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Archive for March, 2013
Operation failed, diagnostics report: iScsi Adapter in unbound status, adding Static Target can not be done.
Posted by habibalby in VMware vSphere on March 11, 2013
You might see error in VMWare ESXi when LUN is created in EMC VNX3150 and you grant access to hosts that added to the VNXe3150.
Operation failed, diagnostics report: iScsi Adapter in unbound status, adding Static Target can not be done.
This error is generated because EMC VNXe3150 try's to add the iSCSI Servers/Targets that configured in the EMC VNX to each ESX that granted access to the LUNs. While the iSCSI Targets already added in the Dynamic/Static iSCSI Targets tab, this error is generated.
I think EMC should introduce some logic into the EMC VNXe3150 SAN Storage to initially check the Host if the iSCSI Targets already added, adding iSCSI targets via EMC should be ignored.
Or, VNXe3150 should loop through the storage pools/LUNs where it finds LUNs already presented to ESX hosts from the same Array, adding iSCSI Targets through EMC VNXe3150 should be ignored. Otherwise this fake error will keep presenting itself.
Setting up & Configuring EMC VNXe3150 iSCSI SAN Storage with High.
Posted by habibalby in VMware vSphere on March 7, 2013
Setting up EMC VNXe3150 iSCSI SAN Storage
Finally, the EMC VNXe3150 got installed and configured and almost ready to start transition from old EMC AX4 to the new VNXe3150. In the initial stage, found a bit difficulties to get it configured correctly as every EMC documentation speaks about something else specially when it comes to iSCSI High Availability, they mix between NFS HA and iSCSI HA. In reality, both Storage HA of NFS and iSCSI differ from each other. Simply, NFS uses Link Aggregations with LAG/LACP and iSCSI is not.
- VNXe 3150 with dual storage processors with software version 188.8.131.5232
- Two Dell Stackable 6224 – 24 port Gigabit switches configured with Jumbo frames for iSCSI and Flow Control Enabled.
- One – ESXi VMware ESXi 5.1.0 build-799733 host with 6 Gig pNIC's two pNICs used for iSCSI connectivity only
Configuration on the VNXe
The configuration part is a bit of dilemma when it comes to iSCSI connectivity. In VNXe I set up two iSCSI Servers, one for Storage Processor A and one for Storage Processor B. Each SP has two IP Addresses configured for each Ethernet Interfaces, eth2 & eth3
All the Ethernet Interfaces are configured with 9000 mtu size for Jumbo Frame;
Storage Resources Configuration
|Storage Elements
|iSCSI Server
|IP Address
|MAC Address
|pSwitch Port
|VMKernel iSCSI PortGroup
|iSCSI-01 10.90.8.78 vmk1
|iSCSI-02 10.100.8.78 vmk2
|iSCSI-01 10.90.8.78 vmk1
|iSCSI-02 10.100.8.78 vmk2
As you can see in the above screen shot and configuration table, each storage process have two Ethernet ports, each Ethernet port is connected to iSCSI pSwitch, eth2 in SPA matched eth2 in SPB. So since both of these interfaces are connected to the same pSwitch and same IP subnet is configured on both, single iSCSI VMkernel PortGroup on the same subnet can reach to both Storage Processors through single physical adapter "vmnic"
VNXe Connectivity Diagram
iSCSI Switches Configuration
Both network switches are configured as master and slave stackable switches, basically for this type of configuration you will not require to stack the switches as each of pair SP Ethernet are connected to the same switch. i;e SPA-Eth2 in pSwitch1 & SPB-Eth2 in pSwitch1. But with NFS configuration you will require to stack the Switches as you will need to configure LAG/LACP for true High Availability
Set up Jumbo Frames on the two iSCSI gig switches so that all the ports are using support Jumbo Frames. Below commands will let you configure all the ports with mtu size 9000
Console(config)#Interface range ethernet all
Console(config-if)#mtu 9000
ESXi host configuration
Each of the Gigs port in ESXi host is connected to the Physical iSCSI Switches. Two VMKernel PortGroups created in vSwitch1. Each of the iSCSI Kernels is mapped to the physical interface in ESXi.
Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch1 128 8 128 9000 vmnic2,vmnic6
PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
iSCSI-02 0 1 vmnic6
iSCSI-01 0 1 vmnic2
vmk1 iSCSI-01 IPv4 10.90.8.78 255.255.255.0 10.90.8.255 00:50:56:6e:ea:87 9000 65535 true STA TIC
vmk2 iSCSI-02 IPv4 10.100.8.78 255.255.255.0 10.100.8.255 00:50:56:64:c0:6d 9000 65535
To check the connectivity is mapped correctly for each iSCSI PortGroup to reach the correct Ethernet Interface in the Storage Processor; vmkping with –I will allow you to specify the source interface to reach the destination iSCSI target; as this will test the whole path end-to-end from VNXe Storage, ESXi Hosts to Physical iSCSI Switches to make sure connectivity can flow with jumbo frame.
iSCSI Adapter Port Binding
Both iSCSI VMKernel portgroups has to be enabled for port bindings in the iSCSI Initiator adapter of ESXi.
Connectivity Results
# vmkping -I vmk1 10.90.8.1 -c 50 -s 9000
PING 10.90.8.1 (10.90.8.1): 9000 data bytes
9008 bytes from 10.90.8.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.596 ms
9008 bytes from 10.90.8.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.575 ms
9008 bytes from 10.90.8.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.548 ms
— 10.90.8.1 ping statistics —
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.548/0.573/0.596 ms
# vmkping -I vmk1 10.90.8.2 -c 50 -s 9000
PING 10.90.8.2 (10.90.8.2): 9000 data bytes
9008 bytes from 10.90.8.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.591 ms
9008 bytes from 10.90.8.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.617 ms
9008 bytes from 10.90.8.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.603 ms
# vmkping -I vmk2 10.100.8.1 -c 50 -s 9000
PING 10.100.8.1 (10.100.8.1): 9000 data bytes
9008 bytes from 10.100.8.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.634 ms
9008 bytes from 10.100.8.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.661 ms
9008 bytes from 10.100.8.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.642 ms
— 10.100.8.1 ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.634/0.661/0.708 ms
# vmkping -I vmk2 10.100.8.2 -c 50 -s 9000
PING 10.100.8.2 (10.100.8.2): 9000 data bytes
9008 bytes from 10.100.8.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.694 ms
9008 bytes from 10.100.8.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.658 ms
9008 bytes from 10.100.8.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.690 ms
Add ESXi hosts to VNXe
Setup the ESXi hosts to access VNXe iSCSI SAN Storage. This can be done by browsing into the VNXe > Hosts > VMWare will allow you to find ESX hosts either by typing in the IP Address of the vCenter or the management network of the ESXi itself. Then create VMFS datastore on the VNXe and make sure you are assigning permission to the ESXi host to access the newly created LUN.
