show is public and takes place during normal opening hours of the Internet cafe/shop. All visitors are welcome to join the opening, enjoy the art (and to check their email.)
So here are the details for the today and tomorrow's 5th birthday SPEED SHOW:
Wednesday 21th of July 2010, 21:00 – 00:00
or@nien net
Oranienstrasse 185, Berlin (google maps link)
This is the list with the 18 animated gif artists:
Nicolas Sassoon, Laura Brothers, Xavier Barrade, Francoise Gamma, REED + RADER, MATHWRATH, Harm van den Dorpel, Michael Bell-Smith, Mark Portillo, Petra Cortright, Travess Smalley, teenocide, Jacob Broms Engblom, Princess Hijab, dvdp, Brandon Jan Blommaert, Constant Dullaart, Evan Roth
So I invite you all to come and bring you friends and your friends friends!
You can also join this event on Facebook.


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There is this girl I know - not very well, I just follow her on Twitter - and the thing about her is that she is about to have her first baby, like any day now. And the reason that she is on my mind is that I am so appalled, really AH-PPALLED at the things that people say to her about the imminent arrival of her child.
Anything she tweets, anything at all - "had some toast just now" or "feeling happy today" - gets an avalanche of responses like "Ha ha! Forget eating toast once baby's out. You'll be living off dust bunnies! LOL" or "You'll never feel happy again after you have a baby! Best u know now! Ha ha ha LOL."
I mean what the fuck is wrong with people. Really what the fuck. The only correct response to anyone who is having a baby, first, second or whatever is "Oh that's so wonderful congratulations how brilliant." If the pregnant person actually presses you for more detail, (which they never do), then, and only then, you say "Yes okay look, life isn't really the same again, and sometimes it's better and sometimes it's shit and you wonder what the fuck you've done. But once they hit 18 months everything's pretty easy."
And they look at you like "18 months... 18 MONTHS?!?!" Because they haven't had a baby yet and they don't fully understand how glacial everything becomes. How s-s-s-l-o-o-o-w-w and b-b-o-o-o-r-r-i-n-n-n-g it all is when they are really small. But it's not their fault. And nobody, least of all my acquaintance on Twitter, ever declared or really seriously thought that having a baby was easy, (except Tanith Carey in that thing in the Mail the other day, but she just wrote that for money, like we all do).
I understand the motivation: I get it. When you are the parent of very small children, you are so vulnerable, you are in such a tight spot, so much on the back foot, that there is huge tempation to claw back a bit of an upper hand by laying into those lower down the food chain. You might not be having a glamorous time, your marriage a shambles, your hair neglected and your face a roadmap of despair, but you can - at least! - turn to those less experienced and laugh nastily and say those dreaded words "Just you wait," and feel briefly victorious before going home and spending the evening chipping Weetabix off your surfaces and sobbing into a tumbler of gin.*
The "just you wait" thing barely happens second time round. People keep their distance. Although there is a little bit of a thing where people say "With the first one you can carry on pretending that life is sort of normal but with the second one you just give in and it's all about survival."
And I'm like, I'm sorry - at no point have I ever with Kitty pretended than "life is normal". We live, still, as if we are under siege. (The deputy books editor of the Evening Standard, Katie Law, once said to me "You get your life back a bit once your youngest is three," and she is right about most things, so I believe her.) I can't see how having a second can possibly make me leave the house less, have less fun, curtail my freedom more.
It'll all be familiar. It'll be the difference, says my husband, between driving somewhere unfamiliar, and then driving back home. It'll be the easiest time I've ever done - I'm going to chew up the next three years and spit them out. Bring it on.
While I wipe the foam from my chin and repent my hubris, please turn your mind to cheese scones. These are a thing my friend Becky B makes all the time, as she says that she always has all the ingredients - and she has a very good point: in a tight spot when only something homemade will do, these will save your skin without, probably, having to dash madly to the shops.
This is not Becky B's recipe, but they are nice all the same.
Cheese scones
Makes 6 biggish ones
225g self-raising flour
40g butter at room temp or as close as possible
a pinch of salt
some milk - about 150ml
2 large handfuls of cheddar - reasonably strong - grated on the fine whatsit of a box grater
Preheat the oven to 200C
1 Sieve the flour into a bowl (or just dump it in and swizzle with a whisk)
2 Cut in the butter and rub together until it is crumb-like
3 Add the pinch of salt and 3/4 of your grated cheddar. Now incorporate this together using your hands, trying to distribute the fine strands of cheese evenly through the flour.