After the LUN is presented to the ESXi host and formatted with VMFS now it's time to change the path selection through from default Fixed to Round Robin and change the Round Robin default IOPS limit in ESXi from 1000 to 1 which will allow you to utilize all the iSCSI paths.
esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set –type=iops –iops 1 –device=naa.6006048c2fb691695617fc52e06065a2
Once it's change you will see all the paths with Active(I/O) for each LUN that changed from Fixed to Round Robin.
Failover – Failback Testing Scenarios
For the failover testing I have presented 500 GB LUN and created two Virtual Machines, and installed Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition. Roles installed on this guest machine;
- Microsoft Active Directory Role Services
- Microsoft DNS Server Services
- Exchange Server 2010 with all the Roles.
The second Virtual Machines are a Windows 7 Professional client with Microsoft Outlook 2010 connected to the Exchange 2010 MAPI profile. Sending and receive emails internally is operational in normal mode.
Testing Networking
I have tested failover with network issues scenarios by disconnecting one pNic "vmnic2" from the vSwitch1 that mapped to iSCSI-01 portgroup and at the same time vmkping –I vmk1 was running against both VNXe iSCSI Target IP's SPA-Eth1 "10.90.8.1" & SPB-Eth2 "10.90.8.2" and ping continues well. If a Storage Processor (SPA) fails/rebooted on VNXe, the working Storage Processor (SPB) picked up the workload that was handled by SPA.
- As you can see in the above screen shots, Virtual Machines Windows 7 Client continued pinging the Exchange Server and Exchange Server continued to ping Windows 7 Client.
- Vmk1 = iSCSI-01 which mapped to vmnic2 stopped pinging to the SPA-Eth2 & SPB-Eth2.
- LUN Paths both links mapped to vmnic2 subnet 10.90.8.x dead and 10.100.8.x paths mapped to vmnic6 'vmk2' "iSCSI-02" are live and Active(I/O).
Ping "vmnic6" via vmk2 to 10.100.8.1 & 10.100.8.2
# vmkping -I vmk2 10.100.8.1
PING 10.100.8.1 (10.100.8.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.100.8.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.229 ms
64 bytes from 10.100.8.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.192 ms
64 bytes from 10.100.8.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.238 ms
— 10.100.8.1 ping statistics —
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.192/0.220/0.238 ms
~ # vmkping -I vmk2 10.100.8.2
PING 10.100.8.2 (10.100.8.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.100.8.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.235 ms
64 bytes from 10.100.8.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.245 ms
— 10.100.8.2 ping statistics —
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.235/0.240/0.245 ms
Relink vmnic2 to vSwitch1 and ping resumed back to SPA-Eth2 & SPB-Eth2
LUN paths resumed
Testing Power Failure of VNXe Storage Processors-A & Storage Processor-B
The second test was done by removing the physical power from Storage Processor-B and initiate vmkping to both Ethernet Interface of SPB from both VMKernel vmk1 & vmk2, as a result vmkping continues as the traffic routed peer SP port.
Result of ping after
Below result shows that Exchange VM continues to ping the Client VM during Storage Processor-B shutdown.
Did the same with Storage Processor-A and initiated ping to both Ethernet Interfaces of SPA. Ping continues to both Ethernet Interfaces as well as pings inside each VM "Exchange Server to Client" and vice versa continues as well and Exchange Server VM didn't give any freeze / errors in event viewer.
The VNXe3150 high availability feature at storage level and networking level ensures data protection against any single component failure in Storage Level and Networking Level.


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[黄昆论坛]第324期:III-V Nanowires and Nanowire Devices Grown on Silicon Substrates
报告题目:III-V Nanowires and Nanowire Devices Grown on Silicon Substrates
报告人:Prof. Huiyun LIU(Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, England)
报告时间:2018年7月12日 上午9:00
Abstract: The nanowire (NW) structure with a diameter in nanometer scale offers a way to integrate the lattice and the thermal expansion coefficient mismatched material systems by efficiently relaxing the strain with in a length of a few monolayers. Therefore, the integration of III–V materials on a Si platform can be achieved in the form of III-V NWs monolithically grown on silicon substrates. In addition, the NWs show superior optical and electronic properties, such as the enhanced light absorption and carrier correction. The lateral P-N junction formed by the core-shell structure provide an orthogonal pathway for the carriers to be extracted to the electrodes, which can significantly improve the carrier separation and hence the efficiency. GaAsP and AlGaAs NWs with a band gap which can cover the wavelength ranging from green (548 nm at 300 K) to near-infrared (864 nm at 300 K), is one of the most promising III-V compound semiconductor for photovoltaics and visible emitters. We have achieved the self-catalyzed GaAsP NW, AlGaAs NWs, and GaAs dot in GaAsP and AlGaAs NW growth on Si substrates with high uniformity. The GaAsP NW shows almost pure zinc-blende structure with very low defect density. The P composition of the NW can be tuned between 0 and 75%, which gives us more freedom in design NW device structures. The first water splitting device by using GaAsP p-i-n core-shell structure has been demonstrated. A power conversion efficiency over 10% has been achieved from a single GaAsP NW SC which sets a new world record for single NW solar cells, while room-temperature lasing is also demonstrated by GaAs/GaAsP nanowire quantum well strcucture. In addition, we developed the repeatable growth of self-catalyzed GaAsP nanowires (NWs) on SiO2 patterned Si (111) substrates, as shown the image, and makes us one step closer to the large-area NW SC fabrication. The realization of the pattern growth also helps us in controlling the NW position and hence photonic properties.