4 Now add a long sploosh of milk and mix in with a knife. Then add another sploosh and you ought to start being able to gather the mixture up into a sort of dough.
5 Turn this out onto a floured surface and roughly shape into a round. Don't worry if the dough looks a bit scratchy, just make sure it is at LEAST 1in thick (use a ruler because I guarantee you don't know how thick this is). Scones don't rise much in the oven and so you need a scone to be reasonably thick before it goes in the oven or you'll get some miserable little pancake. Cut out your scones, re-roll and cut until you've used up as much of the dough as possible.
6 Arrange on a greased baking tray and finish off with the rest of the grated cheese piled on top of each scone.
7 Bake for 15 mins
*In their defence - "just you wait"ers are often the most helpful, solicitous and kind once the baby is actually out.


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The America II distribution facility now stands at more than 420,000 square feet and stocks 4 billion components, making us one of the world's largest stocking distributors. America II has been ISO 9002-certified since 1994, in addition to achieving ANSI/ESD S20.20 certification. In 2003, America II was certified to the ISO 9001:2000 standard.
Throughout the years, the America II dream has been realized, renewed and achieved in a continuous ever-progressing cycle. We remain committed to providing customers with secure and reliable access to a global source of information, while supplying electronic component that meet their semiconductor needs.
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There's a lot about speaking that scares people, and if you're not familiar with visual aids--from slides to props--you can certainly imagine what might go wrong. The trick to mastering visual aids is, yes, practice...and starting small. Don't try to tackle every technology at once. Here are a few thoughts if you're just dipping your toe into the pond of visuals in your presentations:
- Less is more when it comes to your slides: Your slides are not giant cue cards for you to read, nor are they documents with paragraphs of information for your audience to read. Instead, put a short take-away message on each slide, show a picture that you can describe, or let the slide speak for itself while you pause and let your point sink in. That's also true for the overall amount of slides--less is certainly more. And if you've got too much to say, be sure to save some for the Q-and-A so you look smarter.
- Make yourself a visual: Moving around the room while you speak will keep you energized, and also makes you a moving visual for your audience--it's guaranteed to keep them watching you. Use gestures in the same way. Start your visual efforts by planning and practicing a couple of choice gestures to underscore your point at important moments in your presentation. Once that's comfortable, you can expand to other visuals.
- Consider a three-dimensional visual. Otherwise known as a prop, a 3D visual--no matter how simple--might be the best way to make your point. As with any visual, you need to use props with discretion, but consider this option. Better yet: Use a prop you can pass around the room so the audience can see it close up. A prop can be something as simple as a sheet of paper.
- Practice is essential: From props to slides, you need to understand how they work in practice. Don't attempt to use visuals without rehearsing with them, even if you're a seasoned speaker. You don't need to go it alone. Get some expert help: It's worth asking your company's audio visual technicians to spend a few hours teaching you how to use projection technology, remotes and what goes with them before you speak, if visuals scare you--the more the mysterious becomes familiar, the better you'll do. You may find you want to invest in your own remote so you have one known-to-you piece of technology, no matter where you are presenting. And this is a great way to focus your one-on-one training with a speaker coach or trainer: Ask for a session entirely focused on giving you some visual skills.
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Google would like its YouTube users to start using their real names -- and they can start that by linking to their Google+ accounts.
"This is your identity, so you're in the driver's seat," wrote John Fisher, a senior engineer on the YouTube blog. " If you are currently YouTube user joeysam87, you can now appear as Joey Samson, the full name from your Google+ profile ... along with any photo you uploaded."
While the changes aren't required for YouTube users, Fisher's tone is one that seems to be urging users to drop their silly user names and embrace the older, more mature identity. He even suggested the new identity can help you delete old, embarrassing comments and control your new, cooler image.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Foreign pharmaceutical firms in China have been unfairly targeted by a string of investigations into bribery and price-fixing despite generally strong legal compliance, a European Union business lobby said on Thursday.
A series of corruption and antitrust probes in recent months by Chinese authorities have left foreign firms jumpy as they try to get a handle on what has quickly become one of the most salient risks of doing business in China.
The biggest foreign firm in the spotlight is British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC, which Chinese police have accused of funneling up to 3 billion yuan ($489.92 million) to travel agencies to facilitate bribes to doctors to boost the sale of its medicines. The company has said some of its senior Chinese executives appear to have broken the law.
Bruno Gensburger, the chair of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China's pharmaceutical working group, said the foreign companies that have been investigated all have global standard operating procedures (SOPs) and are "at large" very responsible in their China practices.
"What I feel is a little bit unfair is that the foreign companies which are most serious about SOPs have been the most investigated and the most discriminated. To my knowledge today, no Chinese company has been investigated," Gensburger told reporters at a briefing on the Chamber's annual position paper.
"We all want to work in a very clean environment. The question we ask today is if this campaign is aimed just to frighten some companies or create a special climate, I don't think it will solve anything," Gensburger said, adding that all of the drugmakers have fully cooperated with authorities.
The Chamber's president, Davide Cucino, said European companies would be satisfied if the cases are handled according to law and if there is a balanced focus on corruption within domestic firms in the Chinese press.
"We do not have to distance ourselves from the fact that there have been cases of corruption. European companies all have the interest that the anti-corruption crackdown goes on," Cucino said.
Health Ministry officials are investigating drugmaker Sanofi SA over bribery allegations. Chinese authorities have also visited sites operated by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S, Danish firm H Lundbeck A/S, Britain's AstraZeneca Plc, U.S. firm Eli Lilly & Co and Belgium's UCB SA.
The investigations also underline the high prices in the pharmaceutical industry, as the government seeks to make healthcare access universal and faces an estimated $1 trillion healthcare bill by 2020.
Many Chinese prefer foreign brands, which often come at a premium, over local drugs because of the widespread circulation of fake medicine.
Cucino said the lobby was worried about how China's antitrust regulators were using a 2008 anti-monopoly law, which some fear has been directed at multinationals.
"We believe that the law is there but a lot of guidelines ... on how to implement it are still not there, or at least are very unclear," he added.
Official media have said the probes are part of efforts to toughen enforcement of the law and are not just targeting at foreign firms.
In its paper, the Chamber said the government was making ongoing efforts to prop up state-owned enterprises at the expense of foreign companies.
Beijing's view on market access is "fundamentally anachronistic" the Chamber's paper said, noting that China need not protect its companies because it has demonstrated that they can compete with multinationals in all sectors.
"We believe that the state must step back," Cucino said, warning there could be implications for Chinese firms in Europe.
When asked about the Chamber's comments, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China was committed to improving the investment environment for foreign companies.
"At the same time we hope that relevant companies respect China's rules and laws while operating in the country," he told a briefing.
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Comfortkeepers.com Offers More Functionality and Resources for Seniors and Franchisees
Updated web site provides new features and information specific to in-home care
DAYTON, Ohio (September 18, 2006) - With thousands of monthly visitors, the new Comfortkeepers.com offers several helpful online resources and improved functionality for both users and its franchisees
The site includes new features like information about disease-specific care, confidential questionnaires for potential caregivers and interested franchise purchasers, an online newsroom and helpful links to several senior resources.
"It was time for us to completely overhaul the site both from a brand perspective and from a user perspective," said Jayson Sturgeon, IT Manager for CK Franchising, Inc. (CKFI) dba Comfort Keepers®. "The key was to develop a site that had the greatest amount of flexibility and functionality not only for potential clients but also potential caregivers, existing owners and their employees and the many other user groups that are beginning to feel the impact of senior care needs. We believe we have done just that, ensuring that visitors to the site will find the most useful information about in-home senior care and the services Comfort Keepers has to offer."
Also new to the site is a section designed specifically for employers searching for a solution to the growing trend of employees faced with the challenges of quality care for their senior loved one. The section offers information about setting up a senior care employee assistance program and the benefits of doing so.
"At Comfort Keepers, we strive to be in front of the current trends like employee assistance programs and disease-specific care," stated Jim Booth, CEO of CKFI. "Our goal is to provide the most valuable information to those in need of care. In doing so, we can often times make the care decision less stressful for family and friends."
Comfort Keepers offices provide in-home care services such as companionship, light housekeeping, dressing and grooming guidance, meal preparation, grocery shopping, and incidental transportation services. In addition, most Comfort Keepers offices provide personal care services. In addition to providing their services to seniors, Comfort Keepers provides much-needed help to the baby boomers who are struggling to take care of their aging parents in the form of "respite care."