Biography: Huiyun Liu received his PhD in the Institute of Semiconductor, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After receiving his PhD, he joined the EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies at University of Sheffield in August 2001. He was responsible for the development of Molecular Beam Epitaxy growth of semiconductor materials for the UK academic and industrial research community. In 2007, he was awarded Royal Society University Research Fellow and started his academic career in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at UCL, where he is currently a Chair (Professor) of Semiconductor Photonics. He has co-authored over 300 papers and 4 patents in the area of semiconductor materials and devices. His general interest concentrates on the nanometre-scale engineering of low-dimensional semiconductor structures (such as quantum dots and nanowires) by using molecular beam epitaxy and the development of novel optoelectronic devices including lasers, detectors, and modulators by developing novel device process techniques.

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Carey, Kent and Toni Harrington and Pam Miller were among the Savannah residents to attend the Charleston conference, an event sponsored by the Preservation Society of Charleston, The World Monument Fund and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Charleston in 2010 became a home-port for a Carnival cruise ship, a move that city business leaders heralded for its $70 million in direct annual spending but one preservationists bemoan for its high-volume impacts.
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A different Sandy Hook Elementary opens
Sandy Hook Elementary set to reopen at Monroe building
MONROE -- Snowflakes delivered to Newtown from around the world decorate the walls of what has been renamed Sandy Hook Elementary School, where students, staff and parents reunited Wednesday.
While the rest of the Newtown district resumed regular classes Wednesday, Sandy Hook students and staff were treated to a different kind of opening at the former Chalk Hill Middle School, in deference to healing required after one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history. Their school day was divided between staff time and open house for Sandy Hook parents and students.
The middle school, which had not been in use, was transformed over the last two weeks into the interim Sandy Hook Elementary, with a new sign in front. Newtown Schools Superintendent Janet Robinson said the staff wanted one day of transition time after the holiday break.
The first part of Wednesday was used for a meeting between the faculty and the temporary administration, including retired Sandy Hook Principal Donna Page, who has agreed to lead the school until an interim principal can be hired. Sandy Hook Principal Dawn Hochsprung was one of six educators killed in the shooting, which also claimed the lives of 20 first-grade students on Dec. 14.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy also visited with the staff -- whose surviving members have all returned -- behind closed doors on Wednesday.
The second half of the day was an open house for students and parents, many of whom have visited over the past two weeks as crews of volunteers and school district staff members from Newtown and Monroe worked toward greeting the Sandy Hook community.
Though this version of Sandy Hook School is quite different from the one these children attended in Newtown, Robinson said great strides were made to make the new learning space a "cheerful, happy'' environment for young children from kindergarten through fourth grade.
Monroe Police Lt. Kevin White said the children seemed particularly delighted with the ability to play in a large gymnasium.
Robinson said the move is sure to come with a mix of emotions for all who enter.
In a letter to parents and students, as well as at a press briefing early Wednesday afternoon, she strived to be upbeat but realistic about the challenges ahead. No media were allowed near the school, to protect people's privacy, officials said.
"The close of a year and the beginning of another usually causes one to contemplate the highlights or events of the past year,'' Robinson wrote in her letter. "Certainly, for all of us in the Newtown community, whatever else happened in 2012 pales in comparison to the tragic December 14 event. All of us as parents and educators do all that we can to protect our children and the loss of those vulnerable little first-graders and the adults who worked with them has shaken us all to the core.''
Still, Robinson said, she heard laughter again inside the school Wednesday, and saw smiles on children's faces, and she expects those will become more commonplace as students adjust to their new surroundings.
She praised the Sandy Hook staff for helping students adjust in what remains a fragile time for all.
Laura Feinstein, the union representative for the school, said Tuesday night she didn't have any comment on the return to school.
Counseling remains available within the school, as well as in the community, and security is ever-present, with police officers outside and inside the school. The rest of the Newtown district's schools also have increased security and police presence, Robinson and the police said.
"This has to be the safest school in America,'' White said.
As staff and students prepare to resume a regular schedule Thursday, the future of the original Sandy Hook Elementary School remains uncertain. Many in Newtown suggest the school should be razed and a permanent memorial erected on the grounds. School and town leaders say that community conversation will be held soon.
Michelle Haitz, 21, a college senior majoring in education at Bucknell University and a former Sandy Hook Elementary student, said she would not want to go back.
"I feel it would be too traumatic to be in the classrooms, in the hallways," Haitz said. "I think bringing everyone to Chalk Hill is an ideal situation, and to keep the school community together. That's extremely important."
Maura McDade, 21, who also attended Sandy Hook School from first to fifth grade, said the decision might best be left to the children.
"I have all happy memories and always felt safe," she said. "If they reopen, there should be a concert or some (event) to make it a happy occasion. (Students) shouldn't be deprived of a happy childhood and a happy school."
Robinson's message to parents, students and the community was that this district is "forever changed,'' yet the outpouring of support from places near and far is helping the community in its slow healing process.
Never, though, will the 26 victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School be forgotten, she said.
Robinson said all "continue to grieve the senseless loss of such precious little ones and their teachers, but we will join together in a new appreciation of what we have and will make something positive emerge from this.''
Staff writers Eileen FitzGerald and Donna Christopher contributed to this story.
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What do Reading Disorders look like?
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Learning to read is a complex task. It requires coordination of the eye muscles to follow a line of print, spatial orientation to interpret letters and words, visual memory to retain the meaning of letters and sight words, sequencing ability, a grasp of sentence structure and grammar, and the ability to categorize and analyze. In addition, the brain must integrate visual cues with memory and associate them with specific sounds. The sounds must then be associated with specific meanings. For comprehension, the meanings must be retained while a sentence or passage is read. Reading disorder occurs when any of these processes are disrupted. For that reason, the roots of reading disorder have proved difficult to isolate, and may be different in different individuals.
Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders, http://www.minddisorders.com/Py-Z/Reading-disorder.html
According to the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY), a learning disability in the area of reading may manifest itself in one of the following ways:
- may have trouble learning the alphabet, rhyming words, or connecting letters to their sounds
- may make many mistakes when reading aloud, and repeat and pause often
- may not understand what he or she reads
- may have real trouble with spelling
- may learn language late and have a limited vocabulary
- may have trouble remembering the sounds that letters make or hearing slight differences between words
- may mispronounce words or use a wrong word that sounds similar
"Researchers have made considerable progress in understanding all types of reading disabilities (Fletcher et al., 2007). For purposes of research, "reading impaired" children may be all those who score below the 30th percentile in basic reading skill. Among all of those poor readers, about 70-80 percent have trouble with accurate and fluent word recognition that originates with weaknesses in phonological processing, often in combination with fluency and comprehension problems. These students have obvious trouble learning sound-symbol correspondence, sounding out words, and spelling. The term dyslexic is most often applied to this group.
Another 10-15 percent of poor readers appear to be accurate but too slow in word recognition and text reading. They have specific weaknesses with speed of word recognition and automatic recall of word spellings, although they do relatively well on tests of phoneme awareness and other phonological skills. They have trouble developing automatic recognition of words by sight and tend to spell phonetically but not accurately. This subgroup is thought to have relative strengths in phonological processing, but the nature of their relative weakness is still debated by reading scientists (Fletcher et al, 2007; Katzir et al., 2006; Wolf & Bowers, 1999). Some argue that the problem is primarily one of timing or processing speed, and others propose that there is a specific deficit within the orthographic processor that affects the storage and recall of exact letter sequences. This processing speed/orthographic subgroup generally has milder difficulties with reading than students with phonological processing deficits.
Yet another 10-15 percent of poor readers appear to decode words better than they can comprehend the meanings of passages. These poor readers are distinguished from dyslexic poor readers because they can read words accurately and quickly and they can spell. Their problems are caused by disorders of social reasoning, abstract verbal reasoning, or language comprehension."
By: Louisa Moats and Carol Tolman, http://www.readingrockets.org/article/28749/


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An Overview of the Phonographs of the Victor Talking Machine Company
Celebrating our 23rd Continuous Year on the Worldwide Web
This website is dedicated to phonographs made by The Victor Talking Machine Company from 1901 through 1929. It contains detailed information about the various models that were produced by Victor, along with rarity, design features, technical information, valuation, etc. This site is for beginners and seasoned collectors alike. If you are just getting started and want to learn a little about these machines, or are looking for some basic information about your Victor or Victrola, please click on the "Getting Started" link below and read though the brief material. It will assist you in navigating around this website. Once familiar with the layout, feel free to have a look around at all the aspects of these early phonographs
This site covers only Victor-brand phonographs. There were many other makes of phonographs produced in the early years of this century, including Edison, Sonora, Columbia, and hundreds of others. If you desire information on other brands of phonographs, please visit the "RESOURCES" section (below). In addition, RCA-Victor products are not covered here, as they were produced after the RCA Corporation bought Victor Talking Machine Company in the fall of 1929.
This website is intended to provide comprehensive information for collectors and hobbyists.
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For years, we have maintained a large database of Victor and Victrola machines that are found at auctions and shows, as well as from listings on Ebay and elsewhere. Additionally, we augment this database with information that individuals send to us via this website. This is data is used to help determine when models changed, survival rates, design details, etc., and supports research with other collectors. If you own a Victor or Victrola, and would like to help this site by contributing to the "knowledge database", please click here. Thanks!
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Items I used for this project:
- Cardboard Letter
- Moss Sheets
- Glue Gun
- Scissors and Craft Knife
I went to Jo Ann's with coupons in hand and got a cardboard letter "A" and a package of moss by the sheet. The moss was around $5.00 and the letter was $2.50.
I don't have an exact tutorial but I did take a couple of pictures along the way. This will give you an idea of what everything looked like before.
|Lay your letter down and just cut around it. I hot glued each piece I cut out as I went along.
|My letter measures around 12 1/2"
This sheet moss is super easy to work with. It was easy to glue pieces together, you can't even tell where the moss was cut.
I knew exactly where I was going to put it too...On my mantle I just redecorated.
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*1/22/13 UPDATE See Senator Ruderman's reply below*
More Highway 130 Concerns by a local resident:
Aloha Damon,
I would like to ask you for advice and assistance concerning Highway 130's need more reflectors and streetlights.
My wife's drive home from work every night from Kea'au to Pahoa is treacherous because whole sections of the road are missing reflectors and/or street lights on one or both sides. The roadway around the entrance to Ainaloa is what the rest of the highway should be like.
I've already written to Ruderman a couple weeks ago and received no response yet. I was thinking about handing out postcards around town with Ruderman's address on one side and note requesting reflectors on the other requiring only a signature and stamp.
I was also thinking sign waving and handing out the postcards on Fridays at the bottleneck.
Theodore Banta, Pahoa, Hawaii
On behalf of Senator Ruderman, we request that a correction to be made to the January 21, 2013 post "Seeing Highway 130 at Night in the Rain – A Community Member Speaks Up." On January 18, Senator Ruderman did reply to Mr. Banta's facebook message copied below and attached.
In the reply, Senator Ruderman apologized to Mr. Banta for the delay in replying to his message concerning the dangerous driving conditions faced by his wife at night. Senator Ruderman has been very busy preparing for the 2013 legislative session, but has still made a great effort to respond personally to scores of calls and emails from constituents through official means of contact. It has taken some time for our staff to transition the former campaign facebook account into a formal channel of communication, according to Hawaii State Senate rules, but we will strive for more prompt replies via facebook in the future.
We would greatly appreciate if you could communicate to constituents that the best way to ensure their concerns about District 2 are responded to promptly are to contact Senator Ruderman:
1. Via email at: email@example.com
2. Toll free telephone at: 974-4000 x66890
3. By post at: Senator Russell Ruderman, Hawaii State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania St. Rm. #217, Honolulu HI 96813.
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Train Cannes → Toulouse
Duration 6h11 - From €36
- Departure station : Cannes (1,rueJeanJaurès 6400 Cannes)
- Arrival station : Toulouse matabiau (64, Boulevard Pierre Sémard BP 35203 31079 Toulouse cedex 5)
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Cannes rolls out the red carpet for you Sleek, sunny and celebrity-studded, Cannes is a French Riviera city and a curving crescent of beaches, designer shops, Art Deco architecture and weather-beaten pétanque players wedged between the Mediterranean and the back-county hills. Learn more about Cannes
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Toulouse, the capital of Midi-Pyrénées region Toulouse is a French city located in the South West of France in the Midi-Pyrénées region. The region is well known for its sunny climate and gastronomy. As for Toulouse, the capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region, is a city with an exceptional heritage. From its beautiful private mansions, churches, museums and landmarks, the pink city, as it is also known (Ville Rose in French) will charm you. Toulouse is France's 4th biggest city and as such is home to over 400,000 inhabitants. The city which can be easily reached from Paris of Bordeaux is also a well-known university town and the European aeronautical capital. Did you know that Toulouse is the iconic capital of Rugby. Its flagship team is Stade Toulousain, which is one of the most successful clubs in Europe with eighteen league titles in France, three cups of France and four cups of Europe. Learn more about Toulouse
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Tim Ridgely necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 133 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Open Dining Network; http://www.opendining.net
We're a small group of web developers that believe online food ordering should be easier than it currently is, for everybody: consumers, restaurants, and developers. We created a web service platform that uses open REST APIs to facilitate order creation and submission. Basically, anybody can use our APIs to search the network and order food.
Why is this so cool? Consumers can use a single app on their computer or mobile phone to find nearby food, instead of going to each restaurant's app or web site. Developers that make stuff for restaurants can plug our network right in to enable ordering, instead of writing all that functionality from scratch. Restaurants can easily upload their menu to us and immediately take orders on the web and through mobile devices.
We believe things should be simple and intuitive, with no monkey business. For example, we offer upfront per-order pricing instead of some complicated pricing model. We're looking for a logo that helps communicate what we provide (the network) and the principles that we stand on.
We're going for mass appeal. Our brand will be seen by consumers as they complete and pay for their orders, as well as restaurants and developers that use the network.
In particular, we must appeal to the restaurants that list their menus on our service. That encompasses a large number of people and businesses, though.
We don't have very specific requirements in mind. The logo must convey professionalism and trust, because it will be shown as consumers complete their orders. Think of PayPal; same general idea.
We need both print and web formats. If you can restrict the color usage, that'd probably save us headaches come printing time, but if the extra colors make it extra awesome, then that's cool. We also will be sending faxes with this, so ideally it would look presentable (but at least legible) when sent over B/W fax.
If anything is unclear, please let us know!
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It's official, sort of. Saints tight end Jimmy Graham is a tight end for franchise tag purposes. The decision from arbitrator Stephen Burbank keeps an extra $5.3 million in 2014 base pay out of Graham's pockets, maintaining his salary and cap number at $7 million.
Graham has not yet addressed the ruling, on Twitter or otherwise. The union representing him in the process has.
"The NFLPA will review with Jimmy Graham the decision from Arbitrator Stephen Burbank which permits the player to be designated as a tight end for Franchise Tag purposes," the union said in a press release. "We will advise Graham of his options and carefully determine next steps in this matter."
On the surface, his options are simple. He can appeal the ruling to a three-person panel, or he can drop it.
Under the normal procedure spelled out in the labor deal, however, Graham's appeal wouldn't be resolved by July 15, the deadline for doing a long-term contract with the Saints. So if he hopes to push the pendulum decisively in his direction before the last day for using that as leverage on a long-term contract, he needs to request an expedited appeal, with a ruling coming in the next 13 days at the latest.
Here's the catch. Graham deliberately waited from the application of the tag in late February until the middle of April to file the grievance. Thus, the three-person panel could response to a request for a speedy appeal by saying, "You should have filed your grievance earlier."
Either way, the Saints and Graham have until July 15 to work out a long-term deal. If Graham is sufficiently upset by the team's victory and the manner in which they procured it (e.g., having his head coach testify against Graham), he could choose to refuse to do a long-term deal, going all in with an appeal that, if successful, would drive his franchise tender to $12.3 million, forcing the Saints to tender Graham at $14.76 million in 2015 if they want to keep him from the open market.


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Stephanie Drury over at Stuff Christian Culture Likes was asked by Thomas Nelson if she would like to review Mark Driscoll's new book, "Who Do You Think You Are?" Here is her Amazon review: "Mark Driscoll is to biblical wisdom as Richard Simmons is to cage fighting".
Here are the links to all stories that can be found on the internet, or have been shared with us. We post these so that you can read for yourself and make your own determination about Mars Hill. Some of the Yelp links have positive stories, and if you would like to read more, I am sure you can find them on the Mars Hill Website.
Starred stories are MUST READS!
*Andrew's Story (Part 1)
- MH Discipline Contract
- Andrew's Story (Part 2)
- Letter to MH Members (to shun Andrew)
- Mars Hill's Response to Andrew's Story
- A Second Response from Mars Hill
- The Stranger Clarifies They Did Contact Mars Hill
UnReformed's Story (Sophia's Husband)
*Kip's Story
Lance's Story (The Stranger Article)
Rebecca's Story
Bent Meyer's Story
Kaelee's Story
Sophia's Story
*Erin's Story
Kevin Potts' Story
Wenatchee's Story
Mars Hill Departed Part 1
Mars Hill Departed Part 2
Multiple Stories @ Freedom4Captives
Stories on Yelp - Ballard Campus
Stories on Yelp - Downtown Campus
Stories on Yelp - West Seattle Campus
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First Superman goes to Alaska and becomes a dissheveled fisherman... and now Wolverine's following Kal-El's footsteps, judging from our first set photos of Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine.