The company views the web as a critical marketing channel for all of the audiences it services and plans to continue looking for opportunities to upgrade their site with resources, news feeds and more operational features for owners. Plans for 2007 and 2008 are already in development.


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BEA Solutions had een nieuw gecodeerde website ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit40 ontwerpen ingezonden door9 freelance designers.
Our existing website is very out-dated and we plan to replace it, but we need a new design as a starting point. We need someone to produce a flexible page design, which we will then build on to produce the rest of the website.
BEA Solutions
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue is a must, black is optional, other than that we're flexible!
Desired Style:
We are fairly open as to how it should look, but we need it to be flexible as to content. For example, we like the way http://www.mozilla.org/ is very modular - this is something we want to use. We like the way they have the six 'boxes' in three columns
Accepted File Formats:
HTML and CSS, any images used plus the PSD (or equivalent) files for them
We are a UK based IT solutions company, aiming to deal with customer's IT needs in a unique way. We will provide any IT service either directly or by sub-contracting. We serve the residential and small business market, therefore the people looking at our website will most likely be professional people desiring to hire a professional company. Services we offer regularly include:
- Web development
- Pc maintenance and support
- Pc health checks
- Web hosting and Domain registration
- IT Training
The new website will be our 'corporate' website and therefore needs to have a corporate feel, but nothing too cold. It needs to make us look like a company people would like to do business with. The website will contain a small amount of information about all of our services, and in the future will have links to our other websites, which will include:
- PC Component Sales Website
- ISP Services Website
- some others
We have recently had a new logo designed, and have designed our new customer control panel around it. Both can be seen at http://admin.beasolutions.com/. The logo must be incorporated, however we do not want our main corporate website to be the same as our control panel. At the same time, a similar colour scheme might be a good idea so that people associate the two websites.
Our existing website is at http://beasolutions.com/, but I am only providing this link for informational purposes - our new website will not necessarily contain the same content or information. What we dislike about our current website is that we feel it is old fashioned and portrays us as a company which is not flexible enough and does not adapt to the needs of our clients in the ever-changing IT industry.
We are looking for a design that will that will portray the image of a flexible company, moving with technology, which can be trusted to provide the best service possible to all our clients, whoever they may be.
The design must not be a 'table-based' design, and must be valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, valid CSS, must comply with the W3's accessibility guidelines, and should render without problems in at least Internet Explorer 6 and 7 and Firefox 1.5 and 2.
We would welcome any questions or suggestions for comment.
Additional Information added after contest started!
Here we will put points following on from questions or entries we have had.
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Has it really been 40 years since Leela was first introduced on BBC's Doctor Who? She was a big reason why I started watching the show in the first place!
A blog post just came out discussing the formula how shows use various fetishes to hook a viewer and having good stories to keep them watching:
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I set up this website as a place to collect things I've written, but the most recent post is from the end of 2011. I haven't stopped writing – since October 2008 I've been spending more time looking at REDD (reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation). You can read more about my work on REDD on redd-monitor.org:
CDM does not reduce emissions. Leaving fossil fuels in the ground does18 Dec
CDM does not reduce emissions. Leaving fossil fuels in the ground does
CDM proponents reluctantly admit the truth about carbon offsets: they don't reduce emissions.
Published in WRM Bulletin No. 172, November 2011
David Nilsson: Carbon Cowboy22 Nov
This year, I have written three posts on REDD-Monitor about an Australian "businessman" called David Nilsson and his activities in Peru. I suggested that he should receive the award of Australian carbon cowboy of the year, after his interactions with the Matsés Indigenous Peoples.
REDD-Monitor's May 2011 round-up: Watching REDD unravel28 May
A round-up of everything you need to know in the world of REDD this month. Well, almost everything.
By Chris Lang, WRM Bulletin 166, May 2011
The world is watching as the Indonesia-Norway REDD deal stalls3 Mar
Where is Indonesia's forest moratorium?
By Chris Lang, WRM Bulletin 163, February 2011
Forest destroyer Oji Paper to carry out REDD feasibility study in Laos29 Nov
Oji Paper has cleared large areas of forest in Laos to make way for its industrial tree plantations. Now the company hopes to get REDD funding for its monocultures.
By Chris Lang, WRM Bulletin 160, November 2010
Monocultures on the March in Southeast Asia19 Sep
Monocultures continue to expand in Southeast Asia – as does the resistance to them.
By Chris Lang, WRM Bulletin 158, September 2010