Minor spoilers ahead...
We're just guessing that these photos have something to do with the World War II POW camp that we know they're filming some scenes in right about now. So this could be a flashback to the 1940s. Or it could be what happens to Wolverine after he loses his memory, that winds up driving him to go to Japan.
Photos via WENN.com.


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Go to a zoo:
|Get a great view of a Siberian tiger at the Toronto Zoo.
Photo by Ber Zophus at Wikimedia.
If you have a local zoo, see what it has to offer. And if you like to travel, consider the San Diego Zoo, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, the Singapore Zoo, the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, or the Toronto Zoo. All of these zoos are well-respected institutions that promote animal conservation and have fantastic educational programs.
Learn more about some of these zoos here.
Go to an aquarium:
|Interact with dolphins at the National Aquarium.
Photo by the National Aquarium at Wikimedia.
If you get a chance, you may want to check out the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Georgia Aquarium, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Aquarium of Western Australia (AQWA) in Perth or L'Oceanogràfic in Valencia, Spain.
Learn more about some of these aquariums here and here.
Take a wildlife tour:
|See breathtaking animals in their natural habitat
from the security of your guide's vehicle.
Photo by Brian Snelson at Wikimedia.
Maybe your dream has always been to go on an African safari. Consider the Safari Serengeti trip in Tanzania by Overseas Adventure Travel, where you can see animals like Thomson's gazelles, buffalo, and elephants. Or participate in a North American safari in Yellowstone National Park with Wolf & Bear Safaris by the Yellowstone Safari Company. If a Northwoods flavor suits you, check out Northwoods Outfitters Moose Wildlife Safari in Maine. Or take a Hawaiian vacation and go whale watching with Ultimate Whale Watch in Maui. For a scientific marine vacation, go on an Educational Shark Encounter trip with Fish Finder Adventures based in Ocean City, Maryland. Whatever your dream animal watching trip, a guide can help you bring it to life.
Go somewhere wild on your own:
|Kayak by thousands of birds in the Everglades
(but don't forget your anti-bird-poop-hat).
Photo by Matt Magolan.
Learn more about some of these trips here.
We share this world with countless amazing animals. Find your own way to experience, learn about and appreciate them. I'll go into more detail on these vacations and others in future posts, so comment below and let us know what animal watching vacations you have done and what you are interested in doing in the future.


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Mercury is a toxin that few people think about, yet it contaminates many aspects of our daily lives. It can be found in fish, in groundwater, and in the air we all breathe every day. Even fewer people realize that the simple flick of the light switch can contribute to mercury pollution. Mercury often comes from coal-fired power plants, where tens of thousands of pounds of it are dispelled throughout our air every year. Texas power plants emit the the most mercury out of any other state, with the least regulation.
Mercury has many effects on our health, even in trace amounts. According to the EPA's website1, some of the many effects mercury has can include:
- "For fetuses, infants, and children, the primary health effect of methylmercury is impaired neurological development."
- "Mercuric chloride has caused increases in several types of tumors in rats and mice, and methylmercury has caused kidney tumors in male mice."
Worst part is: mercury is not currently regulated.
In December of this year, the EPA plans to protect the public from polluters that poison our air and water with a new air quality safeguard. Specifically, this new protection will guard us from life-threatening pollution from power plants, such as mercury and arsenic. It is called the "Mercury, Arsenic, and Dioxin Reduction Rule," is also known as the "Power Plant MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) Standard."
The EPA is set to finalize this proposed mercury protection next month and we want to make sure they make it across the finish line! So what can you do to ensure polluters are held accountable for the poisonous mercury they emit?
You can host a teach-in.
A teach-in is an education-to-action tactic which utilizes the power of social networks in energizing supporters and getting more people engaged. Teach-ins are a powerful and fun way to build community. It focuses on bringing people together to learn as a group, and take action as a collective. Participants get to know other people and have conversations about their own stories and values and our shared values as a community.
December 5th is the first day of Mercury Awareness Week and the Sierra Club wants to help YOU host a teach-in. It's social, it's fun, it's educational, and it'll help ensure we are protected from mercury pollution!
If you are interested in hosting a teach-in, please contact Lydia Avila, Sierra Club Organizer, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 512-477-1729.
– Kat Herrera, Houston Beyond Coal intern.


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Farmington Hills man's thriving scrap metal business brings jobs to Melvindale
GLE Scrap Metal in Melvindale started by Nathan Zack is now $100 million business
MELVINDALE, Mich. – Despite the tough Michigan economy, over the past year one Farmington Hills man has grown his company and brought jobs to a place that hasn't seen any in more than a decade.
GLE Scrap Metal in Melvindale is a success story. It's a $100 million business started by Nathan Zack who says he created the business almost by accident 13 years ago.
"My mother was a member of Greenpeace and she was very environmental, so I started off recycling old computers," he said.
Zack started his business with only a few $100 in his pocket. He now runs 10 scrap yards from Florida to Chicago and he owns five here in Michigan.
"I came for opportunity. I had a chance to be a manager which I got within a year and 1/2 here and it's working out pretty good," said Bill Lemberis, owner of GLE Scrap.
After the domestic automakers heard about Zack they asked him to start recycling their scrap which is how the new yard opened this past spring in Melvindale.
"They wanted us to take on some of the old steel stampings and punchings, so we started recycling all that material and we've hired about 50 people in the Metro Detroit area to do that," said Zack.
Soon, a new railroad track will be installed so GLE can start shipping scrap to other parts of the country.
"It's nice to put people back to work who were working in the auto plants, they're still somewhat working in an auto plant, just a different end of it," said Zack.
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The Long Beach Fire Department's new technology helps the Public Safety Dive Team conduct quicker rescues during the 20-minute sensitive period where victims still have a chance of survival.
In Long Beach, Calif., rescue divers searching for submerged victims once swam patterns near blind through murky waters -- but they now have the gift of "sight" thanks to a new handheld sonar device.
The Long Beach Fire Department recently acquired the technology, called the Shark Marine Navigator, so that the city's Public Safety Dive Team can conduct even quicker rescues -- and act with sight during that 20-minute sensitive period where victims still have a chance of survival.
"For us it's just night and day; clearly, it's the ability to see where you couldn't see before," said Gonzalo Medina, Operations Captain for the Long Beach Fire Department's Marine Safety Division.
During rescue missions, divers steer the heavy-duty device and its laptop-size screen through the water using its metal handles. The device illuminates up to 250 meters underwater in zero visibility, and also has the capacity to take video and photographs. All the information is stored, and can be managed and shared using the device's software, according to Shark Marine's Web site.
The device's display is similar to an ultrasound -- the 2D version, that is, with some depth. Medina said the diver can see green tones, where bright green indicates something is there. And it is easy to see objects that are out of the ordinary, he said, such as a body.
The city's fire department purchased its Shark Marine Navigator for $200,000, using federal Port Security Grant Program funds, Medina said. The city's police department, which also has divers on the dive team, has two of the devices for its underwater investigative efforts.
Medina said the city's dive team, which also includes the port's salvage efforts, has focused more recently on conducting even quicker rescues -- and deploying new technology toward that aim. For instance, divers are now available 24/7 to respond either by boat or truck. In fact, the new device is stationed on the team's Marine Safety Rescue Boat, ready to deploy at a moment's notice.
"This technology allows us to make those rescues much quicker and get patients care, which greatly increases their chance of survival," said Medina, who is also the team's dive officer.
Although the device has not been used in a search and rescue yet, all 15 fire department divers are learning to use it during lifelike scenarios, Medina said, adding that he is in awe of how much easier the diver's job looks using the technology.
Still, there's a learning curve.
For instance, divers need to float several feet above the bottom so that the device can identify more of its surroundings -- much like how a flashlight casts a wider glow when it is held away from a surface as opposed to close to it, he said.
Once the target is found, the technology can be used like Google Maps, with the diver dropping a target on the device's screen and then kicking toward that target.
Though the device was originally developed for military divers to navigate the water unnoticed, Long Beach -- home to the second busiest seaport in the country as well as many bridges and waterways --will use the device in cases where vehicles are submerged or swimmers are lost, with at least a few of these cases reported per year, Medina said. Many times, he said, they happen after hours or during Long Beach's off season when no life guard is on duty.
While submersions don't happen often, they can be costly in time, money and manpower. The new technology cuts down on personnel costs because it makes for "a more efficient and lean operation," Medina said. Also, a modular design allows the device to evolve with new technologies, according to Shark Marine.
The use of sonar is not new, but the dive team's old sonar device was deployed during the recovery period, and not during the rescue mission as is envisioned for the new device. Previously, rescuers watching a laptop connected to a sonar tripod circling the water remotely directed the divers.
This roundabout communication worked, but it meant for a long process, Medina said, and so the information wasn't used until one hour after the mission began -- after the hope of rescuing the victim had passed.
The primary difference, then, is that the new device is in the water with the divers. "It's the difference between an iPad and a huge desktop," Medina said. "You can do everything with the desktop but you can't move with it." And that difference, he said, is a game changer.
Marine Safety Chief Randy Foster echoed how important the new technology is for the city's divers, saying, "This new technology is the most significant advancement in the arena of public safety diving in the past 15 years."


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An indispensable piece of astronomical gear!
We always find astronomy in unexpected places. Recently, a new review product came to our attention while reading No Easy Day, an account of the Navy SEAL/DEVGRU raid that took out Osama bin Laden. The May 2nd, 2011 raid was timed to coincide with the darkness afforded by a New Moon (another astronomical tie-in), but it was a piece of SEAL gear and its cross-over potential for astronomy that caught our attention.


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An Alabama GameStop allegedly made a cover of a crying Tim Tebow - who (in)famously wept as Alabama beat Florida for last year's SEC championship - and inserted it into the cases of NCAA Football 11 games on display.
I say allegedly because, though they could have seen through my poor impersonation of a 'Bama fan when I called to inquire, none of the three GameStops in Tuscaloosa, where this is said to have occurred, said they had any knowledge of the cover or had any games with one on hand.
Loosely paraphrasing, here's one such conversation:
"Thank you for calling GameStop, where you can buy two used games and get one free, my name is Eric, how may I help you?"
(Me:) "WHOOOOOO!!!!! RAMMER JAMMER YELLAHAMMER!! Hey I hear y'all got video games with 'at sissy-boy Tebow cryin' on th' cover - 'at true?"
"Sorry, sir, no idea what you're talking about."
I did, seriously, ask the three locations and got denials, and I have emailed GameStop corporate to ask if this stunt's on the level. I also emailed an EA Sports rep and got a no-comment.
Doesn't sound like a bigtime scandal. Hell, I'm sure at least one Tide fan went in there to preorder Madden, saw the cover, and bought three - his-and-hers copies, plus a keepsake for the baby on the way.
And speaking as someone who has stolen rival schools' newspapers and replaced them with outrageous spoofs on gameday, this sounds like it was done in that spirit. So, good on
you y'all.
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Guys like Christian Bale might seem like the perfect fit for the Dark Knight, but for many people fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to have grown up in a certain time, one of their first exposures to Batman was Adam West's super camp take.
As...different as it was, there was a certain charm to it, one that Hot Toys absolutely nail in this action figure homage based on the 1966 movie (yes, the one with the stupid shark scene, and yes, that's why there's a stupid shark scene in Arkham City).
The fact it comes with interchangable hands that let you do the Bat-tootsie only makes this more of a must-have.
There's also a Robin figure. Yeah.


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Portland cement is the binder that keeps concrete held together. Because traditional Portland cement is grey in color, it can have an effect on the overall look of the concrete countertop. If you are looking for a top that can be easily stained dark colors, or if you are wanting to leave the concrete countertops the natural, grey color, then regular Portland is the right choice for the project. However, if your concrete countertop is going to be white or light colors, or you need it to be easily dyed or stained, you may be better suited to choose a white Portland cement. It has the same binding properties as traditional Portland, only it is white in color when cured. White Portland is the only way to get a truly white concrete countertop.
All concrete requires coarse and fine aggregates for proper consistency and strength. In fact, these aggregates are a main composition of concrete. In the application of countertops, the aggregates are of great importance. Obviously, the aggregates must allow the concrete to set up as it should. However, aggregates can have roles in the aesthetics of the concrete countertop, as well. For example, the type of fine aggregates chosen (i.e. sand) can drastically change the color of the finished product. Also, if the countertop is polished, the process can grind into the concrete, exposing aggregates. In this case, aggregate sizes and colors are just as important as any concrete coloring to the final look of the top. Also, if exposing the aggregate, consider using aggregates other than gravel, including broken glass, marble or granite chips, nuts and bolts, etc.
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If you can imagine an edge finish, it is available with concrete countertops. The only limitation is the makers ability to create the mold or form. Of course, square corners are an easy and common edge shape for concrete countertops. Also, you can use a router, like those used on granite or marble countertops, to create edge styles including bull nose, rounded corners, triple egg, ogee, and more. There are also a variety of Styrofoam and rubber edge molds that can mimic wood trim, jagged rock edge, and numerous more. Or, if you are feeling adventurous, you can create your own molds. Just remember: you only get one try. If you mess up, the only fix is a new concrete countertop.
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For the surface, there are many different finishes that you can choose, including flat, polished, stamped or impressed, troweled, textured, and more. This finish can have a enormous impact on the final look of the concrete countertop.
If you are really going for a streamline look with your countertop, consider actually molding your sink into the concrete countertop. This will mean you have one fluid piece that accounts for the counters and the sink with no seams. There are even more sink shapes available with concrete than there are with other materials. Again, if you can dream it and build the mold, you can make it with concrete.


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A Lucky Accident
When the famed philanthropist Nathan Strauss visited Jerusalem to participate in the chanukat habayit dedicationof the soup kitchen for needy Jews whose construction he had helped to finance, he was accompanied by his brother who had refused to contribute to this project.
As they left the soup kitchen, Nathan slipped on the stairs and severely sprained his ankle. His brother, who had only disdain for the hundreds of poor Jews who depended on the kitchen, visited him in the hospital and made a cynical remark about the "reward" Nathan had received from Heaven for his "misguided charity."
Anxious to take care of some business affairs in Europe, the brother departed before Nathan had recuperated. The ship he traveled on sank and he lost his life. Only then did it become clear that Nathan's charity had saved his life.


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Just Off the Towpath
Taken, as the title suggests, just off the towpath of the C&O Canal in Maryland.
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Everything from answering e-mails from bloggers to hiring more people to doing our own accounting to doing sales pitches to get the sales in.
Then as the network grew and our clients became bigger and bigger, the team grew bigger and we had more help but the growth of Nuffnang has been so fast that even till today we haven't been able to hire everyone we need.
For a startup entrepreneur, it's a very liberating yet worrying feeling to have more people working with you. Liberating because you have more help and can afford to delegate but worrying because you have to start trusting your colleagues that they will do a better job than you.
In the past, whatever community events were all mostly planned single-handedly by myself too (though of course they were in a very much smaller scale then since Nuffnang was a lot smaller then compared to now). That means I even did all the packing of goodie bags too.
But last weekend's Wild "Live" Blogging event was a first for me.
One day many months ago my mum called me up and said
"Son.. you are working so hard you are going to burn out, you MUST learn to delegate and just focus on the things that really really matter".
So in the Wild "Live" Blogging, I really let go. Rather than go through all the details, all I did was oversee to make sure everything was going as planned pre-event and signing all the cheques.
Robb and my other colleagues at Nuffnang handled the rest, even the sourcing of my LION COSTUME.
Okay I just have gotta say this.
Nuffnangers are among the most sporting people I ever know.
I mean... have an animal-themed party anywhere else and chances are.. maybe only 20% of the crowd will really come as animals.
But have one with Nuffnangers and almost EVERYONE turned up in their animal costumes.
I'm just gonna show you guys some pics of the wonderful night we all had.
Lets start with Michbaby who came as a bunny.
There were quite a few girls there that came as Playboy bunnies hehe.
Look how everyone is smiling...
such a nice feeling.
or later everyone learned to space out a little.
We had a few butterflies that night, all with big big wings. It was so cute.
And finalllyyy...
A group picture of everyone (well okay almost everyone) who work (or used to work) at Nuffnang.
Including our Nuffnang PR, Kim from KimKomm.
To my colleagues who did a fantastic job, congratulations.
Thanks very much to Maxis Broadband for whom without... we would never be able to hold such an event for all 200 of us.
And finally... thanks to all you Nuffnangers who made the party WILD beyond our imagination.
If you guys wanna see more pictures, click here for Shaolintiger's set and here for Kid Chan Studios our official photographer of the night.


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ASTON VILLA manager Paul Lambert confirmed have received no inquiries for out-of-favour striker Darren Bent and that the England international has not handed in a transfer request.
The Villa manager also denied there is a clause requiring the midlands club to make a £3million (€3.7) payment to Sunderland if Bent makes 50 league appearances for the club.
The 28-year-old has so far clocked up 47 and has not featured on the bench for the past two matches since returning from injury.
Christian Benteke is firmly established as the number one striker with rookie Jordan Bowery preferred as a substitute to Bent.
Lambert said: "Have there been any enquiries for Bent? No. Has he asked to be put on the transfer list? No.
"Is there a clause? That's not true. I'm not sure where that came from."
When asked why Bowery is being preferred as a substitute, Lambert said: "I see what happens every day in training. I see with my own eyes what goes on.
"Jordan Bowery's potential is extremely high and he is an unknown quantity which sometimes can work in your favour. I see every day what goes on.
"We've got 20-odd guys in the same boat together which I pick from.
"I answered about 105 questions (on Bent) the other night. The team I pick will be the team that will go and try win us the game and that's the way I'll always be."


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Pre-lubrication metering devices for use in single-line lubrication systems
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